About the Author

Jane Roland Martin is Professor of Philosophy Emerita at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

Reviews

Jane Roland Martin addresses one of the most important questions facing any culture, made critical today by the surge in the ubiquitous educating that surrounds us....Her answers are a wake-up call for everyone, not just educators. - John Goodlad, President, Institute for Educational Inquiry; ""Jane Martin gives us the single most important key to improving education: excitement about how to do it. In the midst of despair about schools, she creates ideas and hope."" - Gloria Steinem; ""Martin's analysis is thought-provoking and fun to read."" - Sandra Harding, Graduate School of Education, UCLA