"A convincing portrait of teachers actively engaged in educational reform...offering a hopeful yet realistic vision of revitalized democracy inspired by a passion for the public good. This book is an eloquent defense of civic virtue." —Jonathan Kozol, author of Amazing Grace and Savage Inequalities 
"Rich, realistic, invigorating, and scary. Any middle school educator who has been part of an effort to reform the educational process will see himself or herself in this book--as the brave risk taker, the naive visionary, the frightened frontline trooper, and the touched individual who can make a difference." —Judy Cunningham, principal, South Lake Middle School, Irvine, California This book tells the stories of sixteen schools in California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Texas, and Vermont that sought to alter their structures and practices and become places fostering innovative ideas, caring people, principles of social justice, and democratic processes. Based on longitudinal, comparative case-study research, these accounts attest to the power of committing to public virtue and the struggle of educators to transform that commitment into changed school practice. The authors argue that better schools will come only when policy makers, educators, and citizens move beyond technical and bureaucratic reforms to engage in the same educative, socially just, caring, and participatory processes they want for schoolchildren. Those processes constitute betterment--both the means and the ends of school reform. Becoming Good American Schools is for administrators, policy makers, practitioners, and citizens who are prepared to blend inspiration and caution, idealism and skepticism in their own pursuit of good schools.

Becoming Good American Schools: The Struggle for Civic Virtue in Education Reform (Jossey Bass Education Series)

Education & Teaching

Jeannie Oakes

Karen Hunter Quartz

Steve Ryan

Martin Lipton

Schools & Teaching

Jossey-Bass

Mystifying Math Puzzles

Sterling*+ Publishing Company

Learning Through Literature

Carson-Dellosa Publishing Company

The Ultimate TV Game Show Book is a virtual cornucopia of fun, frivolity and fabulous facts from more than fifty years of games shows.

The Ultimate TV Game Show Book

Humor & Entertainment

Fred Wostbrock

Television

Taylor Trade Publishing

A collection of enjoyable mathematic puzzles including magic word squares, Roman stone games, sorcerer's saucers and stacked dice. The puzzles, which vary in difficulty, are designed to sharpen maths skills whilst providing enjoyment.

Test Your Math IQ

Puzzles & Games

Orient Publishing

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