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🏙️ Urban Schools

Unflinching looks at education in city settings, where underfunded classrooms, dedicated teachers, and resilient students navigate systemic challenges that mirror broader inequalities.
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too
by Christopher Emdin • 2016
For teachers in the hood: how the black church and hip-hop can turn your classroom around.
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5k+
🏙️ Urban Education📚 Culturally Responsive Teaching🎤 Hip-Hop Pedagogy
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too Summary
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too 91%
For teachers in the hood: how the black church and hip-hop can turn your classroom around.
by Christopher Emdin 2016
4.06
5k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Education📚 Culturally Responsive Teaching🎤 Hip-Hop Pedagogy
None of the Above
by Shani Robinson • 2019
An Atlanta teacher indicted for cheating tells what the trial never let her say.
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190
🏫 Public Education📝 High-Stakes Testing⛓️ School-To-Prison Pipeline
None of the Above Summary
None of the Above 90%
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
Ain't No Makin' It
by Jay MacLeod • 2008
One group believed hard work would save them; the other didn't. Class position decided their fates.
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🏙️ Urban Poverty📝 Ethnographic Sociology⚖️ Class Inequality
Ain't No Makin' It Summary
Ain't No Makin' It 90%
One group believed hard work would save them; the other didn't. Class position decided their fates.
by Jay MacLeod 2008
4.07
1k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Poverty📝 Ethnographic Sociology⚖️ Class Inequality
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.
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15
🏛️ Education Policy🏫 Educational Leadership✊ Anti-Racist Education
Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy Summary
Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy 89%
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
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
I Got Schooled Summary
I Got Schooled 89%
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
The Secret Teacher
by Anonymous • 2018
Reading aloud was his rebellion. An anonymous teacher tells the truth about the classroom.
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1k+
🇬🇧 Uk Education System🍎 Classroom Memoir😮‍💨 Teacher Burnout
The Secret Teacher Summary
The Secret Teacher 89%
Reading aloud was his rebellion. An anonymous teacher tells the truth about the classroom.
by Anonymous 2018
3.72
1k+ ratings
🇬🇧 Uk Education System🍎 Classroom Memoir😮‍💨 Teacher Burnout
Triumph of the City
by Edward L. Glaeser • 2011
Poverty flocks to cities because cities are the escape route. The economic case for density.
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🏙️ Urban Economics🏗️ City Planning🏘️ Urban Density
Triumph of the City Summary
Triumph of the City 89%
Poverty flocks to cities because cities are the escape route. The economic case for density.
by Edward L. Glaeser 2011
3.91
6k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Economics🏗️ City Planning🏘️ Urban Density
Sidewalk
by Mitchell Duneier • 1999
Some of the most disorderly figures on the sidewalk are also the ones preventing real crime.
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🛝 Urban Ethnography💰 Informal Economies🚨 Broken Windows Debate
Sidewalk Summary
Sidewalk 89%
Some of the most disorderly figures on the sidewalk are also the ones preventing real crime.
by Mitchell Duneier 1999
4.15
2k+ ratings
🛝 Urban Ethnography💰 Informal Economies🚨 Broken Windows Debate
The Freedom Writers Diary
by Erin Gruwell • 1999
When a rookie teacher gave 150 Long Beach teenagers blank diaries, their stories broke the silence.
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📔 Diary Format🏫 Inner City Education💛 Found Family
The Freedom Writers Diary Summary
The Freedom Writers Diary 89%
When a rookie teacher gave 150 Long Beach teenagers blank diaries, their stories broke the silence.
by Erin Gruwell 1999
4.15
19k+ ratings
📔 Diary Format🏫 Inner City Education💛 Found Family
In Search of Deeper Learning
by Jal Mehta • 2019
The richest learning in high school happens after the bell, in theater, debate, and journalism.
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🔄 Education Reform🏫 High School Education🌱 Progressive Education
In Search of Deeper Learning Summary
In Search of Deeper Learning 89%
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
Educational Courage
by Mara Sapon-Shevin • 2012
Public schools gutted by testing and privatization: a refusal playbook for teachers and parents.
