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Presents concepts that teachers, administrators, and parents can implement to help students become independent thinkers, flexible, creative, and resourceful individuals who can respond to the changing global economy.

Traces the history of government schools and the dominant educational theories over the last 150 years and argues that schools have failed because they presume that all children are essentially interchangeable and can be educated in the same way.

"Reinventing has a different aim, beginning with the purpose of libraries over the centuries. It then discusses the issues around the design and operation of virtual libraries?what tasks can be eliminated or redefined, and the new ones that must be constructed. Stielow considers how online librarians must be ?rewired? to meet the needs of faculty and student users, and how the work of online managers is refocused. A brief epilogue, ?Musings for the Teens,? raises final issues for the current decade. The book?s structure has a feel of hyperlinks in ink and paper, which may be welcoming to some and off-putting to others. Stielow furnishes Reader?s Advisory notes to help make the most of the book?s design. Though aimed at academic librarians, any librarian can grow from Stielow?s understanding of the persistent questions posed by the explosion of online resources, and given that answers seem to change by the minute, it may be prudent not to insist upon practical answers in a print text." Reviewer: Donna L. Phillips.

Today's tech-savvy and digitally connected students present a new challenge for today's school librarians. This book offers the 21st-century tools and know-how necessary for educators to appeal to and challenge students to learn and to want to learn.

Recounts the author's life in education, discussing where he believes schools have gone wrong and what they should look like.

Offers high school students inside advice on finding and getting into the right college for them. Features practical, inspirational, and reflective prompts for making informed choices. Also includes study hacks, essay-writing advice, checklists, quizzes, and resources.

"Are science and math subjects more important than arts subjects? Should students be required to complete homework during their personal time? Every day, we hear arguments about education issues in the media. This book gives readers the tools to make sense of and evaluate some of these arguments. Using three . . . education-related examples, this book introduces readers to the parts of an effective argument and prompts them to use the knowledge they have gained to evaluate the effectiveness of arguments on opposing sides of the issues"--Provided by publisher.

Outlines effective strategies for high school reform and explains how those strategies can be applied to every aspect of secondary education.