1st Edition
Left Behind: The Public Education Crisis in the United States
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Preface: A Challenging Philosophy of Education
Introduction: The Crisis in Public Education
1. The "Right" to Education
2. "The Free Press"—on a corporate leash
3. The Business Model
4. A Political Economy of Education
5. Poverty: the perennial problem
6. Discrimination: some structural suspects
7. The Teaching Profession
8. The Mismeasure of Students
9. What our children do not learn in high school, but should
10. "What? I need to learn a second language?"
11. Cultural Arrogance
12. Orwell’s nightmare achieved: the "Colonization of the Mind" vs. Critical Thinking
Post Script: Provide equal, high quality, public education for all our children!
Appendix: "Plyometrics" Movement Program Details
Author & Subject Index
Biography
Paul L. Jalbert is Associate Professor Emeritus of Communication at the University of Connecticut, USA, and editor of Media Studies: Ethnomethodological Approaches.
