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Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as public-education)
avg rating 4.26 — 6,472 ratings — published 2024
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as public-education)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,949,845 ratings — published 1937
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as public-education)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,119,552 ratings — published 1960
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as public-education)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,139,463 ratings — published 1925
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as public-education)
avg rating 3.71 — 3,313,992 ratings — published 1954
Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as public-education)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,889,926 ratings — published 1590
The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System--and How to Fix it (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as public-education)
avg rating 4.13 — 6,252 ratings — published 2019
The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as public-education)
avg rating 4.06 — 15,606 ratings — published 2013
Rich Kid Poor Kid: The battle for public education: Vantage Point Issue 5 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 4.46 — 123 ratings — published
The Things We Never Say (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 4.12 — 87,533 ratings — published 2026
A Coney Island of the Mind (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 4.16 — 12,438 ratings — published 1958
The First Man (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 3.96 — 13,008 ratings — published 1994
Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,022 ratings — published 2019
Bird by Bird (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 4.24 — 115,048 ratings — published 1994
In a Common Hour: SHORTLISTED FOR THE QUEENSLAND LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,978 ratings — published
The God of No Good (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 4.12 — 865 ratings — published 2023
Ethan and the Magical feather-A Fairy tale for kids: A bedtime story for kids aged 4-8 years (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published
Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,549 ratings — published 2018
The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 4.28 — 620 ratings — published 2015
The Graveyard Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 4.15 — 571,426 ratings — published 2008
Kimchi & Calamari (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 3.64 — 1,411 ratings — published 2007
The Westing Game (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 3.98 — 241,386 ratings — published 1978
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 4.34 — 94,362 ratings — published 1974
In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 4.09 — 755,493 ratings — published 1966
Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 4.01 — 73,644 ratings — published 2012
One Crazy Summer (Gaither Sisters, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 4.02 — 38,222 ratings — published 2010
Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 3.56 — 7,542 ratings — published 2007
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 4.07 — 208,681 ratings — published 2006
Buck: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 4.05 — 3,104 ratings — published 2013
The Complete Persepolis (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 4.41 — 216,680 ratings — published 2007
Smile (Smile, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 4.22 — 319,073 ratings — published 2009
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,329,247 ratings — published 1947
Franny and Zooey (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 3.95 — 246,252 ratings — published 1957
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,410,089 ratings — published 2005
Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 3.43 — 575,300 ratings — published 1899
Julius Caesar (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 3.72 — 225,836 ratings — published 1599
Death of a Salesman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 3.60 — 266,738 ratings — published 1949
The Awakening (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 3.69 — 233,603 ratings — published 1899
Hamlet (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,089,992 ratings — published 1601
Holes (Holes, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,400,493 ratings — published 1998
Esperanza Rising (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 4.05 — 118,238 ratings — published 2000
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 4.30 — 597,983 ratings — published 1969
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,787,357 ratings — published 2001
The Glass Menagerie (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 3.74 — 145,874 ratings — published 1945
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,988,403 ratings — published 1963
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,005,406 ratings — published 2006
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 4.05 — 288,797 ratings — published 2007
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,402,256 ratings — published 1956
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 4.21 — 5,759,598 ratings — published 1949
The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as public-education)
avg rating 4.20 — 179,764 ratings — published 2007
“To fill the young of the species with knowledge and awaken their intelligence... Nothing could be further from the truth. The aim... is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same level, to breed and train a standardized citizenry, to put down dissent and originality. That is its aim in the United States... and that is its aim everywhere else.
(writing of public education in the April 1924 The American Mercury)”
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(writing of public education in the April 1924 The American Mercury)”
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“For Jefferson, there was one step crucial to creating a genuine natural aristocracy. The poor and rich had to have equal access to a good education. That's why, despite being soemthing of a liberatarian, he repeatedly proposed that the state pay for universal primary education as well as fund education at later stages. He was met with opposition from many quarters, mostly those wary of big government or highter taxes. Yet interestingly, one of this most ardent supporters was an old friend and political opponent, the conservative John Adams. "The whole people must take upon themselves the education of the whole people, and must be willing to bear the expenses of it," Adams wrote. "There should not be a district of one mile square, without a school in it, not founded by a charitable individual, but maintained at the public expense of the people.”
― In Defense of a Liberal Education
― In Defense of a Liberal Education