The Seduction of Common Sense: How the Right Has Framed the Debate of America's Schools

by Kevin K. Kumashiro

Book Overview

Just in time for the 2008 elections, The Seduction of Common Sense offers a powerful examination of current education policy initiatives as framed by the rhetoric of the political Right and the political Left. Critical of both sides, Kumashiro first provides a searching look at the Right and shows why it has succeeded so well in winning the debate about the purposes and possibilities of education. Here he brilliantly illuminates how the Right uses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807748684
• ISBN13: 9780807748688
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.2" x 9.0"