3.84
19
📚 Public Education📝 Standardized Testing✊ Teacher Resistance
Educational Courage Summary
Educational Courage 89%
Public schools gutted by testing and privatization: a refusal playbook for teachers and parents.
by Mara Sapon-Shevin 2012
3.84
19 ratings
📚 Public Education📝 Standardized Testing✊ Teacher Resistance
Slaying Goliath
by Diane Ravitch • 2020
Billionaires spent billions to privatize public schools. Teachers and parents fought back and won.
3.81
425
🏫 Public Education💼 School Privatization📝 High-Stakes Testing
Slaying Goliath Summary
Slaying Goliath 89%
Billionaires spent billions to privatize public schools. Teachers and parents fought back and won.
by Diane Ravitch 2020
3.81
425 ratings
🏫 Public Education💼 School Privatization📝 High-Stakes Testing
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.
4.05
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📋 Education Policy🏫 Public Education📝 Standardized Testing
The Death and Life of the Great American School System Summary
The Death and Life of the Great American School System 89%
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
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
Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools Summary
Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools 89%
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
I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had
by Tony Danza • 2012
A sitcom star teaches 10th-grade English in Philadelphia. The punchlines stop on day one.
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4k+
🏫 Public Education👨‍🏫 First Year Teacher🔬 Immersion Memoir
I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had Summary
I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had 89%
A sitcom star teaches 10th-grade English in Philadelphia. The punchlines stop on day one.
by Tony Danza 2012
3.86
4k+ ratings
🏫 Public Education👨‍🏫 First Year Teacher🔬 Immersion Memoir
Smart Cities
by Anthony M. Townsend • 2013
Corporations are selling smart cities. A movement of civic hackers has a better blueprint.
3.61
817
🏙️ Urban Technology🔌 Digital Infrastructure🗳️ Civic Technology
Smart Cities Summary
Smart Cities 89%
Corporations are selling smart cities. A movement of civic hackers has a better blueprint.
by Anthony M. Townsend 2013
3.61
817 ratings
🏙️ Urban Technology🔌 Digital Infrastructure🗳️ Civic Technology
Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind
by Eric Jensen • 2013
The classroom moves that overcome poverty's grip on learning, even when motivation is scarce.
4.09
858
💸 Poverty And Education🎒 Student Engagement🏃 Active Learning
Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind Summary
Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind 89%
The classroom moves that overcome poverty's grip on learning, even when motivation is scarce.
by Eric Jensen 2013
4.09
858 ratings
💸 Poverty And Education🎒 Student Engagement🏃 Active Learning
Streetfight
by Janette Sadik-Khan • 2016
Paint, data, and political nerve: beating the car-first status quo.
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🛣️ Street Design🎨 Tactical Urbanism🌳 Public Space
Streetfight Summary
Streetfight 89%
Paint, data, and political nerve: beating the car-first status quo.
by Janette Sadik-Khan 2016
4.26
2k+ ratings
🛣️ Street Design🎨 Tactical Urbanism🌳 Public Space
Troublemakers
by Carla Shalaby • 2017
Disruptive kids aren't broken; the classroom is. Four case studies that rewire how you see behavior.
4.23
3k+
🚸 School Discipline✊ Racial Bias In Schools🐑 Conformity In Schools
Troublemakers Summary
Troublemakers 89%
Disruptive kids aren't broken; the classroom is. Four case studies that rewire how you see behavior.
by Carla Shalaby 2017
4.23
3k+ ratings
🚸 School Discipline✊ Racial Bias In Schools🐑 Conformity In Schools
The Just City
by Susan S. Fainstein • 2010
Stop asking if a city is growing. Start asking who it's growing for.
3.75
174
🏙️ Urban Policy📐 Planning Theory⚖️ Distributive Justice
The Just City Summary
The Just City 89%
Stop asking if a city is growing. Start asking who it's growing for.
by Susan S. Fainstein 2010
3.75
174 ratings
🏙️ Urban Policy📐 Planning Theory⚖️ Distributive Justice
Shaping School Culture
by Terrence E. Deal • 2016
School culture is shaped by rituals, stories, and hidden rules. Learn to read and rewrite them.
