The Education Myth : How Human Capital Trumped Social Democracy.
Shelton, Jon.
The Education Myth : How Human Capital Trumped Social Democracy. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (271 pages) - Histories of American Education Series . - Histories of American Education Series .
THE EDUCATION MYTH -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. From Independence to Security: Education and Democracy from the Nation's Founding -- 2. To Secure These Rights: Education and the Unfinished Project of American Social Democracy -- 3. Education's War on Poverty in the 1960s -- 4. New Politics: Democrats and Opportunity in a Postindustrial Society -- 5. "At Risk": The Acceleration of the Education Myth -- 6. "What You Earn Depends on What You Learn": Education Presidents, Education Governors, and Human Capital Rising -- 7. Putting Some People First: The Total Ascendance of the Education Myth -- 8. Left Behind: The Politics of Education Reform and Rise of the Creative Class -- 9. Things Fall Apart: The Education Myth under Attack -- Epilogue: A Social Democratic Future? -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
No detailed description available for "The Education Myth".
9781501768156
Education-Political aspects-United States.
Education-Economic aspects-United States.
Education and state-United States-History.
Electronic books.
LC66
379.73
The Education Myth : How Human Capital Trumped Social Democracy. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (271 pages) - Histories of American Education Series . - Histories of American Education Series .
THE EDUCATION MYTH -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. From Independence to Security: Education and Democracy from the Nation's Founding -- 2. To Secure These Rights: Education and the Unfinished Project of American Social Democracy -- 3. Education's War on Poverty in the 1960s -- 4. New Politics: Democrats and Opportunity in a Postindustrial Society -- 5. "At Risk": The Acceleration of the Education Myth -- 6. "What You Earn Depends on What You Learn": Education Presidents, Education Governors, and Human Capital Rising -- 7. Putting Some People First: The Total Ascendance of the Education Myth -- 8. Left Behind: The Politics of Education Reform and Rise of the Creative Class -- 9. Things Fall Apart: The Education Myth under Attack -- Epilogue: A Social Democratic Future? -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
No detailed description available for "The Education Myth".
9781501768156
Education-Political aspects-United States.
Education-Economic aspects-United States.
Education and state-United States-History.
Electronic books.
LC66
379.73