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In his newest book, Charles Murray fearlessly states two controversial truths about the American population: American whites, blacks, Hispanics, and Asians have different violent crime rates and different means and distributions of cognitive ability. If...

Merging cognitive science with educational agenda, Gardner makes an eloquent case for restructuring our schools by showing just how ill-suited our minds and natural patterns of learning are to the prevailing modes of education. This reissue includes a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594634048Author Kevin CareyFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Hudson Street Press (an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc)Publisher Penguin Putnam...

The basis for a major documentary, two leading experts sound an urgent call for the radical reimagining of American education so we can equip students for the realities of the twenty-first-century economy. We prize academic achievement,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997977004Author President Lawprose Inc Bryan a GarnerFormat HardbackPage Count 230Imprint Rosepen BooksPublisher Rosepen BooksWeight(grams) 826g

The Essentials of Education Advocacy: A Guide for Special Education Teachers is a valuable contribution to the field of special education and the professional development of special education teachers. This accessible text is written with undergraduates...

Moe's new book is not an argument for or against vouchers; it is an analysis of public opinion on vouchers that is likely to be very influential in shaping the movement's future. Moe has written a nuanced and thoughtful treatise that goes beneath the...

The essays in this book deal with situations or issues in public education which we need to address. While some of these situations seem clear and almost obvious, making the necessary changes and admitting the truth to ourselves is not necessarily going...

This book centers on the fact that public eduction is involved in the politics of the world just as other systems and organizations are involved in competing for the values and resources of the many communities. Keeping education out of politics or...

The basic purpose of this book is to help policy makers at all levels of government understand that (1) widespread adolescent underachievement is not susceptible to solution by educational interventions no matter how much money is allocated to public...

The United States is undergoing serious splintering that threatens, not only relationships, but also politics and society as a whole. Divisions are emphasized. Disagreements turn into name-calling and castigating. Issues are sharply painted in right or...

Understanding the Power and Politics of Public Education researches the history and trends of educating the populace in the United States. Demographic changes and socio-economic diversity have altered the needs for traditional approaches. Policy makers...

This book centers on the fact that public eduction is involved in the politics of the world just as other systems and organizations are involved in competing for the values and resources of the many communities. Keeping education out of politics or...

A Fragile Enterprise recounts true stories from the front lines of the battlefield that U.S. public education has become in the struggle of the privileged few and the disenfranchised many, The stories tell how poor, minority, students with disabilities...

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Can Schools Survive? raises essential questions about the current status of schools and about the future of schools. The book explores vital questions to answer and considers actions to take so schools can begin to thrive. This book will raise the issue...

The Malfunction of US Education Policy: Elite Misinformation, Disinformation, and Selfishness biased and inefficient information dissemination that has degraded US education research and policy since the year 2001, when a series of unfortunate...

The book U.S. Secretaries of Education: A Short History of Their Lives & Impact by Catherine L. Sommervold is a new approach to examining education history. The first Secretary of Education took office in 1979 and, excluding interim Secretaries, there...

The book U.S. Secretaries of Education: A Short History of Their Lives & Impact by Catherine L. Sommervold is a new approach to examining education history. The first Secretary of Education took office in 1979 and, excluding interim Secretaries, there...

President Obama has laid the groundwork for an unprecedented centralization of education policy under the guise of promoting educational innovation, accountability, and improved student achievement. In reality, Obama's new national standards, curricula,...

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This provocative book asks a simple question: since we know that middle class schools tend to work best, why not give every child in America the opportunity to attend a public school in which the majority of students come from middle class households?...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743254083Author Thomas SowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Free PressPublisher Free PressWeight(grams) 572gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 155mm * 25mm

The Impact of Legislatures brings together key articles and path-breaking scholarship published in The Journal of Legislative Studies during its first 25 years of publication, enabling the reader to make sense of the impact of legislatures in the modern...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948145794Author Tyrone D BurtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Passion Driven Leadership LLC.Publisher Passion Driven Leadership LLC.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953307064Author Tyrone BurtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Passion Driven Leadership LLC.Publisher Passion Driven Leadership LLC.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781312743120Author Anwarul HoqueFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 200g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611534160Author Jeff WeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Torchflame BooksPublisher Torchflame BooksWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781737738510Author Jody Longo-SchmidFormat PaperbackPage Count 652Imprint Emerald Calabria, LLCPublisher Emerald Calabria, LLCWeight(grams) 898g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644581766Author Ed TempleFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Christian Faith Publishing, IncPublisher Christian Faith Publishing, IncWeight(grams) 245g

The basic purpose of this book is to help policy makers at all levels of government understand that (1) widespread adolescent underachievement is not susceptible to solution by educational interventions no matter how much money is allocated to public...

Understanding the Power and Politics of Public Education researches the history and trends of educating the populace in the United States. Demographic changes and socio-economic diversity have altered the needs for traditional approaches. Policy makers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781885580184Author Gordon MordechaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Alternative Education Resource OrganizationPublisher Alternative Education Resource...

Presented as a series of case studies, this book offers the reader an insider’s account of the power dynamics in Australian education and how the application of that power influences education policymaking.The authors, Adrian Piccoli and Don Carter, have...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990453765Author Poochie CarterFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint DebonaeressPublisher DebonaeressWeight(grams) 304g

Since the early 1990s, the federal role in education-exemplified by the controversial No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)-has expanded dramatically. Yet states and localities have retained a central role in education policy, leading to a growing struggle for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986149399Author Tania Mouscardy-JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Tania Mouscardy-JohnsonPublisher Tania Mouscardy-JohnsonWeight(grams) 118g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692577080Author Sharon Canfield DorseyFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint High Tide PublicationsPublisher High Tide PublicationsWeight(grams) 168g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648284871Author Majok WutchokFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Bor PublishersPublisher Bor PublishersWeight(grams) 152g