Examines the mathematical strategies by which manager Billy Beane handled the financially strapped Oakland Athletics' 2002 draft and led the baseball team to success despite its lack of high profile players.
Contains over twenty essays that offer varying perspectives on controversial issues related to the wage gap, such as whether it is narrowing, what causes it, and the effects of education on it.
Examines the mathematical strategies by which manager Billy Beane handled the financially strapped Oakland Athletics' 2002 draft and led the baseball team to success despite its lack of high profile players.
a teacher's solution to America's declining public school system
Crosby, Brian
2002
Examines America's failing public school system and argues that the key to better schools and better students is better teachers, discussing how teachers and their students are affected by poor salaries and working conditions and offering solutions to the problem.
the big sacrifices and small salaries of America's teachers
Moulthrop, Daniel
2005
Presents an examination of the reality of public school teaching in the United States, combining facts and statistics with the voices of schoolteachers from across the country, describing how society views teachers and how public policy intersects with teachers' lives.
