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

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

Documents the rise of for-profit education as a dynamic and powerful force in higher education.

A consideration of menstruation in the lives of teenage girls—and in the lives of teenage boys.

Examines the construction of gender in public school employment.

Students from poor and working-class families struggle to succeed and graduate from an elite university.

Examines the effects of schooling on young people’s values, choices, and identities.

Provides a central role for Dewey’s talk of education and how it fits into his overall philosophy.

Asks whether public schools can and should help students discuss moral disagreements, even when religion is involved.

Discusses the first decades of Peking University and its role in shaping Chinese intellectual culture.

A riveting analysis of the struggle to eliminate affirmative action at the University of California.

Advocates for a greater cultural understanding of minority beliefs in literacy education and a more critical examination of mainstream instructional practices.

Argues that universities can help revitalize poor neighborhoods.

Disrupts popular myths about education in Asia and the Pacific.

Traces the organizational history of Fairfax County public schools in Virginia, from 1954–2004, revealing the system's record of academic success.

The first book-length biography of Margaret Haley (1861–1939) focuses on her political vision, her activities as a public school activist, and her life as a charismatic woman leader.

Shows how using texts from popular culture in the classroom can help young people to become critical consumers of media without losing the pleasure they derive from it.

Explores personal and professional issues in the study of race, gender, and culture.

An award-winning teacher takes a journey into alien territory: Austria, Hitler's birthplace, and the territory of her own hatred. A teaching memoir that offers a pedagogy of hope.

A resource to help institutions navigate the choppy waters of reform.

Explores the theory, practice, and poetics of spiritual and holistic education.

Assesses the influence of family and school on African American students' college decision-making processes.

Using a life history approach, looks at what influences citizens to participate in the voluntary associations that comprise and promote civil society.

Analyzes how teachers attempt to translate the language of reform into pedagogical action.

Offers a broad, multidisciplinary, and progressive look at school choice.