Teachers, Schools, and Society: A Brief Introduction to Education Reader

Keeping Good Teachers : Why It Matters, What Leaders Can Do / Linda Darling Hammond -- How To Build A Better Teacher / Robert Holland -- Metaphors Of Hope / Mimi Brodsky Chenfeld -- Race Matters [excerpt] / Cornel West -- Language Learning : A Worldwide Perspective / Donna Christian, Ingrid U. Pufahl, Nancy C. Rhodes -- Profoundly Multicultural Questions / Sonia M. Nieto -- Discipline And The Special Education Student / James A. Taylor, Richard A. Baker, Jr. -- Bullying Among Children / Janis R. Bullock -- Differentiating Sexualities In Singular Classrooms / Kevin J. Graziano -- Meeting The Challenge Of The Urban High School / Joyce Baldwin -- Creating School Climates That Prevent School Violence / Reece L. Peterson And Russell Skiba -- Profiles In Caring : Teachers Who Create Learning Communities In Their Classrooms / David Strahan -- The Education Of Free Men [excerpt] / Horace Mann -- The Changing Landscape Of U.s. Education / James C. Carper -- Dichotomizing Education : Why No One Wins And America Loses / Carl D. Glickman -- Eighty Years And More (1815-1897) : Reminiscences Of Elizabeth Cady Stanton [excerpts] / Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- The Threat Of Stereotype / Joshua Aronson -- Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass : An American Slave [excerpts] / Frederick Douglass -- An Educator's Primer To The Gender War / David Sadker -- Experience And Education [excerpts] / John Dewey -- Pathways To Reform : Start With Values / David J. Ferrero, Jr. -- Teaching Themes Of Care / Nel Noddings -- A Tale Of Two Schools / Larry Cuban -- Amazing Grace [excerpt] / Jonathan Kozol -- The Culture Builder / Roland S. Barth -- The Invisible Role Of The Central Office / Kathleen F. Grove -- How Not To Teach Values : A Critical Look At Character Education / Alfie Kohn -- Teaching About Religion / Susan Black -- Decisions That Have Shaped U.s. Education / Perry Zirkel -- Andy's Right To Privacy In Grading And The Falvo V. Owasso Public Schools Case / Stephan J. Friedman -- Questionable Assumptions About Schooling / Elliot W. Eisner -- Teaching Against Idiocy / Walter C. Parker -- Common Arguments About The Strengths And Limitations Of Home Schooling / Michael H. Romanowski -- Welcome To Standardsville / Alan C. Jones -- No Child Left Behind : The Politics Of Teacher Quality / Leslie Kaplan And William Ownings -- How And Why Standards Can Improve Student Achievement : A Conversation With Robert J. Maranzo / Marge Scherer -- Heightening Awareness About The Importance Of Using Multicultural Literature / Susan A. Colby And Anna F. Lyon -- Where Did We Come From? / Lottie L. Joiner -- Closing The Gender Gap, Again! / David Sadker And Karen Zittleman -- Gender Bias In Teacher Education Texts : New (and Old) Lessons / Karen Zittleman And David Sadker -- Good Teachers, Plural / Donald R. Cruickshank And Donald Haefele -- The Engaged Classroom / Sam M. Intrator -- Personalized Instruction / James W. Keefe And John M. Jenkins -- Where's The Content? The Role Of Content In Constructivist Teacher Education / Sam Hausfather -- The Web's Impact On Student Learning / Katrina A. Meyer -- The Winding Path : Understanding The Career Cycle Of Teachers / Susan K. Lynn. David Miller Sadker, Karen R. Zittleman. A Reader, A Casebook, And Today's Headlines--cover. Includes Index.