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Shaping Higher Education with Students: Ways to Connect Research and Teaching by Tong, Vincent C. H., Ed, Standen, Alex, Ed, Sotiriou, Mina, Ed

“…Forging closer links between university research and teaching has become an important way to enhance the quality of higher education across the world…”
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Making up Our Mind: What School Choice Is Really About by Ben-Porath, Sigal R, Johanek, Michael C

“…If free market advocates had total control over education policy, would the shared public system of education collapse…”
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Endangering Prosperity: A Global View of the American School by Hanushek, Eric A, Peterson, Paul E, Woessmann, Ludger

“…, and opportunity, and shows mixed results for U.S. students and recommends areas where American schools and education should be improved"-- Provided by publisher…”
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Transforming Students: Fulfilling the Promise of Higher Education by Johansson, Charity, Felten, Peter

“…The recent trend of trying to measure higher education's return on investment misses a fundamental point, argue Charity Johansson and Peter Felten…”
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The Future of Education Research at IES: Advancing an Equity-Oriented Science by Gamoran, Adam, Ed, Dibner, Kenne, Ed

“…In 2002 Congress passed the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA), authorizing the creation of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES…”
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Bring the World to the Child: Technologies of Global Citizenship in American Education by Good, Katie Day

“…Today, educators, technology leaders, and policy makers promote the importance of "global," "wired," and "multimodal" learning; efforts to teach young people…”
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A Mirror for Americans: What the East Asian Experience Tells Us about Teaching Students Who Excel by Grove, Cornelius N

“…What is the explanation for American students' comparatively mediocre academic performance? "A Mirror for Americans" finds part of it in how they are taught in…”
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Stealing Innocence: Youth, Corporate Power, and the Politics of Culture by Giroux, Henry A

“…This book looks at the way corporate cultures is encroaching on children's lives. It explores three myths prevalent in society: (1) that the triumph of…”
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Implausible Dream: The World-Class University and Repurposing Higher Education by Mittelman, James H

“…Universities have become major actors on the global stage. Yet, as they strive to be "world-class," institutions of higher education are shifting away from…”
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Assignments matter: Making the connections that help students meet standards by Dougherty, Eleanor

“…Drawing from her extensive experience as a teacher coach, author Eleanor Dougherty shows teachers and administrators how to craft high-quality assignments and…”
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Teaching and Learning for the Twenty-First Century: Educational Goals, Policies, and Curricula from Six Nations by Reimers, Fernando M., Ed, Chung, Connie K., Ed

“… in order to succeed in the current century. "Teaching and Learning for the Twenty-First Century" appears at a time of heightened attention to comparative studies of national education systems, and to international student assessments…”
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Why Knowledge Matters: Rescuing Our Children from Failed Educational Theories by Hirsch, E. D., Jr

“…In "Why Knowledge Matters," influential scholar E. D. Hirsch, Jr., addresses critical issues in contemporary education reform and shows how cherished truisms…”
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What is education? by Jackson, Philip W

“…One day in 1938, John Dewey addressed a room of professional educators and urged them to take up the task of "finding out just what education is."&nbsp…”
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The Data Collection Toolkit: Everything You Need to Organize, Manage, and Monitor Classroom Data by Golden, Cindy

“…Collecting data on behavior, academic skills, and Individualized Education Plan (IEP) goals is an essential step in showing student progress--but it can also be a complicated, time-consuming process…”
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What Works May Hurt--Side Effects in Education by Zhao, Yong

“… choice may improve test scores of some students, but it may lead to the collapse of American public education…”
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Making Minds Less Well Educated Than Our Own by Schank, Roger C

“…In the author's words: "This book is an honest attempt to understand what it means to be educated in today's world." His argument is this: No matter how…”
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Leaning into the Future: Building beyond the Post-COVID-19 New Normal by Cotter, Vincent F

“…In returning to the classroom, schools are at a crossroads and uniquely positioned to recreate and reinvent themselves. The current issues of equity,…”
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What Should Schools Teach? Disciplines, Subjects and the Pursuit of Truth by Standish, Alex, Ed, Cuthbert, Alka Sehgal, Ed

“… in the education of children. Schools may still teach through subjects, but there is little consensus about what constitutes a subject and what they are for. The aim…”
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Charter Schools and the Corporate Makeover of Public Education: What's at Stake? by Fabricant, Michael, Fine, Michelle

“… In concise chapters, they address a series of important questions related to the recent ascent of charter schools and the radical restructuring of public education…”
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Digital Learning for All, Now--A School Leader's Guide for 1:1 on a Budget by Costa, Jonathan P., Sr

“…Instead of carrying bulging backpacks, imagine students carrying mobile devices that allow them to access information from anywhere at any time. How do we…”
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