Students and Student Leaning

Edited by Carl A. Grant, Thandeka K. Chapman

This benchmark 6-volume set documents, analyzes, and critiques a comprehensive body of research on the history of multicultural education in the U.S. By collecting and...

Published June 25th 2008 by Routledge.

Teachers and Teacher Education

Edited by Carl A. Grant, Thandeka K. Chapman

This benchmark 6-volume set documents, analyzes, and critiques a comprehensive body of research on the history of multicultural education in the U.S. By collecting and...

Published June 25th 2008 by Routledge.

Education and the Family

Passing Success Across the Generations

By Leon Feinstein, Kathryn Duckworth, Ricardo Sabates

Why it is that success, deprivation or disadvantage are so often passed down intergenerationally? What part does education play?

The educational achievement of parents is often...

Published June 25th 2008 by Routledge.

Handbook of Education Politics and Policy

Edited by Bruce Cooper, James Cibulka, Lance Fusarelli

Written by a mix of established and rising stars in school politics, policy, law, finance, and reform this comprehensive handbook provides a 3-part framework that...

Published June 24th 2008 by Routledge.

Reclaiming Education for Democracy

Thinking Beyond No Child Left Behind

By Paul Shaker, Elizabeth E. Heilman

Reclaiming Education for Democracy subjects the prophets and doctrines of educational neoliberalism to scrutiny in order to provide a rationale and vision for public education...

Published June 16th 2008 by Routledge.

A Guide to School Attendance

By Ben Whitney

Improving school attendance remains a contentious topic and is a high priority for the DCFS, local authorities and schools. Thousands of sessions are missed every...

Published June 16th 2008 by David Fulton Publis.

The Impact of Reform Instruction on Student Mathematics Achievement

An Example of a Summative Evaluation of a Standards-Based Curriculum

By Thomas Romberg, Mary C. Shafer

Summarizing data derived from a four-year combined longitudinal/ cross-sectional comparative study of the implementation of one standards-based middle school curriculum program, Mathematics in Context, this...

Published June 10th 2008 by Routledge.

Democracy, Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society

Active Citizenship in a Late Modern Age

By Peter Jarvis

This is a book with a difference: it produces a completely new perspective on lifelong learning and the learning society and locates them within humanity...

Published June 10th 2008 by Routledge.

Education, Disordered Eating and Obesity Discourse

Fat Fabrications

By John Evans, Emma Rich, Brian Davies, Rachel Allwood

Eating less, exercising more and losing weight seem the obvious solution for the oncoming 'obesity epidemic'. Rarely, however, is thought given to how these messages...

Published June 6th 2008 by Routledge.

Sustainability and Security within Liberal Societies

Learning to Live with the Future

Edited by Stephen Gough, Andrew Stables

Much of the world will be living in broadly "liberal" societies for the foreseeable future. Sustainability and security, however defined, must therefore be considered in...

Published June 5th 2008 by Routledge.