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Conform : exposing the truth about common core and public education / Written and Edited by Glenn Beck., Kevin Balfe, and Kyle Olson ; Contributors, Sharon Ambrose, Steve Gunn, and Ben Velderman.
- Title
- Conform : exposing the truth about common core and public education / Written and Edited by Glenn Beck., Kevin Balfe, and Kyle Olson ; Contributors, Sharon Ambrose, Steve Gunn, and Ben Velderman.
- Author
- Beck, Glenn.
- Publication
- New York : Threshold editions/Mercury Radio Arts, 2014.
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- Description
- xiii, 258 pages; 21 m
- Summary
- "#1 bestselling author and popular radio and television host Glenn Beck considers the hot-button issue of education in the US, exposing the weaknesses of the Common Core school curriculum and examining why liberal solutions fail"--
- "#1 bestselling author and popular radio and television host Glenn Beck considers the hot-button issue of education in the US, exposing the weaknesses of the Common Core school curriculum and examining why liberal solutions fail. As he did with the issue of gun control in his thoughtful and succinct #1 bestseller Control, Glenn Beck uncovers the politically motivated truth behind the continual failures of the American educational system and offers real, tangible solutions for change. The debate over education--who decides what and how our children learn as they prepare for their futures--may be centuries old, but with issues like Common Core, homeschooling, charter schools, and teachers' unions affecting families nationwide, the debates rage hotter than ever. Going point by point with this well-reasoned, fact-based analysis, Glenn Beck proves that it's not more money our schools need--it's a complete refocusing of priorities and a total restructuring of the relationship between local schools and our federal government. For the sake of our children's schooling today and for their successes tomorrow, you must read Conform to fight for a system that offers nothing less than the world's highest-quality education. An essential handbook for anyone concerned about the precarious state of schools in our country today, Conform is for education what #1 New York Times bestseller Control was for gun rights"--
- Series Statement
- Beck, Glenn. Control series.
- Control series
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-258).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- You can't criticize public education if you haven't been in the classroom -- Critics of the system are just "teacher bashers" -- Public schools are underfunded -- Teachers' unions put kids first -- Teachers need unions and collective bargaring -- Teachers need tenure -- Pay should be based on seniority, not performance -- Only people who go to a college of education should be teachers -- School curriculum is based on a conservative, "whites first" worldview -- The government education system can't be reformed until we first eradicate poverty -- States have failed, so we now need national standards, "local control" is just the ruse to protect mediocrity -- Common core is "state led" -- Common core is "rigorous" -- Teachers love common core, and they're the ones who really matter! -- All this anti-common core talk is just another conspiracy theory from people who obviously hate the President.
- ISBN
- 9781476773889 (paperback)
- 1476773882 (paperback)
- 9781476773896 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- ^^2014009188
- OCLC
- 862788402
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library