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Black American Students in An Affluent Suburb

A Study of Academic Disengagement

By John U. Ogbu, With the Assist Davis

John Ogbu has studied minority education from a comparative perspective for over 30 years. The study reported in this book--jointly sponsored by the community and…

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2003 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-4516-7 (Routledge)

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Education After 9/11

A Special Issue of educational Studies

Edited by Rebecca A. Martusewicz

This special issue is a testimony to the intensity of the events of September 11, 2001 and how they have touched, moved, and shaken everyone,…

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2003 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-9622-0 (Routledge)

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Class Strategies and the Education Market

The Middle Classes and Social Advantage

By Stephen J. Ball

Class Strategies and the Education Market examines the ways in which the middle classes maintain and improve their social advantages in and through education.
Drawing…

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2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-27277-3 (Routledge)

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Children and the Changing Family

Between Transformation and Negotiation

Edited by An-Magritt Jensen, Lorna McKee

This timely and thought-provoking book explores how social and family change are colouring the experience of childhood. The book is centred around three major changes:…

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2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-27774-7 (Routledge)

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Education with Character

By James Arthur

The establishment of citizenship education as a compulsory subject has recently been accompanied by the government's policy of 'promoting education with character.' Schools are identified…

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2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-27779-2 (Routledge)

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Higher Education and Social Class

Issues of Exclusion and Inclusion

By Louise Archer, Merryn Hutchings, Alistair Ross

Working class groups have historically been excluded from participation in higher education. Past decades have seen an expansion of the system towards a more inclusive…

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2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-27644-3 (Routledge)

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Ensuring Safe School Environments

Exploring Issues--seeking Solutions

Edited by Terry R. Berkeley, Gwen Schroth, Mary Susan Fishbaugh, Mary Susan Fishbaugh

Ensuring Safe School Environments: Exploring Issues--Seeking Solutions presents research findings and information about school violence, with a focus on strategies for increasing school safety. Based…

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2002 | Hardback: 978-0-8058-4310-1 (Routledge)

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Graduate Citizens

Issues of Citizenship and Higher Education

By John Ahier, John Beck, Rob Moore

Following the introduction of student loans and tuition fees, the situation of students and new graduates has changed considerably. Set in this context, Graduate Citizens

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2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-25723-7 (Routledge)

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Children in the City

Home Neighbourhood and Community

Edited by Pia Christensen, Margaret O'Brien

This timely and thought-provoking book explores children's lives in modern cities. At a time of intense debate about the quality of life in cities, this…

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2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-25925-5 (Routledge)

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Violence in Schools

The Response in Europe

Edited by Peter K. Smith

Violence in schools is a pervasive, highly emotive and, above all, global problem. Bullying and its negative social consequences are of perennial concern, while the…

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2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-27823-2 (Routledge)

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Education Research On Trial: Policy Reform and the Call for Scientific Rigor
Edited by Pamela B. Walters, Annette Lareau, Sheri Ranis
To be published December 2nd 2008

World Yearbook of Education 2009: Childhood Studies and the Impact of Globalization: Policies and Practices at Global and Local Levels
Edited by Marilyn Fleer, Mariane Hedegaard, Jonathan Tudge
To be published December 10th 2008

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Edited by William Ayers, Therese Quinn, David Stovall
To be published December 11th 2008

Capitalist Education:: Globalisation and the Politics of Inequality
Edited by Dave Hill, Sheila Macrine, David Gabbard
To be published December 15th 2008

Feminism and 'The Schooling Scandal'
By Christine Skelton, Becky Francis
To be published December 17th 2008

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