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Integrations The Struggle for Racial Equality and Civic Renewal in Public Education

Blum Lawrence, Burkholder Zoe

ISBN: PB: 9780226786032, ISBN: HB: 9780226785981, University of Chicago Press, April 2021
280 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 5 halftones

The promise of a free, high quality public education is supposed to guarantee every child a shot at the American Dream. Yet, today many children of color do not have access to equal educational opportunities due primarily to white supremacy and class...

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Making Up Our Mind What School Choice Is Really About

Ben-Porath Sigal R., Johanek Michael C.

ISBN: PB: 9780226619637, ISBN: HB: 9780226619460, University of Chicago Press, April 2019
208 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 halftone, 3 line drawings

If free market advocates had total control over education policy, would the shared public system of education collapse? Would school choice revitalize schooling with its innovative force? With proliferating charters and voucher schemes, would the Uni...

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Education

Educational Goods Values, Evidence, and Decision-Making

Brighouse Harry, Ladd Helen F., Loeb Susanna, Swift Adam

ISBN: PB: 9780226514178, ISBN: HB: 9780226514031, University of Chicago Press, February 2018
192 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 8 halftones, 4 line drawings

We spend a lot of time arguing about how schools might be improved. But we rarely take a step back to ask what we as a society should be looking for from education – what exactly should those who make decisions be trying to achieve? In "Educational...

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Education

Elements of Teaching Second Edition

Banner James M. Jr., Cannon Harold C., Delbanco Andrew

ISBN: PB: 9780300218558, Yale University Press, June 2017
176 pp., 21x14 cm

A newly revised edition of this classic work, exploring the diverse qualities essential for teaching in today's educational environment. According to Banner and Cannon, to be an effective teacher requires much more than technical skill. Great teachi...

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Lost Classroom, Lost Community Catholic Schools' Importance in Urban America

Brinig Margaret F., Garnett Nicole Stelle

ISBN: PB: 9780226418438, ISBN: HB: 9780226122007, University of Chicago Press, November 2016
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 5 halftones, 6 line drawings, 14 tables

In the past two decades in the United States, more than 1,600 Catholic elementary and secondary schools have closed, and more than 4,500 charter schools – public schools that are often privately operated and freed from certain regulations – have open...

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What Every Science Student Should Know

Bauer Justin L., Jung Kim Yoo, Zureick Andrew H., Lee Daniel K.

ISBN: PB: 9780226198880, ISBN: HB: 9780226198743, University of Chicago Press, May 2016
256 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm, 4 halftones, 6 tables

"I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students... We must understand and circumvent this dangerous discouragement. No one can predict where the future...

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High-Stakes Schooling What America Can Learn from Japan's Experiences with Testing, Accountability, and Education Reform

Bjork Christopher

ISBN: PB: 9780226309415, ISBN: HB: 9780226309385, University of Chicago Press, December 2015
272 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 19 tables

If there is one thing that describes the trajectory of American education, it is this: more high-stakes testing. In the United States, the debates surrounding this trajectory can be so fierce that it feels like we are in uncharted waters. As Christop...

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America

University of Chicago A History

Boyer John W.

ISBN: HB: 9780226242514, University of Chicago Press, September 2015
704 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 48 halftones, 4 line drawings, 2 tables

One of the most influential institutions of higher learning in the world, the University of Chicago has a powerful and distinct identity, and its name is synonymous with intellectual rigor. With nearly 170,000 alumni living and working in more than 1...

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Aims of Higher Education Problems of Morality and Justice

Brighouse Harry, McPherson Michael

ISBN: PB: 9780226259482, ISBN: HB: 9780226259345, University of Chicago Press, June 2015
192 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 2 line drawings

In this book, philosopher Harry Brighouse and Spencer Foundation president Michael McPherson bring together leading philosophers to think about some of the most fundamental questions that higher education faces. Looking beyond the din of arguments ov...

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Political Science

How the Financial Crisis and Great Recession Affected Higher Education

Brown Jeffrey R., Hoxby Caroline M.

ISBN: HB: 9780226201832, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, February 2015
360 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 8 halftones, 54 line drawings, 49 tables

The recent financial crisis had a profound effect on both public and private universities, which faced shrinking endowments, declining charitable contributions, and reductions in government support. Universities responded to these stresses in differe...

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