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1	The New Meaning of Educational Change more books like this by Michael G Fullan add to wishlist Over the last 30 years there have been numerous attempts at planned educational change. It is widely accepted that the benefits have not equalled the cost, and all too often the situation has seemed to worsen. In this book, Michael Fullan distils from these experiences the most powerful lessons about how to cope with, and influence, educational ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.34! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Liberating Learning: Technology, Politics, and the Future of American Education more books like this by Terry M Moe, John E Chubb add to wishlist Technology can revolutionize schools - if we let it. Imagine a cyber-school in an old steel mill where students from distant cities log in to learn. Or a Midwest charter school with state-of-the-art learning labs, where kids use laptops to manage their work. Here, learning happens across time zones, teachers are entrepreneurs, and innovation is ... see all copies from $11.70! new only from $14.49! \| SVS
3	Seeking Common Ground: Public Schools in a Diverse Society more books like this by Professor David Tyack add to wishlist The American republic will survive only if its citizens are educated - this was an article of faith of its founders. But seeking common civic ground in public schools has never been easy in a society where schoolchildren followed different religions, adhered to different cultural traditions, spoke many languages, and were identified as members of ... see all copies from $5.38! new only from $12.65! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The American Dream and the Public Schools more books like this by Jennifer L Hochschild, Nathan Scovronick add to wishlist Two educators take an informed look at the current hot-button issues and intense debates swirling around public schools in America. see all copies from $4.52! new only from $10.44! \| signed copies \| SVS
5	Educational Leadership: Policy Dimensions in the 21st Century more books like this by Bruce Anthony Jones add to wishlist This work sheds light on and initiates debates about important policy issues associated with education reform and improvement. It does this by linking conceptual frameworks to past research, analyzing these challenges, and speculating about the contours of future research and school practice. see all copies from $8.99! new only from $46.44! \| first editions \| SVS
6	America's Public Schools: From the Common School to "No Child Left Behind" more books like this by Professor William J Reese add to wishlist William J. Reese's history of public schools in America examines why citizens have repeatedly turned to the schools to improve society and how successive generations of reformers have tried to alter the curriculum and teaching practice to achieve their goals. Organized around two themes - education as the means for reforming American society and ... see all copies from $14.92! new only from $14.92! \| SVS
7	Resisting Reading Mandates: How to Triumph with the Truth more books like this by Elaine M Garan, Richard L Allington (Foreword by) add to wishlist Learn the truth about the NRP report (PDF, 135KB); Teachers today are in a stranglehold as a glut of mandates and standards restrict our ability to make decisions in our own classrooms. In many schools, scripted, regimented commercial programs further erade our power to view our students as individuals with unique talents and needs. Even the words ... see all copies from $3.55! new only from $60.07!
8	No Child Left Behind and the Transformation of Federal Education Policy, 1965-2005 more books like this by Patrick J McGuinn add to wishlist Education is intimately connected to many of the most important and contentious questions confronting American society, from race to jobs to taxes, and the competitive pressures of the global economy have only enhanced its significance. Elementary and secondary schooling has long been the province of state and local governments; but when George W. ... see all copies from $20.57! new only from $20.57! \| SVS
9	The Obama Education Plan: An Education Week Guide more books like this by Education Week (Creator) add to wishlist This is a guide to the educational priorities and change to expect from the Obama administration. Although the Obama's goals for education have been articulated in his speeches and on his website, what's missing is a picture of what these proposals mean in practice. This guide provides the articles, stories, and commentary to clarify Obama's ... see all copies from $8.84! new only from $8.84! \| SVS
10	Howard Zinn on Democratic Education more books like this by Howard Zinn, Ph.D., Donaldo P Macedo (Editor) add to wishlist Perhaps no other historian has had a more profound and revolutionary impact on American education than Howard Zinn. This is the first book devoted to his views on education and its role in a democratic society. Howard Zinn on Democratic Education describes what is missing from school textbooks and in classrooms - and how we move beyond these ... see all copies from $6.07! new only from $16.35! \| SVS
11 view cover	The University In Ruins more books like this by Bill Readings add to wishlist It is no longer clear what role the University plays in society. The structure of the contemporary University is changing rapidly, and we have yet to understand what precisely these changes all mean. Is a new age dawning for the University, the renaissance of higher education under way? Or is the University in the twilight of its social function, ... see all copies from $6.99! new only from $16.27! \| SVS
12 view cover	Getting Choice Right: Ensuring Equity and Efficiency in Education Policy more books like this by Julian R Betts (Editor), Tom Loveless (Editor) add to wishlist This second volume from the National Working Commission on Choice in K-12 Education examines the connections between school choice and the goals of equity and efficiency in education. see all copies from $19.59! new only from $19.59!
13 view cover	Big Brother and the National Reading Curriculum: How Ideology Trumped Evidence more books like this by Richard L Allington (Editor) add to wishlist New legislation will transform American public education. Basic to the No Child Left Behind Act and the Put Reading First program is a new and substantial federal intrusion into local curriculum control and teacher autonomy. This intrusion is masked in the legislative mandate for "evidence-based," or "scientific," reading instruction. Beyond the ... see all copies from $9.31! new only from $27.95! \| SVS
14 view cover	Reclaiming Education for Democracy: Thinking Beyond No Child Left Behind more books like this by Paul Shaker, Elizabeth E Heilman add to wishlist "Reclaiming Education for Democracy" subjects the prophets and doctrines of educational neoliberalism to scrutiny in order to provide a rationale and vision for public education beyond the limits of No Child Left Behind. The authors combine a history of recent education policy with an in- depth analysis of the origins of such policy and its impact ... see all copies from $43.31! new only from $43.31!
