Resources
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Print Resources
See the bibliography on pp 124-126 in Public Education: Issues and Challenges by Mary Grace Lyman for more suggested resources
United Methodism
Education: The Gift of Hope 2001: A Study Resource for Churches and Schools. Board of Higher Education and Ministry, The United Methodist Church, 2001. Cokesbury, $10.00.
Education: The Gift of Hope . General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, The United Methodist Church, 2001. Cokesbury, $10.00.
Reece, Wayne C. Ed. Opting for Virtue in Public Life. Cokesbury, 2003 $8.00
When the Church Speaks: Guide to the Social Principles. Cokesbury, 2001. $3.00
Issues in Public Education
Al- Hibri, Azizah, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Charles C Haynes, Martin E. Marty, Daniel A. Sharp. Religion in American Public Life: Living With Our Deepest Differences. W.W. Norton, 2001. $4.00.
Berliner, David C., Bruce J. Biddle, James Bell. Manufactured Crisis: Myths, Fraud, and the Attack on America's Public Schools. Perseus, 1996. $20.00
Delpit, Lisa. Other Peoples' Children:Cultural Conflict in the Classroom. New Press, 1996. $16.00
Delpit, Lisa and Joanna Kilgour Dowdy. Skin We Speak: Thoughts on Language and Culture in the Classroom. New Press, 2003.$11.87.
Dewey, John. Education and Experience. Free Press, 1997, $8.95.
Finn, Chester Jr., Bruno V. Manning, and Gregg Vanourek. Charter Schools in Action. Princeton University Press, 2001. $21.00.
Fraser, James W. Between Church and State: Religion and Public Education in a Multicultural America. Palgrave Macmillan, 2000. $5.00.
Ginsberg, Margery B. and Raymond J. Wlodkowski. Creating Highly Motivating Classrooms for All Students: A Schoolwide Approach to Powerful Teaching with Diverse Learners. Jossey-Bass, 2000. $30.00.
Hill, Paul Thomas and Mary Beth Celio. Fixing Urban Schools. Brookings, 1998 . $ 17.00.
Hooks, Bell. Where We Stand: Class Matters. Routledge, 2000. $17.00
Jossey- Bass Reader on Gender in Education. Jossey- Bass, 2002. $27.00
Kessler, Rachel. Soul of Education: Helping Students Find Connection, Compassion, and Character at School. ASCD, 2000. $23.00.
Kolbert, Kathryn and Zak Mettger, eds. Justice Talking: School Vouchers: Leading Advocates Debate Today's Most Controversial Issues. New Press, 2002.$25.00.
Kugler, Eileen Gail. Debunking the Middle-Class Myth: Why Diverse Schools Are Good for All Kids. Rowman and Littlefield, 2002. $23.50
Ladson-Billings, Gloria. Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children. Jossey-Bass, 1997. $13.27.
McKay, A. Bruce and Joanne Newcombe. Aligning Resources for Student Achievement.
National School Boards Association, 2002. $15.00.
Mishel, Lawrence and Richard Rothstein, eds. Class Size Debate. Economic Policy Institute, 2002. $13.50.
Mondale, Sarah, ed. What's Public About Charter Schools?: Lessons Learned About Choice and Accountability.Beacon, 2002. $20.00.
Monroe, Barbara. Crossing the Digital Divide: Race, Writing and Technology in the Classroom. Teachers College, 2004. $24.00.
Noguera, Pedro. City Schools and the America Dream: Reclaiming the Promise of Public Education. Teachers College Press, 2003. $19.95.
Olsen, Laurie and Herbert R. Kohl. Made in America: Immigrant Students in Our Public Schools. New Press, 1998. $16.00.
Olweus, Dan. Bullying at School: What We Know and What We Can Do. Blackwell, 1994. $20.65.
Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope. Perennial, 2001. $11.20.
Pflaum, William. Technology Fix: The Promise and Reality of Computers in Our Schools. ASCD, 2004. $16.00
Popham, W. James. Truth About Testing: An Educator's Call to Action. ASCD, 2001. $24.00.
Sacks, Peter. Standardized Minds: The High Price of America's Testing Culture and What We Can Do To Change It. Perseus, 2001. $26.00.
Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools. Harper Perennial, 1992. $11.20.
Schaller, Lyle E. Evolution of American Public High School: From Prep School to Prison to New Partnerships. Abingdon, 2000. Service Center #3317. $!5.00.
Sears, James T. and James C. Carper, eds. Curriculum, Religion, and Public Education: Conversations for an Enlarging Public Square.Teachers College, 1998. $30.00.
Thoughtful Teachers, Thoughtful Schools: Issues and Insights in Education Today. Editorial Projects in Education. Prentice Hall, 1997. $25.00
Turnbull, Ann P. , Dorothy Leal, H, Rutherford Turnbull, Marilyn Shank. Exceptional Lives: Special Education in today's Schools. Prentice Hall, 2003, $87.00.
Tyack, David B. and Larry Cuban. Tinkering Toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reform. Harvard, 1997. $20.00
Wheelock, Anne. Crossing the Tracks: How "Untracking" Can Save America's Schools. New Press, 1992. $20.00
Why Are All the Black kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race: A Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity. Basic, 2003. $11.17.
Williams, Belinda, ed. Closing the Achievement Gap: A Vision for Changing Beliefs and Practices. ASCD, 2003 $26.00.
Wong, Kenneth K. Funding Public Schools: Politics and Policies. University Press of Kansas, 1999. $16.00.
Action Possibilities
Benson, Peter L. , ed. Fragile Foundations: The State of Developmental Assets Among American Youth. Search Institute, 1999. $19.00.
Benson, Peter L., Judy Galbraith, and Pamela Espeland. What Teens Need to Succeed: Proven, Practical Ways to Shape Your Own Future . Free Spirit, 1998. $16.00
Calfee, Carol, Frank Wittwer, Mimi Meridith. Building a Full-Service School: A Step-by-Step Guide. Jossey- Bass,1998. $39.00.
Cordeiro, Paula A. Boundary Crossings: Educational Partnerships and School Leadership: New Directions for School Leadership. Jossey-Bass, 1997. $35.00.
Davis, Deborah and Lisa Race. A Quick-Start Guide to Building Assets in Your School: Moving From Incidental to Intentional. Search Institute, 2003. $10.00
Faith in the Five Planning Guide: a Step-by-Step Guide for Enriching the Lives of Young People in Your Congregation and Community. America's Promise Alliance for Youth.
Kretzmann, John P. And John L. McKnight. Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets.ACTA, 1997. $15.00.
Starkman, Neal, Peter C. Scales and Clay Roberts. Great Places to Learn: How Asset-Building Schools Help Students Succeed. Search Institute, 1999. $ 30.00.
Roehlkepartain, Eugene C. and Donald Draayer. Learning and Living: How Asset Building for Youth Can Unify a School's Mission. Search Institute, 1998. $ 3.95.
