educational change

Examines the backgrounds of young innovators to see how they developed the creative minds to produce those innovations and examines what teachers, parents, and employers must do to develop the capacities of young people to become innovators. Includes QR Codes within the text that can be accessed using a smart phone, linking the reader to videos and other information that expands on key ideas in the book.

Presents the idea of the Basic School, identifying workable reform practices based on the four priorities of community, curriculum coherence, climate, and character.

A memoir that recounts the author's experience from within the school-reform movement in the U.S. and covers his changing views of the value of standards-driven, choice-driven, and profession-driven education, the role of charter schools, technology, and school-system governance reform, and more.

Argues that China's Cultural Revolution fostered dramatic improvements in the social, political, and economic development of the country's rural areas.

A collection of essays that explore the best strategies for raising student achievement and supporting teacher initiative in the classroom.

Successful entrepreneur Steve Poizner shares the story of his experiences after taking a break from the world of business to teach twelfth grade at Mount Pleasant High School, a troubled public school in San Jose, California.

Discusses important topics facing education in America examining both sides of the debate on school choice, high-stakes testing, and teacher's unions.