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Argues for an end to the outmoded industrial educational system and proposes a highly personalized, organic approach that draws on technological and professional resources to engage all students, develop their love of learning, and enable them to face the challenges of the twenty-first century.
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Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When the Light Goes On helps us dig through the discord and fragmentation of school politics and policy to reclaim the mind and heart of education. Through various students' stories and his own, Rose provides an urgent reminder of the core purpose of education: to learn about ourselves and the world around us, to spark new interests, and to experience with guidance both the fulfillment and the uncertainty of exploring our limits-all in the service...
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Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In Reimagining the Classroom: Creating New Learning Spaces and Connecting with the World, renowned educator Dr. Theodore Richards identifies the flaws and fissures in traditional approaches to teaching and learning, inspiring many to consider radical change. Dr. Richards takes a critical look at our education and reveals how impoverished our lives--and the lives of our children--have become. Our children are the pathway to reimagining our world and...
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W. W. Norton & Company, Independent Publishers Since 1923
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Seven key principles from Finland for building a culture of trust in schools around the world. In the spring of 2018, thousands of teachers across the United States -- in states like Oklahoma, Kentucky, and Arizona -- walked off their jobs while calling for higher wages and better working conditions. Ultimately, these American educators trumpeted a simple request: treat us like professionals. Teachers in many other countries feel the same way as their...
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Addresses the failures and consequences of America's early education system, advocating for a shared knowledge curriculum that provides an educational foundation for all students to strengthen American unity, identity, and democracy.
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Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
China's widely acclaimed yet insular education system is held up as a model of academic and behavioral excellence. Chu, an American journalist of Chinese descent raising a young family in Shanghai, noticed how well-behaved Chinese children were compared to her boisterous toddler. Enrolling three-year-old Rainer in China's state-run public school system, the immediate results were positive. But Chu also noticed troubling new behaviors, and discovered...
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Publisher
Hachette Go
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"What if a getting into top four-year college is no longer the holy grail of success that it once seemed to be? What if the key to kids achieving their potential in life has less to do with grades or test scores and more with critical skills overlooked in schools? Erasing the Finish Line directly addresses those points by highlighting a reality about our education system that we seem to hear about more and more these days-college acceptance is a faulty...
15) Padres brillantes, maestros fascinantes: no hay jóvenes difíciles, sino una educación inadecuada
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Publisher
Rayo/Planeta
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Language
Español
Description
Advocates educational reform and describes the role of both parents and teachers in creating intelligent and happy children, discussing desirable habits and pedagogical techniques that can revolutionize the educational experience.
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Publisher
New Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In an entirely fresh take on school reform, business journalist and bestselling author Andrea Gabor argues that Bill Gates, Eli Broad, and other leaders of the prevailing education-reform movement have borrowed all the wrong lessons from the business world. After the Education Wars explains how the market-based measures and carrot-and-stick incentives informing today's reforms are out of sync with the nurturing culture that good schools foster and--contrary...
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Publisher
Broadside Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Everyone agrees that we should graduate as many students as possible, as prepared for colleges and jobs as possible. We all want improved STEM and computer literacy. We're united in our belief that racial testing gaps need to be closed to create more opportunities for everyone. But there are billions of dollars spent every year to get Americans to give up on these shared goals. Why? Race to the Bottom is the first comprehensive expose of the way...
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Publisher
All Points Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"In order to move toward a more egalitarian society, the American education system must be reformed to account for genetic differences between individual academic abilities. All groups, all races, and all genders are created equal. Not all individuals are. The Cult of Smart is a provocative and groundbreaking discussion of human potential, a topic which, in recent times, has been corrupted by the pernicious and cynical pseudoscience of "race realism."...
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Despite being immensely popular--and immensely lucrative education is grossly overrated. In this explosive book, Bryan Caplan argues that the primary function of education is not to enhance students' skill but to certify their intelligence, work ethic, and conformity - in other words, to signal the qualities of a good employee. Learn why students hunt for easy As and casually forget most of what they learn after the final exam, why decades of growing...
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