Equality or Equity sets forth a compelling argument urging us to shift our understanding of the role of our education system from providing equal opportunity to building an equitable society.
STEM Education Reform in Urban High Schools gives a nuanced view of the obstacles marginalized students face in STEM education—and explores how schools can better support STEM learners.
The Making of Oakland's Full-Service Community School District
by Milbrey W. McLaughlin, Kendra Fehrer and Jacob Leos-Urbel
Price: $34.00
ISBN: 9781682534847
Publisher: Harvard Education Press
Pub Date: May 2020
Format: Paperback
The Way We Do School: The Making of Oakland’s Full-Service Community School District offers an in-depth profile of the nation’s most ambitious community school initiative.
In districts from Chicago to New York to Washington, DC, neighborhood public schools are being forced to compete with charter schools for students and resources, often under the threat of school closure.
In Striving in Common, Jennifer Jellison Holme and Kara S. Finnigan seek to build a bridge between two largely disparate, yet interconnected, conversations—those among education reformers on the one hand, and urban reformers on the other.
Transforming Early Childhood Education in the Boston Public Schools
by Betty Bardige, Megina Baker and Ben Mardell
Price: $34.00
ISBN: 9781682532027
Publisher: Harvard Education Press
Pub Date: July 2018
Format: Paperback
Children at the Center provides a closely observed account of a decade-long effort to reshape the scope, direction, and quality of the Boston Public Schools’ early childhood programs.
Young Black Men Moving from Chicago's South Side to Success in Higher Education
by Chezare A. Warren
Afterword by James Earl Davis
Series edited by H. Richard Milner IV
Price: $34.00
ISBN: 9781682530771
Publisher: Harvard Education Press
Pub Date: September 2017
Format: Paperback
Chezare A. Warren chronicles the transition of a cohort of young Black males from Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men to their early experiences in higher education.
Positive Youth Development Through Out-of-School Programs
by Sam M. Intrator and Don Siegel
Price: $30.00
ISBN: 9781612506593
Publisher: Harvard Education Press
Pub Date: March 2014
Format: Paperback
In The Quest for Mastery, Sam M. Intrator and Don Siegel investigate an emerging trend: the growth of out-of-school programs dedicated to helping underserved youth develop the personal qualities and capacities that will help them succeed in school, college, and beyond.
The Redesign of Urban School Systems provides a uniquely valuable resource for anyone involved in preparing education leaders for the political and practical realities of district-based school reform.
School Reform, San Diego, and America’s Race to Renew Public Education
by Richard Lee Colvin
Price: $33.00
ISBN: 9781612505640
Publisher: Harvard Education Press
Pub Date: April 2013
Format: Paperback
A book that draws equally on Richard Lee Colvin’s deep acquaintance with contemporary education reform and the unique circumstances of the San Diego experience, Tilting at Windmills is a penetrating and invaluable account of Alan Bersin’s contentious superintendency.
How Powerful School Culture Can Point Students Toward Success
by Scott Seider
Foreword by Howard Gardner
Price: $33.00
ISBN: 9781612504865
Publisher: Harvard Education Press
Pub Date: October 2012
Format: Paperback
In Character Compass, Scott Seider offers portraits of three high-performing urban schools in Boston, Massachusetts that have made character development central to their mission of supporting student success, yet define character in three very different ways.
The inspiration for this book was a crucial observation: that if the school turnaround movement is to have widespread and lasting consequences, it will need to incorporate meaningful district involvement in its efforts.
Ambitious Change in the Nation's Most Complex School System
Edited by Jennifer A. O'Day, Catherine S. Bitter and Louis M. Gomez
Price: $32.00
ISBN: 9781934742839
Publisher: Harvard Education Press
Pub Date: April 2011
Format: Paperback
Written in an accessible style by highly respected scholars, the papers in this volume document and analyze particular components of the Children First reforms, including governance, community engagement, finance, accountability, and instruction.
