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"Explores the role of writing teachers in counteracting the polarized "post-truth" of public argument. Writing teachers are uniquely positioned to address the crisis of public discourse because their work is tied to ethical language practices known to philosophers as "the virtues"--truthfulness, accountability, open-mindedness, and intellectual courage"--Provided by publisher.

Virtue. --- Rhetoric --- English language --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Rhetoric --- Study and teaching (Higher)

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This book describes the current state of the education system in the United States, where schools allocate funding to test preparation and transfer students with poor grades to win the Race to the Top. By the end of the book, readers will ask who is really winning the race.

Public schools --- Proprietary schools --- Business and education --- Democracy and education

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Following on the groundbreaking contributions of Deborah Brandt's Literacy in American Lives-a literacy ethnography exploring how ordinary Americans have been affected by changes in literacy, public education, and structures of power-Literacy, Economy, and Power expands Brandt's vision, exploring the relevance of her theoretical framework as it relates to literacy practices in a variety of current and historical contexts, as well as in literacy's expanding and global future. Bringing together scholars from rhetoric, composition, and literacy studies, the book offers thirteen

Composition (Language arts) --- Literacy programs --- Literacy --- Composition (Rhetoric) --- Writing (Composition) --- Written composition --- Language arts --- Social aspects