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  • Outcomes of the State Takeover of New Orleans Schools

    by Dr. Barbara Ferguson ...
    Outcomes of the State Takeover of New Orleans SchoolsBy: Dr. Barbara FergusonIn 2005 the Louisiana education board took over 107 of New Orleans’s 120 schools due to performance scores below the state average. Most of the schools were converted to charter schools.Although this takeover was perceived by the public to be a great success, Dr. Barbara Ferguson, a product of the New Orleans public ... Read more

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    The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools

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    From one of the foremost authorities on education in the United States, former U.S. assistant secretary of education, “whistle-blower extraordinaire” (The Wall Street Journal), author of the best-selling The Death and Life of the Great American School System (“Important and riveting”—Library Journal), The Language Police (“Impassioned . . . Fiercely argued . . . Every bit as alarming as it is ... Read more

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  • The Political Injustice Affecting Our Schools, Teachers and Students

    Affecting Our Schools, Teachers and Students

    by Dr. G.V. Hair ...
    Why do politicians always claim our teachers and our educational system is failing our students? Of course they claim an American student is lagging behind the rest of the worlds students, but is this really the truth or do politicians have other societal and political reasons that need to be looked at? The lack of support our federal and state politicians give to our teachers and our American ... Read more

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  • Going Negative

    by Shanto Iyengar, Stephen Ansolabehere ...
    Political advertising has been called the worst cancer in American society. Ads cost millions, and yet the entire campaign season is now filled with nasty and personal attacks. In this landmark six-year study, two of the nation's leading political scientists show exactly how cancerous the ad spot has become. 16 illustrations. ... Read more

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  • Building More Effective Unions

    by Paul F. Clark ...
    Employers have long turned to behavioral science for guidance on making their organizations more effective. Labor scholar Paul F. Clark believes union leaders should also take advantage of the valuable discoveries made in this field, and he offers a straightforward account of how they can do so.Much of the behavioral science research relevant to unions relies on complex statistical analyses and is ... Read more

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  • More Than a Score

    The New Uprising Against High-Stakes Testing

    by Diane Ravitch ...
    "Jesse Hagopian brought a rare moment of truth to the corporate-dominated Education Nation show when he spoke on behalf of his colleagues at Garfield High in Seattle. He instantly became the voice and face of the movement to stop pointless and punitive high-stakes testing."—Diane Ravitch, author of Reign of TerrorIn cities across the country, students are walking out, parents are opting their ... Read more

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  • The Handbook of Policy Practice

    by Ira C. Colby ...
    All social work practice is regulated by social policies. Professionals, however, cannot arbitrarily select which policy to follow in any circumstance. Knowing what comprises a given policy is essential, but equally important is understanding how to amend a policy by applying unique skills that reflect the social work profession's shared values and beliefs. Recognizing that a series of ... Read more

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  • A Parenting Guidebook

    The Roles of School, Family, Teachers, Religion , Community, Local, State and Federal Government in Assisting Parents with Rearing Their Children

    by Dr. Willie J. Greer Kimmons ...
    A Parenting Guide Book isa 260 page,practical, easy to read and use book that tells you what to say and how to say it to your children as a parent, grandparent or significant and responsible adult in the home. Children need their parent/responsible adult figure to be involved in their lives and with their schoolwork. The Parenting Guide Book is just what busy parents, teachers or responsible ... Read more

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  • Off the Clock

    Moving Education From Time to Competency

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    How to base learning on mastery instead of timeWhat if you could remove time and space pressures from the process of teaching and learning? The authors of Off the Clock not only suggest this, but they have implemented it in New Hampshire. Due in part to their work, the New England Consortium won the 2011 Frank Newman Award for State Innovation through the Education Commission of the States. This ... Read more

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  • Reinventing America's Schools

    Creating a 21st Century Education System

    by David Osborne ...
    **From David Osborne, the author of Reinventing Government--a biting analysis of the failure of America's public schools and a comprehensive plan for revitalizing American education.In Reinventing America's Schools, David Osborne, one of the world's foremost experts on public sector reform, offers a comprehensive analysis of the charter school movements and presents a theory that will do for ... Read more

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  • Ignite!

    Getting Your Community Coalition Fired up for Change

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    Frances Dunn Butterfoss, Ph.D., captured the attention of academics and practitioners everywhere with her landmark textbook, Coalitions and Partnerships in Community Health, which provided a comprehensive approach to coalitions. Ignite! Getting Your Community Coalition Fired Up for Change is a more concise, user-friendly book geared for community practitioners, leaders, and activists who want to ... Read more

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