Against Schooling: For an Education That Matters

by Stanley Aronowitz

Book Overview

In Against Schooling, Stanley Aronowitz passionately raises an alarm about the current state of education in our country. Discipline and control over students, Aronowitz argues, are now the primary criteria of success, and genuine learning is sacrificed to a new educational militarism. In an age where school districts have imposed testing, teachers must teach to test, and both teacher and student are robbed of their autonomy and creativity. The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594515026
• ISBN13: 9781594515026
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.5"