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  • Race, Population Studies, and America's Public Schools

    A Critical Demography Perspective

    by Lori Latrice Martin, Alice T. Crowe, Trish Davis, Latrisha Y. Dean, Kimberly R. James, Derrick Lathan, Ashley Maryland, Veta E. Parker, Michael J. Seaberry, Danielle Thomas0, Chau Vu1, Geoffrey L. Wood2, Shufang Yang3, Julia M.F. Schwartz4, Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner5, Hayward Derrick Horton7 ...
    Series series Race and Education in the Twenty-First Century
    The roles of race and racism in explaining current controversies related to public schools in America is both understudied and misunderstood. Part of the problem is the absence of a critical paradigm that facilitates the development and application of ideas, theories, and methods that do not fit within the confines of mainstream scholarship. Race, Population Studies, and America's Public Schools: ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

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    The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation

    by Jonathan Kozol ...
    The author of Savage Inequalities, a New York Times best-seller, and Rachel and Her Children, winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, tells the stories of a handful of children who have--through the love and support of their families and dedicated community leaders--not yet lost their battle with the perils of life in America's most hopeless, helpless, and dangerous neighborhoods. ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Other People’s Children

    Cultural Conflict in the Classroom

    by Lisa Delpit ...
    A thirtieth anniversary edition of the landmark work on race, power, and education—repackaged for a new generationSince its original publication, education professor Lisa Delpit’s Other People’s Children has become a foundational text in the struggle for equity in education. Drawing on her experience as a teacher, researcher, and Black woman navigating predominantly white institutions, the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind

    Practical Strategies for Raising Achievement

    by Eric Jensen ...
    In this galvanizing follow-up to the best-selling Teaching with Poverty in Mind, renowned educator and learning expert Eric Jensen digs deeper into engagement as the key factor in the academic success of economically disadvantaged students.Drawing from research, experience, and real school success stories, Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind reveals* Smart, purposeful engagement strategies that ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • Relentless Pursuit

    by Donna Foote ...
    When Locke High School opened its doors in 1967, the residents of Watts celebrated it as a sign of the changes promised by Los Angeles. But four decades later, first-year Teach for America recruits Rachelle, Phillip, Hrag, and Taylor are greeted by a school that looks more like a prison, with bars, padlocks, and chains all over.With little training and experience, these four will be asked to ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Big-City School Reforms

    Lessons from New York, Toronto, and London

    by Michael Fullan, Alan Boyle ...
    Big cities have struggled to improve public school systems. This book shows why—and offers a framework for achieving future success. Fullan and Boyle, internationally renowned thinkers on school change, demonstrate that while the educational challenges of big cities may be overwhelming, they are not insurmountable. They draw on ten years’ of research to identify six essential “push” and “pull” ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Ms. Moffett's First Year

    Becoming a Teacher in America

    by Abby Goodnough ...
    In summer of 2000, legal secretary Donna Moffett answered an ad for the New York City Teaching Fellows program, which sought to recruit "talented professionals" from other fields to teach in some of the city's worst schools. Seven weeks later she was in a first grade classroom in Flatbush, Brooklyn, nearly completely unprepared for what she was about to face.New York Times education reporter Abby ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Our School

    Searching for Community in the Era of Choice

    by Sam Chaltain ...
    Almost every major American city is experimenting with school choice—a deeply controversial idea that is dramatically reshaping public education. Will the wider array of school options help parents and educators identify better strategies for helping all children learn? Or will the high stakes of the marketplace end up privatizing this most public of institutions? Education activist Sam Chaltain ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Thanksgiving’s Patti LaBelle Sweet Potato Pie or Patti Pie

    Education Ebooks

    by Madame De ...
    Series series Education Ebooks
    Thanksgiving’s Patti LaBelle Sweet Potato Pie or Patti Pies is an ebook that pays tribute to the soulful/soulfood queen and current American chef and cuisine superstar. Patti LaBelle Pie has become a bestseller at Wal-Mart. It is scheduled to defeat the old Pumpkin pie this year. Released in a collaboration project with Wal-Mart last September 2015, the Sweet Potato pie has taken the US and the ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Schooling the Next Generation

    Creating Success in Urban Elementary Schools

    by Dan Zuberi ...
    Public schools are among the most important institutions in North American communities, especially in disadvantaged urban neighbourhoods. At their best, they enable students to overcome challenges like poverty by providing vital literacy and numeracy skills. At their worst, they condemn students to failure, both economically and in terms of preparing them to be active participants in a democratic ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Raising the Curve

    Teachers, Students-a True Portrayal of Classroom Life

    by Ron Berler ...
    Brookside Elementary in Norwalk, Connecticut, is preparing for a new school year and another chance to improve its failing scores on the statewide standardized test known as the CMT. The challenges are many, and for the faculty—whose jobs may depend on their students’ ability to improve on the test—the stakes are high.Ten-year-old Hydea is about to start fifth grade with second-grade reading ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • In Defence of Theatre

    Aesthetic Practices and Social Interventions

    Edited by Kathleen Gallagher, Barry Freeman ...
    Why theatre now? Reflecting on the mix of challenges and opportunities that face theatre in communities that are necessarily becoming global in scope and technologically driven, In Defence of Theatre offers a range of passionate reflections on this important question.Kathleen Gallagher and Barry Freeman bring together nineteen playwrights, actors, directors, scholars, and educators who discuss the ... Read more

    $29.99 USD