Education and equality

Education and equality

by Allen, Danielle S.

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"American education as we know it today - guaranteed by the state to serve every child in the country - is still less than a hundred years old. It's no wonder we haven't yet agreed exactly what role education should play in our society. In these Tanner Lectures, Danielle Allen brings us much closer, examining the ideological impasse between vocational and humanistic approaches that has plagued educational discourse and offering a compelling proposal to finally resolve the dispute"--

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Education and equality / Danielle Allen ; with comments by Tommie Shelby, Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, Michael Rebell, and Quiara Alegría Hudes.

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"American education as we know it today - guaranteed by the state to serve every child in the country - is still less than a hundred years old. It's no wonder we haven't yet agreed exactly what role education should play in our society. In these Tanner Lectures, Danielle Allen brings us much closer, examining the ideological impasse between vocational and humanistic approaches that has plagued educational discourse and offering a compelling proposal to finally resolve the dispute"--

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2016.

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  • Description:1 online resource

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  • ISBN:9780226373249, 022637324X
  • oclc:ocn951975834
  • LC Classification:LC213.2
  • Dewey Decimal:379.2/6

Table of Contents

Two concepts of education -- Participatory readiness -- Comment 1: Justification, learning, and human flourishing / Tommie Shelby -- Comment 2: A reunion / Marcelo Suárez-Orozco -- Comment 3: "Participatory readiness" and the courts / Michael Rebell -- Comment 4: A world of cousins / Quiara Alegría Hudes -- Response to commentators / Danielle Allen.

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