{"product_id":"9780979766107","title":"Parents: Your Children Deserve the American Dream","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eParents: Your Children Deserve the American Dream\u003c\/i\u003e is a provocative book. With the powerful insights of a life dedicated to education, national as well as international,  privileged as well as inner city based, the author examines causes, highlights backgrounds for philosophical ideas and historical trends that have impacted the field, and proposes solutions. The book is written for parents, rich or poor, educated or not. In a highly politicized environment, education can only be saved by parents, the author highlights. Miriam E. Snyder Nevares wants to inform parents of key issues impacting education, in order to empower them to demand change. Education must define its mission clearly, employ the business model, return to content based teaching and character formation, and defy the teachers unions, in order to be effective.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive decades of experience in both national and international education has moved the author to see contracts that are frightening, in light of the future of our beloved country as our students face the world at large. She expresses this concern in \"Fantasy in Blue,\" where the country, overwhelmed by uneducated citizens, faces its downfall at the hand of world thugs. We are reminded how great civilizations fall apart from within before they succumb to outside forces.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMrs. Snyder's experience as a strategic planner in the international branch of an American bank, shortly after receiving her MBA, has given her, as an educator, a business perspective which she applies to the field of education. \u003ci\u003eWhat business are we in?\u003c\/i\u003e is a very relevant question in the field of education, and she explains why.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll is not lost; after all, this is America, she reminds us. There is work to be done. This time parents cannot wait for it to be done by somebody else. She exposes the position of our political parties and laments that education is so seriously politicized. Even in that field parents have the power to overcome if they care to use it for the love of their children.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn essence, this book is a wake up call and a plea for action.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spes Publishing Company LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035507802352,"sku":"9780979766107","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780979766107_p0.jpg?v=1763885628","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780979766107","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}