Flunking Democracy : Schools, Courts, and Civic Participation - Michael A. Rebell

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Flunking Democracy

Schools, Courts, and Civic Participation

By: Michael A. Rebell

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Paperback | 18 April 2018 | Edition Number 1

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The 2016 presidential election campaign and its aftermath have underscored worrisome trends in the present state of our democracy: the extreme polarization of the electorate, the dismissal of people with opposing views, and the widespread acceptance and circulation of one-sided and factually erroneous information. Only a small proportion of those who are eligible actually vote, and a declining number of citizens actively participate in local community activities.

In Flunking Democracy, Michael A. Rebell makes the case that this is not a recent problem, but rather that for generations now, America’s schools have systematically failed to prepare students to be capable citizens. Rebell analyzes the causes of this failure, provides a detailed analysis of what we know about how to prepare students for productive citizenship, and considers examples of best practices. Rebell further argues that this civic decline is also a legal failure—a gross violation of both federal and state constitutions that can only be addressed by the courts. Flunking Democracy concludes with specific recommendations for how the courts can and should address this deficiency, and is essential reading for anyone interested in education, the law, and democratic society.

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"Michael Rebell has spent a career challenging advocates, courts, and legislatures to establish and provide children a meaningful right to a public education. With Flunking Democracy, Rebell not only sustains that challenge, he urges us all to consider the very purpose of public education, calling for a robust right to an education that prepares all children for effective civic participation. Weaving together empirical evidence, moral and political philosophy, and legal doctrine and strategy, Rebell makes the case that public schools should provide children the civic knowledge, cognitive and analytic skills, experiential opportunities, and fundamental character values that will ensure effective participation in twenty-first century civic life. Nothing could be more important for our collective future."--William S. Koski, Stanford Law School

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