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1	The Manufactured Crisis: Myths, Fraud, and the Attack on America's Public Schools more books like this by David C Berliner, Bruce J Biddle add to wishlist The Manufactured Crisis debunks the myths that test scores in Americas schools are falling, that illiteracy is rising, and that better funding has no benefit. It shares the good news about public education. Disputing conventional wisdom, this book ignited debate in Newsweek, The New York Times, and the entire teaching profession. Winner of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Holler If You Hear Me: The Education of a Teacher and His Students more books like this by Gregory Michie add to wishlist In this time of narrowed curricula and high-stakes accountability, Gregory Michie's tales of struggle and triumph are as relevant as ever. Since it was first published in 1999, Holler has become essential reading for new and seasoned teachers alike, and an inspiring read for many others. Weaving back and forth between Michie's awakening as a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.89! \| signed copies \| SVS
3	Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality more books like this by Sir Charles Murray add to wishlist The controversial author of "The Bell Curve" returns with a groundbreaking manifesto to transform American education. He presents the four simple truths that parents and educators should confront to precipitate change. see all copies from $3.74! new only from $9.00! \| SVS
4	Good-Bye Mr. Chips more books like this by James Hilton add to wishlist The classic story of English school life, by the celebrated popular novelist. Mr. Chipping (alias Chips) is a shy and somewhat reclusive scholar who takes a post as classics master at Brookfield, a small boarding school in the English countryside, and remains there for the rest of his life. Despite a brief, happy, and tragic marriage, he grows ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Power of Their Ideas: Lessons for America from a Small School in Harlem more books like this by Deborah Meier add to wishlist The author writes about the success story of the school she founded in East Harlem from which 90 percent of the students graduate and go on to college. Meier shares her thoughts on why public education is vital to the future of America and its kids. She argues for radical innovation and is a proponent of breaking up huge schools into small schools ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.75! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Letters to the Next President: What We Can Do about the Real Crisis in Public Education more books like this by Carl Glickman (Editor), Bill Cosby (Prologue by) add to wishlist All concerned citizens should read these poignant, inspiring, and often provocative letters and then make their voices heard! This 2008 Election Edition speaks to the next president with a collection of letters from top education experts, elected officials, business and community leaders, teachers, principals, students, and parents. Noteworthy ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.67! \| first editions \| SVS
7	On Being a Teacher more books like this by Jonathan Kozol add to wishlist Jonathan Kozol, National Book Award-winning author and one of America's foremost writers on social issues, offers a passionate and provocative critique on the role of the teacher in America's public school system. Writing as a teacher, Kozol advocates an approach to education that is infused with ethical values: fairness, truth, and integrity, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| SVS
8	Schooled to Order: A Social History of Public Schooling in the United States more books like this by David Nasaw add to wishlist 'This is history of education in its finest tradition, i.e., education s social history rather than as mere schooling... Carefully researched, well written, and even-handed, Nasaw's book is an important addition to the debate over the evolution of public education in the United States.' see all copies from $8.74! new only from $29.52! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Conspiracy of Ignorance: The Failure of American Public Schools more books like this by Martin L Gross add to wishlist From the bestselling author of "The Government Racket" comes a penetrating expos of what ails the American public education system--from watered-down curriculums to over-psychologized schools--and advice on how to repair it. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Left Back: A Century of Battles Over School Reform more books like this by Professor Diane Ravitch add to wishlist In this authoritative history of American education reforms in this century, a distinguished scholar makes a compelling case that our schools fail when they consistently ignore their central purpose--teaching knowledge. see all copies from $4.71! new only from $9.00! \| SVS
11 view cover	New York City's Best Public Elementary Schools: A Parents' Guide more books like this by Clara Hemphill, Pamela Wheaton add to wishlist New York City has some of the best and worst public schools in America and as well as the nation's largest system of choice. As a result, New York City parents are often forced to shop for elementary schools the way parents elsewhere shop for colleges. Clara Hemphill has written a guide that provides parents with everything they need to find a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.52! \| SVS
