{"product_id":"schoolhouse-burning-derek-w-black-9781541788442","title":"Schoolhouse Burning: Public Education and the Assault on American Democracy","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe full-scale assault on public education threatens not just public education but American democracy itself.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublic education as we know it is in trouble. Derek W. Black, a legal scholar and tenacious advocate, shows how major democratic and constitutional developments are intimately linked to the expansion of public education throughout American history. \u003ci\u003eSchoolhouse Burning\u003c\/i\u003eis grounded in pathbreaking, original research into how the nation, in its infancy, built itself around public education and, following the Civil War, enshrined education as a constitutional right that forever changed the trajectory of our democracy. Public education, alongside the right to vote, was the cornerstone of the recovery of the war-torn nation.\u003cbr\u003eToday's current schooling trends -- the declining commitment to properly fund public education and the well-financed political agenda to expand vouchers and charter schools -- present a major assault on the democratic norms that public education represents and risk undermining one of the unique accomplishments of American society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Derek W. Black\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1541788443\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541788442\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PublicAffairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/27\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2020","brand":"Derek W. Black","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44050123555071,"sku":"9781541788442","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bcea0796-1acd-49c8-b1f9-5ea2b82e4427.jpg?v=1685005360","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/schoolhouse-burning-derek-w-black-9781541788442","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}