Adler, Mortimer J., REFORMING EDUCATION:THE OPENING OF THE AMERICAN MIND, Macmillan, 1988--Challenges the faulty diagnosis and prescriptive, narrow remedy offered by Allan Bloom and calls for a more democratic approach that embraces all disciplines and all people. 362 pages
Aversa and Mancall, >B?MANAGEMENT OF ONLINE SEARCH SERVICES IN SCHOOLS, ABC-Clio, 1989--A sourcebook to facilitate the management of online bibliographic services in schools, covers development and management, planning an online environment,and more. 175 pages
Ballard, Robert D., EXPLORER,--Recreates five exciting expeditions to the ocean floor on board the bathyscape Alvin and other deep-sea craft. For gradeschoolers. 12 pages 4 copies.
Barberm Benjamin R., THE POLITICS OF EDUCATION AND THE FUTURE OF AMERICA,Ballantine Books, New York, 1992--The author provides inspiration for making education the means by which we learn to be free. Barber argues that educating for our citizenship should be our paramount concern. 300 pages
Bates, Stephen, BATTLEGROUND: ONE MOTHER'S CRUSADE, THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT, AND THE STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF OUR CLASSROOMS, Poseidon--An account of the dramatic battle between members of the religious right and the school board of Church Hill in East Tennessee, a courtroom confrontation over textbooks that was dubbed the "Scopes II" trial. 365 pages
Battistoni, Richard M., PUBLIC SCHOOLING AND THE EDUCATION OF CITIZENS, Univ Press of Mississippi, Jackson,1985-A study of the contemporary crisis in American civic education. 200 pages
Bloom, Allan, THE CLOSING OF THE AMERICAN MIND: HOW HIGHER EDUCATION HAS FAILED DEMOCRACY AND IMPOVERISHED THE SOULS OF TODAY'S STUDENTS, New York Simon and Schuster, 1987--Critique by a distinguished professor and political philosopher, of the intellectual and moral confusions of our age. 382 pages
Boyer, Ernest L., THE BASIC SCHOOL: A COMMUNITY FOR LEARNING, Princeton, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 1995--A report to explore significant issues in education. 194 pages
Bromwich, David, POLITICS BY OTHER MEANS, Yale--An eloquent look at the curriculum war in higher education, between proponents of multi-culturalism and the ideologues of the far right. Highlights how each side is less concerned with education than with indoctrinating students.257 pages
Chubb, John and Moe, Terry, POLITICS, MARKETS AND AMERICA'S SCHOOLS
Constitutional Rights Foundation, ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP TODAY: FIELD GUIDE,1994--Skills to help your community today and help you in your life as a citizen of a democratic society. 186 pages
Constitutional Rights Foundation, ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP TODAY: HANDBOOK FOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS, 1994--Skills to help your community today and help you in your life as a citizen of a democratic society. 186 pages
Cooper, David J., IMPROVED READING COMPREHENSION, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1986--Provides elementary school teachers with effective tools and innovative ideas to teach reading comprehension. 394 pages
Cudney, M.R. & R.E. Hardy, SELF-DEFEATING BEHAVIORS, Harper Pub., Methods for understanding and abandoning our habitual, often-unconscious destructive patterns, including procrastination, alcohol/substance abuse, depression and overeating. 248 pages
Duke, Daniel Linden, THE RETRANSFORMATION OF THE SCHOOL:THE EMERGENCE OF CONTEMPORARY ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES, Chicago, Nelson-Hall, 1978-- An intensive study of contemporary alternative schools and the complex of forces which led to their impressive growth in the late sixties. 196 pages
Farrar, Ronald T. COLLEGE 101: MAKING TE MOST OF YOUR FRESHMAN YEAR, Peterson's Guides, New Jersey 1988, Answers questions about going off to college, from day-to-day life to the big issues. 175 pages
Finn, Chester WE MUST TAKE CHARGE: OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR FUTURE
Fleming, John E.,THE CASE FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR BLACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION, Howard Univ Press, 1978--Argues it is the government's responsibility to support the policies, presents case studies of the impact they have had on specific schools, and offers guidelines for future implementation. 416 pages
Gauld, Joseph W., CHARACTER FIRST: THE HYDE SCHOOL DIFFERENCE, Contemporary Pub., Looks at the Hyde School in Bath, Maine. 179 pages
Greene, Lawrence J., 1001 WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR CHILD'S SCHOOLWORK, Dell Paperbound Pub.--Strategies to remove the barriers that impede a child's learning progress, including symptoms of learning problems and disabilities and understanding diagnostic test results. 345 pages
Haass, Richard N., THE POWER TO PERSUADE, Houghflin Mufflin--Instruction on how to become an effective and convincing communicator. 260 pages
Hart, Sarah, HOW TO FIND YOUR FIRST JOB OUT OF COLLEGE, Burning Gate. Paperbound Pub., Covers resume writing, developing contacts, networking, long distance job hunting, the interview process, how to choose the right job, and much more. 210 pages
Helper, Susan; Huck, Charlotte; Hickman, Janet; CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989--Purpose of book is to help each reader develop a frame of reference about children's literature, discovering favorite books of children at various developmental levels, knowing the quality of writing and illustrating of many writers and artists, building a personal list of favorite books to recommend to and share with children. 753 pages
Hopkins, Lee Bennett, LET THEM BE THEMSELVES, Harper Collins, 1992--Offers projects to help introduce children to literature, ideas for teaching writing and speaking, ways of using (and expanding) school libraries, and hundreds of other suggestions for elementary school teachers. 212 pages
Howe, Harold, THINKING ABOUT OUR KIDS, Free Press--Argues for new approaches to financing schools and challenges political leaders and citizens to realize that a child's chances of receiving a good education still depend largely on where the student lives. 224 pages
