Sharon L Nichols: 3 books

Book cover of Collateral Damage

Collateral Damage

How High-Stakes Testing Corrupts America's Schools

by Sharon L. Nichols, David C. Berliner
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007

Drawing on their extensive research, Nichols and Berliner document and categorize the ways that high-stakes testing threatens the purposes and ideals of the American education system. For more than a decade, the debate over high-stakes testing has dominated the field of education. This passionate...
Book cover of America's Teenagers--Myths and Realities

America's Teenagers--Myths and Realities

Media Images, Schooling, and the Social Costs of Careless Indifference

by Sharon L. Nichols, Thomas L. Good
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2004

The media's presentation suggests that American teenage culture today is the most violent, sexual, and amoral youth culture in history. In this book, Nichols and Good deconstruct the negative images held by large numbers of adults. Recognizing that many teenagers are left by adults to socialize themselves...
Book cover of The Crux of Refugee Resettlement

The Crux of Refugee Resettlement

Rebuilding Social Networks

by Surendra Bir Adhikari, Juana Domingo Andrés, Liana Chase
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2018

While the world’s refugee population reaches record high numbers, countries offering third-country resettlement are increasingly shifting toward policies of exclusion and austerity. This edited volume envisions a more humane future for refugee resettlement. Combining anthropology with a variety...
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