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Books like Slaying Goliath

The Death and Life of the Great American School System
by Diane Ravitch • 2010
Accountability was meant to fix schools. An insider shows how it broke them instead.
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6k+
📋 Education Policy🏫 Public Education📝 Standardized Testing🏛️ Charter Schools🔧 Education Reform
The Death and Life of the Great American School System Summary
The Death and Life of the Great American School System 97%
Accountability was meant to fix schools. An insider shows how it broke them instead.
by Diane Ravitch 2010
4.05
6k+ ratings
📋 Education Policy🏫 Public Education📝 Standardized Testing🏛️ Charter Schools🔧 Education Reform
Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy
by Sarah Diem • 2020
School choice, testing, and colorblind discipline don't fix inequity. They weren't designed to.
4.53
15
🏛️ Education Policy🏫 Educational Leadership✊ Anti-Racist Education⛓️ School To Prison Pipeline📚 Critical Race Theory
Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy Summary
Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy 96%
School choice, testing, and colorblind discipline don't fix inequity. They weren't designed to.
by Sarah Diem 2020
4.53
15 ratings
🏛️ Education Policy🏫 Educational Leadership✊ Anti-Racist Education⛓️ School To Prison Pipeline📚 Critical Race Theory
Hard Questions on Global Educational Change
by Pasi Sahlberg • 2016
School reform keeps failing because America borrows the policies but not the systems behind them.
4.12
17
📋 Education Policy🌍 Comparative Education🔄 School Reform📝 Standardized Testing👥 Teacher Collaboration
Hard Questions on Global Educational Change Summary
Hard Questions on Global Educational Change 95%
School reform keeps failing because America borrows the policies but not the systems behind them.
by Pasi Sahlberg 2016
4.12
17 ratings
📋 Education Policy🌍 Comparative Education🔄 School Reform📝 Standardized Testing👥 Teacher Collaboration
Finnish Lessons
by Pasi Sahlberg • 2011
No standardized tests, no private schools, no tracking: how Finland built the world's best schools.
3.90
836
🏛️ Education Equity🍎 Teacher Professionalism🌍 Comparative Education🛡️ Nordic Welfare Model📉 Anti-Standardized Testing
Finnish Lessons Summary
Finnish Lessons 95%
No standardized tests, no private schools, no tracking: how Finland built the world's best schools.
by Pasi Sahlberg 2011
3.90
836 ratings
🏛️ Education Equity🍎 Teacher Professionalism🌍 Comparative Education🛡️ Nordic Welfare Model📉 Anti-Standardized Testing
In Search of Deeper Learning
by Jal Mehta • 2019
The richest learning in high school happens after the bell, in theater, debate, and journalism.
4.31
320
🔄 Education Reform🏫 High School Education🌱 Progressive Education🛠️ Project-Based Learning🎯 Inquiry-Based Learning
In Search of Deeper Learning Summary
In Search of Deeper Learning 95%
The richest learning in high school happens after the bell, in theater, debate, and journalism.
by Jal Mehta 2019
4.31
320 ratings
🔄 Education Reform🏫 High School Education🌱 Progressive Education🛠️ Project-Based Learning🎯 Inquiry-Based Learning
Beyond Test Scores
by Jack Schneider • 2017
Test scores mostly rate a school's zip code, not its teaching. A better framework exists.
4.13
53
🏛️ Education Policy📝 Testing Reform🌱 Whole Child Education🏫 School Culture🧑‍🏫 Teacher Development
Beyond Test Scores Summary
Beyond Test Scores 95%
Test scores mostly rate a school's zip code, not its teaching. A better framework exists.
by Jack Schneider 2017
4.13
53 ratings
🏛️ Education Policy📝 Testing Reform🌱 Whole Child Education🏫 School Culture🧑‍🏫 Teacher Development
How to Educate a Citizen
by E.D. Hirsch Jr. • 2020
Shared knowledge once held America together. Schools abandoned it. Evidence shows it's reversible.
3.80
430
🔧 Education Reform📋 Curriculum Design🏛️ Civic Education📚 Content Knowledge📖 Reading Wars
How to Educate a Citizen Summary
How to Educate a Citizen 95%
Shared knowledge once held America together. Schools abandoned it. Evidence shows it's reversible.
by E.D. Hirsch Jr. 2020
3.80
430 ratings
🔧 Education Reform📋 Curriculum Design🏛️ Civic Education📚 Content Knowledge📖 Reading Wars
Weapons of Mass Instruction
by John Taylor Gatto • 2008
A state Teacher of the Year quit to expose what schools really teach: obedience, not intelligence.
