"What kind of citizen is no ordinary education book. By drawing on accessible and engaging discussions around the goals of schooling, it is imminently readable by a broad public. Neither fluff nor polemic, the theory and practice described in the book are based in solid empirical research and come out of the most influential frameworks for citizenship and democratic education of the last several decades (the "Three Kinds of Citizens" framework that emerged from collaboration between the author and Dr. Joseph Kahne as well as consultations with thousands of school teachers and civic leaders.) - This framework has been used in 67 countries to help teachers and school reformers think about how to structure educational programs and how schools can strengthen democratic societies. - This book pulls together a decade of research on schools into one place giving the reader a comprehensive look at why schools should be at the forefront of public engagement and how we can make that happen"--

An indictment of the American educational system criticizes the fact that the system has discarded the traditional goals of transmitting knowledge and fostering cognitive skills in favor of building self-esteem and promoting social harmony.

"Prepared by the Joint Committee on Standards for Educatioanl and Psychological Testing of the American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association and National Council on Measurement in Education"--T.p. verso.

Excerpt from The American Educational Review, Vol. 28: October, 1906-September, 1907 It has been interesting to note how the religious life of the state institutions has developed, as a wider horizon has made the limitations of denominationalism less conspicuous. In many places guild houses have been established under the auspices of particular churches, to serve as rallying places for the members of that denomination in the university, pre sided over by heads who give their whole time to the religious interests of these students, and making powerful adjuncts to the work of the Young Men's Chris tian association and the corresponding organization in the interests of women. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The American Educational Review, Vol. 31 Seven more colleges were added to the accepted list during the year. These were Coe College, Iowa; Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania; the state univer sities Of Wisconsin, Michigan and Mis souri and the University of Toronto. The universities Of twenty-six other states have been presented for admission to the Foundation by their legislatures. That the scrutiny exercised in the ad mission Oi schools is exacting is being proved by the fact that only five state institutions, one Of these in Canada, have been admitted after a year Of administra tion Of the rules under which tax-sup ported colleges became eligible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.