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  • A Search for Common Ground

    Conversations About the Toughest Questions in K12 Education

    by Frederick M. Hess, Pedro A. Noguera ...
    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 aisle over the past couple of decades, candidly talk through their differences on some of the toughest issues in K–12 education today—from school ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • The Great School Rethink

    by Frederick M. Hess ...
    An invigorating examination of the potential for meaningful change in education, from one of the nation's most astute observers of schooling and school improvement.In The Great School Rethink, education policy sentinel Frederick M. Hess offers a pithy and perceptive appraisal of American schooling and finds, in the uncertain period following pandemic disruption, an ideal moment to reimagine US ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Common Sense School Reform

    by Frederick M. Hess ...
    Forget everything you think you know about school reform. Cutting through the cant, sentiment, and obfuscation characterizing the current school reform debate, Frederick M. Hess lacerates the conventional "status quo" reform efforts and exposes the naivete underlying reform strategies that rest on solutions like class size reduction, small schools, and enhanced professional development. He ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • School Rethink 2.0

    Putting Reinvention into Practice

    Edited by Frederick M. Hess, Michael B. Horn, Juliet Squire ...
    Ten brilliant approaches that are disrupting US education and actionable advice for their broader implementation ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Getting Education Right

    A Conservative Vision for Improving Early Childhood, K12, and College

    by Frederick M. Hess, Michael Q. McShane ...
    In Getting Education Right, Rick Hess and Mike McShane argue that America has too long suffered from the absence of a robust, coherent, and principled conservative vision for educational improvement. The book both diagnoses a problem and offers a solution. The problem? The right has too narrowly focused on school choice, campus speech, and shrinking Washington’s footprint, while the left has ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Letters to a Young Education Reformer

    by Frederick M. Hess ...
    Series series Educational Innovations Series
    In Letters to a Young Education Reformer, Frederick M. Hess distills knowledge from twenty-five years of working in and around school reform. Inspired by his conversations with young, would-be reformers who are passionate about transforming education, the book offers a window into Hess’s thinking about what education reform is and should be.Hess writes that “reform is more a matter of how one ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

    What It Means for Schools, Systems, and States

    Edited by Frederick M. Hess, Max Eden ...
    Series series Educational Innovations Series
    In this foundational book, Frederick M. Hess and Max Eden bring together a cross-section of respected academics and journalists to examine key aspects of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).This volume provides a thematic and in-depth analysis of the central provisions of this landmark legislation, presenting a range of perspectives. The contributors—leading researchers, policy analysts, and ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Educational Entrepreneurship Today

    Edited by Frederick M. Hess, Michael Q. McShane ...
    Series series Educational Innovations Series
    In Educational Entrepreneurship Today, Frederick M. Hess and Michael Q. McShane assemble a diverse lineup of high-profile contributors to examine the contexts in which new initiatives in education are taking shape. They inquire into the impact of entrepreneurship on the larger field—including the development and deployment of new technologies—and analyze the incentives, barriers, opportunities, ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Getting the Most Bang for the Education Buck

    Edited by Frederick M. Hess, Brandon L. Wright ...
    How might school funds be spent more effectively in today’s uncertain environment? This up-to-date volume explores a range of ideas to help schools and districts better manage their resources, including: how to rethink staffing and management to get more value for employee compensation; how policymakers might revisit pension arrangements in ways that control costs while putting more teacher ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Urban School Reform

    Lessons from San Diego

    by Frederick M. Hess ...
    An indispensable book for administrators, policymakers, scholars, and practitioners, Urban School Reform presents a revealing portrait of reform efforts while identifying the full range of issues that education reformers will need to address in districts across the country in the years ahead.Today's urban school reformers face a bewildering array of challenges. Urgent problems pertaining to ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • When Research Matters

    How Scholarship Influences Education Policy

    Edited by Frederick M. Hess ...
    When Research Matters considers the complex and crucially important relationship between education research and policy.In examining how and under what conditions research affects education policy, the book focuses on a number of critical issues: the history of the federal role in education policy; the evolving nature of educational policy research; the role of research in debates about reading, ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • With the Best of Intentions

    How Philanthropy Is Reshaping K-12 Education

    Edited by Frederick M. Hess ...
    Bringing together a mix of researchers and practitioners, With the Best of Intentions examines the major goals of recent philanthropic efforts and looks at some of the key lessons--for educators, philanthropists, policymakers, and community leaders--of philanthropic contributions to schools and school systems.From the Gates small school initiative to the Annenberg challenge to the Broad prize for ... Read more

    $28.99 USD