educational change

Discusses the impact Horace Mann, John Dewey, Martin Luther King Jr., Albert Shanker, William Bennett, and James Coleman had on the public schools of the United States, describing their roles as mission-driven reformers, and examining how public education will change in the twenty-first century.

Discusses the pressing issues in American college campuses, including legal, policy, and student development issues, and more.

"Drawing on his work in hundreds of districts, Jamie [Vollmer] offers teachers, administrators, board members, and their allies a practical program to secure the understanding, trust, permission, and support they need to change the system and increase student success"--Amazon.com.

Provides tips for creating a student-led learning environm ent in the classroom.

Offers a comprehensive overview of what leaders at all levels of the education system can do to contribute to large-scale, sustainable reform.

Award-winning author, public intellectual, and former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch critiques a lifetime's worth of school reforms and reveals the simple--yet difficult--truth about how we can create actual change in public schools.

"'A School of Our Own' tells the... story of the Independent Project, the first student-run high school in America. Founder Samuel Levin, a high school junior who had already achieved international fame for creating Project Sprout-the first farm-to-school lunch program in the United States-was frustrated with his own education and saw disaffection among his peers. In response, he lobbied for and created a new school based on a few simple ideas about what kids need from their high school experience"--Jacket flap.