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Exploring the role of identitarian politics in the privatization of Newark's public school system In Expelling Public Schools, John Arena explores the more than two-decade struggle to privatize public schools in Newark, New Jersey-a conflict that is...

This authoritative book examines the long-standing campaign that resulted in today's school voucher policies. Advocates of private school vouchers promulgated a vision of service to low-income families, students of color, and other marginalized student...

At a time of bitter national polarization, there is a critical need for leaders who can help us better communicate with one another. In A Search for Common Ground, Rick Hess and Pedro Noguera, who have often fallen on opposing sides of the ideological...

This book is located in the field of education governance and sits amidst debates on public school reform in China. It examines how a top-down policy approach has been implemented from central government right down to the district level within the public...

The quest for school improvement is old. The demand for dramatic, immediate school improvement is new. Even as President Barack Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan commit $4.3 billion to making 5,000 of the nation's worst-performing schools...

Models of teacher education in England have undergone major upheaval in recent years. Teacher Education in England draws on the experiences of some of the people directly involved in these changes and explores the implications that they have had on their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815737872Author Robert LitanFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 372gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815736837Author William G. HowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 366Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815714118Author John E. ChubbFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815736356Author Frederick M. HessFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820463117Author Frances VavrusFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 280g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815795179Author Patrick J. WolfFormat PaperbackPage Count 412Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 562gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760294861Author Beth SaggersFormat PaperbackPage Count 346Imprint Allen & UnwinPublisher Taylor & FrancisWeight(grams) 640g

Between the State and the Schoolhouse examines the Common Core State Standards from the initiative's promising beginnings to its disappointing outcomes. Situating the standards in the long history of state and federal efforts to shape education, the book...

In an increasingly knowledge-based economy, Canadian universities are important spaces for the development of research and innovation in many areas. This collection is the first systematic examination of the evolving relationship between the federal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815722724Author Terry M. MoeFormat PaperbackPage Count 526Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 821gDimensions(mm)...

Through conversations in honor of Dale D. Johnson, this book takes a critical view of the monoculture in curriculum and policy that has developed in education with the increase of federal funding and privatization of services for public education, and...

It isn't just in recent arguments over the teaching of intelligent design or reciting the pledge of allegiance that religion and education have butted heads: since their beginnings nearly two centuries ago, public schools have been embroiled in heated...

This book in the International Perspectives on Education and Society (IPES) series describes, synthesizes, and forecasts how large-scale assessments and quantitative data impact evidence-based policymaking worldwide. This volume pays particular attention...

Distrust characterizes much of the current political discourse in the United States today. It shapes our feelings about teachers, schools, and policies. In Distrust and Educational Change, Katherine Schultz argues that distrust-and the failure to...

Reframes the goals of school reformReframes the goals of school reformAbout the AuthorGarrett Delavan is a secondary teacher in the Salt Lake City public schools.Reviews"Delavan makes his case well and he handles the overall issues on class size very...

This book maps the work of adult educators, teachers, researchers and graduate students from North America, Europe and Africa who use the arts in their university classroom teaching, their research and in service. It is written specifically for graduate...

In 1971, priest, theologian, and philosopher Ivan Illich wrote Deschooling Society, a plea to liberate education from schooling and to separate schooling from the state. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of its publication, Ivan Illich Fifty...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815777212Author Isabel V. SawhillFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815730330Author Adam GamoranFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 485gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815724278Author Paul T. HillFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & Littlefield

This book explores the impacts of the introduction of new teacher evaluation policies on teachers and head teachers in Japan, particularly that of producing and reinforcing mutual policing relations among teachers and the destabilisation of their...

When Congress endorsed massive aid to schools in 1965, the idea that the federal government had any responsibility for public education was controversial. Twenty years later, not only had that controversy dissipated, Washington's role in education had...

After years of military interventions, the current situation in Afghanistan is highly ambivalent and partially contradictory - especially regarding the interplay of development, peace, security, education, and economy. Despite numerous initiatives,...

This volume is the most complete of any published concerning the nine native languages of Quebec: Abenaki, Algonquin, Atikamekw, Cree, Inuktitut, Micmac, Mohawk, Montagnais and Naskapi.About the AuthorJacques Maurais is a graduate of Laval and Cambridge...

Teacher Diversity and Student Success makes a powerful case for diversifying the teaching force as an important policy lever for closing achievement gaps and moving schools closer to equity goals. Written by three leading scholars, the book provides...

At a time when so many pivotal education issues are closely tied to the performance of schools and NCLB policy, Schools That Work provides critical insight into how elementary schools must change to meet the increased demands of education for the 21st...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781546002017Author Betsy DevosFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Center StreetPublisher Center StreetWeight(grams) 540gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 160mm * 30mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815736134Author Paul T. HillFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 186gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815724711Author Noel EpsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760632304Author Katherine MainFormat PaperbackPage Count 518Imprint A&U AcademicPublisher Taylor & FrancisWeight(grams) 870g

Safe Is Not Enough illustrates how educators can support the positive development of LGBTQ students in a comprehensive way so as to create truly inclusive school communities. Using examples from classrooms, schools, and districts across the country,...

This textbook prepares pre-service teacher education students for their transition into professional practice as teachers and invites them to develop a deep understanding of their current and future role as a teacher. By explaining the day-to-day...

This book brings together an international roster of renowned scholars from disciplines including philosophy, political theory, intellectual history, and literary studies to address the conceptual foundations of the humanities and the question of their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815782759Author Stephen D. SugarmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 390Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)...