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Dumbing Down Our Kids : Why America's Children Feel Good About Themselves But Can't Read, Write, or Add
by Sykes, Charles J
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0312134746
- ISBN 13
- 9780312134747
- Seller
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Garrison, North Dakota, United States
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About This Item
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Third Printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Printing of the First Edition (stated). A fascinating expose on the downward-spiraling state of American education, wherein students are taught how to apply condoms and know how to get in touch with the gay and lesbian hotlines but can't find the United States on a map and require remedial reading instruction, who know infinite detail about Malcolm X's life but are not sure who Benjamin Franklin was. Author discusses the inroads made by political correctness, the cowardice or mendacity of school administrations and teachers, the failures of parents to take action to reverse this silliness, and the federal government's own role in leading and funding the 'dumbing down' of students; contains notes, index. Hardcover with dust jacket, 341pp., former owner signature. A very nice copy. Very rare as signed by author. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- JB Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00005780
- Title
- Dumbing Down Our Kids : Why America's Children Feel Good About Themselves But Can't Read, Write, or Add
- Author
- Sykes, Charles J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Third Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0312134746
- ISBN 13
- 9780312134747
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- EDUCATION, TEACHING, TEACHERS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CHILDREN, STUDENTS, FAMILY, POLITICS, CULTURE, SOCIETY, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, CORRECTITUDE, LIBERALS, LIBERALISM, CONSERVATIVES, CONSERVATISM
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Garrison, North Dakota
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