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Constructive Guidance and Discipline: Preschool and Primary Education

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This book provides information about helping children become happy, responsible, and productive people. Using the recommendations and research of Jean Piaget, Alfred Adler, and Carl Rogers, the authors share their personal convictions about what is best for young children, rather than merely presenting an impartial overview of various approaches. The book provides a clear understanding of childhood development and developmentally appropriate practices as they relate… More >>

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Our Schools Suck: Students Talk Back to a Segregated Nation on the Failures of Urban Education

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“Our schools suck.” This is how many young people of color call attention to the kind of public education they are receiving. In cities across the nation, many students are trapped in under-funded, mismanaged and unsafe schools. Yet, a number of scholars and of public figures like Bill Cosby have shifted attention away from the persistence of school segregation to lambaste the values of young people themselves. Our Schools Suck forcefully challenges this asse… More >>

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The Standardization of American Schooling: Linking Secondary and Higher Education, 1870-1910

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This book explores the efforts of educational reformers who sought to link secondary and higher education in the decades after 1870. Through various state, regional, and national initiatives, these reformers created a hierarchical system, laid the foundation for a growing standardization in education, and influenced who would have access to college.  Neither higher education nor the secondary branches dominated the other in creating this educational system.  Rathe… More >>

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