Shelton, Jon. <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781501768156 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Education-Political aspects-United States.<br/>Education-Economic aspects-United States.<br/>Education and state-United States-History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LC66 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>379.73