James D. Williams

The Decline in Educational Standards

From a Public Good to a Quasi-Monopoly

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Produktbeschreibung

Offers a detailed, pragmatic discussion of potential steps to reverse the decline in educational standards.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 650g
• ISBN-13: 9781475841367
• ISBN-10: 1475841361
• Artikelnr.: 54806592

Autorenporträt

James D. Williams is a Christian educator, having served as a church minister of education, a tenured seminary professor, executive leader of a denomination program and publishing entity, president of a denomination missions program for men and boys, and coordinator of mission fellowship groups, including one for medical and dental volunteers. In his ministry, he has sought to model Christ-centered servant leadership. Currently, he is serving as a senior fellow at B. H. Carroll Theological Institute and as an adjunct professor at Dallas Baptist University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction Section I: Economics and Neoliberalism
Chapter 1: Liberalism and Conservatism: Some Characteristics Chapter 2: The
Industrial Revolution Chapter 3: Socialist Stirrings Chapter 4: John
Maynard Keynes and Economic Theory Chapter 5: The Great Depression Chapter
6: Kynesian Economics and The Road to Serfdom Chapter 7: The 1970s
Inflation Chapter 8: Debt-Based Consumer Capitalism and Taxation Chapter 9:
Debt-Based Consumerism and a Mountain of Debt Chapter 10: Too Big to Fail
Section II: What Happened to Public Education? Chapter 11: The Common
School Movement Chapter 12: Meeting the Educational Needs in a Diverse
Society Chapter 13: Intelligence Testing Chapter 14: Academic Tracking
Chapter 15: Criticisms of IQ Testing and Tracking Chapter 16: The Effects
of the Proximate Environment on IQ and Academic Performance Chapter 17: The
Commodification of Education Chapter 18: Federal Control Through Federal
Funding Chapter 19: Parental Satisfaction and Student Performance Chapter
20: Charter Schools, Vouchers, and Politics School Vouchers Chapter 21: How
Did We Get Here? Chapter 22: Following the Money Section III: Higher
Education as a Quasi-Monopoly Chapter 23: Education and the End of Poverty
Chapter 24: Higher Education in a Privatized-Keynesian World Chapter 25:
The Democratization of Higher Education Chapter 26: The Gainful Employment
Rule and Tacit Collusion Chapter 27: Declining Public Confidence and the
Politicized Faculty Section IV: Improving Public and Higher Education
Chapter 28: Neoliberalism, Priviatized Keynesianism, and the Debt Bomb
Chapter 29: Rethinking Public Education Chapter 30: Egalitarianism and the
Drive for Equal Outcomes Chapter 31: Reforming the Nation's Education
System