3.83
138
🏫 School Culture🏢 Organizational Culture👩‍🏫 School Leadership
Shaping School Culture Summary
Shaping School Culture 89%
School culture is shaped by rituals, stories, and hidden rules. Learn to read and rewrite them.
by Terrence E. Deal 2016
3.83
138 ratings
🏫 School Culture🏢 Organizational Culture👩‍🏫 School Leadership
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
Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Hardback Edition Summary
Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Hardback Edition 89%
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
Fist Stick Knife Gun
by Geoffrey Canada • 1995
Respect was won with fists on Union Avenue. Then guns came and rewrote the rules for everyone.
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3k+
🏙️ Urban Violence🧱 Street Culture🌱 Youth Mentorship
Fist Stick Knife Gun Summary
Fist Stick Knife Gun 88%
Respect was won with fists on Union Avenue. Then guns came and rewrote the rules for everyone.
by Geoffrey Canada 1995
4.03
3k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Violence🧱 Street Culture🌱 Youth Mentorship
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
Your Students, My Students, Our Students Summary
Your Students, My Students, Our Students 88%
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
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
Young, Gifted, and Black Summary
Young, Gifted, and Black 88%
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
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
Beyond Test Scores Summary
Beyond Test Scores 88%
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
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
The Teachers Summary
The Teachers 88%
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
Culturize
by Jimmy Casas • 2017
The janitor shapes school culture as much as the principal. This is the playbook for both.
3.84
2k+
🏫 School Culture🛡️ Student Advocacy🤝 Student Relationships
Culturize Summary
Culturize 88%
The janitor shapes school culture as much as the principal. This is the playbook for both.
by Jimmy Casas 2017
3.84
2k+ ratings
🏫 School Culture🛡️ Student Advocacy🤝 Student Relationships
Invisible Child
by Andrea Elliott • 2021
Born homeless in Brooklyn, Dasani gets one shot: a boarding school that accepts one in ten.
4.70
20k+
🏙️ Urban Poverty🛡️ Child Welfare🔁 Intergenerational Poverty
Invisible Child Summary
Invisible Child 88%
Born homeless in Brooklyn, Dasani gets one shot: a boarding school that accepts one in ten.
by Andrea Elliott 2021
4.70
20k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Poverty🛡️ Child Welfare🔁 Intergenerational Poverty
Tactical Urbanism
by Mike Lydon • 2014
How to hack your city with paint, planters, and pop-up parks, and prove change is possible now.
3.99
315
🛠️ Diy Urbanism🎨 Creative Placemaking🏗️ Pop-Up Urbanism
Tactical Urbanism Summary
Tactical Urbanism 88%
How to hack your city with paint, planters, and pop-up parks, and prove change is possible now.
by Mike Lydon 2014
3.99
315 ratings
🛠️ Diy Urbanism🎨 Creative Placemaking🏗️ Pop-Up Urbanism
The Boy Who Could Change the World
by Aaron Swartz • 2015
Schools were built to kill your curiosity. A radical vision for learning differently.
4.21
477
🏠 Unschooling🏛️ Deschooling🕵️ Hidden Curriculum
The Boy Who Could Change the World Summary
The Boy Who Could Change the World 88%
Schools were built to kill your curiosity. A radical vision for learning differently.
by Aaron Swartz 2015
4.21
477 ratings
🏠 Unschooling🏛️ Deschooling🕵️ Hidden Curriculum
Against the smart city
by Adam Greenfield • 2013
Smart cities sell efficiency but deliver surveillance. The real operating system is people.
3.96
132
🏙️ Smart Cities📐 Urban Planning🔬 Technological Critique
Against the smart city Summary
Against the smart city 88%
Smart cities sell efficiency but deliver surveillance. The real operating system is people.
by Adam Greenfield 2013
3.96
132 ratings
🏙️ Smart Cities📐 Urban Planning🔬 Technological Critique
Capital City
by Samuel Stein • 2019
Gentrification is not a market outcome. It is policy, written by the real estate industry.