4.23
4k+
🏫 Compulsory Schooling🌱 Alternative Education🏠 Unschooling🧭 Self-Directed Learning🏛️ Institutional Critique
Weapons of Mass Instruction Summary
Weapons of Mass Instruction 95%
A state Teacher of the Year quit to expose what schools really teach: obedience, not intelligence.
by John Taylor Gatto 2008
4.23
4k+ ratings
🏫 Compulsory Schooling🌱 Alternative Education🏠 Unschooling🧭 Self-Directed Learning🏛️ Institutional Critique
None of the Above
by Shani Robinson • 2019
An Atlanta teacher indicted for cheating tells what the trial never let her say.
3.94
190
🏫 Public Education📝 High-Stakes Testing⛓️ School-To-Prison Pipeline🔒 Mass Incarceration💼 Corporate Education Reform
None of the Above Summary
None of the Above 95%
An Atlanta teacher indicted for cheating tells what the trial never let her say.
by Shani Robinson 2019
3.94
190 ratings
🏫 Public Education📝 High-Stakes Testing⛓️ School-To-Prison Pipeline🔒 Mass Incarceration💼 Corporate Education Reform
I Got Schooled
by M. Night Shyamalan • 2013
Five data-backed patterns that close America's education gap, from a filmmaker who hunted them down.
3.67
324
📉 Achievement Gap🔧 Education Reform📊 Data-Driven Instruction🎓 Teacher Effectiveness⚖️ Education Equity
I Got Schooled Summary
I Got Schooled 94%
Five data-backed patterns that close America's education gap, from a filmmaker who hunted them down.
by M. Night Shyamalan 2013
3.67
324 ratings
📉 Achievement Gap🔧 Education Reform📊 Data-Driven Instruction🎓 Teacher Effectiveness⚖️ Education Equity
Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Hardback Edition
by John Taylor Gatto • 2002
An award-winning teacher walked away. His reason: the system is designed to crush independence.
4.14
12k+
🌱 Alternative Education🏫 Compulsory Schooling📝 Hidden Curriculum🧒 Unschooling🏭 Factory Schooling
Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Hardback Edition Summary
Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Hardback Edition 94%
An award-winning teacher walked away. His reason: the system is designed to crush independence.
by John Taylor Gatto 2002
4.14
12k+ ratings
🌱 Alternative Education🏫 Compulsory Schooling📝 Hidden Curriculum🧒 Unschooling🏭 Factory Schooling
Loving Learning
by Tom Little • 2015
American schools got hooked on standardized tests. The antidote began in 1919.
3.88
209
📚 Progressive Education🔄 Education Reform👧 Child-Centered Learning🔬 Experiential Learning🎲 Play-Based Learning
Loving Learning Summary
Loving Learning 94%
American schools got hooked on standardized tests. The antidote began in 1919.
by Tom Little 2015
3.88
209 ratings
📚 Progressive Education🔄 Education Reform👧 Child-Centered Learning🔬 Experiential Learning🎲 Play-Based Learning
Failure to Disrupt
by Justin Reich • 2020
Every new classroom technology gets absorbed into old routines. The real barrier was never the tech.
4.23
252
💻 Educational Technology🔍 Edtech Critique🌐 Online Learning⚖️ Digital Divide🏫 Educational Equity
Failure to Disrupt Summary
Failure to Disrupt 94%
Every new classroom technology gets absorbed into old routines. The real barrier was never the tech.
by Justin Reich 2020
4.23
252 ratings
💻 Educational Technology🔍 Edtech Critique🌐 Online Learning⚖️ Digital Divide🏫 Educational Equity
Excellent Sheep
by William Deresiewicz • 2014
Elite universities promise merit; they deliver a system that rewards compliance over curiosity.
3.88
7k+
🎓 Higher Education⚖️ Meritocracy Critique💸 Class Privilege📖 Liberal Arts Defense🎭 Cultural Criticism
Excellent Sheep Summary
Excellent Sheep 94%
Elite universities promise merit; they deliver a system that rewards compliance over curiosity.
by William Deresiewicz 2014
3.88
7k+ ratings
🎓 Higher Education⚖️ Meritocracy Critique💸 Class Privilege📖 Liberal Arts Defense🎭 Cultural Criticism
The End of College
by Kevin Carey • 2015
The university was built on a flawed compromise. The internet is now building its replacement.
