The Stupidity Epidemic: Worrying about Students, Schools, and America's Future

by Joel Best

Critics often warn that American schools are failing, and that our students are ill-prepared for the challenges the future holds, and may even be "the dumbest generation." We can think of these claims as warning about a Stupidity Epidemic. This essay begins by tracing the history of the idea of that American students, teachers, and schools are somehow getting worse; the record shows that critics have been issuing such warnings for more than 150...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415892090
• ISBN13: 9780415892094
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 66 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.9" x 9.8"