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  • Religious Liberty and Education

    A Case Study of Yeshivas vs. New York

    par Jason Bedrick, Matthew H. Lee, Jay P. Greene ...
    Over the last few years, Orthodox Jewish private schools, also known as yeshivas, have been under fire by a group of activists known as Young Advocates for Fair Education, run by several yeshiva graduates, who have criticized them for providing an inadequate secular education.At the heart of the yeshiva controversy lies two important interests in education: the right of the parent to choose an ... En savoir plus

    $38.99 CAD

  • Education Myths

    What Special Interest Groups Want You to Believe About Our Schools--And Why It Isn't So

    par Jay P. Greene ...
    How can we fix America's floundering public schools? The conventional wisdom says that schools need a lot more money, that poor and immigrant children can't do as well as most American kids, that high-stakes tests just produce teaching to the test, and that vouchers do little to help students while undermining our democracy. But what if the conventional wisdom is wrong?In Education Myths: What ... En savoir plus

    $20.99 CAD

  • Failure Up Close

    What Happens, Why It Happens, and What We Can Learn from It

    Modifié par Michael Q. McShane, Jay P. Greene ...
    For many reasons, failure in education reform is rarely admitted. Even though it is incredibly hard work to try and improve the enormous and diverse American education system, because there are political consequences of admitting that a particular effort did not live up to its promises and pressure from philanthropic funders to show success, unsuccessful efforts are often swept under the rug or ... En savoir plus

    $47.99 CAD

  • Why America Needs School Choice

    par Jay P Greene ...
    Collections series Encounter Broadsides
    Expanding school choice and competition is the single most important action we can take to improve America's schools. Although school choice faces strong opposition from powerful teacher unions and their entrenched political allies, expanding choice via vouchers, charters, and tax credits has repeatedly been shown to improve student achievement, reduce segregation, promote civic values, and ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

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  • Reign of Error

    The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools

    par Diane Ravitch ...
    From one of the foremost authorities on education in the United States, former U.S. assistant secretary of education, “whistle-blower extraordinaire” (The Wall Street Journal), author of the best-selling The Death and Life of the Great American School System (“Important and riveting”—Library Journal), The Language Police (“Impassioned . . . Fiercely argued . . . Every bit as alarming as it is ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Death and Life of the Great American School System

    How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

    par Diane Ravitch ...
    An urgent case for protecting public education, from one of America's best-known education expertsIn this landmark book, Diane Ravitch - former assistant secretary of education and a leader in the drive to create a national curriculum - examines her career in education reform and repudiates positions that she once staunchly advocated. Drawing on over forty years of research and experience, Ravitch ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Conservative Heart

    How to Build a Fairer, Happier, and More Prosperous America

    par Arthur C. Brooks ...
    New York Times –Bestseller: "A thinking person's primer for a conservative politics of human flourishing." —George F. Will, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Conservative SensibilityArthur C. Brooks, one of the country's leading policy experts and a former president of the American Enterprise Institute, offers a bold new vision for conservatism as a movement for happiness, unity, and social ... En savoir plus

    $2.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

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  • Running from Office

    Why Young Americans are Turned Off to Politics

    par Jennifer L. Lawless, Richard L. Fox ...
    The past two decades of politics in Washington have seen increased partisanship, prolonged stalemates, and numerous scandals. For today's teenagers and young adults, years of ineffective and inefficient political leadership have completely eroded any sense that politicians or government have the ability to do good or effect positive change. Worse, the mean-spirited, dysfunctional political system ... En savoir plus

    $18.39 CAD

  • 50 Ways to Improve Women’s Lives

    The Essential Women’s Guide for Achieving Equality, Health, and Success

    par Madeleine K. Albright ...
    Collections series Inner Ocean Action Guide
    Compelling stories and calls-to-action — from Madeleine Albright, Eleanor Smeal, Kim Gandy, Patricia Ireland, Sen. Diane Feinstein, Marie Wilson, and moreLET YOUR VOICES RISE UP• Have you noticed that work and family balance is viewed as a mother’s issue and not a parent’s issue?• Do you know in your heart that violence is never the answer and want to stop it?• Do you wish you saw more women ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Building More Effective Unions

    par Paul F. Clark ...
    Paul F. Clark believes union leaders should take advantage of the valuable discoveries made in behavioral science to make their organizations more effective and, in Building More Effective Unions, he offers an accessible and straightforward account of how they can do so. The second edition provides an updated discussion of important lessons behavioral science holds for labor organizations. It also ... En savoir plus

    $13.99 CAD

  • We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For

    The Promise of Civic Renewal in America

    par Peter Levine ...
    Chronic unemployment, deindustrialized cities, and mass incarceration are among the grievous social problems that will not yield unless American citizens address them. Peter Levine's We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For is a primer for anyone motivated to help revive our fragile civic life and restore citizens' public role. After offering a novel theory of active citizenship, a diagnosis of ... En savoir plus

    $32.79 CAD

  • "You Can't Fire the Bad Ones!"

    And 18 Other Myths about Teachers, Teachers Unions, and Public Education

    par Crystal Laura, William Ayers, Rick Ayers ...
    Collections Livre 7 - Myths Made in America
    Overturns common misconceptions about charter schools, school "choice," standardized tests, common core curriculum, and teacher evaluations.Three distinguished educators, scholars, and activists flip the script on many enduring and popular myths about teachers, teachers' unions, and education that permeate our culture. By unpacking these myths, and underscoring the necessity of strong and vital ... En savoir plus

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