3.92
2k+
🏙️ Urban Political Economy🏗️ Gentrification Studies🚚 Urban Displacement
Capital City Summary
Capital City 88%
Gentrification is not a market outcome. It is policy, written by the real estate industry.
by Samuel Stein 2019
3.92
2k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Political Economy🏗️ Gentrification Studies🚚 Urban Displacement
Street Data
by Shane Safir • 2021
Real equity starts with listening to the students who show up as gaps in your data.
4.21
876
⚖️ Educational Equity🗣️ Student Voice🌍 Culturally Responsive Teaching
Street Data Summary
Street Data 88%
Real equity starts with listening to the students who show up as gaps in your data.
by Shane Safir 2021
4.21
876 ratings
⚖️ Educational Equity🗣️ Student Voice🌍 Culturally Responsive Teaching
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
Finnish Lessons Summary
Finnish Lessons 88%
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
School Culture Rewired
by Steve Gruenert • 2015
School's unwritten rules outweigh written policy. Here is how to measure and reshape them.
3.82
451
🏫 School Culture👨‍🏫 Educational Leadership🏢 Organizational Culture
School Culture Rewired Summary
School Culture Rewired 88%
School's unwritten rules outweigh written policy. Here is how to measure and reshape them.
by Steve Gruenert 2015
3.82
451 ratings
🏫 School Culture👨‍🏫 Educational Leadership🏢 Organizational Culture
Transforming School Culture
by Anthony Muhammad • 2009
Your school's real problem isn't the curriculum. It's a clash between four belief systems.
4.08
673
🏫 School Culture👩‍🏫 School Leadership🔄 Transformational Leadership
Transforming School Culture Summary
Transforming School Culture 88%
Your school's real problem isn't the curriculum. It's a clash between four belief systems.
by Anthony Muhammad 2009
4.08
673 ratings
🏫 School Culture👩‍🏫 School Leadership🔄 Transformational Leadership
On Power
by Robert A. Caro • 2017
How one man built a financial empire inside the government and became untouchable.
3.95
1k+
🏙️ Urban Planning🏛️ Political Power🗳️ Machine Politics
On Power Summary
On Power 88%
How one man built a financial empire inside the government and became untouchable.
by Robert A. Caro 2017
3.95
1k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Planning🏛️ Political Power🗳️ Machine Politics
Entre les murs
by François Bégaudeau • 2007
He teaches French in a Parisian middle school where every lesson turns into a negotiation.
3.06
1k+
🍎 Teacher Narrative📋 Social Realism📸 Slice Of Life
Entre les murs Summary
Entre les murs 88%
He teaches French in a Parisian middle school where every lesson turns into a negotiation.
by François Bégaudeau 2007
3.06
1k+ ratings
🍎 Teacher Narrative📋 Social Realism📸 Slice Of Life
Teach Like a Champion 2.0
by Doug Lemov • 2014
Great teaching isn't instinct: it's sixty-two trainable moves, and here they are.
4.15
2k+
🏫 Classroom Management📋 Lesson Planning🙋 Student Engagement
Teach Like a Champion 2.0 Summary
Teach Like a Champion 2.0 88%
Great teaching isn't instinct: it's sixty-two trainable moves, and here they are.
by Doug Lemov 2014
4.15
2k+ ratings
🏫 Classroom Management📋 Lesson Planning🙋 Student Engagement
The Option of Urbanism
by Christopher B. Leinberger • 2007
America's car suburbs were built by policy, not consumer choice. The market now wants the opposite.
3.89
185
🏙️ Urban Planning🏘️ Sprawl🏗️ New Urbanism
The Option of Urbanism Summary
The Option of Urbanism 88%
America's car suburbs were built by policy, not consumer choice. The market now wants the opposite.
by Christopher B. Leinberger 2007
3.89
185 ratings
🏙️ Urban Planning🏘️ Sprawl🏗️ New Urbanism
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
Weapons of Mass Instruction Summary
Weapons of Mass Instruction 88%
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
Gang Leader for a Day
by Sudhir Venkatesh • 2008
A sociologist ran a Chicago gang for a day. The books were cleaner than he expected.
