{"product_id":"getting-education-right-frederick-m-hess-9780807769478","title":"Getting Education Right: A Conservative Vision for Improving Early Childhood, K-12, and College","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\"Hess and McShane are two of the smartest--and, more important, wisest--experts on education we have.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e--Ramesh Ponnuru, editor, \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003eNational Review\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\"Rich in history, fact, and perspective.\" --William Bennett, former U.S. Secretary of Education\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\"Whether readers are searching for ideas to add to an existing program or what to subtract (or even what to modify), \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003eGetting Education Right\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e can be motivating and educating.\" --\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003eSchool Administrator\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGetting Education Right\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, Rick Hess and Mike McShane argue that America has too long suffered from the absence of a robust, coherent, and principled conservative vision for educational improvement. This book both diagnoses a problem and offers a solution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThe problem?\u003c\/strong\u003e The right has too narrowly focused on school choice, campus speech, and shrinking Washington's footprint, while the left has sought to subsidize and supersize the status quo. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThe solution?\u003c\/strong\u003e An education system imbued with shared values, respectful of family ties, and equipped for the challenges of the 21st century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRooted in fundamental conservative principles, the authors explain both how we got here and where we need to go when it comes to early childhood, K-12, and higher education. Eschewing performative polemics, this book offers a field guide to bringing education back to its formative mission. \u003cstrong\u003eReaders from across the ideological spectrum will benefit \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003efrom engaging with the provocative analysis Hess and McShane offer, whether or not they agree with the policies they propose.\u003c\/strong\u003e Education is the foundation on which America's future will be constructed, and \u003cem\u003eGetting Education Right\u003c\/em\u003e provides a timely blueprint for that project.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eBook Features: \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA conservative vision for the direction of American education in early childhood, K-12, and higher education.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA stimulating and informative presentation for audiences across the ideological spectrum.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn explanation of what it means to be a conservative in education today applied to a series of crucial questions about American schooling.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA readable and accessible text with plenty of anecdotes, provocative data points, and real-world solutions.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAuthors who are especially well-suited to this task given their prominence as influential conservative scholars and pundits.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frederick M. Hess, Michael Q. McShane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807769479\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807769478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Teachers College Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/23\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Frederick M. Hess","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46880929087743,"sku":"9780807769478","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d127334f-19ac-4894-8ce0-44ae61263318.jpg?v=1747970147","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/getting-education-right-frederick-m-hess-9780807769478","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}