The recent consensus dominating discussions on school reform tends to take a conservative, market-driven approach to fixing schools. But many educators believe that kind of thinking alienates teachers, teacher unions and, ultimately, the students who have been fighting against racism and inequality in education throughout history. A new book co-edited by Michigan State University...
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Changes in education policy, most notably the  mandates of No Child Left Behind, have often forced teachers to reconcile outside expectations with the specific needs of their students and their own professional knowledge and values. Professor of teacher education Susan Florio-Ruane explores how teachers handle those unique situations in a new book, Standing for...
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