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1) The unschooled mind: how children think and how schools should teach

Author

Gardner, Howard

Publisher

Basic

Pub. Date

c1991

Language

English

2) The schools we need and why we don't have them

Author

Hirsch, E. D

Publisher

Doubleday

Pub. Date

c1996

Language

English

3) Little soldiers: an American boy, a Chinese school, and the global race to achieve

Author

Chu, Lenora

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

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An exploration of China's widely acclaimed yet insular education system shares insights into how their examples are shaping the future of American parenting and education. China's widely acclaimed yet insular education system is held up as a model of academic and behavioral excellence. Chu, an American journalist of Chinese descent raising a young family in Shanghai, noticed how well-behaved Chinese children were compared to her boisterous toddler....

4) A different kind of teacher: solving the crisis of American schooling

Author

Gatto, John Taylor

Publisher

Berkeley Hill

Pub. Date

c2001

Language

English

5) Why Johnny can't tell right from wrong

Author

Kilpatrick, William K

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Pub. Date

c1992

Language

English

6) The schools our children deserve: moving beyond traditional classrooms and "tougher standards"

Author

Kohn, Alfie

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin

Pub. Date

c1999

Language

English

7) Kids these days: a game plan for (re)connecting with those we teach, lead & love

Author

Carrington, Jody

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

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"During the developmental years, schools -and educators- are the most significant connection point to most every child on this continent. But are the educators okay? I believe that most of the great educators want to make a difference. Many tell me, however, that they are finding it more and more difficult "these days" to love what they do. I think it's time we did a better job of looking after them. First. Plain and simple." -- Amazon.com

8) The Paideia proposal: an educational manifesto

Author

Adler, Mortimer J

Publisher

Macmillan

Pub. Date

c1982

Language

English

9) Unschooling rules: 55 ways to unlearn what we know about schools and rediscover education

Author

Aldrich, Clark

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

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While most schools continue to resist change, homeschooling families have abandoned the K-12 system and identified new, powerful, commonsense methods and goals for childhood education.

Education expert Clark Aldrich has explored the practices of homeschoolers and unschoolers (those who eschew the structure or curricula of schools) and distilled a list of 55 ''rules,'' like the following, that are changing both the way children are taught and

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10) The end of education: redefining the value of school

Author

Postman, Neil

Publisher

Knopf

Pub. Date

1995

Language

English

11) Walking on water: reading, writing, and revolution

Author

Jensen, Derrick

Publisher

Chelsea Green

Pub. Date

c2004

Language

English

12) The public purpose of education and schooling

Author

Goodlad, John I

Publisher

Jossey-Bass

Pub. Date

c1997

Language

English

13) Education to better their world: unleashing the power of 21st-century kids

Author

Prensky, Marc

Publisher

Teachers College Press

Pub. Date

[2016]

Language

English

Description

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This is a book, ultimately, about developing young people's capacity to accomplish things that will make their world a better place, using means never before available. It offers an innovative and achievable vision for a Global Future Education that will better prepare students from all backgrounds. -- Provided by publisher.

14) Everyone a teacher

Author

Schwehn, Mark

Publisher

University of Notre Dame

Pub. Date

c2000

Language

English

15) The new education: how to revolutionize the university to prepare students for a world in flux

Author

Davidson, Cathy N

Publisher

Basic Books

Pub. Date

[2017]

Language

English

Description

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"Our current system of higher education dates to the period from 1865 to 1925, when the nation's new universities created grades and departments, majors and minors, in an attempt to prepare young people for a world transformed by the telegraph and the Model T. As Cathy N. Davidson argues in The New Education, this approach to education is wholly unsuited to the era of the gig economy. From the Ivy League to community colleges, she introduces us to...

16) The making of Americans: democracy and our schools

Author

Hirsch, E. D

Publisher

Yale University Press

Pub. Date

c2009

Language

English

Description

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From the bestselling author of "Cultural Literacy" comes a passionate and cogent argument for reforming the way we teach our children.

17) Why schools fail

Author

Goldberg, Bruce

Publisher

Cato

Pub. Date

c1996

Language

English

18) Education for everyone: agenda for education in a democracy

Author

Goodlad, John I

Publisher

Jossey-Bass

Pub. Date

c2004

Language

English

19) The global achievement gap: why even our best schools don't teach the new survival skills our children need--and what we can do about it

Author

Wagner, Tony

Publisher

Basic

Pub. Date

c2008

Language

English

Description

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Examines problems of the American educational system and offers solutions for preparing students to compete and work in a global economy.

20) A new U: faster + cheaper alternatives to college

Author

Craig, Ryan

Publisher

BenBella Books, Inc

Pub. Date

2018.

Language

English

Description

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Ryan Craig documents the early days of a revolution that will transform--or make obsolete--many colleges and universities. Alternative routes to great first jobs that do not involve a bachelor's degree are sprouting up all over the place. Bootcamps, income-share programs, apprenticeships, and staffing models are attractive alternatives to great jobs in numerous growing sectors of the economy: coding, healthcare, sales, digital marketing, finance and...

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1) The unschooled mind: how children think and how schools should teach

2) The schools we need and why we don't have them

3) Little soldiers: an American boy, a Chinese school, and the global race to achieve

4) A different kind of teacher: solving the crisis of American schooling

5) Why Johnny can't tell right from wrong

6) The schools our children deserve: moving beyond traditional classrooms and "tougher standards"

7) Kids these days: a game plan for (re)connecting with those we teach, lead & love

8) The Paideia proposal: an educational manifesto

9) Unschooling rules: 55 ways to unlearn what we know about schools and rediscover education

10) The end of education: redefining the value of school

11) Walking on water: reading, writing, and revolution

12) The public purpose of education and schooling

13) Education to better their world: unleashing the power of 21st-century kids

14) Everyone a teacher

15) The new education: how to revolutionize the university to prepare students for a world in flux

16) The making of Americans: democracy and our schools

17) Why schools fail

18) Education for everyone: agenda for education in a democracy

19) The global achievement gap: why even our best schools don't teach the new survival skills our children need--and what we can do about it

20) A new U: faster + cheaper alternatives to college

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