Education Week Press

The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child
By Donalyn Miller, (Foreword by) Jeff Anderson
$22.95, 240 pages Published 2009 by Education Week Press and Jossey-Bass.

Teacher-author Donalyn Miller has yet to meet a student she couldn’t turn into a reader. Miller offers inspiring insights on embracing students' choices in books and independent reading in the classroom and developing lifelong readers.

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The Education Week Guide to K-12 Terminology
By the Editors of Education Week
$14.95, 144 pages. Published 2009 by Education Week Press and Jossey-Bass.

A glossary that demystifies the language of schools and educators by providing clear definitions of terms from "ability grouping" to "zone of proximal development."

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The Obama Education Plan: An Education Week Guide
By the Editors of Education Week
$14.95, 240 pages. Published 2009 by Education Week Press and Jossey-Bass.

Context and insights on the educational priorities of the Obama administration.

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The Last Word: The Best Commentary and Controversy in American Education
By the Editors of Education Week
$19.95, 256 pages. Published 2007 by Education Week Press and Jossey-Bass.

A collection of opinion pieces from some of America's best education thinkers.

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Creating the Capacity for Change: How and Why Governors and Legislatures Are Opening a New-Schools Sector in Public Education
By Ted Kolderie
$14.95, 185 pages. Published 2004, reprinted in 2007 by Education Week Press.

Ted Kolderie writes that the current arrangement of K-12 public education is an obstacle to school and district improvement and that state leaders have an important role to play in shaping system-wide change.

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Cutting Through the Hype: A Taxpayer's Guide to School Reforms
By Jane L. David and Larry Cuban
$19.95, 120 pages. Published 2006 by Education Week Press.

Jane David and Larry Cuban examine 20 different school reforms, the pros and cons of each, and what it takes to make the reforms-including smaller classes, mayoral control of schools, and standards-based change-successful.

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Win-Win Labor-Management Collaboration in Education:
Breakthrough Practices to Benefit Students, Teachers, and Administrators
By Linda Kaboolian, with Paul Sutherland
$19.95, 146 pages. Published 2005 by Education Week Press.

Linda Kaboolian and Paul Sutherland use real-world examples from school districts to highlight innovative practices in school labor-management relations. They also provide contact names, addresses, and telephone numbers for school and union leaders.

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Building Bridges With the Press: A Guide for Educators
By Julie Blair
$19.95, 95 pages. Published 2004 by Education Week Press.

Former Education Week reporter Julie Blair offers practical tips on how to work with the press to foster thoughtful coverage that best serves schools, communities, and journalists.

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Living the Legacy: Education Week Marks the 50th Anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Decision
By the Staff of Education Week
$9.95, 102 pages. Published 2004 by Education Week Press.

With compelling text and arresting photos, "Living the Legacy" examines the way Brown v. Board changed history and the continuing struggles to fulfill its promise in public schools today.

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Miles To Go ... Reflections on Mid-Course Corrections for Standards-Based Reform
By the Pew Forum on Standards-Based Reform
$9.99, 112 pages. Published 2002 by Education Week Press.

Miles To Go offers a series of carefully considered essays by policy experts on the standards movement and ways to more effectively translate standards theory into effective practice.

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Lessons of a Century: A Nation's Schools Come of Age
By the Staff of Education Week
$22.45, 260 pages. Published 2000 by Education Week Press.

The definitive story of the evolution of American education between 1900 and 2000.

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