Overview :Proponents of education reform are committed to the idea that all children should receive a quality education, and that all of them have a c... Read More
Overview :One of the leading historians of education in the United States here develops a powerful interpretation of the uses of history in educationa... Read More
Overview :At 1:27 on the morning of August 4, 2005, Herbert Manes fatally stabbed Robert Monroe, known as Shorty, in a dispute over five dollars. It w... Read More
Overview :Do ominous reports of an emerging "underclass" reveal an unprecedented crisis in American society? Or are social commentators simply redisco... Read More
Overview :First published in 1989, The Undeserving Poor was a critically acclaimed and enormously influential account of America's enduring debate abo... Read More
Overview :"There are places where history feels irrelevant, and America's inner cities are among them," acknowledges Michael Katz, in expressing the t... Read More
Overview :With welfare reform a burning political issue, this special anniversary edition of the classic history of welfare in America has been revise... Read More