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Ahead of the Curve: The Power of Assessment to Transform Teaching & Learning by Douglas Reeves Synopsis Ahead of the Curve provides a comprehensive view of the challenges of assessmentfrom a classroom, system, and leadership standpointand examines the many perspectives of effective assessment design and implementation. The distinguished contributors to... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $15.50 Used - Hardcover 
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Multiplication Is for White People: Raising Expectations for Other People's Children by Lisa Delpit Synopsis As award-winning educator Lisa Delpit reminds us—and as all research shows—there is no achievement gap at birth. In her long-awaited second book, Delpit presents a striking picture of the elements of contemporary public education that conspire... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Hardcover
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The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education by Diane Ravitch Publisher Comments A passionate plea to preserve and renew public education, The Death and Life of the Great American School System is a radical change of heart from one of America’s best-known education experts. Diane Ravitch—former assistant secretary of... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools by Jonathan Kozol Publisher Comments National Book Award-winning author Jonathan Kozol presents his shocking account of the American educational system in this stunning New York Times bestseller, which has sold more than 250,000 hardcover copies.... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Life-Enriching Education: Nonviolent Communication Helps Schools Improve Performance, Reduce Conflict, and Enhance Relationships by Marshall B. Rosenberg Publisher Comments When Students Love to Learn and Teachers Love to Teach In this revolutionary book, Marshall Rosenberg empowers educators to transform schools into life-serving, learning-rich environments that maximize the potential of each student. Filled with insight... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High by Melba Pattillo Beals Publisher Comments In 1957, Melba Pattillo turned sixteen. That was also the year she became a warrior on the front lines of a civil rights firestorm. Following the landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling, Brown v. Board of Education, Melba was one of nine teenagers chosen to... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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New Meaning of Educational Change (4TH 07 Edition) by Michael Fullan Publisher Comments First published in 1982, this work revolutionized the theory and practice of education reform. Now 25 years later, the fourth edition of Fullans groundbreaking book continues to be the definitive compendium to all aspects of the management of educational... (read more) List Price $37.75 Your price: $28.50 New - Trade Paper
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How to Walk to School: Blueprint for a Neighborhood School Renaissance by Jacqueline Edleberg Publisher Comments When two gutsy moms ventured inside Nettelhorst, their neighborhood's underutilized and struggling public elementary school, the new principal asked what it would take for them to enroll their children. Stunned by her candor, they returned the next day... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Flat World and Education: How America's Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future (Multicultural Education) by Lin Darling Hammond Synopsis In her new book, Darling-Hammond--a chief education advisor to President Barack Obama and a nationally recognized leader in education reform--presents a sobering account of the current crisis of public education in America that focuses on equity as a... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $15.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World by Tony Wagner Publisher Comments From a prominent educator, author, and founder of Harvard’s Change Leadership Group comes a provocative look at why innovation is today’s most essential real-world skill and what young people need from parents, teachers, and employers to... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities (New in Paper) (Public Square) by Martha C. Nussbaum Publisher Comments "Martha Nussbaum is the most erudite and visionary scholar writing on higher education today. Once again, she has laid out a novel and compelling argument with all of the clarity and rigor we expect from her writing. Not for Profit reminds us all that... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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Education and Capitalism by Sarah Knopp Publisher Comments The conservative, bipartisan consensus dominating the discussion about what's wrong with our schools and how to fix them offers solutions that scapegoat teachers, vilify unions, and promise market mentality as the answer. But in each case, students lose.... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $15.09 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Ethic of Excellence : Building a Culture of Craftsmanship With Students (03 Edition) by Ron Berger Publisher Comments Drawing from his own remarkable experience as a veteran classroom teacher (still in the classroom), Ron Berger gives us a vision of educational reform that transcends standards, curriculum, and instructional strategies.... (read more) List Price $27.75 Your price: $19.00 Used - Trade Paper
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To Educate a Nation: Federal and National Strategies of School Reform (Studies in Government and Public Policy) by Carl F. Kaestle Publisher Comments To Educate a Nation brings together the work of some of the most notable young scholars in the field of national education policy studies, focusing on the growing federal role in reform efforts; programs to provide equal educational opportunity; the... (read more) Your price: $23.75 New - Trade Paper
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The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards" by Alfie Kohn Publisher Comments In this “lively, provocative and well-researched book” (Theodore Sizer), AlTe Kohn builds a powerful argument against the “back to basics” philosophy of teaching and simplistic demands to “raise the bar.” Drawing on... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Spinning Wheels : the Politics of Urban School Reform (99 Edition) by Frederick M. Hess Publisher Comments While almost everyone agrees that America's urban schools are a mess, Frederick Hess argues that much of what ails urban education is actually the result of continuous or fragmentary reform. The result is what he terms " policy churn" ,... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $18.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Teaching As a Subversive Activity (71 Edition) by Neil Postman Publisher Comments A no-holds-barred assault on outdated teaching methods--with dramatic and practical proposals on how education can be made relevant to today's world.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Fed Up with Lunch: How One Anonymous Teacher Revealed the Truth about School Lunches--And How We Can Change Them! by Sarah Wu Publisher Comments When school teacher Mrs. Q forgot her lunch one day, she had no idea she was about to embark on an odyssey to uncover the truth about public school lunches. Shocked by what her students were served, she resolved to eat school lunch for an entire year... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $15.38 New - Hardcover
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Knowledge, Pedagogy and Society: International Perspectives on Basil Bernstein's Sociology of Education by Daniel (edt) Frandji Publisher Comments Over the course of the late-twentieth century Basil Bernstein pioneered an original approach to educational phenomena, taking seriously questions regarding the transmission, distribution and transformation of knowledge as no other before had done... (read more) Your price: $45.50 New - Trade Paper
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Dropping Out: Why Students Drop Out of High School and What Can Be Done about It by Russell W. Rumberger Publisher Comments The vast majority of kids in the developed world finish high school—but not in the United States. More than a million kids drop out every year, around 7,000 a day, and the numbers are rising. Dropping Out offers a comprehensive overview by one of... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Hardcover
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