American Education

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    • The Decline, The Deception, The Dogmas
    • Written by: Thomas Sowell
    • Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
    • Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 2021-12-07
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • An indictment of the American educational system criticizes the fact that the system has discarded the traditional goals of transmitting knowledge and fostering cognitive skills in favor of building self-esteem and promoting social harmony....

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    • How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
    • Written by: Jonathan Haidt, Greg Lukianoff
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Haidt
    • Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 2018-09-04
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1,028 ratings
    • A timely investigation into the new "safety culture" on campus and the dangers it poses to free speech, mental health, education, and ultimately democracy....

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    • On Writing with Style
    • Written by: Kurt Vonnegut, Suzanne McConnell
    • Narrated by: Karen White
    • Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 2019-11-05
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • The art and craft of writing by one of the few grandmasters of American literature, a bonanza for writers and listeners written by Kurt Vonnegut's former student....

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    • Written by: Evan S. Connell
    • Narrated by: Adrian Cronauer
    • Length: 20 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 2011-11-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • This national best-seller vividly reconstructs one of the most unbelievable and controversial battles in American military history—General Custer’s Last Stand in 1876....

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    • Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
    • Written by: James W. Loewen
    • Narrated by: Brian Keeler
    • Length: 14 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 2004-06-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • This national best seller is an entertaining, informative, and sometimes shocking expose of the way history is taught to American students....

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    • Third Edition
    • Written by: John R. Thelin
    • Narrated by: Sean Runnette
    • Length: 21 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 2020-12-08
    • Language: English
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    • Colleges and universities are among the most cherished - and controversial - institutions in the United States. In this updated edition of A History of American Higher Education, John R. Thelin offers welcome perspective on the triumphs and crises of this highly influential sector....

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    • The Quest to Remake the American High School
    • Written by: Jal Mehta, Sarah Fine
    • Narrated by: Adam Lofbomm
    • Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 2019-12-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • The first panoramic study of American public high schools since the 1980s, In Search of Deeper Learning lays out a new vision for American education - one that will set the agenda for schools of the future....

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    • Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company
    • Written by: Bryce G. Hoffman
    • Narrated by: Pete Larkin
    • Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 2012-06-04
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 44 ratings
    • With the auto industry careening toward ruin, Congress offered all three Detroit automakers a bailout. General Motors and Chrysler grabbed the taxpayer lifeline, but Ford decided to save itself....

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    • Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why
    • Written by: Jabari Asim
    • Narrated by: Mirron Willis
    • Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 2007-04-26
    • Language: English
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    • In 2003, the book Nigger started an intense conversation about the uses and implications of that epithet....

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    • Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education
    • Written by: Joel Spring
    • Narrated by: Robert G. Slade
    • Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 2022-06-07
    • Language: English
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    • Featuring current information and challenging perspectives on the latest issues and forces shaping the American educational system, with scholarship that is often cited as a primary source, the author introduces listeners to the historical, political, social, and legal foundations....

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    • How Washington Is Destroying American Indians
    • Written by: Naomi Schaefer Riley
    • Narrated by: Christa Lewis
    • Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 2017-11-28
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • The tragedy of our Indian policies demands reexamination immediately - not only because they make the lives of millions of American citizens harder and more dangerous....

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    • A Dictionary of American Idioms, Sayings, Expressions & Phrases
    • Written by: Lingo Mastery
    • Narrated by: Jason Sullivan
    • Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 2020-04-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Many expressions used by fluent speakers of English can’t exactly be learned in a book, and it can be frustrating to realize that your formal learning hasn’t been enough to teach you the way people talk in real life. This is where The Great Book of American Idioms comes in....

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    • Schools, Police, and the Criminalization of Latino Youth
    • Written by: Victor M. Rios
    • Narrated by: A.T. Chandler
    • Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 2017-04-11
    • Language: English
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    • At 15, Victor Rios found himself a human target - flat on his ass amid a hail of shotgun fire, desperate for money and a place on the street....

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    • Written by: Louis Sachar
    • Narrated by: Curtis McClarin
    • Series: Holes Series, Book 2
    • Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 2006-01-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • Two years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is home in Austin, Texas, trying to turn his life around....

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    • The New Culture of Sex on Campus
    • Written by: Lisa Wade
    • Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
    • Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 2017-01-10
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • The hookup is now part of college life. Yet the drunken encounter we always hear about tells only a fraction of the story....

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    • Going to School with a Thousand Kids
    • Written by: Nicholson Baker
    • Narrated by: Tom Zingarelli
    • Length: 22 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 2016-10-25
    • Language: English
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    • In 2014, after a brief orientation course and a few fingerprinting sessions, Nicholson Baker became an on-call substitute teacher in a Maine public school district....

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    • Written by: James D. Anderson
    • Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
    • Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 2021-03-09
    • Language: English
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    • James Anderson critically reinterprets the history of southern Black education from Reconstruction to the Great Depression. By placing Black schooling within a political, cultural, and economic context, he offers fresh insights into Black commitment to education....

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    • How the North Used the Telegraph, Railroads, Surveillance Balloons, Ironclads, High-Powered Weapons, and More to Win the Civil War
    • Written by: Thomas B. Allen, Roger MacBride Allen
    • Narrated by: Fred Sullivan
    • Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 2013-05-01
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Thomas B. Allen’s expertise in military history and strategy is combined with Roger MacBride Allen’s knowledge of technology to reveal a lesser known yet fascinating side of the 16th president....

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