Huck, Charlotte S., CHILDREN'S LIERATURE IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, HBJ--Textbook, explores the values and criteria for choosing liteature at various developmental stages and provides an in-depth look at the various genre. 753 pages
Johnson, Katie, DOING WORDS, H. M. Pub--For teachers and parents, presents her breakthrough method that uses the creative power of children's personal images to teach them reading and writing. Photos. 257 pages
Kobrin, David, IN THERE WITH THE KIDS, H. M. Pub--An invaluable tool for new and veteran teachers, recreates authentic classroom situations to show how teachers use teaching theory to respond to the unique challenges of the real-world classroom. 256 pages
Kozol, Jonathan, SAVAGE INEQUALITIES, Crown Pub,1991--Reports on his visits to schools in 30 neighborhoods from Illinois to Washington to San Antonio, discovering an education system that is becoming more segregated, more incompetent, more cynical. 262 pages
Ladd and Lipset, THE DIVIDED ACADMEY: PROFESSORS AND POLITICS,Norton & Co.,1976--Presents a detailed profile of the political orientation of faculty members of American colleges and universities in exploring whether they deserve their reputation as a bastion of liberal thinking and influence. 351 pages
Macrorie, Ken, TWENTY TEACHERS, Oxford--Profiles of teachers whose students do consistently brilliant and meaningful work in varied subjects at all levels of education, reveals a similarity in the beliefs, methods and attitudes of the educators--putting choice and responsibility in the hands of the students. 250 PAGES
Marquis & Sachs, I AM A TEACHER: A TRIBUTE TO AMERICA'S TEACHERS, Paperbound Pub--Speaks candidly of their passionate commitment to teaching, the wonder they feel as children learn, and about the problems facing today's educational system. 70 duotone photos.125 pages
Martz, Larry, MAKING SCHOOLS BETTER, Times--Ideas for taking action in your local community to improve the public schools showcases successful approaches across the country and provides a listing of funding sources and resource banks. 270 pages
McWhorter, Kathleen T., ACADEMIC READING, Harper Collins, Textbook-- reviews comprehension, vocabulary skills and reading strategies using current methodologies including active reading, metacomprehension and writing as learning. 432 pages
Nathan, Joe, PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY CHOICE,
National Dissemination Study Group, EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT WORK: Edition 16, Sporis West Inc., 1990---A catalog of exemplary educational programs. The National Diffusion Network is dedicated to helping local school districts, private schools, intermediate service agencies, state departments of education and post-secondary institutions in their efforts to improve educational opportunities and achievement for all. 200 pages
Rottenberg, Annette T., ELEMENTS OF ARGUMENT, New York, St. Martin's Press, 1985
Ryan, Carol and Sline, Paula, HOW TO GET THE BEST PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION FOR YOUR CHILD, New York, Walker & Co., 1991--A guide for parents. Reveals the truth about test scores, and the dangers of accelerated early-learning programs. Shows how to choose a quality school by its ability to instruct and enrich the whole child. 188 pages
Sachar, Emily, SHUT UP AND LET THE LADY TEACH: A TEACHERS YEAR IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL, New York, Poseidon Press, 1991--Shows how schools, teachers, the bureucracy and the larger society relate to each other and how they relate to children. Written by a prize-winning education reporter who spent a year teaching eighth grade in an economically disadvantaged crime ridden inner-city school. 328 pages
Seeley David S., EDUCATION THROUGH PARTNERSHIP, American Enterprise Inst, 1985--Examines structural flaws of the public educational system and proposes a new framework based upon community involvement where families, students, and teachers share responsibility for improving the educational experience. 310 pages
Sigel, Quirk, Whitestone and Soble, CRISIS! THE TAXPAYER REVOLT AND YOUR KIDS' SCHOOLS, Knowledge Industry Publications, 1978--State by state recap of tax reduction proposals around the country and their effect on school operations. Statistics of state tax and school budgets and statements by educators and national leaders. paperback 130 pages
Sizer, Theodore R., HORACE'S SCHOOL: REDESIGNING THE AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL, Houghton Mifflin, 1992--Journeys into schools across the country in an attempt to formulate what it means to be well-educated in America and to explore how education should be disseminated. 238 pages
Stevenson, H.W. & Stigler, J.W., THE LEARNING GAP, Summit--Points out some of the greatest failings of American elementary schools and compares our educational practices with those in Japan, China and Taiwan to show where we are going wrong. 236 pages
Sykes, Charles J., THE HOLLOW MEN: POLITICS AND CORRUPTION IN HIGHER EDUCATION, Regnery Gateway--Highlights the controversies sparked by the introduction of rules about "politically correct" speech on campuses, and estimates the damage done by politicization in the academy. 356 pages
Walker, B.A. & M. Mehr, THE COURAGE TO ACHIEVE, S & S Pub.--The grads of NYC's Hunter School for Girls., 202 pages
White, Mary Alice and Duker, Jan; EDUCATION; A CONCEPTUAL AND EMPIRICAL APPROACH, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1973--Shows readers how to think analytically about models of education and their goals, how schools attempt to reach them and how goals are related to the characteristics of the society that established the schools. Helps the reader identify and evaluate the evidence in debates about education. 360 pages
Wright, Larry, BETTER REASONING: TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING ARGUMENT, EVIDENCE AND ABSTRACTION, Fort Worth, Holt, Rinehart and Winston,Inc., 1982--Discusses strategies to bring powerful skills to bear on a surprisingly broad range of topics and issues in a practically useful way. 315 pages