3.77
447
🎓 Higher Ed Crisis💥 Disruptive Innovation🤖 Personalized Learning💻 Online Learning📜 Credential Reform
The End of College Summary
The End of College 94%
The university was built on a flawed compromise. The internet is now building its replacement.
by Kevin Carey 2015
3.77
447 ratings
🎓 Higher Ed Crisis💥 Disruptive Innovation🤖 Personalized Learning💻 Online Learning📜 Credential Reform
Creative Schools
by Ken Robinson • 2015
The best schools work like gardens, not factories. A tour of ones that made the switch.
4.10
4k+
🏫 Education Reform🎯 Personalized Learning✨ Creativity In Education📋 Alternative Assessment🛠️ Project Based Learning
Creative Schools Summary
Creative Schools 94%
The best schools work like gardens, not factories. A tour of ones that made the switch.
by Ken Robinson 2015
4.10
4k+ ratings
🏫 Education Reform🎯 Personalized Learning✨ Creativity In Education📋 Alternative Assessment🛠️ Project Based Learning
The One World Schoolhouse
by Salman Khan • 2012
One cousin's math lesson, a cheap tablet, and a classroom where every student masters every concept.
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5k+
🏫 Education Reform💻 Education Technology🎯 Mastery Learning🧩 Personalized Learning🧠 Active Learning
The One World Schoolhouse Summary
The One World Schoolhouse 94%
One cousin's math lesson, a cheap tablet, and a classroom where every student masters every concept.
by Salman Khan 2012
4.33
5k+ ratings
🏫 Education Reform💻 Education Technology🎯 Mastery Learning🧩 Personalized Learning🧠 Active Learning
Personalizing 21st Century Education
by Dan Domenech • 2016
One-size-fits-all education is failing. How to rebuild schools around each student's needs and pace.
4.33
9
🏫 Education Reform🧩 Personalized Learning👨‍🎓 Student-Centered Learning🎯 Competency-Based Education💻 Education Technology
Personalizing 21st Century Education Summary
Personalizing 21st Century Education 94%
One-size-fits-all education is failing. How to rebuild schools around each student's needs and pace.
by Dan Domenech 2016
4.33
9 ratings
🏫 Education Reform🧩 Personalized Learning👨‍🎓 Student-Centered Learning🎯 Competency-Based Education💻 Education Technology
The Two Percent Solution
by Matt Miller • 2003
America's biggest domestic problems cost two percent of GDP to fix. That's the whole argument.
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89
🏛️ Domestic Policy🏥 Healthcare Reform📚 Education Reform💰 Campaign Finance🤝 Bipartisan Solutions
The Two Percent Solution Summary
The Two Percent Solution 93%
America's biggest domestic problems cost two percent of GDP to fix. That's the whole argument.
by Matt Miller 2003
3.98
89 ratings
🏛️ Domestic Policy🏥 Healthcare Reform📚 Education Reform💰 Campaign Finance🤝 Bipartisan Solutions
Consequences of Capitalism
by Noam Chomsky • 2020
The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.
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2k+
🏛️ Political Economy📺 Media Criticism✊ Anti-Capitalism🏦 Neoliberalism🗳️ Democratic Decline
Consequences of Capitalism Summary
Consequences of Capitalism 93%
The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.
by Noam Chomsky 2020
4.33
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy📺 Media Criticism✊ Anti-Capitalism🏦 Neoliberalism🗳️ Democratic Decline
The End of Education
by Neil Postman • 1995
Education has lost its story. Here are the narratives that give learning purpose again.
3.97
2k+
📚 Educational Philosophy💡 Humanistic Education🤖 Technology Criticism🗣️ Language And Worldview🗳️ Democratic Education
The End of Education Summary
The End of Education 93%
Education has lost its story. Here are the narratives that give learning purpose again.
by Neil Postman 1995
3.97
2k+ ratings
📚 Educational Philosophy💡 Humanistic Education🤖 Technology Criticism🗣️ Language And Worldview🗳️ Democratic Education
Education and the Social Order
by Bertrand Russell • 1932
What if schools are built to shape obedient citizens, not free minds? Russell's 1932 diagnosis cuts.
