Public Education for Our Nation's Democracy: Commentaries on Schooling in America

David Berliner, one of America's foremost educational researchers, issues an urgent message for all those who care about preserving the future of public education, and the future of democracy.

Throughout his extraordinary career, educational psychologist David Berliner visited hundreds of classrooms in multiple countries. After many such visits, he wrote short notes about what he saw, felt, and imagined as he observed teachers, students, and administrators attempting to make education happen...