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This sequel to Sophie Haroutunian-Gordon’s acclaimed Turning the Soul bridges the gap between education theory and classroom experience by taking the new model of education developed in that book and applying it to case studies in the classroom.

In this comprehensive and thought-provoking book, educational theorist and bestselling author E. D. Hirsch, Jr. offers a masterful analysis of how American ideas about education have veered off course, what we must do to right them, and most importantly why.

This groundbreaking reexamination of male development shows masculinity to be more complex and varied than is commonly expected.

This lively book by an innovative education expert offers a critique of contemporary education and a practical proposal for change that could dramatically transform the classroom experience for both students and teachers.

Fierce debates about academic freedom in American higher education have become more frequent in recent years. The authors of this discerning book explore the origins and guiding principles of academic freedom, correct misperceptions about its reach, and pave the way for more fruitful debates based on a common understanding of its purpose.

This book makes a passionate plea to revive the humanities’ lost tradition of preparing young people to address life’s most important question, what living is for. Tony Kronman explores how political correctness and the research ideal have led the humanities astray, and he argues that the study of life’s meaning is an essential component in higher e...

The Bus Kids offers a compelling and detailed examination of the experiences of minority kindergarten students participating in a voluntary school desegregation program. The book places in sharp, human focus the array of challenges, often unrecognized, that confront these small children in their day-to-day school life.

Most people would agree that “good thinking” encompasses good judgment and decision making, yet IQ tests don’t measure these characteristics. This book argues that rational thought can be distinguished from intelligence, that it is crucial to real-world behavior, and that people can learn to improve their “rationality quotient.”

This book is the first to integrate and describe in detail the psychology of science, a richly promising new discipline. The author examines scientific thinking and scientific genius from a psychological perspective, arguing that the psychology of science is a distinct and essential field without which we cannot fully understand human thought.

This book is an invaluable aid for parents and professionals looking for strategies to diminish aggressive behavior in elementary age children. Focusing on youngsters who view any harm done to them as intentional and who therefore retaliate with violence, the author explains how to help these children learn to respond appropriately.

In this elegantly written book, an eminent psychologist traces the history of the field of psychology during the last fifty years—the period of his own career. Jerome Kagan examines seminal events in the field, reveals how his assumptions have changed, and offers penetrating critiques of many popular ideas in contemporary psychology and neurobiology.

An engaging history of the one-room school and how successive generations of Americans have remembered—and just as often misremembered—this iconic institution.

A first-hand account of the history of child care in the United States since 1969, an exploration of America’s failure to create a quality system, and an agenda for getting back on track

This insightful book offers an original view of the complex relations between home and school in the working class immigrant Italian community of New Haven, from 1870 to 1940. Through the lenses of history, sociology, and education, the book provides an account of one generation’s suspicions toward public education and another’s need to assimilate.

In the early 1990s, Classics professor Mary Lefkowitz discovered that one of her faculty colleagues at Wellesley College was teaching his students that Greek culture had been stolen from Africa and that Jews were responsible for the slave trade. This book tells the disturbing story of what happened when she spoke out.

This book offers a vivid account of Wilson’s stormy tenure as president of Princeton University, where acrimony and failure followed initial successes and foreshadowed his terms as U.S. President. Focusing for the first time on this period of Wilson’s life, the book provides insights into his difficult personality, motivations, and ruthless political tactics.

This vivid portrait of Bart Giamatti encompasses his entire eventful life, including the turbulent years while he was teacher then president of Yale University (1966-1986) and his brief but contentious career as the major league baseball executive (1986-1989) who as Commissioner banished Pete Rose from the game.

In his 1902 will, Cecil John Rhodes, founder of the De Beers diamond company, bequeathed the now world-renowned Rhodes scholarship program. This fascinating book traces the entire history of the program from its imperialist origin to its twenty-first-century South African manifestation, endorsed by Nelson Mandela.

In this inspiring book two distinguished educators describe the intellectual, moral, and emotional qualities of successful teachers, along the way encouraging those who teach to understand the components of their noble art.

This engaging and helpful book is both a thoughtful celebration of the learning process and a practical guide to becoming a better student. Written by the acclaimed authors of the Elements of Teaching, it discusses the qualities a student needs to get the most out of education and aspects of the environment—teachers, curriculum, and the transition from school to college—that con...

This book offers a revealing—and troubling—view of today’s high school students and the ways they pursue high grades and success. Veteran teacher Denise Pope follows five highly regarded students through a school year and discovers that these young people believe getting ahead requires manipulating the system, scheming, lying, and cheating. This is a portrait of teenage students ...

With growing numbers of mothers in the workforce, the role of the extended family diminishing, and parents feeling mounting pressure to give their children an educational headstart, industrialized societies are turning increasingly to preschools to educate, nurture, and socialize young children. Drawing on their backgrounds in anthropology, human development, and education, Tobin, Wu, and Davidson...