- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: McClelland & Stewart (April 29 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0771086814
- ISBN-13: 978-0771086816
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 16.3 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 558 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #847,980 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Subtitled "How We Are Ruining Our Public Schools," this study of Canadian education, by a former teacher at the high school and university level and former deputy minister of education in British Columbia, is not as negative as title and subtitle suggest. The author believes that Canadian schools have generally succeeded in educating the population, noting the high level of literacy. But he believes schools, teachers, governments, and parents could do much more to make Canadian schools the ultimate force for cohesion in a society fragmented by political, cultural, and linguistic pressures. Ungerleider takes a wide-ranging and thorough view of Canadian education, exploring a number of subjects including poverty's affect on schooling, special needs students, unions, the drive for choice in education, the failure of leadership, and so on. At times, he overstates and repeats the obvious, such as the truism that Canadians place a high value on education. While his focus is British Columbia, which is understandable considering his background, he makes an honest attempt to cover Ontario as well. Perhaps one of his most intriguing points is that schooling today is "bland and inoffensive.... Education necessarily involves uncertainty and controversy." There is certainly controversy aplenty around education today, as the author so clearly details, but little enough in the classroom itself where, he points out, parents and community groups resist the introduction of controversial ideas. --Mark Frutkin
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“Ungerleider makes a convincing case that strong publicly funded schooling is not just a key ingredient for a civil and effective society – it is the cornerstone of it, and needs the resources and confidence of a grateful society to ensure the Canadian experiment regains the positive momentum it needs… [His] use of the first person, his substitution of plain language for edu-babble and the real-life stories sprinkled throughout his text make this important contribution widely accessible to the public at large.”
–Charles E. Pascal, Literary Review of Canada
“Dr Ungerleider’s book deserves to be read widely. In fact, it deserves to be studied. He is incisive, passionate, thoughtful, and wonderfully provocative. This book is bound to shape views and policies on public education.”
–Mordechai Rozanski
“Clear, concise, and to the point, Dr. Ungerleider has underscored the absolute importance of our public education system – how we can all benefit from it. The greatest benefit is that our children, from a wealth of backgrounds, learn to live together as Canadians. It is where our united bond begins, our national cohesion. This book is a ‘must-read’ for all Canadians.”
–Senator Laurier L. LaPierre, O.C.
“When we fail our schools, we not only neglect a generation of students, we compromise our national future. Charles Ungerleider recognizes the challenges facing public education, but he is determined not to let it go without a fight. By deftly combining broad insights, specific examples, and concrete remedies, Dr. Ungerleider leads readers through his powerful analyses of all the major issues confronting public education. It is a journey well worth taking. Teachers, parents, policy-makers and pundits: Read this book. Then act.”
–Heather-jane Robertson
–Charles E. Pascal, Literary Review of Canada
“Dr Ungerleider’s book deserves to be read widely. In fact, it deserves to be studied. He is incisive, passionate, thoughtful, and wonderfully provocative. This book is bound to shape views and policies on public education.”
–Mordechai Rozanski
“Clear, concise, and to the point, Dr. Ungerleider has underscored the absolute importance of our public education system – how we can all benefit from it. The greatest benefit is that our children, from a wealth of backgrounds, learn to live together as Canadians. It is where our united bond begins, our national cohesion. This book is a ‘must-read’ for all Canadians.”
–Senator Laurier L. LaPierre, O.C.
“When we fail our schools, we not only neglect a generation of students, we compromise our national future. Charles Ungerleider recognizes the challenges facing public education, but he is determined not to let it go without a fight. By deftly combining broad insights, specific examples, and concrete remedies, Dr. Ungerleider leads readers through his powerful analyses of all the major issues confronting public education. It is a journey well worth taking. Teachers, parents, policy-makers and pundits: Read this book. Then act.”
–Heather-jane Robertson
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