In the spring of 2011, 1 had two experiences that cast me into a temporary state of despair.
First, I attended a regular bi-monthly meeting of local museum educators where the entire …

In the twentieth century, Americans have increasingly looked to the schools--and, in
particular, to the nation's colleges and universities--as guardians of the cherished national …

Obra básica del pensamiento educativo crítico contemporáneo, dice la profesora Alicia de
Alba en el prefacio a esta edición. Y así lo confirma Paulo Freire en la presentación del …

Reissued with a new introduction from Henry A. Giroux, this classic work provides theoretical
and political tools for addressing how pedagogy, knowledge, resistance, and power can be …

This paper provides a preliminary review of concepts and studies related to social class,
educational achievement and learning styles. An attempt is made to survey the literature …

Whose Keeper? is a profound and creative treatise on modernity and its challenge to social
science. Alan Wolfe argues that modern liberal democracies, such as the United States and …

First published in 1968, The Irony of Early School Reform quickly became essential reading
for anyone interested in American education. One of the first books to survey the relationship …

For decades the notion that the political and intellectual ferment of the Roosevelt and Wilson
years cohered into an entity called progressivism was one of the central organizing …

This brief, interpretive history of American schooling focuses on the evolving relationship
between education and social change. Like its predecessors, this new edition investigates …

This monograph provides a comprehensive overview of community college education in the
United States, emphasizing trends affecting two-year colleges within the past decade …