12 view cover	The Great School Wars: A History of the New York City Public Schools more books like this by Professor Diane Ravitch add to wishlist "Eases quietly into a ferociously angry subject ...Diane Ravitch affirms her faith in the American dream despite a detailed narrative which suggests, if anything, that education in New York has fairly consistently failed those who needed it most ...Meticulously detailed and strains for fairness and impartiality."--George Levine, New York Times ... see all copies from $3.75! new only from $3.97! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Pillars of the Republic: Common Schools and American Society, 1780-1860 more books like this by Carl F Kaestle add to wishlist "Pillars of the Republic "is a pioneering study of common-school development in the years before the Civil War. Public acceptance of state school systems, Kaestle argues, was encouraged by the people's commitment to republican government, by their trust in Protestant values, and by the development of capitalism. The author also examines the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.18! \| SVS
14 view cover	Crash Course: Imagining a Better Future for Public Education more books like this by Chris Whittle add to wishlist The visionary founder of Edison Schools and Channel One shares the hard lessons of life on the front lines of education and charts the breathtaking new direction for safeguarding the future of America's children. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	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 $11.57! new only from $14.49! \| SVS
16 view cover	School of Dreams: Making the Grade at a Top American High School more books like this by Edward Humes add to wishlist What does a top public school look like? In the case of Whitney High, it's a ramshackle campus in an bad part of L.A. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Humes spent a year in this world, where the best and brightest students struggle to harmonize parents' dreams with their own goals. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Politics, Markets and America's Schools more books like this by John E Chubb, Terry M Moe add to wishlist During the 1980s, there was a powerful movement for educational change and the nation's political institutions responded with aggressive reforms. In this volume, Chubb and Moe argue that these reforms are destined to fail because they do not get to the root of the problem. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.97! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Possible Lives: The Promise of Public Education in America more books like this by Mike Rose add to wishlist Based on Mike Rose's visits to classrooms from rural Montana to New York City, he finds among the nation's educators creativity, optimism, boldness, and deep respect for students. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Teaching on Principle and Promise: The Foundations of Education more books like this by Mary-Lou Breitborde, Louise Boyle Swiniarski add to wishlist This text begins with the basic elements of education, curriculum, instruction, and policy, and examines how these core principles have been defined, refined, and applied in the name of teaching. Five essential questions, Who is an educated person? What is worth knowing? What is learning? What is good teaching? What is the place of the public ... see all copies from $55.00! new only from $66.91! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	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 $5.40! new only from $12.65! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Saving Our Schools: The Case for Public Education Saying No to "No Child Left Behind" more books like this by Ken Goodman (Editor), Patrick Shannon (Editor), Yetta Goodman (Editor) add to wishlist "Saving Our Schools exposes the ugly side of President George Bush's "No Child Left Behind" mandate, which has threatened to close more than 6,000 public schools, to the detriment of dedicated teachers and disadvantaged children alike. Revealing how NCLB forces schools with strictly limited resources to teach its children test-taking skills in a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.48! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Schools That Work: America's Most Innovative Public Education Programs more books like this by George H Wood, Ph.D. add to wishlist In a fresh, positive, and practical approach to the crisis in American education, professional educator Wood tells of the search that led him to innovative schools across the country, where students aren't just getting by--they are excited about the learning process. Unencumbered by abstract theory and academic jargon, Wood's book brings a message ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.24! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Public Schools more books like this by Susan Fuhrman (Editor), Marvin Lazerson (Editor) add to wishlist From curriculum standards and testing to school choice and civic learning, issues in American education are some of the most debated in the United States. The Institutions of American Democracy, a collection of essays by the nation's leading education scholars and professionals, is designed to inform the debate and stimulate change. In ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
24	Why Johnny Can't Tell Right from Wrong: Moral Illiteracy Case Character Education more books like this by William H Kilpatrick add to wishlist A professor at the School of Education at Boston College delivers a provocative and hard-hitting analysis of why American schools are failing to provide a moral education and what we can do to change that. Kilpatrick sites the teaching of ethical dilemmas rather than character education as the cause of widespread diminishing values. see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Only Connect: The Way to Save Our Schools more books like this by Dr. Rudolph Crew, Rudy Crew, Thomas Dyja add to wishlist An inspiring new vision for America's public schools from one of the nation's top educators. "Only Connect" is a call not just for parents but the entire nation to reconceive our relationship with public education. I believe in Rudy Crew. I believe in his common sense, his uncommon wisdom, and his plan to make public education work again. Read it. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions

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