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  • School Communities of Strength

    Strategies for Educating Children Living in Deep Poverty

    An evidence-based plan of action to achieve educational justice for K–12 public school students from families whose income is 50% or more below the US poverty threshold ... En savoir plus

    $21.99 CAD

  • Expect Miracles

    Charter Schools And The Politics Of Hope And Despair

    "Cookson and Berger provide a thoughtful summary and insightful critique of the charter school movement. Expect Miracles explodes the myth that the charter schools operating in an educational 'marketplace' will recast public education to better serve America's children and promote democratic civic values. Anyone interested in the future of U.S. school reform should read this book." —Alex Molnar, ... En savoir plus

    $79.69 CAD

  • Educating Elites

    Class Privilege and Educational Advantage

    The gaze of educational researchers has traditionally been turned "down" toward the experiences of communities deemed at-risk, presumably with the purpose of improving their plight. Indeed, theorizing about the relationship between education, culture, and society has typically emerged from the study of poor and marginalized groups in public schools. Seldom have educational researchers considered ... En savoir plus

    $71.99 CAD

  • Class Rules

    Exposing Inequality in American High Schools

    par Peter W. Cookson, Jr ...
    Collections series Multicultural Education Series
    Class Rules challenges the popular myth that high schools are the “Great Equalizers.” In his groundbreaking study, Cookson demonstrates that adolescents undergo different class rites of passage depending on the social-class composition of the high school they attend. Drawing on stories of schools and individual students, the author shows that where a student goes to high school is a major ... En savoir plus

    $35.99 CAD

  • Sacred Trust

    A Children’s Education Bill of Rights

    *"*Sacred Trust: A Children′s Education Bill of Rights is a clarion call to action for all Americans who care deeply about children and public education. Peter Cookson cuts through the endless policy debates and presents a positive plan for building 21st century public schools for all children."—Richard W. Riley, Former U. S. Secretary of EducationSenior Partner, EducationCounsel, LLC, Washington, ... En savoir plus

    $39.99 CAD

  • Preparing For Power

    America's Elite Boarding Schools

    Why do private boarding schools produce such a disproportionate number of leaders in business, government, and the arts? In the most comprehensive study of its kind to date, two sociologists describe the complex ways in which elite schools prepare students for success and power, and they also provide a lively behind-the-scenes look at prepschool life and underlife. ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

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    School Communities of Strength

    Strategies for Educating Children Living in Deep Poverty

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    In School Communities of Strength, Peter W. Cookson, Jr., lays out a blueprint for providing equitable educational opportunities for students from all socioeconomic strata, and particularly for the five million American children who live with the extreme material hardship known as deep poverty. This work issues an urgent call to action for K–12 schools to put in place the policies, practices, and ... En savoir plus

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  • Reign of Error

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  • Bowling Alone: Revised and Updated

    The Collapse and Revival of American Community

    Once we bowled in leagues, usually after work -- but no longer. This seemingly small phenomenon symbolizes a significant social change that Robert Putnam has identified in this brilliant volume, Bowling Alone*,* which The Economist hailed as "a prodigious achievement."Drawing on vast new data that reveal Americans' changing behavior, Putnam shows how we have become increasingly disconnected from ... En savoir plus

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  • Build, Innovate and Grow

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  • Going Solo

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