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Best Books About Education
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NEW YORK CITY’S BEST PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS: A PARENTS’ GUIDE Written by an award-winning journalist, this series of books is indispensable for finding the best the New York City public schools have to offer. more info... | |
City Schools: Lessons from New York | |
In Schools We Trust: Creating Communities of Learning in an Era of Testing and Standardization | |
Other People’s Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom | |
Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools | |
The Right to Learn: A Blueprint for Creating Schools That Work |
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• Morris High School And The Creation Of The New York City Public High School System by Dr. Gary Hermalyn. The first comprehensive history on the subject. Here is an engaging portrait of new york city at a crucial turning point in the development of america's growing urban society. In 1896 the school reform act provided for the reorganization of the new york city board of education and the creation of the first public high schools. This is the story of those tumultous times.
• The Strike that Changed New York by Podair. A study of the intricacies and larger ramifications of the 1968 teacher strike and the struggle for community control of public schools.
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