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The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education
Posted by in Uncategorized on March 16, 2010
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A passionate plea to preserve and renew public education, The Death and Life of the Great American School System is a radical change of heart from one of America’s best-known education experts.
Diane Ravitch—former assistant secretary of education and a leader in the drive to create a national curriculum—examines her career in education reform and repudiates positions that she once staunchly advocated. Drawing on over forty years of research and expe… More >>
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Liberating Learning: Technology, Politics, and the Future of American Education
Posted by in Uncategorized on March 12, 2010
- ISBN13: 9780470442142
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Praise for Liberating Learning “Moe and Chubb have delivered a truly stunning book, rich with the prospect of how technology is already revolutionizing learning in communities from Midland, Pennsylvania to Gurgaon, India. At the same time, this is a sobering telling of the realpolitik of education, a battle in which the status quo is well defended. But most of all, this book is a call to action, a call to unleash the power of technological innovation to create a… More >>
Liberating Learning: Technology, Politics, and the Future of American Education
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School: The Story of American Public Education
Posted by in Uncategorized on March 9, 2010
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“[An] exemplary, thoroughly readable account.” — Publishers Weekly
“This book takes you through the history of how the idea of public education began, to where we are right now. . . . It’s so beautifully done, judiciously done, and I’m really proud to help it along.” — Meryl Streep
Esteemed historians of education David Tyack, Carl Kaestle, Diane Ravitch, James Anderson, and Larry Cuban journey through history and across the na… More >>
School: The Story of American Public Education