15 view cover	Feds in the Classroom: How Big Government Corrupts, Cripples, and Compromises American Education more books like this by Neal P McCluskey add to wishlist The federal government is deeply entrenched in American public education and virtually dictates what can be taught to students. Why? At what cost? And what are the benefits to public school students? To public schools? The author challenges the constitutionality of the feds in the classroom and reminds readers that public education has, until ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| SVS
16 view cover	On the Death of Childhood and the Destruction of Public Schools: The Folly of Today's Education Policies and Practices more books like this by Gerald W Bracey add to wishlist No matter what he's called, Gerald Bracey IS public schools' best defender. And in this book, he uses his considerable writing and research skills on their behalf. see all copies from $5.76! new only from $63.20!
17 view cover	Children as Pawns: The Politics of Educational Reform more books like this by Timothy A Hacsi add to wishlist The fundamental question the author wants to answer is, "How can we improve our schools?" Drawing on years of research into programs like Head Start and bilingual teaching, Hacsi, a Harvard researcher, exhaustively details the repeated disconnect between the programs and the policies that education advocates promote, as well as the effectiveness ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.00! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Contemporary Issues in Educational Policy and School Outcomes (He more books like this by Wayne K Hoy (Editor), Cecil Miskel (Editor) add to wishlist This book is the fifth in a series on research and theory dedicated to advancing our understanding of schools through empirical study and theoretical analysis. Scholars, both young and established, are invited to publish original analyses, but we especially encourage young scholars to contribute to this series. The current volume is similar to its ... see all copies from $16.10! new only from $46.72! \| SVS
19 view cover	Education as Enforcement: The Militarization and Corporatization of Schools more books like this by David A Gabbard (Editor), Kenneth J Saltman (Editor), Henry A Giroux (Foreword by) add to wishlist Education as Enforcement locates a rising culture of militarism found not only in popular culture, civil society and US foreign policy but also in educational policy and practices. Considering the rise of school security apparatus, accountability and standards movements, privatization and commercialization, this book highlights the intersections ... see all copies from $2.34! new only from $33.27!
20 view cover	American Schools: The $100 Billion Challenge more books like this by Dwight William Allen, Ed.D., William H Jr Cosby, Ed.D. add to wishlist From Bill Cosby, actor, entertainer, and "New York Times" bestselling author of "Fatherhood" and "Congratulations (Now What?)" comes a groundbreaking eBook with the potential to reinvent education in America. Exchanging comedy for community activism, Bill Cosby teams up with Dwight Allen, Eminent Professor of Education Reform at Old Dominion ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Adequacy, Accountability, and the Future of Public Education Funding more books like this by Dennis Patrick Leyden add to wishlist This volume assesses the impact of the decade-old move in public education reform away from funding equalization and toward adequacy and accountability. In six chapters, the author provides a detailed introduction, the theoretical and empirical background, and an analysis of the prospects of future state funding of public education. He includes a ... see all copies from $73.22! new only from $75.76! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Conservatism and American Political Development more books like this by Brian J Glenn (Editor), Steven M Teles (Editor) add to wishlist American political development (APD) is core subfield in American political science, and it focuses on political and policy history. For a variety of reasons, most of the focus in twentieth century APD has been on liberal policymaking. Yet since the 1970s, conservatives have gradually assumed control over numerous federal policymaking institutions ... see all copies from $20.28! new only from $21.04!
23 view cover	Public Education Against America: The Hidden Agenda more books like this by Marlin Maddoux, Dr. Tim LaHaye (Foreword by), Kerby Anderson (Preface by) add to wishlist Revealing how public education has eroded the faith and values of American children in an ongoing effort to create a godless, humanistic society, radio talk show legend Maddoux exposes the plots and methods used by the academic elite to capture the hearts, minds, and values of the next generation. see all copies from $3.24! new only from $9.99! \| SVS
24 view cover	The Subaltern Speak: Curriculum, Power, and Educational Struggles more books like this by Michael W Apple (Editor), Kristen L Buras (Editor) add to wishlist After years of the dominance of the establishment over educational policies, practices and curriculum content, previously marginalised groups are challenging the status quo. This book highlights the power of these 'subalterns' to resist conservative forces in education, or even use them for their own purposes, and asks what effect this resistance ... see all copies from $30.68! new only from $30.68!
25 view cover	Privatizing Educational Choice: Consequences for Parents, Schools, and Public Policy more books like this by Clive R Belfield, Prof. Henry M Levin add to wishlist Controversies over the merits of public and private education have never been more prominent than today. This book evaluates public and private schooling, especially in regard to choices families must make for their children.While choice among publics schools is widely advocated today by families and states, public support for private education - ... see all copies from $14.22! new only from $37.07! \| SVS

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