4.02
207
🎓 Educational Philosophy🕊️ Freedom In Education🤝 Cooperative Learning🏫 Critique Of Schooling❤️ Character Education
Education and the Social Order Summary
Education and the Social Order 93%
What if schools are built to shape obedient citizens, not free minds? Russell's 1932 diagnosis cuts.
by Bertrand Russell 1932
4.02
207 ratings
🎓 Educational Philosophy🕊️ Freedom In Education🤝 Cooperative Learning🏫 Critique Of Schooling❤️ Character Education
Disrupting Class
by Clayton M. Christensen • 2008
Factory schools resist reform. Online learning will disrupt them, starting where they offer nothing.
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2k+
🏫 K-12 Education🔧 Education Reform💡 Innovation Strategy📡 Technology Disruption💻 Online Learning
Disrupting Class Summary
Disrupting Class 93%
Factory schools resist reform. Online learning will disrupt them, starting where they offer nothing.
by Clayton M. Christensen 2008
3.86
2k+ ratings
🏫 K-12 Education🔧 Education Reform💡 Innovation Strategy📡 Technology Disruption💻 Online Learning
The Smartest Kids in the World
by Amanda Ripley • 2013
Not bake sales or gadgets: three American teens saw what makes the world's smartest students.
4.06
15k+
🧭 Comparative Education📋 Education Policy👩‍🏫 Teacher Quality📚 Academic Rigor🎯 Student Motivation
The Smartest Kids in the World Summary
The Smartest Kids in the World 93%
Not bake sales or gadgets: three American teens saw what makes the world's smartest students.
by Amanda Ripley 2013
4.06
15k+ ratings
🧭 Comparative Education📋 Education Policy👩‍🏫 Teacher Quality📚 Academic Rigor🎯 Student Motivation
Notes on Resistance
by Noam Chomsky • 2022
Four crises are converging. The institutions that caused them are now blocking every fix.
4.30
405
🌍 Us Foreign Policy🏛️ American Politics✊ Political Resistance🌱 Grassroots Organizing📰 Media Criticism
Notes on Resistance Summary
Notes on Resistance 93%
Four crises are converging. The institutions that caused them are now blocking every fix.
by Noam Chomsky 2022
4.30
405 ratings
🌍 Us Foreign Policy🏛️ American Politics✊ Political Resistance🌱 Grassroots Organizing📰 Media Criticism
The Teachers
by Alexandra Robbins • 2023
A year inside the lives of three teachers who leave their own kids to teach yours.
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4k+
📚 Public Schools📋 Education Reform🔥 Teacher Burnout🧠 Emotional Labor📖 Teacher Narratives
The Teachers Summary
The Teachers 93%
A year inside the lives of three teachers who leave their own kids to teach yours.
by Alexandra Robbins 2023
4.17
4k+ ratings
📚 Public Schools📋 Education Reform🔥 Teacher Burnout🧠 Emotional Labor📖 Teacher Narratives
The Knowledge Gap
by Natalie Wexler • 2019
Kids drill reading skills for years without history or science. That is the reading crisis.
4.13
6k+
📖 Reading Instruction🔧 Education Reform📊 Achievement Gap🔬 Science Of Reading🌱 Early Literacy
The Knowledge Gap Summary
The Knowledge Gap 93%
Kids drill reading skills for years without history or science. That is the reading crisis.
by Natalie Wexler 2019
4.13
6k+ ratings
📖 Reading Instruction🔧 Education Reform📊 Achievement Gap🔬 Science Of Reading🌱 Early Literacy
The Price of Admission (Updated Edition)
by Daniel Golden • 2006
The hidden price of elite college admission: donations, connections, and the right last name.
3.67
993
🎓 Elite College Admissions📚 Educational Inequality🚪 College Access💰 Money In Education👑 Wealth And Privilege
The Price of Admission (Updated Edition) Summary
The Price of Admission (Updated Edition) 93%
The hidden price of elite college admission: donations, connections, and the right last name.
by Daniel Golden 2006
3.67
993 ratings
🎓 Elite College Admissions📚 Educational Inequality🚪 College Access💰 Money In Education👑 Wealth And Privilege
Common Sense
by Joel Greenblatt • 2020
The same incentive logic that picks stocks can fix schools, wages, and banks.
