Education

by Gary Thomas

Book Overview

Education is one of the hot-button issues of our time, heatedly debated by parents, teachers, local school boards, and national politicians. But despite the many measures taken to overhaul the educational system, student math and reading scores rarely seem to improve. Taking the reader from the schools of ancient times to the present day, this Very Short Introduction explains why education has followed the path that it has taken-and what we might...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199643261
• ISBN13: 9780199643264
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.2" x 6.7"