4.07
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🏙️ Urban Poverty📝 Ethnographic Fieldwork💰 Underground Economy
Gang Leader for a Day Summary
Gang Leader for a Day 88%
A sociologist ran a Chicago gang for a day. The books were cleaner than he expected.
by Sudhir Venkatesh 2008
4.07
26k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Poverty📝 Ethnographic Fieldwork💰 Underground Economy
Urban Acupuncture
by Jaime Lerner • 2003
Fast, precise interventions where a city hurts trigger chain reactions no master plan ever could.
3.66
490
🏙️ Urban Design⚡ Tactical Urbanism🌳 Public Space
Urban Acupuncture Summary
Urban Acupuncture 88%
Fast, precise interventions where a city hurts trigger chain reactions no master plan ever could.
by Jaime Lerner 2003
3.66
490 ratings
🏙️ Urban Design⚡ Tactical Urbanism🌳 Public Space
No Shame in My Game
by Katherine S. Newman • 1999
The job everyone ridicules might be the best shot at dignity for America's working poor.
3.75
466
🧐 Urban Ethnography🧑‍🏭 Working Poor🍔 Low-Wage Labor
No Shame in My Game Summary
No Shame in My Game 88%
The job everyone ridicules might be the best shot at dignity for America's working poor.
by Katherine S. Newman 1999
3.75
466 ratings
🧐 Urban Ethnography🧑‍🏭 Working Poor🍔 Low-Wage Labor
The Other Wes Moore
by Wes Moore • 2010
Two boys named Wes Moore, same city. One became a Rhodes Scholar; the other got life.
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60k+
👥 Parallel Lives🏙️ Urban Poverty🌱 Coming Of Age
The Other Wes Moore Summary
The Other Wes Moore 88%
Two boys named Wes Moore, same city. One became a Rhodes Scholar; the other got life.
by Wes Moore 2010
3.87
60k+ ratings
👥 Parallel Lives🏙️ Urban Poverty🌱 Coming Of Age
Palaces for the People
by Eric Klinenberg • 2018
Stronger than seawalls: the shared spaces that hold communities together when everything breaks.
3.97
5k+
🏙️ Public Space🧱 Placemaking🤝 Social Capital
Palaces for the People Summary
Palaces for the People 88%
Stronger than seawalls: the shared spaces that hold communities together when everything breaks.
by Eric Klinenberg 2018
3.97
5k+ ratings
🏙️ Public Space🧱 Placemaking🤝 Social Capital
Curbing Traffic
by Melissa Bruntlett • 2021
Dutch cities prove removing cars heals loneliness, restores childhood, and makes everyone richer.
4.38
633
🏛️ Urban Policy🏗️ Urban Design🚗 Car Dependency
Curbing Traffic Summary
Curbing Traffic 88%
Dutch cities prove removing cars heals loneliness, restores childhood, and makes everyone richer.
by Melissa Bruntlett 2021
4.38
633 ratings
🏛️ Urban Policy🏗️ Urban Design🚗 Car Dependency
The Students are Watching
by Theodore R. Sizer • 1999
The way a school runs teaches morality more powerfully than any lesson. Kids notice everything.
3.53
277
🧱 Educational Philosophy🧭 Moral Development⚖️ Character Education
The Students are Watching Summary
The Students are Watching 88%
The way a school runs teaches morality more powerfully than any lesson. Kids notice everything.
by Theodore R. Sizer 1999
3.53
277 ratings
🧱 Educational Philosophy🧭 Moral Development⚖️ Character Education
Why School? Reclaiming Education for All of Us
by Mike Rose • 2009
Carpenters think as hard as professors. School built on that truth would look nothing like today's.
3.66
467
🏫 Education Reform📝 Standardized Testing🏛️ Public Education
Why School? Reclaiming Education for All of Us Summary
Why School? Reclaiming Education for All of Us 88%
Carpenters think as hard as professors. School built on that truth would look nothing like today's.
by Mike Rose 2009
3.66
467 ratings
🏫 Education Reform📝 Standardized Testing🏛️ Public Education
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