Grounded in student experiences at nineteenth-century Alfred University, this social history explores the origins of women’s higher education and the rural roots of reform.

A critical look at the Olympics in the postbribery, post-9/11 era, particularly at consequences for host cities and so-called “Olympic education” for schoolchildren.

How faculty and administrators at research universities can create a shared sense of values.

Examines the interrelationships between art, politics, and visual culture post-9/11.

A biographical/narrative study of oppression, racism, and resistance in twentieth-century South Africa through the life of Richard Dudley, a teacher/politico.

Latino high school students in rural communities talk about dropping out of school.

Addresses the concerns of the marginalized in the American school curriculum.

Examines a high school that sought to increase student participation in its reform process.

Relying on local, self, and historical studies, the author argues for better—not best—practices in teaching and teacher education.

Examines the social and educational experiences of Mexicans and Hispanos in Colorado from 1920 to 1960.

Fifteen authors from thirteen different disciplines discuss their varied approaches to teaching.

Offers research on educational policies, programs, and practices for adolescent girls and young women, from both comparative and international perspectives.

Explores the concepts of space and place within composition studies.

Chronicles the author’s personal and professional journey within the American educational system.

Three women educators from three different academic disciplines write their “takes” on a range of topics not usually found in curriculum studies.

Gives researchers and policy analysts conceptual tools and empirical assessments to gauge the possibilities for institutional innovation.

Explores how to engage citizens in the process of educational improvement.

Marks the trajectory of the author’s work as a feminist methodologist.

An in-depth analysis of one of the most important educational experiments of the twentieth century.

Explores collaborative, democratic ways of preparing teachers to educate urban, working-class students.

Explores the issues inherent in critical and postmodern feminism in educational leadership.

Describes and analyzes nation-leading school reforms in Florida.

Argues that the complexity of our pluralistic social world demands an enriched conception of democratic education.

Examines the legal and political details of school funding reform in New York, Vermont, and Ontario.

The first book-length study of Dewey’s extraordinary text.