Inside American Education: The Decline, the Deception, the Dogmas

An indictment of the American educational system criticizes the fact that the system has discarded the traditional goals of transmitting knowledge and fostering cognitive skills in favor of building self-esteem and promoting social harmony.

Author: Thomas Sowell
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 11/01/1992
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.57lbs
Size: 9.57h x 6.47w x 1.23d
ISBN: 9780029303306

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/15/1993
Publishers Weekly 11/30/1992

About the Author
Thomas Sowell is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He has been a professor of economics at leading American colleges and universities and has lectured in Singapore, Israel, Switzerland, and Germany, as well as across the United States.