The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students LearnKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2007年12月18日 - 288 頁 If you’re an actress or a coed just trying to do a man-size job, a yes-man who turns a deaf ear to some sob sister, an heiress aboard her yacht, or a bookworm enjoying a boy’s night out, Diane Ravitch’s internationally acclaimed The Language Police has bad news for you: Erase those words from your vocabulary! Textbook publishers and state education agencies have sought to root out racist, sexist, and elitist language in classroom and library materials. But according to Diane Ravitch, a leading historian of education, what began with the best of intentions has veered toward bizarre extremes. At a time when we celebrate and encourage diversity, young readers are fed bowdlerized texts, devoid of the references that give these works their meaning and vitality. With forceful arguments and sensible solutions for rescuing American education from the pressure groups that have made classrooms bland and uninspiring, The Language Police offers a powerful corrective to a cultural scandal. |
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... controversy over national testing if there was already a federal agency giving national tests? Let me explain. Since ... controversial from the start. Many Republicans feared that any national test commissioned by the government was the ...
... controversy over national testing if there was already a federal agency giving national tests? Let me explain. Since ... controversial from the start. Many Republicans feared that any national test commissioned by the government was the ...
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... controversial or offensive . Some of this censorship is trivial , some is ludicrous , and some is breathtaking in its power to dumb down what children learn in school . Initially these practices began with the intention of identifying ...
... controversial or offensive . Some of this censorship is trivial , some is ludicrous , and some is breathtaking in its power to dumb down what children learn in school . Initially these practices began with the intention of identifying ...
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... controversial nature of involving the federal gov- ernment in decisions that usually belong to state and local ... controversy 4 The Language Police.
... controversial nature of involving the federal gov- ernment in decisions that usually belong to state and local ... controversy 4 The Language Police.
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... controversy over national test- ing if there was already a federal agency giving national tests ? Let me explain ... controversial from the start . Many Republicans feared that any national test com- missioned by the government was ...
... controversy over national test- ing if there was already a federal agency giving national tests ? Let me explain ... controversial from the start . Many Republicans feared that any national test com- missioned by the government was ...
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... controversial or emotionally charged . " Such things would distract test takers and prevent them from showing their true ability . It would be unfair , certainly , and the goal of a bias and sensitivity review is supposed to be fairness ...
... controversial or emotionally charged . " Such things would distract test takers and prevent them from showing their true ability . It would be unfair , certainly , and the goal of a bias and sensitivity review is supposed to be fairness ...
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