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.

Provides a clear assessment of all sides of the school choice debate.

An authoritative and provocative discussion of the key issues surrounding grade inflation and its possible effects on academic excellence.

Leading scholars challenge and reinvigorate the pragmatic method of John Dewey.

Analyzes educational reform in the second half of the twentieth century through the political career of Jimmy Carter and his influence on educational policy.

An in-depth look at the creative writing practices of nine Chicago youths.

Presents the perspectives of contemporary college students on their lives and educations.

A comprehensive update of the classic study that delivers both a passionate plea and strategies for teachers, parents, and community organizers to give working-class children the same type of empowering education and powerful literacy skills that the children of upper- and middle-class people receive.

Women professors of educational administration share their personal stories of being female firsts.

Follows California’s efforts at reforming the public school system from 1983 to the present.

A look at Nativity schools, alternative middle schools that have had great success educating at-risk, urban students.

A fresh look at study abroad programs on American college and university campuses.

Tells the story of the decline and near bankruptcy of a major American university, and how its dramatic turnaround was quickly achieved.

Challenging more limited approaches to service learning, this book examines writing instruction in the context of universities fully engaged in community partnerships.

An ambitious and timely look at the role of religion in New York State's early public schools.

Shows how death education can be brought from the healing professions to the literature classroom.

Challenges an autonomous model of literacy instruction in favor of one that recognizes and builds on students’ facility in navigating other rhetorical contexts.

A Buddhist perspective on classroom teaching.

Scholars engage the ideas and legacy of Cary Nelson in conversations about the corporate university, teaching, poetry, and activism.

A must read for anyone who wants to think in depth about contemporary classrooms.

Essays that highlight the role of education in bringing about inclusive citizenship and human rights norms.

First collection of essays by queer scholars with working-class backgrounds.

Examines various aspects of citizen education programs that serve contemporary youth in the United States.