Schoolhouse Burning

Schoolhouse Burning Public Education and the Assault on American Democracy

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Publisher's Synopsis

We are in the midst of a full-scale attack on our nation's commitment to public education. From funding, to vouchers, to charter schools, public education policy has become a political football, rather than a means of fulfilling the most basic obligation of government to its citizens.

As Derek W. Black vividly illustrates, this assault threatens not just public education, but democracy itself. Black offers both an illuminating history of our nation's establishment of a constitutional right to education, and a trenchant analysis of how such a right is being undermined today. He looks at education history with a wide view, describing both periods when our democracy has been strengthened-when the commitment to public education has been strongest-and weakened, when such a commitment has been lacking. And today, such a commitment is sorely lacking.

Schoolhouse Burning shows what is at stake: not just the right to public education as guaranteed by the constitution, but an erosion of democratic norms.

About the Publisher

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Little, Brown is the literary hardback imprint that feeds into our Abacus paperback list. We publish across a wide range of areas, including fiction, history, memoir, science and travel, but within this diverse list the vast majority of books have in common a strong narrative and a distinctive voice.

Book information

ISBN: 9781541788442
Publisher: Little, Brown
Imprint: PublicAffairs
Pub date:
Edition: First edition
DEWEY: 371.010973
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 532g
Height: 162mm
Width: 241mm
Spine width: 31mm