Editorial Reviews
From Book News, Inc.
Public education is irreversibly doomed, says Lieberman, because government neglects its role as protector of consumer interests in order to protect its role as producer. He argues that only the free market can save education, and proposes a three-sector industry encompassing public, non-profit, and for-profit schools. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Ingram
In this blistering critique of our failing public schools, Lieberman explains why public education is in irreversible and terminal decline and tells what we must do to get American schooling back on track. A refreshingly clear analysis of our educational crisis and a rallying cry for market-system approaches to school reform.
Best book available on American public education., December 7, 1996 - Reviewer: A reader
The one book I most strongly recommend that readers interested in education reform start with is Dr. Myron Lieberman's Public Education: An Autopsy (1993). Despite its radical-sounding title, Dr. Lieberman's book is thorough and moderate in its approach to these issues. Dr. Lieberman began his working career as a schoolteacher in the same urban public school he attended as a child. He is a life member of the National Education Association and has been writing books about education reform since 1956. Dr. Lieberman is also trained as a lawyer and spent many years as a negotiator for schoolteacher unions bargaining with school boards. Public Education: An Autopsy reflects the latest developments in Dr. Lieberman's thinking and is full of important information not found in other books about education. The book shows great compassion for learners, parents, and teachers and contains excellent endnotes guiding readers to additional research sources. |
