Education - Assumptions versus History: Collected Papers

In the papers collected in Education: Assumptions versus History, Dr. Thomas Sowell takes a hard look at the state of education in our schools and universities. His imperative is to test the assumptions underlying contemporary educational policies and innovations against the historical and contemporary evidence.

About the author

Thomas Sowell is the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Among his published works are Basic Economics, Late Talking Children, and Race and Culture. He has also published in both academic journals and the popular media including Newsweek, Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, and 150 newspapers that carry his nationally syndicated column.

Summary

Takes a hard look at the state of education in American schools and universities. Dr. Thomas Sowell’s imperative is to test the assumptions underlying contemporary educational policies and innovations against the historical and contemporary evidence.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Sowell
• Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.1985
• EAN: 9780817981129
• ISBN: 978-0-8179-8112-9
• No. of pages: 214
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 318 g
• Series: Publication Series: No. 311; Hoover Institution Press Publi; Publication Series: No. 311
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries