Social Reform

Liste de produits
    • Life in the Year After Prison
    • Auteur(s): Bruce Western
    • Narrateur(s): Eric Michael Summerer
    • Durée: 8 h et 45 min
    • Date de publication: 2019-09-30
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • In the era of mass incarceration, over 600,000 people are released from federal or state prison each year, with many returning to chaotic living environments. In these circumstances, how do former prisoners navigate reentering society? Find out more....

    Prix courant: 22,26 $

  • Prix courant: 13,12 $

    • How Teaching Works (and How to Teach It to Everyone)
    • Auteur(s): Elizabeth Green
    • Narrateur(s): Karen Saltus
    • Durée: 10 h et 47 min
    • Date de publication: 2014-07-30
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • Building a Better Teacher introduces a new generation of educators exploring the intricate science underlying their art....

    Prix courant: 33,39 $

    • The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms
    • Auteur(s): Maya Schenwar, Victoria Law, Michelle Alexander - foreword
    • Narrateur(s): Emily Durante
    • Durée: 9 h et 19 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-07-21
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 3 évaluations
    • In Prison by Any Other Name, activist journalists Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law reveal the way the kinder, gentler narrative of reform can obscure agendas of social control and challenge us to question the ways we replicate the status quo when pursuing change....

    Prix courant: 22,26 $

    • How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers
    • Auteur(s): Josh Cowen
    • Narrateur(s): Patrick Lawlor
    • Durée: 6 h et 29 min
    • Date de publication: 2024-09-10
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • A deep-dive investigation of education privatization that reveals voucher programs as the faulty products of decades of work by wealthy patrons and influential conservatives.

    Prix courant: 22,26 $

    • Auteur(s): E.D. Hirsch Jr.
    • Narrateur(s): Anna Fields
    • Durée: 12 h et 41 min
    • Date de publication: 2005-12-15
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • Our school practices have severely curtailed their ability, and desire, to learn....

    Prix courant: 20,13 $

    • How Our Broken Education System Perpetuates Social Injustice
    • Auteur(s): Fredrik deBoer
    • Narrateur(s): Sean Patrick Hopkins
    • Durée: 8 h et 1 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-08-04
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 évaluations
    • Leftist firebrand Fredrik deBoer exposes the lie at the heart of our educational system and demands top-to-bottom reform....

    Prix courant: 20,49 $

    • An Inspiring Guide for Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities
    • Auteur(s): David Flink
    • Narrateur(s): Roger Wayne
    • Durée: 6 h et 38 min
    • Date de publication: 2014-08-26
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 évaluations
    • An innovative, comprehensive guide - the first of its kind - to help parents understand and accept learning disabilities in their children....

    Prix courant: 22,13 $

    • America's Top Learning Expert Shows How Every Child Can Succeed
    • Auteur(s): Mel Levine M.D.
    • Narrateur(s): Mel Levine M.D.
    • Durée: 5 h
    • Date de publication: 2002-12-27
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • Different minds learn differently. That's an issue for many children, because most schools still cling to a one-size-fits-all education philosophy...

    Prix courant: 16,34 $

    • A Captivating Guide to a Period in American History Filled with Political Reforms and Social Activism (U.S. History)
    • Auteur(s): Captivating History
    • Narrateur(s): Colin Fluxman
    • Durée: 3 h et 42 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-12-01
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • The Progressive Era, a time of social, political, and economic reform in the United States, spanned the years 1877 to 1929—the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the Great Depression....

    Prix courant: 15,10 $

    • How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World in Flux
    • Auteur(s): Cathy N. Davidson
    • Narrateur(s): Carolyn Cook
    • Durée: 11 h et 1 min
    • Date de publication: 2017-09-05
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 5 évaluations
    • A leading educational thinker argues that the American university is stuck in the past - and shows how we can revolutionize it to prepare students for our age of constant change....

    Prix courant: 28,27 $

    • Educational Leadership for Justice
    • Auteur(s): Manya C. Whitaker
    • Narrateur(s): Julienne Irons
    • Durée: 8 h et 13 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-02-08
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • Efforts to address inequities within our schools tend to ignore the underlying beliefs that sustain injustices, and focus instead on short-lived policies and practices. This book takes a different approach to eradicating educational disparities....

    Prix courant: 27,83 $

    • Auteur(s): Paul Auster
    • Narrateur(s): Kaleo Griffith
    • Durée: 2 h et 44 min
    • Date de publication: 2023-01-10
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • In this short, searing book, Auster traces centuries of America’s use and abuse of guns, through the colonial prehistory of the Republic, armed conflict against the native population, the forced enslavement of millions, and the mass shootings that dominate the current news cycle....

    Prix courant: 8,71 $

  • Prix courant: 22,26 $

    • America's Top Learning Expert Shows How Kids and Parents Can Become More Productive
    • Auteur(s): Mel Levine M.D.
    • Narrateur(s): Mel Levine M.D.
    • Durée: 4 h et 51 min
    • Date de publication: 2002-12-27
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • How many times have you heard a teacher say that your child has tremendous potential "if only he'd just apply himself"...

    Prix courant: 16,34 $

    • My Life on the Bench...What Works, What's Broken, and How to Change It
    • Auteur(s): LaDoris Hazzard Cordell
    • Narrateur(s): LaDoris Hazzard Cordell
    • Durée: 12 h et 33 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-10-26
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • In Her Honor, Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell provides a rare and thought-provoking insider account of our legal system, sharing vivid stories of the cases that came through her courtroom and revealing the strengths, flaws, and much-needed changes within our courts....

    Prix courant: 27,66 $

    • How to Change the Workplace for Good
    • Auteur(s): Michelle Silverthorn
    • Narrateur(s): Janina Edwards
    • Durée: 5 h et 8 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-01-26
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • Culture change expert and diversity speaker Michelle Silverthorn explains how to transform diversity and inclusion from mere lip service into the very heart of leadership....

    Prix courant: 14,47 $

    • How Grades, Ratings, and Rankings Undermine Learning
    • Auteur(s): Jack Schneider, Ethan L. Hutt
    • Narrateur(s): Rudy Sanda
    • Durée: 7 h et 30 min
    • Date de publication: 2024-07-09
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • Our primary assessment technologies don't actually provide an accurate picture of how students are doing in school. In Off the Mark, Jack Schneider and Ethan Hutt explain how we got into this predicament, why we remain beholden to outmoded forms of assessment, and what we can do to change course.

    Prix courant: 21,92 $

  • Prix courant: 17,53 $

    • Why Democracy Needs the Humanities
    • Auteur(s): Martha C. Nussbaum
    • Narrateur(s): Tamara Marston
    • Durée: 5 h et 20 min
    • Date de publication: 2016-03-04
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 6 évaluations
    • In this short and powerful book, celebrated philosopher Martha Nussbaum makes a passionate case for the importance of the liberal arts at all levels of education....

    Prix courant: 25,00 $