Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Wrong, hurtful, or imperfect education.

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  • noun The act or process of miseducating; incorrect education.

Etymologies

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mis- +‎ education

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Examples

  • Besides the curriculum complaint, they accused the state, the Texas Education Agency and the Texas Board of Education of "miseducation" of minority students, disparate discipline for minority students, using accountability standards to impose sanctions on schools with high numbers of minority students and rules leading to underrepresentation of minorities in gifted and talented school programs.

    Texas Curriculum Changes Prompt Civil Rights Groups To Seek Review Of Public Schools In Lone Star State AP 2010

  • Besides the curriculum complaint, they accused the state, the Texas Education Agency and the Texas Board of Education of "miseducation" of minority students, disparate discipline for minority students, using accountability standards to impose sanctions on schools with high numbers of minority students and rules leading to underrepresentation of minorities in gifted and talented school programs.

    Texas Curriculum Changes Prompt Civil Rights Groups To Seek Review Of Public Schools In Lone Star State AP 2010

  • I disagree that black students are getting a "miseducation" in Charlottesville City Public Schools.

    Segregation in Cville? at cvillenews.com 2002

  • In The Power of Play: Learning What Comes Naturally, David Elkind refers to the negative impact of pushing students into academic areas too soon and believes that such an approach leads to "miseducation" of young children.

    The Jakarta Post Breaking News 2010

  • Besides the curriculum complaint, they accused the state, the Texas Education Agency and the Texas Board of Education of "miseducation" of minority students, disparate discipline for minority students, using accountability standards to impose sanctions on schools with high numbers of minority students and rules leading to underrepresentation of minorities in gifted and talented school programs.

    Kansas City Star: Front Page 2010

  • Besides the curriculum complaint, they accused the state, the Texas Education Agency and the Texas Board of Education of "miseducation" of minority students, disparate discipline for minority students, using accountability standards to impose sanctions on schools with high numbers of minority students and rules leading to underrepresentation of minorities in gifted and talented school programs.

    SFGate: Top News Stories By MICHAEL GRACZYK 2010

  • Besides the curriculum complaint, they accused the state, the Texas Education Agency and the Texas Board of Education of "miseducation" of minority students, disparate discipline for minority students, using accountability standards to impose sanctions on schools with high numbers of minority students and rules leading to underrepresentation of minorities in gifted and talented school programs.

    Kansas City Star: Front Page 2010

  • Current calls for "reform" and "accountability," including those of StudentsFirst.org, claim that compelling teachers and administrators to put students first requires firing teachers deemed ineffective and assumes that standardized test data can make such determinations and therefore protect students from miseducation.

    Larry Strauss: Students First and Other Lies Larry Strauss 2011

  • Current calls for "reform" and "accountability," including those of StudentsFirst.org, claim that compelling teachers and administrators to put students first requires firing teachers deemed ineffective and assumes that standardized test data can make such determinations and therefore protect students from miseducation.

    Larry Strauss: Students First and Other Lies Larry Strauss 2011

  • Duckliver you have posted some notions that truely make a well educated middle aged lady gasp, with the egregiousness of your miseducation.

    Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009

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