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  • Teaching Black Boys in the Elementary Grades

    Advanced Disciplinary Reading and Writing to Secure Their Futures

    “This important book provides us with the practical insights needed to refuse to allow Black boys to be underserved.” —William G. Brozo, George Mason UniversityThis book will help educators rethink their expectations of and practices for developing the literacy skills of Black boys in the elementary school classroom.Tatum shows educators how to bring students’ literacy development into greater ... Read more

    $38.49 CAD

  • Teaching Reading to Black Adolescent Males

    Closing the Achievement Gap

    The racial achievement gap in literacy is one of the most difficult issues in education today, and nowhere does it manifest itself more perniciously than in the case of black adolescent males. Approaching the problem from the inside, author Alfred Tatum brings together his various experiences as a black male student, middle school teacher working with struggling black male readers, reading ... Read more

    $49.46 CAD

  • Culture, Relevance, and Schooling

    Exploring Uncommon Ground

    In Culture, Relevance, and Schooling: Exploring Uncommon Ground, Lisa Scherff, Karen Spector, and the contributing authors conceive of culturally relevant and critically minded pedagogies in terms of opening up new spatial, discursive, and/or embodied learning terrains. Readers will traverse multiple landscapes and look into a variety of spaces where attempts to tear down or build up pedagogical ... Read more

    $51.49 CAD

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  • The Teaching Gap

    Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom

    Comparing math teaching practices in Japan and Germany with those in the United States, two leading researchers offer a surprising new view of teaching and a bold action plan for improving education inside the American classroom.For years our schools and children have lagged behind international standards in reading, arithmetic, and most other areas of academic achievement. It is no secret that ... Read more

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  • The Knowledge Deficit

    Closing the Shocking Education Gap for American Children

    by E. D. Hirsch ...
    The Knowledge Deficit illuminates the real issue in education today -- without an effective curriculum, American students are losing the global education race. In this persuasive book, the esteemed education critic, activist, and best-selling author E.D. Hirsch, Jr., shows that although schools are teaching the mechanics of reading, they fail to convey the knowledge needed for the more complex and ... Read more

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  • The Best Schools

    How Human Development Research Should Inform Educational Practice

    Educators, politicians, parents, and even students are consumed with speaking the language of academic achievement. Yet something is missing in the current focus on accountability, standardized testing, and adequate yearly progress. If schools continue to focus the conversation on rigor and accountability and ignore more human elements of education, many students may miss out on opportunities to ... Read more

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  • Blindspot

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    “Accessible and authoritative . . . While we may not have much power to eradicate our own prejudices, we can counteract them. The first step is to turn a hidden bias into a visible one. . . . What if we’re not the magnanimous people we think we are?”—The Washington PostI know my own mind.I am able to assess others in a fair and accurate way.These self-perceptions are challenged by leading ... Read more

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  • Multiple Intelligences

    New Horizons

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  • Enlightenment 2.0

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