A School by Every Other Name

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This thoughtful book may be the first scholarly work from a contemporary school of education that advocates and clearly demonstrates the need for a national curriculum. Bravo! -- E.D. Hirsch Jr., professor of education and humanities; Linden Kent Memorial Professor of English Emeritus, University of Virginia Ebert and Studebaker have undertaken an audacious task-to describe the myriad, interlocking challenges facing America's educational system and posing questions that must be answered to prepare our young to live productively in an uncertain world that demands more and more of its citizens every day. Not everyone will agree with their analysis or suggested strategies for reform. But everyone who reads this book will think more deeply about the issues and what must be done to ensure the nation's future. -- George D. Kuh, Chancellor's Professor, Indiana University Bloomington Ebert and Studebaker take a thoughtful and original look at education in the United States and offer concrete and at times revolutionary suggestions for change. Unlike many books of this genre, they not only focus their proposals on how individual students might benefit, they also look at how our nation might be better equipped to compete against an increasingly technical and scientifically literate world. The book will be useful for policy planners. It can be especially useful as a supplemental text that will stimulate discussion in undergraduate classrooms. -- Joseph H. Rubinstein, Ph.D., professor of education, Coker College