The Tragicomedy of Public Education - Softcover

Kauffman, James M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1578616824 ISBN 13: 9781578616824

Publisher: Attainment Co Inc, 2010

Synopsis

The Tragicomedy of Public Education: Laughing, Crying, Thinking, Fixing is a first hand account which explains the tragedy that is the public school system and the ironic comedy that lies in attempted educational reform by the nations leaders. However, public education does not have to be tragicomic. As an educator since 1962 at the public, private, and university level, author James M Kauffman explains to the reader how to start making the public education system what it should be.

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About the Author:

James M Kauffman received his M. Ed in teaching from Washburn University in 1966 and then his Ed D. in special education from the University of Kansas. In 1970 he became a professor of education at the University of Virginia where he taught until his retirement 2003. His interest in policy and ethical issues in education, both general and special, and in the history of special education has inspired his writing and furthered his career as an accomplished author. Since 1995, he has written over 15 books concerning education and educational reform including Education Deform: Bright People Sometimes Say Stupid Things About Education (2002).

About this edition

• Publisher: Attainment Co Inc
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1578616824
• ISBN 13: 9781578616824
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 222