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From the Publisher
"Once again at his most bold and brilliant…Rose is a rare treasure in this dreary moment of debate along the dismal flatlands of education discourse. He brings us to the mountaintops."—Jonathan Kozol
"Rose gives a larger sense of the interplay between what happens in the classroom and the world outside schoolÂ…[and] a capacious sense of what can happen within the interior world of the classroom."
—The New York Review of Books
"Rose puts into clear words what so many of us feel is lacking in our children’s education…[He] recalibrates our thinking in this little book, the first step toward change."
—Los Angeles Times
"Wondrous."
—In These Times
"A compact and potent collection of essays."
—The Nation
Overview
Why School? challenges today's narrow focus on high-stakes testing and economic competition. It also serves as a critical reminder of the broader purposes of school: the intellectual, social, civic, and ethical development of individuals.