What Johnny Shouldn't Read: Textbook Censorship in America
Author: Joan Delfattore
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ISBN: 0300057091
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr (September, 1992)
Sales Rank: 1,343,318
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5
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Rating: 5 out of 5
Essential for Understanding Real Revisionism
Anyone with curiosity about education policy in this country should immediately read this book. It is a study on how nearly invisible bodies of decision makers shape textbooks to their attitudes. She deals mainly with the state boards of education in Texas in California. One reason for this is that since they are the most populous states, publishers are more responsive to the attitudes and revisions of these two boards. Another reason is that since the political culture in the two states is so different, she can hardly be accused of anything other than excellent scholarship. The end result is that apart from the nature of political attitudes in these two regions, there is more than enough willingness to impose revisionist standards on what is eventually taught in the schools.An excellent, and at times chilling, study of a nearly opaque process in our democracy; where views and attitudes of the current political climate are imposed on history, to the deteriment of history and of children.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Absolutely astounding.
Delfattore takes a case by case study of textbook censorship and what she comes up with is absolutely frightening. Anyone with a will can change the content of school textbooks. This is a must read for teachers! Similar Products
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