Looks at China’s Ginling College, the women’s missionary institution of higher learning that developed a discourse of family, recasting the Chinese Confucian family ideal as a female and Christian one.

Stories from participants in Professional Development Schools.

Explores how Darwin’s theory of human nature can inform educational philosophy.

Considers the past, present, and future of interdisciplinary fields motivated by concerns for social justice.

Explores the ways that immigrant youth identities are shaped by dominant discourses.

Raises provocative questions about the efficacy, viability, and sustainability of professional learning communities.

Argues that the reliance on sound bites in recent political discourse is harmful to the democratic process.

The comprehensive history of the State University of New York system.

A guide to decision making for school administrators.

Examines the policy stances of two major Hispanic interest groups.

Examines recent trends in state-funded preschool education.

A startling reading of the educational enterprise through a psychoanalytic lens.

Provides insights into university partnerships with urban schools.

Argues against the “culture of science” currently dominating education discourse and in favor of a more critical understanding of various modes of inquiry.

Presents John Dewey’s theory of inquiry and applies it to various areas of the primary, middle, and secondary school curricula.

Essential copyright resource for teachers and writers, particularly those involved in electronic or new media.

Examines how federal and state governments have assumed ever-greater control over the education process since the 1960s.

Explores the question of student silence from students’ perspectives and challenges the conventional wisdom about silent students.

Examines the role of image and affect in teaching with new digital technologies and multimedia composition.

Offers candid, first-hand accounts of what it is like to make writing central to teaching in secondary schools and colleges.

Provides practical advice for educators struggling for change.

Looks at town-gown relationships with a focus on African Americans.

Asks how and why standardized tests have become the ubiquitous standard by which educational achievement and intelligence are measured.

Explores the significance of Dewey’s thought on democracy for the contemporary world.

Demonstrates the many devastating and interrelated threats that punitive policies like “zero tolerance” pose to youth, schooling, and democracy.