The conspiracy of ignorance : (Record no. 94770)

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International Standard Book Number 0060932600 (pbk.)
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System control number (Sirsi) i9780060932602
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System control number (Sirsi) i9780060932602
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System control number (Sirsi) i9780060932602
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System control number (Sirsi) i9780060932602
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Classification number (OCLC) (R) ; Classification number, CALL (RLIN) (NR) LA 217.2 .G76 2000x
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Gross, Martin L.
Fuller form of name (Martin Louis),
Dates associated with a name 1925-2013.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The conspiracy of ignorance :
Remainder of title the failure of American public schools /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Martin L. Gross.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1st Perennial ed. 2000.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. HarperCollins,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2000, c1952.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent x, 307 p. ;
Dimensions 20 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-276) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note An indictment of the education establishment : the decline of teaching and learning -- A tale of American student failure : domestic ignorance and international embarrassment -- The making of a modern teacher : weak selection and a "Mickey Mouse" education -- The debased reading curriculum : whatever happened to phonics? -- Licensing and certification of teachers : a nationwide sham -- The debased general curriculum : whatever happened to geography and trigonometry? -- The psychologized classroom : counseling, personality testing, and Dr. Freud -- Private, parachial, and charter schools : superior education and a matter of choice -- Alternate certification of teachers : competition from a brighter "untrained" cadre -- Middle school and high school : legions of abandoned minds -- The teachers' unions : using schools as a political tool -- The establishment and the community : unscholarly administrators, weak school boards, and pliant PTAs -- Conclusion : how tof reform, rebuild, and regain our public schools.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Public schools
Geographic subdivision United States
General subdivision Evaluation.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element School failure
Geographic subdivision United States.
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    Library of Congress Classification     Storms Research Center Storms Research Center Main Collection 10/28/2025   LA 217.2 .G76 2000X 98621825 10/28/2025 14.75 10/28/2025 Book