How Political Correctness Weakens Schools

Author : Jim Dueck
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475829884

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How Political Correctness Weakens Schools by Jim Dueck Pdf

Education for this generation’s youth is the key for our nation’s future well-being but it is now threatened by political correctness. A politically correct environment seeks to avoid controversial issues by maintaining the status quo on matters related to workers in the education system while avoiding the best interests of the stakeholders, and it is for this reason that political correctness must be challenged on many issues in our school system, so that our children have a better chance for learning well and then living well. This book’s focus is on using accountability to pressure the system toward implementing reforms necessary for winning. It deals with educational policies, which are controversial and also identified by others for being problematic, rather than classroom practices. The solutions, or recommendations, proposed are intended to ensure that policies align with the best interests of students, parents, and taxpayers rather than with those of the service providers.

Author : Mark Lopez
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1922449199

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School Sucks by Mark Lopez Pdf

Are you one of the millions who know there is something terribly wrong with the politically correct era we are in now? In this restrictive and too often cruel unjust world with its ideologically-driven censorship and merciless 'cancel culture', its increasing dystopian dysfunctionality, its threats to our democratic freedoms and its hostility towards so much of what made Western civilisation so dynamic, innovative, prosperous, tolerant, inclusive and successful, here is an account of a key dimension of this calamity, what went wrong in our high schools. Importantly, the sections of this book clearly explaining political correctness and postmodernism go beyond understanding education to help you to understand these terms and make sense of the world we live in. In regards to education, what is really going on in curricula and classrooms is revealed and explained. Every student, parent and grandparent needs to know this. As a private tutor since 1990, Dr Mark Lopez has been able to observe and reveal what the education bureaucrats don't want you to know but you need to know. The flawed but dominant progressive educational methodologies are explained and their negative impact is powerfully illustrated with the experiences of real students. Written in the spirit of the Enlightenment, in a clear, insightful and engaging style, at times you may find yourself laughing or crying as you discover that all your suspicions are confirmed. This devastating critique of the education system reveals it as characterised by irrationality, timewasting, and a stifling political correctness. The costs and ramifications of this are extensive. This led to Dr Lopez's inevitable conclusion regarding the state of education in the politically correct era: 'School sucks'.

Author : Gerald Fredrick Töben
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Education
ISBN : 064626799X

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Political Correctness in Our Schools by Gerald Fredrick Töben Pdf

Author : John Lea
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135895877

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Political Correctness and Higher Education by John Lea Pdf

How many times have you heard the phrase: `it’s all political correctness gone mad!’ Do you ever wonder whether colleges and universities are really awash with trivial concerns about the use of language or whether they are actually trying to address serious concerns about discrimination and harassment? Have you ever wanted to get to the bottom of what all the fuss is about? This book is the first major study of political correctness in post compulsory education to be published in the UK. For readers in the UK unfamiliar with the nature of the controversies in US college campuses this book offers a comprehensive assessment of the key themes, including who and what was behind key campaigns. For readers in the US unfamiliar with how this cultural export has faired in the UK this book looks at the significant similarities and differences in the ways that the phrase has been used in both societies. Apart from addressing the roots of political correctness the book seeks to show how the phrase has helped to complicate the traditional boundaries between those on the political Left and those on the political Right. The book also demonstrates in clear terms how the phrase is integral to understanding key themes in cultural theory, such as postmodernism and identity politics. This book is intended to be of interest to a number of readers: Teachers working in colleges and universities; Teacher educators and student teachers working on programmes of initial teacher education; Students studying undergraduate programmes in comparative politics and/or sociology and cultural studies Finally, the book will seek to capture the reflections of prominent academics and educationalists bon both sides of the Atlantic, who have worked in environments where the phrase has impinged on aspects of their work over the last twenty five years. If you think that `political correctness’ simply amounts to what jokes you are allowed to tell in a classroom, hopefully this book will challenge you to think again.

Author : Robert Maranto,Richard E. Redding,Frederick M. Hess
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780844743172

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The Politically Correct University by Robert Maranto,Richard E. Redding,Frederick M. Hess Pdf

Political correctness if one of the primary enemies of freedom of thought in higher education today, undermining our ability to acquire, transmit, and process knowledge. Political correctness limits the variation of ideas by an ideologically driven concern for hue rather than view. This volume is not simply another rant; there are good data here, along with well-crafted, hard-to-ignore logical interpretations and arguments. It is the sort of work that those who adhere to idea-limiting notions of the university will try to trivialize. That alone should make it important reading. --Michael Schwartz, president emeritus, Kent State University and Cleveland State University

Author : Rachel Bozek
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781534500976

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Political Correctness by Rachel Bozek Pdf

Political correctness, better known as “PC,” flourished in institutions of higher learning in the 1990s. With the rise of social media, a second wave of PC culture has emerged that is more aggressive than the first. It seems to many that nearly everyone is a target, at risk of being labeled a racist or misogynist based on one short tweet. The movement, though intended to be inclusive and pluralistic, has its detractors. Is political correctness protective or is it an attack on freedom? Do knee-jerk reactions cancel out the opportunity for thoughtful discourse? And what does this culture mean for our future?

