{"product_id":"fertilizers-pills-and-magnetic-strips-gene-v-glass-9781593118938","title":"Fertilizers, Pills, and Magnetic Strips: The Fate of Public Education in America (Hc)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"We shape our tools and then they shape us.\" With these words, Kenneth Boulding captured one of the great truths of the modern world. In Fertilizers, Pills, and Magnetic Strips, Gene V Glass analyzes how a few key technological inventions changed culture in America and how public education has changed as a result. Driving these changes are material self-interest and the desire for comfort and security, both of which have transformed American culture into a hyper-consuming, xenophobic society that is systematically degrading public education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlass shows how the central education policy debates at the start of the 21st century (vouchers, charter schools, tax credits, high-stakes testing, bilingual education) are actually about two underlying issues: how can the costs of public education be cut, and how can the education of the White middle-class be \"quasi-privatized\" at public expense? Working from the demographic realities of the past thirty years, he projects a challenging and disturbing future for public education in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gene V. Glass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1593118937\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593118938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Information Age Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d","brand":"Gene V. Glass","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065732903167,"sku":"9781593118938","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7b7dcc6d-8598-45e0-9db2-5b53915f5cb0.jpg?v=1768676900","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fertilizers-pills-and-magnetic-strips-gene-v-glass-9781593118938","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}