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1	How to Use Action Research in the Self-Renewing School more books like this by Emily F. Calhoun add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.90!
2	Inclusion and School Reform: Transforming America's Classrooms more books like this by Dorothy Kerzner Lipsky, Alan Gartner add to wishlist From the distinguished authors of Beyond Separate Education comes this panoramic view of inclusive education -- past, present, and future. Grounded in historical perspective and fueled by contemporary accomplishments, the insightful discussions in this volume cover a wide range of issues, from program implementation to court decisions. Emphasizing ... see all copies from $3.49! new only from $40.00!
3	Schools for the Twenty-First Century: Leadership Imperatives for Educational Reform more books like this by Phillip C. Schlechty add to wishlist This book demonstrates how fundamental elements in the structure of today's primary and secondary schools, such as the purpose of schools, institutional rules and the roles of students, teachers and leaders must change radically if these institutions are to be responsive to the educational needs of children and society throughout the next century. see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
4	Failing Our Kids: Why the Testing Craze Won't Fix Our Schools more books like this by Kathy Swope (Editor), Barbara Miner (Editor) add to wishlist The long arm of standardized testing is reaching into every nook and cranny of education. Yet relying on standardized tests distorts student learning, exacerbates inequities for low-income students and students of color, and undermines true accountability. Failing Our Kids includes more than 50 articles that provide a compelling critique of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.17!
5	Tomorrow's Children: A Blueprint for Partnership Education for the 21st Century more books like this by Riane Tennenhaus Eisler, Nel Noddings (Foreword by) add to wishlist From the best-selling social thinker, Riane Eisler, a new model for childhood education and a healthier, more humane world.. When Riane Eisler published her classic book The Chalice and the Blade in 1987 she introduced the idea of partnership, a model for society that stresses environmental sustainability, nonviolence, multiculturalism, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	A Time to Learn: The Story of One High School's Remarkable Transformation and the People Who Made It Happen more books like this by George H. Wood add to wishlist George Wood advises that reform takes place within the schools when all constituencies, parents, teachers, and students are fully involved in the school's ongoing mission. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.13!
7	Rethinking Educational Change with Heart and Mind: 1997 ASCD Yearbook more books like this by Andy Hargreaves (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $4.50! new only from $10.35!
8	The Exhausted School: The First National Grassroots Speakout on the Right to School Choice more books like this by John T. Gatto (Editor), Patrick Farenga (Photographer) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $39.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Teachers of the World, Unite! more books like this by Sebastian de Assis add to wishlist Teachers of the World, Unite! is an educational manifesto in defense of a more humanities education, in which the hub of the educational wheel is the individual human, instead of the individual laborer. It proclaims the urgent need of education for human development in a world obsessed with technological and economic expansion. It is a book for ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
10	Curriculum Development for Education Reform more books like this by Kenneth T. Henson add to wishlist Adopting a reader-oriented approach, this text prepares teachers for their varied roles in education reform. see all copies from $2.45! new only from $10.00! \| first editions
11	A Nation of Idiots: An In-Your-Face Look at the Underbelly of Public Education more books like this by Karl E. Thelen add to wishlist "A Nation of Idiots" is an in-your-face look at the underbelly of public education. It exposes unqualified teachers, weak administrators, one-issue board members, and poor excuses for parents, and lays bare the sinister side of corporate America and the media. (Education/Teaching) see all copies from $3.41! new only from $8.93! \| signed copies \| SVS
12 view cover	As If Learning Mattered: Reforming Higher Education more books like this by Richard E. Miller add to wishlist Although the culture wars have preoccupied the nation for the past two decades, these impassioned debates about the function of education have produced few lasting institutional changes. Writing with wit and precision, Richard E. Miller shows why the system of higher education has been particularly resistant to reform. Unraveling stereotypes about ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $6.20!
13 view cover	Midwest Approaches to School Reform: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago October 26-27, 1994 more books like this by Thomas A. Downes (Editor), William A. Testa (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $3.00! new only from $7.28! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Brookings Papers on Education Policy: 2000 more books like this by Diane Ravitch (Editor) add to wishlist In the third annual issue of the series, prominent economists, educators and other social scientists analyze the importance of standards in education and review some of the major controversies that have arisen in the past decade on the problems of shaping and implementing standards. The year 2000 issue includes essays from Robert Costrell of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.32!
15 view cover	Brookings Papers on Education Policy: 2001 more books like this by Diane Ravitch (Editor) add to wishlist Published annually, Brookings Papers on Education Policy (BPEP) analyzes policies intended to improve student performance. In each volume, some of the best-informed analysts in various disciplines review the current situation in education and consider programs for reform. In this fourth annual issue of the series, prominent educators and other ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $34.96!
16 view cover	The Beat of a Different Drummer: Essays on Educational Renewal in Honor of John I. Goodlad more books like this by Roger Soder (Editor), Kenneth A. Sirotnik (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $29.48! new only from $41.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
17	The Civic Mission in Educational Reform: Perspectives for the Public and the Profession more books like this by R. Freeman Butts add to wishlist see all copies from $6.72! new only from $59.00!
18 view cover	Service Learning for Youth Empowerment and Social Change more books like this by Jeff Claus (Editor), Curtis Ogden (Editor) add to wishlist This book presents informed current thinking on the topic of community service learning programs for youth, offering both veteran and new voices in the field. Combining theory and research with descriptions of innovative programs and specific recommendations for program design, the authors argue for an approach to service learning that engages ... see all copies from $10.46! new only from $52.47!
19 view cover	Virtual Schooling: Issues in the Development of E-Learning Policy more books like this by Donovan R. Walling (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99!
20	Private Vouchers more books like this by Terry M. Moe (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
21 view cover	The control of urban schools; perspective on the power of educational reformers more books like this by Joseph M. Cronin add to wishlist see all copies from $5.00! first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	How Parents Can Save America's Failing Schools more books like this by Gael Edward Pierce add to wishlist see all copies from $9.20! new only from $12.60! \| SVS
23 view cover	Brookings Papers on Education Policy: 2002 more books like this by Diane Ravitch (Editor), Brown Center on Education Policy add to wishlist Published annually, Brookings Papers on Education Policy (BPEP) analyzes policies intended to improve student performance. In each volume, some of the best-informed analysts in various disciplines review the current situation in education and consider programs for reform. In this fifth annual issue of the series, prominent educators and other ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $9.00!
24 view cover	The Education Mirage: How Teachers Succeed and Why the System Fails more books like this by IRA J. Winn add to wishlist How can education foster critical thinking? Why do our supposedly best-educated lead us toward political and ethical bankruptcy? What can be done to supplant the current testing mania? In "The Education Mirage" educator Ira Winn faces just such questions, and more. Here you will learn creative teaching, not the piling of facts or memorizing what ... see all copies from $8.25! new only from $11.20! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Charting School Reform in Chicago: Democratic Localism as a Lever for Change more books like this by Anthony Bryk, Penny A. Sebring, Sharon G. Rollow add to wishlist In 1989, Chicago began an experiment with radical decentralization of power and authority. Intertwining extensive narratives and rigorous quantitative analyses, this book tells the story of what happened to Chicagos elementary schools in the first four years of this reform. }In 1989, Chicago began an experiment with radical decentralization of ... see all copies from $12.81! new only from $75.00! \| SVS

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