Teaching America: The Case for Civic Education (New Frontiers in Education) - Softcover

Feith, David J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1607098415 ISBN 13: 9781607098416

Verlag: R&L Education, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

This book taps the best American thinkers to answer the essential American question: How do we sustain our experiment in government of, by, and for the people? Authored by an extraordinary and politically diverse roster of public officials, scholars, and educators, these chapters describe our nation's civic education problem, assess its causes, offer an agenda for reform, and explain the high stakes at risk if we fail.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

David Feith is an assistant editorial features editor at The Wall Street Journal and directs the Civic Education Initiative.

John Bridgeland is President & CEO of Civic Enterprises, a public policy firm in Washington, D.C. Bridgeland was recently appointed by President Obama to the White House Council for Community Solutions. Formerly, Bridgeland served as Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council in the first term of President George W. Bush and then as Assistant to the President of the United States and first Director of the USA Freedom Corps, where he coordinated policy on international, national, community and faith-based service in the aftermath of 9/11. Bridgeland also was a co-convener of ServiceNation, a Presidential forum with Senators John McCain and Barack Obama on September 11, 2008, and a national summit that showcased a comprehensive plan to increase community, national and international service opportunities. For his work in promoting the national service agenda, Bridgeland was selected a NonProfit Times Executive of the Year. He lives with his wife, Maureen, and their three children, Caily, Fallon and Regis in McLean, Virginia.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: R&L Education
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1607098415
• ISBN 13: 9781607098416
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 258
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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