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Author | : Melissa M. Deckman |
Publisher | : Georgetown University Press |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2004-02-27 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781589014091 |
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If there is a "culture war" taking place in the United States, one of the most interesting, if under-the-radar, battlegrounds is in local school board elections. Rarely does the pitch of this battle reach national attention, as it did in Kansas when the state school board—led by several outspoken conservative Christians—voted to delete evolution from the state's science curriculum and its standardized tests in August 1999. That action rattled not only the educational and scientific communities, but concerned citizens around the nation as well. While the movement of the Christian Right into national and state politics has been well documented, this is the first book to examine their impact on local school board politics. While the Kansas decision was short-lived, during the past decade in school districts around the country, conservative Christian majorities have voted to place limits on sex education, to restrict library books, to remove references to gays and lesbians in the classroom, and to promote American culture as superior to other cultures. School Board Battles studies the motivation, strategies, and electoral success of Christian Right school board candidates. Based on interviews, and using an extensive national survey of candidates as well as case studies of two school districts in which conservative Christians ran and served on local boards, Melissa M. Deckman gives us a surprisingly complex picture of these candidates. She reveals weaker ties to national Christian Right organizations—and more similarities between these conservative candidates and their more secular counterparts than might be expected. Deckman examines important questions: Why do conservative Christians run for school boards? How much influence has the Christian Right actually had on school boards? How do conservative Christians govern? School Board Battles is an in-depth and in-the-trenches look at an important encounter in the "culture war"—one that may well determine the future of our nation's youth.
Author | : Diane Ravitch |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 566 |
Release | : 2001-07-31 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 0743203267 |
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In this authoritative history of American education reforms in this century, a distinguished scholar makes a compelling case that our schools fail when they consistently ignore their central purpose--teaching knowledge.
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Release | : 1885 |
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Author | : Valerie Nye (Ed) |
Publisher | : American Library Association |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0838911307 |
Download True Stories of Censorship Battles in America's Libraries Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Those facing censorship challenges can find support and inspiration in this book, which compiles dozens of stories from library front lines.
Author | : Laura Pappano |
Publisher | : Beacon Press |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2024-01-30 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 0807012661 |
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An investigative study of the far-right’s attack on education and an on-the-ground look at the parent activist battle, on either side of the debate, to control the future of public schools For well over a century, public schools have been a non-partisan gathering place and vital center of civic life in America—but something has changed. In School Moms, journalist Laura Pappano explores the on-the-ground story of how public schools across the country have become ground zero in a cultural and political war as the far-right have made efforts to seek power over school boards. Pappano argues that the rise of parent activism is actually the culmination of efforts that began in the 1990s after campaigns to stop sex education largely fizzled. Recent efforts to make public schools more responsive and inclusive, as well as the pandemic, have offered openings the far-right have been waiting for to organize and sway parents, who are frustrated and exhausted by remote learning, objections by teachers’ unions, and shifting directives from school leaders. Groups like Moms for Liberty and Parents Defending Education are organizing against revised history curricula they have dubbed as “CRT,” banning books, pressing for “Don’t Say Gay” laws, and asserting “parental rights” to gain control over the review of classroom materials. On the other side, progressive groups like Support Our Schools and Red, Wine & Blue are mobilizing parents to counter such moves. Combining on-the-ground reporting with research and expert interviews, School Moms will take a hard look at where these battles are happening, what is at stake, and why it matters for the future of our schools.
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Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 1906 |
Genre | : Education |
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Download The American School Board Journal Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Jonathan Zimmerman |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 2022-08-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0226820408 |
Download Whose America? Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In this expanded edition of his 2002 book, Zimmerman surveys how battles over public education have become conflicts at the heart of American national identity. Critical Race Theory. The 1619 Project. Mask mandates. As the headlines remind us, American public education is still wracked by culture wars. But these conflicts have shifted sharply over the past two decades, marking larger changes in the ways that Americans imagine themselves. In his 2002 book, Whose America?, Zimmerman predicted that religious differences would continue to dominate the culture wars. Twenty years after that seminal work, Zimmerman has reconsidered: arguments over what American history is, what it means, and how it is taught have exploded with special force in recent years. In this substantially expanded new edition, Zimmerman meditates on the history of the culture wars in the classroom—and on what our inability to find common ground might mean for our future.
Author | : Lee Burress |
Publisher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 9780810821514 |
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This book covers many important events for those studying censorship conflicts.
Author | : William J. Reese |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 309 |
Release | : 2013-03-01 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 0674075676 |
Download Testing Wars in the Public Schools Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Despite claims that written exams narrowed the curriculum, ruined children’s health, and turned teachers into automatons, once tests took root in American schools their legitimacy was never seriously challenged. William Reese puts today’s battles over standards and benchmarks into perspective by showcasing the history of the pencil-and-paper exam.
Author | : Christopher Bonastia |
Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 407 |
Release | : 2022-07-05 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1503631982 |
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Despite its image as an epicenter of progressive social policy, New York City continues to have one of the nation's most segregated school systems. Tracing the quest for integration in education from the mid-1950s to the present, The Battle Nearer to Home follows the tireless efforts by educational activists to dismantle the deep racial and socioeconomic inequalities that segregation reinforces. The fight for integration has shifted significantly over time, not least in terms of the way "integration" is conceived, from transfers of students and redrawing school attendance zones, to more recent demands of community control of segregated schools. In all cases, the Board eventually pulled the plug in the face of resistance from more powerful stakeholders, and, starting in the 1970s, integration receded as a possible solution to educational inequality. In excavating the history of New York City school integration politics, in the halls of power and on the ground, Christopher Bonastia unearths the enduring white resistance to integration and the severe costs paid by Black and Latino students. This last decade has seen activists renew the fight for integration, but the war is still far from won.