Organization & Management of Education

A brand new edition of the bestselling book that helps students and young people to develop critical leadership skills The Student Leadership Chal...

At a school that sits on the edge of the Sahara, students are learning to speak English from a teacher who stands in front of a Webcam in North Ame...

Scarcely a day goes by without reports of school bullying or recommendations for quick fixes to the problem. Parents and educators are often left t...

This edition offers texts from Bathsua Makin and Mary More, and Robert Whitehall’s response to More’s argument. Makin describes the appropriate edu...

Degrees Without Freedom? re-evaluates debates on education, modernity, and social change in contemporary development studies and anthropology. Educ...

Degrees Without Freedom? re-evaluates debates on education, modernity, and social change in contemporary development studies and anthropology. Educ...

For two years, Rubén Gaztambide-Fernández shared the life of what he calls the “Weston School,” an elite New England boarding school. He sat in on ...

From the day they arrive on campus, college students spend four years—or sometimes more—making decisions that shape every aspect of their academic ...

Two young women, dormitory mates, embark on their education at a big state university. Five years later, one is earning a good salary at a prestigi...

In real life, Mitchell Stevens is a professor in bustling New York. But for a year and a half, he worked in the admissions office of a bucolic New ...

“Sitting down with a young and brilliant mathematician, I asked what he thought were his biggest problems in working toward tenure. Instead of desc...

Since the 1990s, there has been a resurgence of interest in single-sex education across the United States, and many public schools have created all...

Schools across the U.S. look very different today than they did a generation ago. Police officers, drug-sniffing dogs, surveillance cameras, and hi...

  Jumpstart reading success with this big collection of motivating storybooks perfect for sharing with young readers aged 3 to 5. ...

Since the 1990s, there has been a resurgence of interest in single-sex education across the United States, and many public schools have created all...

Richard C. Atkinson's eight-year tenure as president of the University of California (1995-2003) reflected the major issues facing California itsel...

What happens to federal and state policies as they move from legislative chambers to individual districts, schools, and, ultimately, classrooms? Al...

The hookup is now part of college life. Yet the drunken encounter we always hear about tells only a fraction of the story. Lisa Wade offers the def...

This illuminating investigation uncovers the full dimensions of the student loan disaster. A father and son team--one a best-selling sociologist, t...