{"product_id":"real-education-four-simple-truths-for-bringing-americas-schools-back-to-reality-paperback","title":"Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Murray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The most talked-about education book this semester.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eComing Apart\u003c\/i\u003e, and based on a series of controversial \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e op-eds, this landmark manifesto gives voice to what everyone knows about talent, ability, and intelligence but no one wants to admit. With four truths as his framework, Charles Murray, the bestselling coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Bell Curve\u003c\/i\u003e, sweeps away the hypocrisy, wishful thinking, and upside-down priorities that grip America's educational establishment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -Ability varies. Children differ in their ability to learn, but America's educational system does its best to ignore this. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -Half of the children are below average. Many children cannot learn more than rudimentary reading and math. Yet decades of policies have required schools to divert resources to unattainable goals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -Too many people are going to college. Only a fraction of students struggling to get a degree can profit from education at the college level. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -America's future depends on how we educate the academically gifted. It is time to start thinking about the kind of education needed by the young people who will run the country.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHARLES MURRAY is the author of two of the most widely debated and influential social policy books in the last three decades, \u003ci\u003eLosing Ground: American Social Policy 1950-1980\u003c\/i\u003e and, with the late Richard J. Herrnstein, \u003ci\u003eThe Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the W. H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 8.02 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47369757098162,"sku":"9780307405395","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/c11544a6d2d1f54c68b1ff6e9df690aa.webp?v=1777600591","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/real-education-four-simple-truths-for-bringing-americas-schools-back-to-reality-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}