Fractured Schoolhouse - Reexamining Education for a Free, Equal, and Harmonious Society

American public schooling was intended to shape and unify democratic citizens, but by its nature it forces divisive conflict. And democracy is not the goal of American government; liberty is. The Fractured Schoolhouse posits that freedom in education is not only consistent with liberty but is better suited to produce unity than public schooling.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Why Do We Have Government Schooling?
Chapter 2. Reality Begs to Differ: Little Unity, Wrenching Conflict
Chapter 3. Why Think Public Schools Would Unify?
Chapter 4. The "Democracy" Problem
Chapter 5. American Values
Chapter 6. Is Freedom the Key to Unity and Equality?
Chapter 7. For Peace and Cohesion, We Need Educational Liberty
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

About the author

David Andersen-Rodgers is a professor of political science at California State University, Sacramento. His teaching and research has focused on human security, conflict-induced displacement, foreign policy decision-making, and small arms proliferation.

Product details

• Authors: Neal P. Mccluskey, McCluskey Neal P.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781475864243
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-6424-3
• No. of pages: 234
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Inclusive Education, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Non-Formal Education, Educational strategies & policy, Educational strategies and policy