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Leonard Covello and the Making of Benjamin Franklin High School

Education As If Citizenship Mattered

John Puckett author Michael C Johanek author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Temple University Press,U.S.

Published:15th Nov '06

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What is the mission of American public education? This book describes one of America's most notable experiments in "community education." It offers a contextualized history of twentieth-century efforts to educate students as community-minded citizens.How can we educate students to be better citizens?

"This tightly packed treatise centers on the purpose and accomplishments of a distinctive public school, and the politically and intellectually astute principal behind it...[I]t is a refreshing reminder that schools are about making citizens as well as workers, and why John Dewey's ideas are still a beacon for those who value this tradition...The authors contend that its 'imperfect accomplishments,' which included envisioning schools as a primary agency for neighborhood revitalization, have lessons for the challenges urban high schools face today. An inspiring text and detailed notes equal a valuable contribution. Summing Up: Highly recommended." Choice

ISBN: 9781592135219

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 30mm

Weight: unknown

384 pages