Policy Books


The Knowledge Factory: Dismantling the Corporate University and Creating True Higher Learning Best Price: $15.30 This author provides many facts as well as long discussions without a central theme. While it...	Motivating Students to Learn (2nd Edition) Best Price: $46.94 Good reference on how to motivate students to learn. Some technical terms were used though that...	Life-Enriching Education: Nonviolent Communication Helps Schools Improve Performance, Reduce Conflict, and Enhance Relationships Best Price: $7.25 The book is clear and has solid ideas on transforming our education from one that teaches...	Instruction for All Students Best Price: $19.75 the book is written in a manner that is difficult to follow. It is repetitious. Not worth the...	Time to Learn: How a New School Schedule is Making Smarter Kids, Happier Parents, and Safer Neighborhoods Best Price: $11.49 As an elected School Board member in Alabama, I was privileged to receive an advanced copy of...



Reclaiming the Game: College Sports and Educational Values Best Price: $23.35 A measure of the tortured relationship between higher education and sports is the fact that this...	Reflective Practice to Improve Schools: An Action Guide for Educators Best Price: $35.01 Reflective Practice To Improve Schools: An Action Guide To Educators defines reflective practice...	The Mouse that Roared: Disney and the End of Innocence (Culture and Education) Best Price: $3.98 I have a number of advanced degrees and am generally considered to be intelligent and extremely...	The Essential Montessori: An Introduction to the Woman, the Writings, the Method, and the Movement Best Price: $5.49 A young Italian woman named Maria Montessori developed theories about childhood education that...	Teaching the Digital Generation: No More Cookie-Cutter High Schools Best Price: $26.60 "This might well be THE contemporary manual for effective education reform. In a world...



No Child Left Behind and the Public Schools Best Price: $15.59 "A powerful, detailed, and exceptionally balanced critique of NCLB. It offers some hope for...	In the Deep Heart's Core Best Price: $4.22 I found Johnston's story both fascinating and disturbing. As a Mississippian, I have witnessed...	Asking the Right Questions: Techniques for Collaboration and School Change Best Price: $24.43 "What Edie Holcomb teaches actually works." Deb Larson and Tom Mooney, K-12...	Will Standards Save Public Education Best Price: $7.99 This is one of the few books that relly looks at various sides of the debate about standards and...	Participatory Action Research for Educational Leadership: Using Data-Driven Decision Making to Improve Schools Best Price: $34.14 "Finally we have a data-driven text on participatory action research for educational...

Instructional Models: Strategies for Teaching in a Diverse Society Best Price: $105.08 This book is an absolute must for educational leaders. "Educational Leaders" are...	Troublemaker: A Personal History of School Reform since Sputnik Best Price: $13.39 Checker Finn's memoir, Troublemaker, takes us through the last 50 years of American schooling...	Leading Schools in a Data-Rich World: Harnessing Data for School Improvement Best Price: $21.99 I really enjoyed this book about school improvement. It is one that I will keep and not resell....	Pledging Allegiance: The Politics of Patriotism in America's Schools Best Price: $6.00 Pledge of Allegiance issues are examined in this book about the flag and related topics. The...	The Homework Myth Best Price: $1.51 I couldn't put this book down once I started reading it. The author takes a wrecking-ball to...

Who's in Charge Here?: The Tangled Web of School Governance And Policy Best Price: $22.90 This is an excellent book that expresses the current confusion of public school governance. ...	Globalizing Education: Policies, Pedagogies, & Politics (Counterpoints Studies in the Postmodern Theory of Education) Best Price: $29.95 Very important educational and socioeconomically-focused work on the direction needed in...	The War Against America's Public Schools: Privatizing Schools, Commercializing Education Best Price: $28.98 There is an old joke about Phi Beta Kappa. That those who still take the society seriously past...	The Red Pencil: Convictions from Experience in Education Best Price: $6.49 I couldn't help but feel compelled to write a review after I read the previous review. If you...	NSTA Pathways to the Science Standard: Guidelines for Moving the Vision into Practice, Elementary School Edition Best Price: $36.95 This practical guidebook demonstrates how you can carry the vision of the Standards - for...

