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Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good about Themselves But Can't Read, Write, or Add

by Charles J. Sykes

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As featured on the Today show, C-Span, and NPR's Talk of the Nation, among others, this searing indictment of America's secondary schools offers a full-scale investigation of the new educational fad, sometimes called "Outcome Based Education"--the la... Read more
As featured on the Today show, C-Span, and NPR's Talk of the Nation, among others, this searing indictment of America's secondary schools offers a full-scale investigation of the new educational fad, sometimes called "Outcome Based Education"--the latest in a long series of "reforms" which has eroded our schools--which supplants grades and genuine achievements with "self-esteem". Less

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File size9 X 6 X 0.79 in
Print pages352
PublisherSt. Martin's Press
Publication date September 15, 1996
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780312134747
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Charles J. Sykes
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Charles J. Sykes is the author of five previous books: A Nation of Victims, Dumbing Down Our Kids, Profscam, The End of Privacy, and The Hollow Men. His columns have appeared in numerous newspapers, i...

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