Educational Reform category: 2687 books
Why School?
Reclaiming Education for All of Us
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Why School? is a little book driven by big questions. What does it mean to be educated? What is intelligence? How should we think about intelligence, education, and opportunity in an open society? Drawing on forty years of teaching and research and "a profound understanding of the opportunities,...
The States of Child Care
Building a Better System
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
As the U.S. economy continues to falter and families face ongoing wage stagnation and widening income inequalities, there is an urgent need for a better, integrated approach to child care. This accessible, up-to-date account of the chronic issues plaguing child care reform offers viable solutions...
Restoring Opportunity
The Crisis of Inequality and the Challenge for American Education
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
In this landmark volume, Greg J. Duncan and Richard J. Murnane lay out a meticulously researched case showing how—in a time of spiraling inequality—strategically targeted interventions and supports can help schools significantly improve the life chances of low-income children.
The authors...
Teaching America
The Case for Civic Education
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2011
In Teaching America, more than 20 leading thinkers sound the alarm over a crisis in citizenship—and lay out a powerful agenda for reform. The book’s unprecedented roster of authors includes Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Senator Jon Kyl, Senator Bob Graham, Secretary Rod Paige, Alan Dershowitz,...
The Global Achievement Gap
Why Even Our Best Schools Don't Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need-and What We Can Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Bestselling education expert Tony Wagner's groundbreaking manifesto on how to reform our schools and educate our children for the twenty-first century global economy
In The Global Achievement Gap, education expert Tony Wagner situates our school problems in the larger context of the demands...
Too Simple to Fail
A Case for Educational Change
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Too Simple to Fail presents a startling dissection of what is wrong with our educational system and a set of simple, common-sense steps for improving it. This simplicity, Bausell argues, characterizes both the schooling process and the science of education, as witnessed by legions of researchers who...
Strategic Transformation of Higher Education
Challenges and Solutions in a Global Economy
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
Strategic Transformation of Higher Education examines the broken revenue-driven business model characteristic of higher education in an environment that demands greater access, more affordable tuition, accountable leaders, and faculty who deliver a consistently high quality of relevant education....
Capping Costs
Putting a Price Tag on School Reform
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011
Early and recent school reformers demanded greater funding. They insisted that they needed it to protect children, the economy, and the nation. This book uses the case method to analyze the budgets that they proposed, the rhetoric that they employed, and the resistance that they encountered.
Charter Schools, Race, and Urban Space
Where the Market Meets Grassroots Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
Charter schools have been promoted as an equitable and innovative solution to the problems plaguing urban schools. Advocates claim that charter schools benefit working-class students of color by offering them access to a "portfolio" of school choices. In Charter Schools, Race, and Urban...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2006
This remarkable book defines a new framework for instructional reform using three core components—personalization, precision, and professional learning—to develop precise, data-driven classroom instruction personalized to every student.
Liberal Arts in the Doldrums
Rethink, Revise, and Revitalize to Reverse the Trend
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017
This book argues for changes in the common cultural heritage of an educated person. It addresses the need to differentiate teaching and scholarship. It proposes expansive views of an undergraduate education. It explains why colleges and universities must replace parochialism, reform the public perception...
The University We Need
Reforming American Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Though many people know that American universities now offer an inadequate and incoherent education from a leftist viewpoint that excludes moderate and conservative ideas, few people understand how much this matters, how it happened, how bad it is, or what can be done about it. In The University We...
Using Research Evidence in Education
From the Schoolhouse Door to Capitol Hill
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
This book includes a set of rigorous and accessible studies on the topic of “research evidence” from a variety of levels and educational vantage points. It also provides the reader with thoughtful commentaries from leading thinkers in the field. The complex process of acquiring, interpreting,...
Big Box Schools
Race, Education, and the Danger of the Wal-Martization of Public Schools in America
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
The American public school system is at a crossroad. One pathway is decorated with signs and institutions that will lead public education towards a destination of collective obligation, accountability, and responsibility that is student-centered, community-based, and driven by educators and parents...