Cover; American Public Education and the Responsibility of Its Citizens; Copyright; Contents; 1. Changing Schools, Changing Citizens, Changing Priorities; 2. Accountability, the Public, and Public Schools; 3. Defining Public Schools and Understanding Their Shifting Terrain; 4. Critiquing the Changing Practices of Public Schooling; 5. Our Schools, Our Responsibility, Our Democracy; 6. Fulfilling Citizen Responsibilities; 7. Legitimacy of Public Schools; 8. Citizenship Education and Habits of Democracy; 9. Educating Citizens Through and For Democracy and Our Public Schools; Acknowledgments
Summary
Rather than poorly performing schools, the current educational crisis is really about citizen responsibility. Citizens must insure that democratic processes are nurtured. This is perhaps most achievable in public schools. Therefore, citizens have a responsibility to support public schools and this book offers tools and knowledge to help citizens fulfill it
