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American Schools American Schools William H Cosby 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… OL15169446W
The tragedy of American school reform The tragedy of American school reform Ronald W. Evans "Two persistent dilemmas haunt school reform: curriculum politics and classroom constancy. Both undermined the 1960s' new social studies, a dynamic reform movement centered on inquiry, issues, and so… OL15980061W
Reinstating the Ottomans Reinstating the Ottomans Isa Blumı "This book is inspired by recent scholarship that reexamines the dramatic changes affecting heterogeneous societies in late nineteenth century empires. It expands the analysis of transformation beyon… OL16001805W
Boys and girls learn differently! Boys and girls learn differently! Michael Gurian Explores the biological gender differences which influence how boys and girls learn and discusses how the American education system can be adapted to better serve various learning rates. OL16071924W
Making the university matter Making the university matter Barbie Zelizer "Making the University Matter investigates how academics situate themselves simultaneously in the university and the world and how doing so affects the viability of the university setting. The univer… OL16140160W
Tyranny of the textbook Tyranny of the textbook Beverlee Jobrack "In Tyranny of the Textbook, a retired educational director, gives a fascinating look behind-the-scenes of how K-12 textbooks are developed, written, adopted, and sold. Readers will come to understan… OL16190947W
Lunch wars Lunch wars Amy Kalafa "In Lunch Wars, award-winning filmmaker and nutritionist Amy Kalafa answers the question she's received from parents around the country in response to her inspiring documentary film Two Angry Moms: "… OL16239408W
Changing spaces of education Changing spaces of education Rachel Brooks "In today's modern climate, education and learning take place in multiple and diverse spaces. Increasingly, these spaces are both physical and virtual in nature. Access to and use of information and … OL16361565W
Changing schools Changing schools Thomson, Pat,Bob Lingard,Terry Wrigley "The raising of standards in schools is a global challenge to policy-makers. To overcome it means to remove the ongoing influence of poverty on school success. In an age of global mobility, economic … OL16485537W
Beginner teachers in South Africa Beginner teachers in South Africa Fabian Arends "Beginner Teachers in South Africa is the first wide-scale study of teachers in the first three years of their careers and offers substantive evidence suggesting the need for interventions to support… OL16960261W
Trends shaping education Trends shaping education Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development This publication presents the latest available information on 26 major current trends in education, grouped in 9 broad themes (aging, global challenges, the new economic landscape, work and jobs, the… OL16973581W
Race to the bottom Race to the bottom Michael V. McGill How did the country that invented the modern public school end up embracing policies that weaken it? What alternatives are there to current corporate reform policies? How can we give America’s childr… OL17204164W
New American Schools after six years New American Schools after six years Glennan, Thomas Keith xv, 90 p. : 23 cm OL1818626W
Degrees of inequality Degrees of inequality Suzanne Mettler "America's higher education system is failing its students. In the space of a generation, we have gone from being the best-educated society in the world to one in which a college degree benefits only… OL19983428W
Designing state higher education systems for a new century Designing state higher education systems for a new century Richard C. Richardson "Based on a study by the California Higher Education Policy Center, now The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, this new work from the ACE/Oryx Series on Higher Education proposes… OL20140416W
The end of homework The end of homework John Buell,Etta Kralovec "Etta Kralovec and John Buell lead us through the history of the American classroom. They review the scant studies that have been conducted and cite historical documents on both sides of the debate, … OL20544807W
Brookings papers on education policy, 2006/2007 Brookings papers on education policy, 2006/2007 Frederick M. Hess,Tom Loveless Brookings Papers on Education Policy provides the latest thinking from nationally recognized experts on policy issues affecting grades K-12. OL20547035W
Addicted to Reform Addicted to Reform John Merrow xxxviii, 277 pages ; 22 cm OL21144143W
Principal Principal Michael Fullan "The author of Six Secrets of Change describes how and why the principal's role must change to maximize student achievementPrincipals are often called the second most crucial in-school influencers (a… OL21516447W
Chinese Research Perspectives on Educational Development Chinese Research Perspectives on Educational Development Dongping Yang This book is an English translation of selected articles from the "2013 Annual Report on Educational Development in China", produced by the 21st Century Education Development Research Academy in Chin… OL21788597W
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