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Cracking the China Conundrum: Why Conventional Economic Wisdom Is Wrong

by Yukon Huang

Published: 2017-07-21

Hardcover: 288 pages

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China's rise is altering global power relations, reshaping economic debates, and commanding tremendous public attention. Despite extensive media and academic scrutiny, the conventional wisdom about China's economy is often wrong. Cracking the China Conundrum provides a holistic and contrar...

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The Firefly Code

by Megan Frazer Blakemore

Published: 2017-09-12

Paperback: 368 pages

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Mori and her friends live a normal life on Firefly Lane in their utopian community, Old Harmonie. In a world this safe and perfect, they've never had to question anything . . . never had to wonder about how their lives came to be. Until a new girl named Ilana moves in. She's so perfect tha...

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Slow Teaching: On finding calm, clarity and impact in the classroom

by Jamie Thom

Published: 2019-09-03

Paperback: 202 pages

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Slow Teaching is a thoughtful exploration of how slowing down in all aspects of education can lead to improved student outcomes.

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TeamMakers: Positively Impacting the Lives of Children through District-Wide Dreaming, Collaborating, and Change

by Laura Robb, Evan Robb

Published: 2019-07-29

Paperback: 184 pages

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Are Your Dreams Big Enough?Dreams can transform the ordinary into the extraordinary! In TeamMakers, experienced educators Laura Robb and Evan Robb invite you to reimagine what education could be and then collaborate to create something amazing. TeamMakers invites all members of the school...

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Cracks in the Ivory Tower: The Moral Mess of Higher Education

by Jason Brennan, Phillip Magness

Published: 2019-05-01

Hardcover: 336 pages

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Academics extol high-minded ideals, such as serving the common good and promoting social justice. Universities aim to be centers of learning that find the best and brightest students, treat them fairly, and equip them with the knowledge they need to lead better lives. But as Jason Brennan ...

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Liberating Learning (Routledge Leading Change Series)

by Santiago Rincón-Gallardo

Published: 2019-03-07

Paperback: 138 pages

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This book is about three complementary ideas: 1) learning is a practice of freedom; 2) liberating learning in public education requires widespread cultural change in classrooms, schools, and entire education systems; and 3) social movements have been the most powerful vehicles for widespre...

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Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy

by Gholdy Muhammad

Published: 2019-12-23

Paperback: 176 pages

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In Cultivating Genius, Dr. Gholdy E. Muhammad presents a four-layered equity framework—one that is grounded in history and restores excellence in literacy education. This framework, which she names, Historically Responsive Literacy, was derived from the study of literacy development wit...

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The Little Book of Restorative Justice in Education: Fostering Responsibility, Healing, and Hope in Schools (Justice and Peacebuilding)

by Katherine Evans, Dorothy Vaandering

Published: 2016-09-20

Paperback: 144 pages

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A handbook for teachers and administrators on creating just and equitable learning environments for students; building and maintaining healthy relationships; healing harm and transforming conflict.Much more than a response to harm, restorative justice nurtures relational, interconnected sc...

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Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Fight to Save America's Public Schools

by Diane Ravitch

Published: 2020-01-21

Hardcover: 352 pages

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From one of the foremost authorities on education and the history of education in the United States, "whistleblower extraordinaire" (The Wall Street Journal), former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education, author of the best-selling Reign of Error ("fearless" --Jonathan Kozol, NYRB)--an imp...

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Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto (Teaching and Learning in Higher Education)

by Kevin M. Gannon

Published: 2020-04-01

Paperback: 180 pages

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Higher education has seen better days. Harsh budget cuts, the precarious nature of employment in college teaching, and political hostility to the entire enterprise of education have made for an increasingly fraught landscape. Radical Hope is an ambitious response to this state of affairs...