Dumbing us Down

This book is for teachers and parents - learn how the watered down traditional school system is diminishing our educational outputs and how we can instead become self-directed lifetime-learners. This is a book for parents and teachers as a wake up call to the poor educational system that is causing children to learn poorer, have more disabilities, and aren't held to the high standards of yesterday. The author was a teacher in New York for 30 years before setting out to unveil the truths of broken system of mandatory schooling, and instead wants parents to embrace learning with self-direction. This is a book for parents to read. Parents can get a good insight into this author's opinion of how the US educational system is failing our children. Many reviews quote this as eye-opening and whistle-blowing. The author's opinion is quite pointed and stark, and some reviews found the book to be unsettling and difficult to read.

Grades: Parents of students of all ages

Cost: eTextbook = $7.31, hardcover = $17.51, paperback = $7.69

OTHER DETAILS

Key features

Type of Tool: Textbook

Time required: Varies depending on your reading speed - the book is 147 pages long.

Special Needs:

Literacy Requirement (does a child need to know how to read):

Screens

Screens:  No screens

Online requirement:

Time

Parent/Caregiver Involvement: Parent/Teacher/Caregiver Involvement is necessary

Prep Time:  Significant prep time

Other characteristics

Modality: Visual

Adaptive: No, it is the same for every student

Educational Philosophy: Unschooling

Other characteristics:   Self-directed learning

Accountability

Assessment: No, there is no assessment component

State Standards: No

Teacher Accounts:

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