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The Education Apocalypse: How It Happened and How to Survive It

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Education Apocalypse: How It Happened and How to Survive It
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Glenn Harlan Reynolds
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:136
Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 152
ISBN/Barcode 9781594037917
ClassificationsDewey:372.73
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Encounter Books,USA
Imprint Encounter Books,USA
Publication Date 25 June 2015
Publication Country United States

Description

For decades, the U.S. invested ever-growing fortunes into its antiquated K-12 education system in exchange for steadily worse outcomes. At the same time, Americans spent more than they could afford on higher education, driven by the kind of cheap credit that fueled the housing crisis. The graduates of these systems were left unprepared for a global economy, unable to find jobs, and on the hook for student loans they could never repay. Economist Herb Stein famously said that something that can't go on forever, won't. In the case of American education, it couldn't-and it didn't. In The Education Apocalypse, Glenn Harlan Reynolds explains how American education as we knew it collapsed - and how we can all benefit from unprecedented power and freedom in the aftermath. From the advent of online education to the rebirth of forgotten alternatives like apprenticeships, Reynolds shows students, parents, and educators how-beyond merely surviving the fallout-they can rethink and rebuild American education from the ground up.

Author Biography

Glenn Harlan Reynolds is the Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee. He blogs at InstaPundit.com and writes for such publications as The Atlantic, Forbes, Popular Mechanics, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. He lives in Knoxville, TN.