The Resource The language police : how pressure groups restrict what students learn, Diane Ravitch
The language police : how pressure groups restrict what students learn, Diane Ravitch
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The item The language police : how pressure groups restrict what students learn, Diane Ravitch represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool.
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- Summary
- "Diane Ravitch maintains that America's students are compelled to read insipid texts that have been censored and bowdlerized, issued by publishers who willingly cut controversial material from their books - a case of the bland leading the bland." "The Language Police is the first full-scale expose of this cultural and educational scandal, written by a leading historian. It documents the existence of an elaborate and well-established protocol of beneficent censorship, quietly endorsed and implemented by test makers and textbook publishers, states, and the federal government. School boards and bias and sensitivity committees review, abridge, and modify texts to delete potentially offensive words, topics, and imagery. Publishers practice self-censorship to sell books in big states." "Ravitch offers a powerful political and economic analysis of the causes of censorship. She has practical and sensible solutions for ending it, which will improve the quality of books for students as well as liberating publishers, state boards of education, and schools from the grip of pressure groups."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 255 p.
- Contents
-
- Acknowledgments
- Note to the Reader
- 1.
- Forbidden Topics, Forbidden Words.
- p. 3
- 2.
- New Meaning of Bias.
- p. 19
- 3.
- Everybody Does It: The Textbook Publishers.
- p. 31
- 4.
- Everybody Does It: The Testing Companies.
- p. 50
- 5.
- Censorship from the Right.
- p. 62
- 6.
- Censorship from the Left.
- p. 79
- 7.
- Mad, Mad, Mad World of Textbook Adoptions.
- p. 97
- 8.
- Literature: Forgetting the Tradition.
- p. 112
- 9.
- History: The Endless Battle.
- p. 133
- 10.
- Language Police: Can We Stop Them?.
- p. 157
- App. 1.
- Glossary of Banned Words, Usages, Stereotypes, and Topics.
- p. 171
- App. 2.
- Atkinson-Ravitch Sampler of Classic Literature for Home and School.
- p. 203
- Notes.
- p. 235
- Bibliography.
- p. 243
- Index.
- p. 247
- Isbn
- 9780375414824
- Label
- The language police : how pressure groups restrict what students learn
- Title
- The language police
- Title remainder
- how pressure groups restrict what students learn
- Statement of responsibility
- Diane Ravitch
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Diane Ravitch maintains that America's students are compelled to read insipid texts that have been censored and bowdlerized, issued by publishers who willingly cut controversial material from their books - a case of the bland leading the bland." "The Language Police is the first full-scale expose of this cultural and educational scandal, written by a leading historian. It documents the existence of an elaborate and well-established protocol of beneficent censorship, quietly endorsed and implemented by test makers and textbook publishers, states, and the federal government. School boards and bias and sensitivity committees review, abridge, and modify texts to delete potentially offensive words, topics, and imagery. Publishers practice self-censorship to sell books in big states." "Ravitch offers a powerful political and economic analysis of the causes of censorship. She has practical and sensible solutions for ending it, which will improve the quality of books for students as well as liberating publishers, state boards of education, and schools from the grip of pressure groups."--BOOK JACKET
- Cataloging source
- UBY
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ravitch, Diane
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- LB3045.7
- LC item number
- .R38 2003
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Textbooks
- Test bias
- Censorship
- Label
- The language police : how pressure groups restrict what students learn, Diane Ravitch
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-245) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Acknowledgments
- Note to the Reader
- 1.
- Forbidden Topics, Forbidden Words.
- p. 3
- 2.
- New Meaning of Bias.
- p. 19
- 3.
- Everybody Does It: The Textbook Publishers.
- p. 31
- 4.
- Everybody Does It: The Testing Companies.
- p. 50
- 5.
- Censorship from the Right.
- p. 62
- 6.
- Censorship from the Left.
- p. 79
- 7.
- Mad, Mad, Mad World of Textbook Adoptions.
- p. 97
- 8.
- Literature: Forgetting the Tradition.
- p. 112
- 9.
- History: The Endless Battle.
- p. 133
- 10.
- Language Police: Can We Stop Them?.
- p. 157
- App. 1.
- Glossary of Banned Words, Usages, Stereotypes, and Topics.
- p. 171
- App. 2.
- Atkinson-Ravitch Sampler of Classic Literature for Home and School.
- p. 203
- Notes.
- p. 235
- Bibliography.
- p. 243
- Index.
- p. 247
- Control code
- GLAD185062945-B
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- x, 255 p.
- Isbn
- 9780375414824
- Lccn
- 2002040622
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Label
- The language police : how pressure groups restrict what students learn, Diane Ravitch
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-245) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Acknowledgments
- Note to the Reader
- 1.
- Forbidden Topics, Forbidden Words.
- p. 3
- 2.
- New Meaning of Bias.
- p. 19
- 3.
- Everybody Does It: The Textbook Publishers.
- p. 31
- 4.
- Everybody Does It: The Testing Companies.
- p. 50
- 5.
- Censorship from the Right.
- p. 62
- 6.
- Censorship from the Left.
- p. 79
- 7.
- Mad, Mad, Mad World of Textbook Adoptions.
- p. 97
- 8.
- Literature: Forgetting the Tradition.
- p. 112
- 9.
- History: The Endless Battle.
- p. 133
- 10.
- Language Police: Can We Stop Them?.
- p. 157
- App. 1.
- Glossary of Banned Words, Usages, Stereotypes, and Topics.
- p. 171
- App. 2.
- Atkinson-Ravitch Sampler of Classic Literature for Home and School.
- p. 203
- Notes.
- p. 235
- Bibliography.
- p. 243
- Index.
- p. 247
- Control code
- GLAD185062945-B
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- x, 255 p.
- Isbn
- 9780375414824
- Lccn
- 2002040622
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
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