Educational Reform category: 2687 books
Quarterly Essay 35 Radical Hope
Education & Equality in Australia
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
In Radical Hope, one of Australia’s most original and provocative thinkers turns his attention to the question of education. Noel Pearson begins with two fundamental questions: How to ensure the survival of a people, their culture and way of life? And can education transform the lives of the disadvantaged...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2013
How can discerning critical hope enable us to develop innovative forms of teaching, learning and social practices that begin to address issues of marginalization, privilege and access across different contexts?
At this millennial point in history, questions of cynicism, despair and hope arise...
Blowout!
Sal Castro and the Chicano Struggle for Educational Justice
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2011
In March 1968, thousands of Chicano students walked out of their East Los Angeles high schools and middle schools to protest decades of inferior and discriminatory education in the so-called "Mexican Schools." During these historic walkouts, or "blowouts," the students were led...
by Paul T. Hill, Ashley E. Jochim
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2014
America’s education system faces a stark dilemma: it needs governmental oversight, rules and regulations, but it also needs to be adaptable enough to address student needs and the many different problems that can arise at any given school—something that large educational bureaucracies are notoriously...
Social Justice Instruction
Empowerment on the Chalkboard
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
This resource offers instructors a full palette of strategies for teaching social justice concepts across subject areas from kindergarten through college. Dividing its content between elementary, adolescent, and adult learners, the book analyzes the classroom experience as a powerful means of challenging...
Social Media in the Classroom
Why Ontario Students Are Failing in the Real World
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2012
We have all heard that our students are losing the ability to think for themselves, but what can we do to change that? Written by an educator on the front lines, Social Media in the Classroom: Why Ontario Students Are Failing in the Real World takes a strong stand on issues such as standardized testing,...
Blowout!, Enhanced Ebook
Enhanced ebook with video and audio - Sal Castro and the Chicano Struggle for Educational Justice
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
In March 1968, thousands of Chicano students walked out of their East Los Angeles high schools and middle schools to protest decades of inferior and discriminatory education in the so-called "Mexican Schools." During these historic walkouts, or "blowouts," the students were led...
Albert Schweitzer’s Legacy for Education
Reverence for Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2011
This is the first book devoted to the study of the thought of Albert Schweitzer as it relates to educational theory and practice. Rud argues that Schweitzer's life and work offer inspiration and timely insights for both educational thought and practice in our new century.
WhatOs Ahead in Education?
An Analysis of the Policies of the Obama Administration
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
What's Ahead in Education?: An Analysis of the Policies of the Obama Administration illuminates the educational views of President Barack Obama. This is done by studying his life to date, his writings and speeches, as well as his initiatives thus far, in the field of education. His unique educational...
Profound Improvement
Building Capacity for a Learning Community
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2011
The book discusses the idea of the learning community as a vehicle for professional learning and school development.
As the authors show, the learning community develops in response to building capacity in three domains: personal, interpersonal and organizational. In the personal domain, educators...
Class Dismissed
Why We Cannot Teach or Learn Our Way Out of Inequality
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
In Class Dismissed, John Marsh debunks a myth cherished by journalists, politicians, and economists: that growing poverty and inequality in the United States can be solved through education. Using sophisticated analysis combined with personal experience in the classroom, Marsh not only shows that...
Beyond Measure
Rescuing an Overscheduled, Overtested, Underestimated Generation
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Now in paperback, the New York Times bestseller from Race to Nowhere director Vicki Abeles about how our schools can revolutionize learning, prioritize children’s health, and re-envision success for a lifetime.
Race to Nowhere, Vicki Abeles’s groundbreaking documentary about our educational...
Random Musings
Reflections of a Black Intellectual
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2011
Random Musings: Reflections of a Black Intellectual focuses on the various racial and cultural challenges facing African-Americans in the context of present day educational, political, and historical realities. The text touches on a wide array of issues, including the psychology of race and power,...
Education and the Culture of Consumption
Personalisation and the Social Order
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
For nearly 200 years the organisational form of the school has changed little. Bureaucracy has been its enduring form. The school has prepared the worker for the factory of mass production. It has created the 'mass consumer' to be content with accepting what is on offer, not what is wanted. However,...