A passionately argued case for a new civil rights movementcentered on schools Legendary civil rights leader and education activist Robert Moses invited one hundred prominent African American and Latino intellectuals and activists to meet to discuss a proposal for a campaign to guarantee a quality education for all children as a constitutional righta movement that would transform current approaches to educational inequity, all of which have failed miserably to… More >>
Quality Education as a Constitutional Right: Creating a Grassroots Movement to Transform Public Schools
Democratic Education
Who should have the authority to shape the education of citizens in a democracy? This is the central question posed by Amy Gutmann in the first book-length study of the democratic theory of education. The author tackles a wide range of issues, from the democratic case against book banning to the role of teachers’ unions in education, as well as the vexed questions of public support for private schools and affirmative action in college admissions…. More >>
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Following the growing commitment to assessment at the undergraduate level, doctoral programs are now grappling with what accountability means for them.
This book provides a foundation for faculty and academic leaders of doctoral programs to promote inquiry into the educational practices that define their programs and contribute to graduate students’ learning. It presents an array of examples of new program- and student-level assessment practices. The idea… More >>