Author : Jim Dueck
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475847857

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Accountable Schools by Jim Dueck Pdf

The majority of students are required to attend their neighborhood public school unless their parents apply to an alternate program such as private and charter schools. Seldom is a comprehensive measurement program in place for parents to assist them in determining whether their local school is providing quality educational services and, when a reporting system is in place, an unbiased evaluation is lacking. This book demonstrates how parents can make informed choices regarding their local school or others within their community. The accountability model presented was highly rated by the U.S. Department of Education and its approach is used in Alberta and California. Fixed boundaries should be replaced and all schools labeled as “magnet centers” with locally developed mission statements to attract students without transportation costs. Democratizing the workplace is as necessary as democratizing our schools so that workers are recognized and rewarded according to their team’s performance.

Author : Jim Dueck
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475836974

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Gender Fairness in Today's School by Jim Dueck Pdf

This book traces back how male students are currently disadvantaged in school by instruction in an overwhelmingly female environment .

Author : Michael S. Roth
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780300248722

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Safe Enough Spaces by Michael S. Roth Pdf

From the president of Wesleyan University, a compassionate and provocative manifesto on the crises confronting higher education In this bracing book, Michael S. Roth stakes out a pragmatist path through the thicket of issues facing colleges today to carry out the mission of higher education. With great empathy, candor, subtlety, and insight, Roth offers a sane approach to the noisy debates surrounding affirmative action, political correctness, and free speech, urging us to envision college as a space in which students are empowered to engage with criticism and with a variety of ideas. Countering the increasing cynical dismissal—from both liberals and conservatives—of the traditional core values of higher education, this book champions the merits of different diversities, including intellectual diversity, with a timely call for universities to embrace boldness, rigor, and practical idealism.

Author : KEVIN. DONNELLY
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1925642615

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HOW POLITICAL CORRECTNESS IS DESTROYING EDUCATION by KEVIN. DONNELLY Pdf

Author : Nel Noddings
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807776193

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When School Reform Goes Wrong by Nel Noddings Pdf

In this much-needed volume, Nel Noddings uses her extensive experience at every level of schooling to challenge the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Noddings invites readers to think critically about the ideas underlying NCLB, the reform movement that shaped it, and the processes it has put into play. She considers such questions as, Is money the answer to raising test scores? Are failing schools mainly attended by poor children, or are all of our schools failing? Do all students need courses in advanced mathematics, physics, and chemistry? Should special education students be expected to meet the same standards as regular students? Does one standard curriculum serve the needs and interests of all students? Does our current system of schooling undermine the democracy it should support? This dynamic book: Challenges almost every provision in the No Child Left Behind Act. Argues for educationally justifiable interpretations of equality, accountability, standards, testing, and choice. Suggests an educationally and morally acceptable way of employing an enriched form of tracking to meet the needs of all students. Considers what is at stake for our children, schools, and democracy and offers suggestions for fresh thinking. “A must read for anyone who cares about our troubled public system of education.” —David C. Berliner, Mary Lou Fulton College of Education, Arizona State University “If you only have time to read one book, make it this one. Logical, lucid, wry, and wise, the book brings Noddings’s vast experience to bear on what’s wrong about current and recent efforts at school reform and what appropriate, humane reform might look like.” —Gerald Bracey, independent researcher and writer “Developing themes from her landmark volume The Challenge to Care in Schools, Nel Noddings provides a much-needed perspective on current educational reforms.” —Kenneth R. Howe, University of Colorado, Boulder

Author : Nick Adams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781682614211

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Retaking America by Nick Adams Pdf

Political correctness must be crushed—and only America can do it. As Tweeted by President Trump Political correctness has ripped through America, turning life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness into lifelessness, suppression and the pursuit of mediocrity. In support of political correctness, sneering columnists are seeking out opinions they don’t like and punishing them, speakers are being canceled on college campuses and people are being vilified for exercising their religious liberty. Meanwhile, Europe is in its death throes, completely infected by the political correctness disease. Australian Nick Adams believes only America has the cure. But the race is on. Will America be able to save itself in time, and lead a stunning turnaround–or will it succumb to a European fate? With creativity, flair and his trademark wit, Australian Nick Adams deftly exposes why political correctness is behind every problem in America today, and why it is every American’s patriotic duty to defy politically correct mandates. He explains Americans face a momentous choice in this election year, and lays out a roadmap for an American renaissance.

Author : Peter Duignan,Lewis H. Gann
Publisher : Hoover Institution Press
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0817937420

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Political Correctness by Peter Duignan,Lewis H. Gann Pdf

Author : Stephen Richer,Lorna Weir
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Education
ISBN : 080207748X

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Beyond Political Correctness by Stephen Richer,Lorna Weir Pdf

The term 'political correctness' has lately been transformed into a weapon of neoconservatism. Once used to poke fun at social movements and civil-rights groups for occasional lapses into rigidity, it has since become a popular handle for the neoconservative critique of higher education. Aimed at anti-racist and anti-sexist initiatives within universities, colleges, and other major social institutions, the term is used to discredit such innovations as employment equity, selective recruitment of students from groups that have suffered systemic discrimination, sexual harassment policies, and women's studies programs, casting these as forms of tyranny that destroy academic freedom and merit. This anthology is the first sociological analysis of political correctness and the first study of the phenomenon in Canada. Contributors argue on behalf of an inclusive university, showing that recent reforms not only work toward broadening human rights, but provide a welcome reorganization of knowledge. All but two papers have been written specifically for this text.

Author : Christopher Newfield,Ronald Strickland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429971020

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After Political Correctness by Christopher Newfield,Ronald Strickland Pdf

This book resituates the political correctness debates in the humanities branch of the academy. It contends that conservatives have tainted entire academic disciplines to cause university humanists to go from irrelevant to dangerous overnight.