Assessing the Nation’s Report Card

Challenges and Choices for NAEP

Chester E. Finn, Jr.

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Assessing the Nation’s Report Card examines the history of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and outlines plans for improving and modernizing the organization.

Jim Crow’s Pink Slip

The Untold Story of Black Principal and Teacher Leadership

Leslie T. Fenwick

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Jim Crow’s Pink Slip exposes the decades-long repercussions of a too-little-known result of resistance to the Brown v. Board of Education decision: the systematic dismissal of Black educators from public schools.

Sister Resisters

Mentoring Black Women on Campus

Janie Victoria Ward and Tracy L. Robinson-Wood

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Sister Resisters advances a robust model of mentorship in support of young Black women on campus. The book offers a multifaceted approach to cross-racial mentoring in higher education that promises growth and change for both mentees and their mentors.

The College President Handbook

A Sustainable and Practical Guide for Emerging Leaders

Edited by James Soto Antony, Ana Mari Cauce, Lynn M. Gangone, and Tara P. Nicola, Foreword by Mark D. Gearan

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“This volume combines specific recommendations, observations, and takeaways filled with candor, humor, and uplifting stories for one of education’s most challenging roles.” —FROM THE FOREWORD

Clinical Simulations as Signature Pedagogy

Educator Preparation Across the Disciplines

Edited by Benjamin H. Dotger and Kelly Chandler-Olcott

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Clinical Simulations as Signature Pedagogy explores the use of live-actor simulations as an engaging training tool to better prepare educational professionals for school-wide challenges. In this volume, editors Benjamin H. Dotger and Kelly Chandler-Olcott present a persuasive overview of this effective method of professional development and show how it resonates with other practice-based initiatives.

Educating the Top 100 Percent

Policy Pathways for Public Higher Education

Stephen G. Katsinas, Nathaniel J. Bray, and Martha J. Kanter

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Educating the Top 100 Percent assesses the decline of higher education funding and offers ambitious policy recommendations to restore the possibility of accessible, affordable education for all.

Civil Rights and Federal Higher Education

Edited by Nicholas Hillman and Gary Orfield

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Civil Rights and Federal Higher Education offers a renewed vision for higher education policy making, presenting an incisive analysis of the connections between educational politics and educational inequality. With a view toward the future, the editors assert that the thoughtful application of evidence-based solutions to complex policy problems can help establish a more just and equitable system of higher education.