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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Oversold and underused Oversold and underused Larry Cuban "We have to keep ahead in the global economy. The best schools have the most sophisticated computers. Our kids can't be left behind. Our kids need the best. For the last twenty years, many educators,… OL16076510W
Closing chapters Closing chapters Thomas G. Welsh "Closing Chapters attempts to explain the disintegration of urban parochial schools in Youngstown, Ohio, a onetime industrial center that lost all but one of its eighteen Catholic parochial elementar… OL16134594W
Education and social change Education and social change John L. Rury "This brief, interpretive history of American schooling focuses on the evolving relationship between education and social change. Like its predecessors, this new edition investigates the impact of so… OL16342788W
Choosing equality Choosing equality Leland Ware,Robert L. Hayman "Examines the desegregation experience, with a focus on the impact of the Supreme Court's decisions from Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, through Parents Involved v. Seattle School District in 20… OL18617699W
The way schools work The way schools work Kathleen Bennett DeMarrais,Kathleen Bennett de Marrais,Margaret LeCompte xiv, 301 p. ; 23 cm OL1888711W
The battle over the meaning of everything The battle over the meaning of everything Gordy Slack A compelling eyewitness account of the recent courtroom drama in Dover, Pennsylvania that put evolution on trial. Journalist Gordy Slack offers a riveting, personal, and often amusing first-hand ac… OL1903890W
California in a time of excellence California in a time of excellence James Andrew LaSpina "California in a Time of Excellence follows the Golden State's efforts to reform its public school system from 1983 to the present. Beginning with progressive curriculum reform initiatives that were … OL2739026W
The Modern School Movement The Modern School Movement Paul Avrich **The Modern School Movement: Anarchism and Education in the United States** is a history book about Ferrer Schools by Paul Avrich. (Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Modern_Sc… OL3237237W
A history of colonial education, 1607-1776 A history of colonial education, 1607-1776 Sheldon S. Cohen For history of American education students, this book provides a broad survey of the major trends and developments in the formative period of American educational history, from the settlement of Jame… OL3741399W
Race and Schooling in the South, 1880-1950 Race and Schooling in the South, 1880-1950 Robert A. Margo The interrelation among race, schooling, and labor market opportunities of American blacks can help us make sense of the relatively poor economic status of blacks in contemporary society. The role of… OL4449156W
Reforming Education Reforming Education Mortimer J. Adler A founder of the "great books" movement, Adler ( How to Read a Book ) opens this collection of his essays that span a half century with a stinging rebuke to The Closing of the American Mind , Allan B… OL487436W
Less time for meddling Less time for meddling Frances Griffin The book relates the early history of Salem Academy, which is necessarily expanded to include information about the Moravians themselves and the town of Salem and shows the qualities that made it the… OL5292565W
The program era The program era Mark McGurl McGurl argues that far from occasioning a decline in the quality or interest in American writing, the rise of the creative writing program [in higher education] has instead generated a complex and ev… OL6210202W
Education and democracy Education and democracy Adam R. Nelson "This is the definitive biography of Alexander Meiklejohn, one of the most important and controversial educators and civil libertarians of the twentieth century. A charismatic teacher and philosopher… OL9190143W
School's In School's In Kenneth M. Gold xiv, 315 p. : 24 cm OL9621913W