March 19, 2012
National Education Standards - A Confidence Game?
http://boston.com/community/blogs/rock_the_schoolhouse/2012/03/national_education_standards_a.html Published on April 1, 1857, The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade was Herman Melville’s last novel and one in which he coined a new term for American hucksters. Melville’s satirical tale has some relevance for better understanding the drive for national education standards,...