How can we fix America’s floundering public schools? Conventional wisdom says that schools and teachers need a lot more money, that poor and immigrant children can’t do as well as most American kids, that high-stakes tests just produce teaching to the test, and that vouchers do little to help students while undermining our democracy. But what if the conventional wisdom is wrong? Jay Greene provocatively shows that much of what people believe about education policy i… More >>
Education Myths: What Special Interest Groups Want You to Believe About Our Schools–And Why It Isn’t So
Expanding the Reach of Education Reforms: Perspectives from Leaders in the Scale-Up of Educational Interventions
How does one spread out a successful educational reform? THe authors recount the scale-ups of a variety of programs, descsribing the challenges they faced and the lessons they drew from their experiences…. More >>
Assessment in Medical Education and Training: A Practical Guide
This work contains a foreword by Dame Lesley Southgate, President, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London. Assessment is a key method of improving standards as well as establishing competency. However, despite major developments in the assessment of clinical competence in the last two decades, there is still more bad practice and ignorance of significant issues in this area than any other aspect of medical higher education. This book comprehensivel… More >>
