American Public Education and the Responsibility of its Citizens

Rather than poorly performing schools, the current educational crisis is really about citizen responsibility. Citizens must insure that democratic processes are nurtured. This is perhaps most achievable in public schools. Therefore, citizens have a responsibility to support public schools and this book offers tools and knowledge to help citizens fulfill it.

Sarah M. Stitzlein is Associate Professor of Education and Affiliated Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati. She earned her bachelor's degree in Philosophy and master's degree in Curriculum & Teacher Leadership from Miami University and earned her doctorate in Philosophy of Education from the University of Illinois. Her primary areas of scholarship are philosophy of education, pragmatism, educational equality, political agency, and education for democracy. Her previous books, Teaching for Dissent: Political Activism and Citizenship Education and Breaking Bad Habits of Race and Gender: Transforming Identity in Schools earned her the American Educational Studies Association Critics Choice Award. She has also published articles in many journals, including Teachers College Record, Educational Theory, Review of Educational Research, Educational Studies, Philosophical Studies in Education and Theory and Research in Education.

- Chapter 1: Changing Schools, Changing Citizens, Changing Priorities
- Chapter 2: Accountability, the Public, and Public Schools
- Chapter 3: Defining Public Schools and Understanding their Shifting Terrain
- Chapter 4: Critiquing the Changing Practices of Public School
- Chapter 5: Our Schools, Our Responsibility, Our Democracy
- Chapter 6: Fulfilling Citizen Responsibilities
- Chapter 7: Legitimacy of Public Schools
- Chapter 8: Citizenship Education and Habits of Democracy
- Chapter 9: Educating Citizens Through and For Democracy and Our Public Schools
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments