Review of An Abundance of Caution: American Schools, the Virus, and a Story of Bad Decisions, by David Zweig
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https://doi.org/10.14507/er.v33.4615Resumo
This review offers a thoughtful and incisive examination of David Zweig's post-pandemic critique of mitigation efforts within American schools during the COVID crisis.
Biografia do Autor
T. Jameson Brewer, University of North Georgia
T. Jameson Brewer, Ph.D., is an associate professor of social foundations of education at the University of North Georgia. His teaching experience spans middle school, high school, undergraduate, master's, and doctoral levels. Broadly conceptualized, his research focuses on the impact of privatization and marketization of public education by way of school vouchers, charter schools, alternative teacher certification, and homeschooling. He is a Fellow at the National Education Policy Center, a Faculty Fellow at the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, and a Scholar at the Scholars Strategy Network.
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[Book reviewed] Zweig, D. (2025). An abundance of caution: American schools, the virus, and a story of bad decisions. MIT Press.
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