No Child Left Behind (Peter Lang Primer) Best Price: $16.93 I bought this book to become more informed on NCLB for my political campaign. Within the span...	In Defense of Our Children: When Politics, Profit, and Education Collide Best Price: $13.75 This is a book that will get people talking - in book clubs, in parent groups, and in political...	Cheating Our Kids: How Politics and Greed Ruin Education Best Price: $6.92 This is another book on why our public schools stink. Unlike most other such books, Williams...	Misreading Reading : The Bad Science That Hurts Children Best Price: $5.50 I am a school psyc and former reading clinician. I've coordinated summer interventions for...	Standardized Childhood: The Political and Cultural Struggle over Early Education Best Price: $12.96 A array of childcare and preschool options blossomed in the 1970s as the feminist movement...

Lessons from Privilege: The American Prep School Tradition Best Price: $16.50 The subject matter and content are good, but the writing style is a bit exhausting. A better...	Montessori: The Science behind the Genius Best Price: $25.95 This is a really great book for anyone interested in education, not limited just to Montessori. ...	Substitute Teaching Best Price: $6.81 As a fairly new substitute teacher, I was looking for guidance on classroom management. I admit...	Formative Classroom Assessment Best Price: $23.05 ''This is a very timely and important book for those recognizing the need to implement more...	Assessing Conditions to Enhance Educational Effectiveness: The Inventory for Student Engagement and Success Best Price: $20.12 From the authors of Student Success in College -the book that describes the policies, programs,...

Common Sense School Reform Best Price: $19.92 Hess knows his stuff. This book is very solid and packed with information. In a really few...	Leading for Results: Transforming Teaching, Learning, and Relationships in Schools Best Price: $18.00 Praise for the First Edition: Sparks rejects simplistic solutions to school improvement, and...	Teachers Have It Easy: The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of America's Teachers Best Price: $7.96 If you are--or expect someday to be--a parent of school aged children, if you are a taxpayer, or...	Grant Writing in Higher Education: A Step-by-Step Guide Best Price: $35.96 Written by successful grant proposal writer Ken Henson, Grant Writing In Higher Education: A...	The End of Homework: How Homework Disrupts Families, Overburdens Children, and Limits Learning Best Price: $5.84 In doing a study for the state of Maine on dropout prevention programs, the authors of this...

Walking the Road: Race, Diversity, and Social Justice in Teacher Education (Multicultural Education (Paper)) Best Price: $25.95	Explorations in Language Acquisition and Use Best Price: $14.40 Krashen's book is simple with great explanations. Easy to read and understand. It is a technical...	Against Common Sense: Teaching and Learning Toward Social Justice (Reconstrucing the Public Sphere in Curriculum Studies) Best Price: $29.13 Drawing on his own experience teaching diverse grades and subjects, Kevin Kumashiro examines...	Funding Public Schools: Politics and Policies (Studies in Government and Public Policy) Best Price: $14.35 This book examines the fundamental role of politics in funding our public schools and fills a...	What Every Teacher Should Know About No Child Left Behind: A Guide for Professionals (2nd Edition) (What Every Teacher Should Know About) Best Price: $8.68 ? This book offers a thorough examination of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) and its...

Assessment Essentials: Planning, Implementing, Improving Best Price: $36.18 This is a one-volume Assessment 101....A comprehensive, useful introduction for novices and a...	The Power to Transform: Leadership That Brings Learning and Schooling to Life Best Price: $12.00 Most education reform today consists of tinkering around the edges of an essentially broken...	Change Forces: The Sequel (Educational Change and Development Series) Best Price: $14.99 If you are looking for answers to overcome change or the steps needed to implement change, this...	Building Family, School, and Community Partnerships Best Price: $40.00	How to Succeed in School Without Really Learning: The Credentials Race in American Education Best Price: $20.54 This is a collection of numerous articles in recent years by Labaree, on topics ranging from...

A Student Guide to Play Analysis Best Price: $26.52 With the skills of a playwright, the vision of a producer, and the wisdom of an experienced...	Faculty Priorities Reconsidered: Rewarding Multiple Forms of Scholarship Best Price: $30.40 No reform effort in American higher education in the last twenty years has been more important...	The Little Book of Restorative Discipline for Schools: Teaching Responsibility; Creating Caring Climates (The Little Books of Justice and Peacebuilding ... Little Books of Justice and Peacebuilding) Best Price: $1.86 Can an overworked teacher possibly turn an unruly incident with students into an...	One Kid at a Time: Big Lessons from a Small School (Series on School Reform) Best Price: $17.50 Any one interested in creating an education system that is child centered, flexible and...	School Finance: Achieving High Standards with Equity and Efficiency (3rd Edition) Best Price: $140.20 School Finance: Achieving High Standards with Equity and Efficiency explores traditional...

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