The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn by Ravitch, Diane

The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781400030644)

Vendor: Diane Ravitch
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Format: Paperback
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The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn by Ravitch, Diane

The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn

$17.00
The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn by Ravitch, Diane

The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn

$17.00
Format: Paperback
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If you're an actress or a coed just trying to do a man-size job, a yes-man who turns a deaf ear to some sob sister, an heiress aboard her yacht, or a bookworm enjoying a boy's night out, Diane Ravitch's internationally acclaimed The Language Police has bad news for you: Erase those words from your vocabulary

Textbook publishers and state education agencies have sought to root out racist, sexist, and elitist language in classroom and library materials. But according to Diane Ravitch, a leading historian of education, what began with the best of intentions has veered toward bizarre extremes. At a time when we celebrate and encourage diversity, young readers are fed bowdlerized texts, devoid of the references that give these works their meaning and vitality. With forceful arguments and sensible solutions for rescuing American education from the pressure groups that have made classrooms bland and uninspiring, The Language Police offers a powerful corrective to a cultural scandal.

Author: Diane Ravitch
ISBN-10: 1400030641
ISBN-13: 9781400030644
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 05/11/2004
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.32w x 0.64d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 06/13/2004 pg. 28
Kliatt 09/01/2004 pg. 45
By Diane Ravitch
By Diane Ravitch
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Diane Ravitch is a historian of education and Research Professor of Education at New York University and Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. She was assistant secretary in charge of research in the U.S. Department of Education in the administration of President George H. W. Bush and was appointed to the National Assessment Governing Board by President Bill Clinton. The author of seven previous books on education, including the critically acclaimed Left Back: A Century of Battles Over School Reform, she lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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