How to Educate an American: The Conservative Vision for Tomorrow's Schools

by Michael J. Petrilli and Chester E. Finn

Book Overview

In the years after A Nation at Risk, conservatives' ideas to reform America's lagging education system gained much traction. Key items like school choice and rigorous academic standards drew bipartisan support and were put into practice across the country.

Today, these gains are in retreat, ceding ground to progressive nostrums that do little to boost the skills and knowledge of young people. Far from being discouraged, however, conservatives...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1599475693
• ISBN13: 9781599475691
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Templeton Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"