Publisher's Synopsis
Teachly wisdom of the impassioned, no-nonsense kind. Parsons offers specific, challenging suggestions for improving every aspect of public suggestions for improving every aspect of public schooling, the ethos, the teachers, discipline, the curriculum, the budget, the parents within a revised structure. Parsons wants the schools to consider the whole needs of the child and provide a classical education. Here is an intellectual rigor, as well as a personal element, that makes teaching and learning seem immediate and vital, along with some persuasive demonstrations.