3.65
276
🏛️ Economic Policy📚 Education Reform💡 Market-Based Solutions🪢 Social Safety Net🏦 Banking Reform
Common Sense Summary
Common Sense 93%
The same incentive logic that picks stocks can fix schools, wages, and banks.
by Joel Greenblatt 2020
3.65
276 ratings
🏛️ Economic Policy📚 Education Reform💡 Market-Based Solutions🪢 Social Safety Net🏦 Banking Reform
Troublemakers
by Carla Shalaby • 2017
Disruptive kids are the classroom's alarm system. Silencing them only makes the air more toxic.
4.23
3k+
🚸 Classroom Discipline🌱 Progressive Education🧒 Early Childhood Education⛓️ School To Prison Pipeline🕊️ Restorative Justice In Schools
Troublemakers Summary
Troublemakers 93%
Disruptive kids are the classroom's alarm system. Silencing them only makes the air more toxic.
by Carla Shalaby 2017
4.23
3k+ ratings
🚸 Classroom Discipline🌱 Progressive Education🧒 Early Childhood Education⛓️ School To Prison Pipeline🕊️ Restorative Justice In Schools
Grading for Equity
by Joe Feldman • 2018
Traditional grades sort kids for factories. Here's how to measure learning, not compliance.
4.19
2k+
📊 Grading Reform⚖️ Education Equity📐 Standards-Based Grading🧠 Implicit Bias🌱 Growth Mindset
Grading for Equity Summary
Grading for Equity 93%
Traditional grades sort kids for factories. Here's how to measure learning, not compliance.
by Joe Feldman 2018
4.19
2k+ ratings
📊 Grading Reform⚖️ Education Equity📐 Standards-Based Grading🧠 Implicit Bias🌱 Growth Mindset
Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools
by Tyrone C. Howard • 2010
Race predicts who gets suspended, tracked, and left behind. The best schools don't ignore it.
4.13
165
⚖️ Educational Equity📉 Achievement Gap🧑‍🏫 Culturally Responsive Teaching🏛️ Critical Race Theory In Education✊ Social Justice Education
Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools Summary
Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools 93%
Race predicts who gets suspended, tracked, and left behind. The best schools don't ignore it.
by Tyrone C. Howard 2010
4.13
165 ratings
⚖️ Educational Equity📉 Achievement Gap🧑‍🏫 Culturally Responsive Teaching🏛️ Critical Race Theory In Education✊ Social Justice Education
What We Owe Each Other
by Minouche Shafik • 2021
The safety net is fraying from childhood to old age. A single plan to rewire it.
3.85
1k+
🏛️ Social Policy📉 Economic Inequality👷 Labor Markets🎓 Education Reform👶 Early Childhood
What We Owe Each Other Summary
What We Owe Each Other 93%
The safety net is fraying from childhood to old age. A single plan to rewire it.
by Minouche Shafik 2021
3.85
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Social Policy📉 Economic Inequality👷 Labor Markets🎓 Education Reform👶 Early Childhood
The Trouble with Diversity
by Walter Benn Michaels • 2006
The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.
3.59
516
🏛️ Class Politics💸 Economic Inequality🏷️ Identity Politics🏦 Neoliberalism Critique⚖️ Wealth Redistribution
The Trouble with Diversity Summary
The Trouble with Diversity 93%
The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.
by Walter Benn Michaels 2006
3.59
516 ratings
🏛️ Class Politics💸 Economic Inequality🏷️ Identity Politics🏦 Neoliberalism Critique⚖️ Wealth Redistribution
No Is Not Enough
by Naomi Klein • 2017
Chaos as political strategy: its roots in neoliberal failure, and the coalition that can defeat it.
4.10
11k+
🏦 Political Economy✊ Progressive Activism🌀 Crisis Politics🌍 Climate Justice💸 Economic Inequality
No Is Not Enough Summary
No Is Not Enough 92%
Chaos as political strategy: its roots in neoliberal failure, and the coalition that can defeat it.
by Naomi Klein 2017
4.10
11k+ ratings
🏦 Political Economy✊ Progressive Activism🌀 Crisis Politics🌍 Climate Justice💸 Economic Inequality
Fight Oligarchy
by Bernie Sanders • 2025
Three billionaires behind one president. The diagnosis of American oligarchy, and the cure.
4.36
4k+
🏛️ American Oligarchy💰 Wealth Inequality🏢 Corporate Power✊ Grassroots Organizing👷 Working Class Politics
Fight Oligarchy Summary
Fight Oligarchy 92%
Three billionaires behind one president. The diagnosis of American oligarchy, and the cure.
by Bernie Sanders 2025
4.36
4k+ ratings
🏛️ American Oligarchy💰 Wealth Inequality🏢 Corporate Power✊ Grassroots Organizing👷 Working Class Politics
It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism
by Bernie Sanders • 2023
The 0.1% own more than the bottom 90%. That outcome is not a bug in American capitalism.
