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Books

Rethinking School Reform
Drawing on some of the best writing from the quarterly journal Rethinking Schools, this collection offers a primer on a broad range of pressing issues, including school vouchers and funding, multiculturalism, standards and testing, teacher unions, bilingual education, and federal education policy.

Transforming Teacher Unions
How a new vision of teacher unions can support public education, teacher rights and improved student achievement.

Keeping the Promise? The Debate Over Charter Schools This wide-ranging and thought-provoking collection of essays examines the charter school movement’s founding visions, on-the-ground realities, and untapped potential.

Back issues of Rethinking Schools magazine

Summer, 2010 — Volume 24 #4

This issue of RS magazine featured the editorial

“What’s Up with All the Teacher Bashing?”, plus an excerpt about the educational system in Finland from Linda Darling-Hammond’s latest book.

Spring, 2010 — Volume 24 #3

Looking Past the Spin: Teach for America
Most Teach for America recruits are idealistic and dedicated. But who is behind the organization, and does its approach bolster or hinder urban education reform?

School Reform We Can’t Believe In
While running for president, Barack Obama called No Child Left Behind “one of the emptiest slogans in the history of American politics.” By the time he gets a new version of the law through Congress, his own campaign theme—“change you can believe in”—may be a contender for the same title.