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Education in America (English)
The collection gives an overview of education in America from historical perspectives to current innovations. As a diverse nation, the education in America relates well to the increase in the ethnic and cultural diversity of other nations, which face similar struggles in educating their people. This collection fits well with cultural and education advising programming.
This collection contains: 13 books
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Education Nation: Six Leading Edges of Innovation in Our Schools (English)
An educational innovator who worked at Sesame Workshop and TheGeorge Lucas Educational Foundation...
Finding Superman: Debating the Future of Public Education in America (English)
In Finding Superman, some of the most prominent educational thinkers of our time examine the...
From Classroom to White House: The Presidents and First Ladies as Students and Teachers (English)
President Eisenhower, who was not always the best student, once wrote, "One cannot always read a...
High Schools, Race, and America's Future: What Students Can Teach Us about Morality, Diversity, and Community (English)
In High Schools, Race, and America's Future, Lawrence Blum offers a lively account of a rigourous...
Hope and Despair in the American City: Why There Are No Bad Schools in Raleigh Hope and Despair in the American City: Why There Are No Bad Schools in Raleigh (English)
In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 verdict in Milliken v. Bradley , thereby...
Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools (English)
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An impassioned book, laced with anger and indignation, about how our...
Seeking Common Ground: Public Schools in a Diverse Society (English)
The American republic will survive only if its citizens are educated—this was an article of faith...
Spectacular Things Happen along the Way: Lessons from an Urban Classroom -- 10th Anniversary Edition (English)
This celebrated narrative shows how a teacher, alongside his 5th-grade students, co-created a...
Teaching 2030: What We Must Do for Our Students and Our Public Schools - Now and in the Future (English)
In the raging controversy over the purpose of public education and how to fix the nation's...
Tested: One American School Struggles to Make the Grade (English)
A "vivid, unpredictable, fair, balanced and . . . very entertaining" look at how education...
The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children (English)
In the second edition of her critically acclaimed book The Dreamkeepers , Gloria Ladson-Billings...
The Flat World and Education: How America's Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future (English)
In this bestseller and Grawemeyer Award winner, Linda Darling-Hammond offers an eye-opening...
