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The Common School and the Comprehensive Ideal
Wiley 2009; US$ 39.95A topical and provocative volume that invites consideration of the most fundamental issues concerning future educational provision: what is the purpose of our schools, and what should we do in them? Cutting-edge research by contributors who are leading figures internationally in philosophy and education, for whom these issues have been particular... more...
Greatest Educators Ever
Continuum International Publishing 2005; US$ 140.00A fascinating look at the greatest educators of all time including Rousseau, Newman, Montessori and Freire. The Greatest Educators Ever brings together the most influential and interesting educators of all time. With entries ranging from Plato to Jesus, and Froebel to Freire, This book provides a fascinating overview of the development of educational... more...
Education State Rankings 2008
CQ Press, a Division of SAGE 2008; US$ 120.75Does your state make the grade? This new edition of Education State Rankings compares the 50 states in hundreds of preK-12 education categories. See how your state stacks up in reading and math scores, teachers salaries, graduation rates, per pupil spending, special education, class size and so much more. In addition, learn which state received... more...
Managing Change or Living with Change?
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009; US$ 199.00The papers collected in this e-book make no claim as to how to do change management, but rather they seek to address weaknesses in the change management literature identified above by providing a broader and more complex analysis of the processes of change. The papers presented are deliberately diverse, drawn from Africa, Asia, Europe and... more...
The Almanac of American Education 2008
Bernan Press 2008; US$ 74.99The Almanac of American Education helps users understand and compare the quality of education at the national, state, and county levels. Compiled from official U.S. government and reliable private sources, the book contains historical and current data, insightful analysis, and useful graphs that provide compelling insights into the state of education... more...
Reform Can Make a Difference
R&L Education 2009; US$ 35.99This book explores some of the unique characteristics of school reform and also focus on the role of poverty in reform including the negative effects of low-income neighborhoods on the youth who reside there, concluding that reducing poverty can lead to more positive academic behavior and success more...
A Power Shift in Public Education
R&L Education 2009; US$ 28.99This 'no holds barred' book about big ideas makes the case that billions of dollars and millions of man hours have been spent chasing the wrong solutions. Pandiscio makes a direct assault on what he believes to be the primary causes of the failed public school system in America. more...
Crisis on Campus
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 24.00A provocative look at the troubled present state of American higher education and a passionately argued and learned manifesto for its future. In Crisis on Campus, Mark C. Taylor?chair of the Department of Religion at Columbia University and a former professor at Williams College?expands on and refines the ideas presented in his widely read and hugely... more...
Beyond Liberation and Excellence
ABC-CLIO 1995; US$ 126.95The authors' goal is to explore how an alternative, politically viable public discourse on education can be constructed. They examine the kinds of conditions, concerns, and subjectivities that must be attended to in order to develop an effective and resonant new language that can re-focus the purposes of education in this society. The authors'... more...









