Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good about Themselves But Can't Read, Write, or Add

Dumbing Down Our Kids is a searing indictment of America's secondary schools-one that every parent and teacher should read.

Dumbing Down Our Kids offers a full-scale investigation of the new educational fad, sometimes called "Outcome Based Education" -the latest in a long series of "reforms" that has eroded our schools.

-Why our kids rank to, or at the bottom of international tests in math and science
-Why "self-esteem" has supplanted grades and genuine achievements
-How the educational establishment lowers standards and quality in our schools-while continuing to raise their budgets and our school taxes
-The dumbing down of the curriculum so everyone can pass-but no one excel
-How parents, students, and teachers can evaluate schools and restore quality learning

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 09/05/2000
ISBN: 9780312148232
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/19/1996