4.10
8k+
🇺🇸 American Progressivism📉 Economic Inequality✊ Labor Unions🏥 Universal Healthcare🌹 Democratic Socialism
It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism Summary
It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism 92%
The 0.1% own more than the bottom 90%. That outcome is not a bug in American capitalism.
by Bernie Sanders 2023
4.10
8k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Progressivism📉 Economic Inequality✊ Labor Unions🏥 Universal Healthcare🌹 Democratic Socialism
Occupy
by Noam Chomsky • 2012
Occupy's tents came down. The national argument it started about concentrated wealth never stopped.
3.59
2k+
🪙 Income Inequality🗳️ Money In Politics🏗️ Movement Building🏢 Corporate Power🏭 Economic Democracy
Occupy Summary
Occupy 92%
Occupy's tents came down. The national argument it started about concentrated wealth never stopped.
by Noam Chomsky 2012
3.59
2k+ ratings
🪙 Income Inequality🗳️ Money In Politics🏗️ Movement Building🏢 Corporate Power🏭 Economic Democracy
Winners Take All
by Anand Giridharadas • 2018
Elites promise to fix society. Their real project is keeping power exactly where it is.
4.13
17k+
🏛️ Elite Philanthropy🎭 Elite Capture⚙️ Technocratic Reform📉 Market Critique🗳️ Civic Engagement
Winners Take All Summary
Winners Take All 92%
Elites promise to fix society. Their real project is keeping power exactly where it is.
by Anand Giridharadas 2018
4.13
17k+ ratings
🏛️ Elite Philanthropy🎭 Elite Capture⚙️ Technocratic Reform📉 Market Critique🗳️ Civic Engagement
College Unbound
by Jeffrey J. Selingo • 2013
Only half of college students graduate, debt tops a trillion, and the model is being unmade.
3.79
2k+
🏛️ Higher Education Reform💸 Student Debt Crisis📋 Competency-Based Education📊 Personalized Learning💻 Online Education
College Unbound Summary
College Unbound 92%
Only half of college students graduate, debt tops a trillion, and the model is being unmade.
by Jeffrey J. Selingo 2013
3.79
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Higher Education Reform💸 Student Debt Crisis📋 Competency-Based Education📊 Personalized Learning💻 Online Education
Creating Tomorrow's Schools Today
by Richard Gerver • 2010
The factory model still runs our schools. A headteacher's plan to make learning irresistible.
4.10
127
🏫 Education Reform🤝 Student Engagement💡 Embracing Failure🌐 21st Century Skills👨‍💼 School Leadership
Creating Tomorrow's Schools Today Summary
Creating Tomorrow's Schools Today 92%
The factory model still runs our schools. A headteacher's plan to make learning irresistible.
by Richard Gerver 2010
4.10
127 ratings
🏫 Education Reform🤝 Student Engagement💡 Embracing Failure🌐 21st Century Skills👨‍💼 School Leadership
The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution
by Joseph Fishkin • 2022
A lost constitutional tradition: preventing oligarchy as the government's first duty.
4.10
40
🏦 Political Economy📜 Constitutional History⚖️ Economic Justice🛠️ Labor History🌾 Populism
The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution Summary
The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution 92%
A lost constitutional tradition: preventing oligarchy as the government's first duty.
by Joseph Fishkin 2022
4.10
40 ratings
🏦 Political Economy📜 Constitutional History⚖️ Economic Justice🛠️ Labor History🌾 Populism
Rewiring Education
by John D. Couch • 2018
Schools run on factory logic. An Apple insider's playbook for redesigning them with technology.
3.79
266
📚 Education Reform💻 Edtech🧩 Personalized Learning🔍 Inquiry-Based Learning👨‍💻 Coding Education
Rewiring Education Summary
Rewiring Education 92%
Schools run on factory logic. An Apple insider's playbook for redesigning them with technology.
by John D. Couch 2018
3.79
266 ratings
📚 Education Reform💻 Edtech🧩 Personalized Learning🔍 Inquiry-Based Learning👨‍💻 Coding Education
Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution
by Bernie Sanders • 2017
The top 0.1% owns as much as the bottom 90%. A progressive senator's guide for changing that.
