Can schooling transform society? This visionary book argues that it can if we look beyond the traditional view of education as a means to finding jobs or getting ahead, and we attend to the personal development and enrichment of the whole child.

The Universal Schoolhouse:

Education & Teaching

Moffett, James

Schools & Teaching

Calendar Islands Pub

The New Literacy is based on research but filled with common sense, cutting through much of the fog of current educational reform rhetoric. Using scholarship, interviews with real people, and current events, authors Morris and Tchudi weave a compelling argument and offer practical solutions to one of the most serious issues facing American education. ?Leila Christenbury, editor, The English Journal

The New Literacy

Tchudi, Stephen

Morris, Paul J., II

This book tells how to develop and administer a comprehensive college writing program to improve student writing, promote critical thinking, and strengthen the overall collegiate curriculum.

Developing Successful College Writing Programs

Reference

White, Edward M.

Words, Language & Grammar

@PQ:White's new edition of Teaching and Assessing Writing retains its place as the best one-source examination of issues and techniques. Sensible, thorough, even-handed--it is useful for both the novice teacher and the experienced administrator in designing writing classes and programs that can serve many kinds of students fairly. 
@PQS:?Richard Lloyd Jones, professor of English, University of Iowa
In this thoroughly revised and completely reorganized second edition, White offers the latest theoretical and practical materials that instructors in English and across the disciplines will need in order to help students build strong writing skills.

Teaching and Assessing Writing

Drama can be an important component of K-12 curricula, both in its own right and as a support for other subjects. Gavin Bolton, one of Britain's st authorities on drama education for children and young people, offers a penetrating and objective analysis of the theory, current practice and evaluation.

Acting in Classroom Drama: A Critical Analysis

Bolton, Gavin M.

Humor & Entertainment