Selected Education Resources
| 370 JOH
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Michael Johnson
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Education on the Wild Side
Critiques and synthesizes ideas on contemporary educational practice
from a variety of thinkers.
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| 370 PUT
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Nancy A. Putinski
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A Farewell to Failure: Creating Quality in
our Schools Offers ways of implementing Total Quality Management
principles in an educational setting.
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| 370.19 SAD
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Myra and David Sadker
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Failing at Fairness: How American Schools
Cheat Girls
Presents evidence of sexism in schools, and how it prevents girls from
receiving an education equal to boys'.
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| 370.973 CET
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Marvin Cetron
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Educational Renaissance Looks at the
state of U.S. schools in the 1990's, examining crises and suggesting
reforms.
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| 371.2 DAR
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Linda Darling -Hammond
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The Right to Learn Outlines the
policies and practices needed to create learner-centered schools, concerned
with honoring indivuality, developing potential and fostering the ability to
think freely and independently.
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| 370.973 POS
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Neil Postman
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The End of Education: Redefining the Value
of Schools Contends we have lost sight of the value of learning and
describes ways schools may recover a sense of purpose, tolerance and respect
for learning.
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| 373.37 SYK
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Charles Sykes
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Dumbing Down our Kids Examines the
collapse of standards and committment to learning and the emphasis on
feel-good education.
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| 371.1 ALG
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Bob Algozzine
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Teacher's Little Book of Wisdom
Collects 365 suggestions and observations to inspire educators.
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| 371.1 FAB
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Adele Faber
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How to Talk so Kids Can Learn -- at Home
and in School
Outlines communication strategies to motivate students to succeed.
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| 371.1 MIT
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Craig Mitchell
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Teach to Reach Presents more than
300 ideas to sharpen teaching skills, enhance the learning environment and
make school more meaningful and fun.
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| 371.5 TRA
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Alan Train
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The Bullying Problem: how to deal with
difficult children Looks at both the aggressor and the victim,
suggesting methods of dealing with this age-old problem.
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| 371.9 WIN
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Susan Winebrenner
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Teaching Kids with Learning Difficulties
in theRegular Classroom Gathers teacher-tested techniques and
easy-to-use activities.
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| 375.11 DRU
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Jan Drum
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Global Winners Supplies 75 learning
activities for inside and outside the classroom.
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| 372.64 ZIP
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Jack Zipes
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Creative Storytelling Explores the
limitless possibilities of traditional and modern tales, including
activities and nurturing creativity.
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| 370.973 HOT
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Hot Buttons: unravelling 10 controversial
issues in education Examines accountability, assessment reform,
character education, charter schools, gender and sexuality, school choice
and inclusion of students with disabilities.
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| 372.11 KID
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Tracy Kidder
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Among Schoolchildren Reveals our
society's worst social problems and greatest potential in one 5th grade
classroom.
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| 373.11 FRE
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Samuel Freedman
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Small Victories Follows one Manhatten
high school teacher through a year of staff meetings, school plays,
classroom lessons, and second job needed to pay the bills.
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| 370 RUH
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Michael Ruhlman
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Boys Themselves: A Return to Single-Sex
Education Records a year in the life of Cleveland's University
School, a boys' day school.
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