3.99
2k+
💸 Economic Inequality🏥 Universal Healthcare🎓 College Affordability✊ Workers Rights🌍 Climate Action
Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution Summary
Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution 92%
The top 0.1% owns as much as the bottom 90%. A progressive senator's guide for changing that.
by Bernie Sanders 2017
3.99
2k+ ratings
💸 Economic Inequality🏥 Universal Healthcare🎓 College Affordability✊ Workers Rights🌍 Climate Action
Invisible Doctrine
by George Monbiot • 2024
Most people can't name the ideology governing our world. That's exactly how it stays powerful.
4.37
4k+
🏛️ Neoliberalism📊 Political Economy💰 Rentier Capitalism📉 Wealth Inequality🏢 Corporate Power
Invisible Doctrine Summary
Invisible Doctrine 92%
Most people can't name the ideology governing our world. That's exactly how it stays powerful.
by George Monbiot 2024
4.37
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Neoliberalism📊 Political Economy💰 Rentier Capitalism📉 Wealth Inequality🏢 Corporate Power
Teaching as a Subversive Activity
by Neil Postman • 1969
School's hidden curriculum is obedience. The real subject: learning what to disbelieve.
4.21
1k+
🏫 Progressive Education🔍 Inquiry-Based Learning📰 Media Literacy📏 Hidden Curriculum🗣️ Language And Thought
Teaching as a Subversive Activity Summary
Teaching as a Subversive Activity 92%
School's hidden curriculum is obedience. The real subject: learning what to disbelieve.
by Neil Postman 1969
4.21
1k+ ratings
🏫 Progressive Education🔍 Inquiry-Based Learning📰 Media Literacy📏 Hidden Curriculum🗣️ Language And Thought
In Defense of a Liberal Education
by Fareed Zakaria • 2015
The STEM panic misses the real skills gap: writing, analysis, and learning how to learn.
3.83
3k+
📚 Liberal Arts Defense🏛️ Higher Education Crisis✍️ Writing As Thinking📜 History Of Universities💻 Online Education
In Defense of a Liberal Education Summary
In Defense of a Liberal Education 92%
The STEM panic misses the real skills gap: writing, analysis, and learning how to learn.
by Fareed Zakaria 2015
3.83
3k+ ratings
📚 Liberal Arts Defense🏛️ Higher Education Crisis✍️ Writing As Thinking📜 History Of Universities💻 Online Education
Teach Your Own
by John C. Holt • 1981
Schools have become a prison for the mind; the case for breaking out and teaching your own.
4.09
2k+
🏡 Homeschooling🌿 Unschooling👪 Parental Rights⚖️ Compulsory Schooling🧒 Child-Led Learning
Teach Your Own Summary
Teach Your Own 92%
Schools have become a prison for the mind; the case for breaking out and teaching your own.
by John C. Holt 1981
4.09
2k+ ratings
🏡 Homeschooling🌿 Unschooling👪 Parental Rights⚖️ Compulsory Schooling🧒 Child-Led Learning
Your Students, My Students, Our Students
by Lee Ann Jung • 2019
Every child belongs to every teacher. The practical roadmap for actually making inclusion work.
3.84
303
🏫 Inclusive Classrooms🤝 Co-Teaching🏗️ Universal Design For Learning📊 Educational Equity🗣️ Student Voice
Your Students, My Students, Our Students Summary
Your Students, My Students, Our Students 92%
Every child belongs to every teacher. The practical roadmap for actually making inclusion work.
by Lee Ann Jung 2019
3.84
303 ratings
🏫 Inclusive Classrooms🤝 Co-Teaching🏗️ Universal Design For Learning📊 Educational Equity🗣️ Student Voice
Young, Gifted, and Black
by Theresa Perry • 2003
Forget the white-Black comparison. The real gap is between African American students and excellence.
4.04
322
📏 Achievement Gap📚 Black Education🏫 Culturally Responsive Pedagogy👩‍🏫 Teacher Quality🌱 Asset-Based Pedagogy
Young, Gifted, and Black Summary
Young, Gifted, and Black 92%
Forget the white-Black comparison. The real gap is between African American students and excellence.
by Theresa Perry 2003
4.04
322 ratings
📏 Achievement Gap📚 Black Education🏫 Culturally Responsive Pedagogy👩‍🏫 Teacher Quality🌱 Asset-Based Pedagogy
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