American public education and the responsibility of its citizens 1st Edition by Sarah Stitzlein ISBN 0190657383 9780190657383

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ISBN 10:     0190657383   
ISBN 13: 978-0190657383
Author:     Sarah M. Stitzlein

Public school systems are central to a flourishing democracy, where children learn how to solve problems together, build shared identities, and come to value justice and liberty for all. However, as citizen support for public schools steadily declines, our democratic way of life is increasingly at risk.
Often, we hear about the poor performances of students and teachers in the public school system, but as author Sarah M. Stitzlein asserts in her compelling new volume, the current educational crisis is not about accountability, but rather citizen responsibility.
Now, more than ever, citizens increasingly do not feel as though public schools are our schools, forgetting that we have influence over their outcomes and are responsible for their success. In effect, accountability becomes more and more about finding failure and casting blame on our school administrators and teachers, rather than taking responsibility as citizens for shaping our expectations of the classroom, determining the criteria we use to measure its success, and supporting our public schools as they nurture our children for the future.
American Public Education and the Responsibility of its Citizens sheds an important light on recent shifts in the link between education and citizenship, helping readers to understand not only how schools now work, but also how citizens can take an active and influential role in shaping them. Moving from philosophical critique of these changes to practical suggestions for action, Stitzlein provides readers with the tools, habits, practices, and knowledge necessary to support public education. Further, by sharing examples of citizens and successful communities that are effectively working with their school systems, Stitzlein offers a torch of hope to sustain citizens through this difficult work in order to keep our democracy strong.

American public education and the responsibility of its citizens 1st Table of contents:

1. Changing Schools, Changing Citizens, Changing Priorities

2. Accountability, the Public, and Public Schools

3. Defining Public Schools and Understanding Their Shifting Terrain

4. Critiquing the Changing Practices of Public Schooling

5. Our Schools, Our Responsibility, Our Democracy

6. Fulfilling Citizen Responsibilities

7. Legitimacy of Public Schools

8. Citizenship Education and Habits of Democracy

9. Educating Citizens Through and For Democracy and Our Public Schools

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