Stretching the School Dollar
How Schools and Districts Can Save Money While Serving Students Best

Edited by Frederick M. Hess and Eric Osberg

Stretching the School Dollar book brings together a dynamic group of authors—scholars, consultants, journalists, and entrepreneurs—who offer fresh insights into an issue no school or district can afford to ignore.

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The Charter School Experiment
Expectations, Evidence, and Implications

Edited by Christopher A. Lubienski and Peter C. Weitzel, foreword by Jeffrey R. Henig

In The Charter School Experiment, a select group of leading scholars traces the development of one of the most dynamic and powerful areas of education reform.

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Between Public and Private
Politics, Governance, and the New Portfolio Models for Urban School Reform

Edited by Katrina E. Bulkley, Jeffrey R. Henig, and Henry M. Levin, foreword by Larry Cuban

Between Public and Private examines an innovative approach to school district management that has been adopted by a number of urban districts in recent years.

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Cutting Through the Hype
The Essential Guide to School Reform

Jane L. David and Larry Cuban

Cutting Through the Hype: The Essential Guide to School Reform offers balanced analyses of 23 currently popular school reform strategies, from teacher performance pay and putting mayors in charge to turnaround schools and data-driven instruction.

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Equal Opportunity in Higher Education
The Past and Future of California’s Proposition 209

Edited by Eric Grodsky and Michal Kurlaender, foreword by Robert Birgeneau, introduction by Christopher Edley, Jr.

Equal Opportunity in Higher Education examines issues pertaining to equal opportunity—affirmative action, challenges to it, and alternatives for improving opportunities for underrepresented groups—in higher education today.

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Inside School Turnarounds
Urgent Hopes, Unfolding Stories

Laura Pappano, foreword by Karin Chenoweth

Inside School Turnarounds uses on-the-ground reporting and up-to-the-minute research to provide a compelling and insightful exploration of the work of school turnarounds.

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Start Where You Are, But Don’t Stay There
Understanding Diversity, Opportunity Gaps, and Teaching in Today’s Classrooms

H. Richard Milner IV, foreword by Gloria Ladson-Billings

Start Where You Are, But Don’t Stay There addresses a crucial issue in teacher training and professional education: the need to prepare pre-service and in-service teachers for the racially diverse student populations in their classrooms.

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Teaching as a Moral Practice
Defining, Developing, and Assessing Professional Dispositions in Teacher Education

Edited by Peter C. Murrell, Jr., Mary Diez, Sharon Feiman-Nemser, and Deborah L. Schussler, foreword by Gloria Ladson-Billings

Based on the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education’s Task Force on Teaching as a Moral Community, this book addresses the philosophical grounding for the concept of teacher dispositions and examines thoughtful examples of emerging practice.

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Social Network Theory and Educational Change

Edited by Alan J. Daly, foreword by Judith Warren Little

Social Network Theory and Educational Change offers a provocative and fascinating exploration of how social networks in schools can impede or facilitate the work of education reform.

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