books by Larry Cuban     books:     Larry Cuban      Oversold and Underused: Computers in the Classroom Larry Cuban Harvard University Press, 2003 Every school should read Oversold and underused is a great read (informative and precise) for any school personel who are interested in learning more about what is happening or may happen with your technology money. Larry Cuban has provided great research that backs up his statements of how ...             The Blackboard and the Bottom Line: Why Schools Can't Be Businesses Larry Cuban Harvard University Press, 2007 A must--timely, lively! Larry Cuban is always timely, but amidst today's hype this is a well-informed, careful and much needed antidote to a lot of what gets said about schooling. It speaks to a wide audience--I hope teachers and school folks read it, and parents, and also the people who ...             Frogs into Princes: Writings on School Reform (Multicultural Education (Paper)) (Multicultural Education ... Larry Cuban Teachers College Press, 2008 ''If heeded, Cuban's clarion call for school reform that is rooted in history, wisdom of practice, empirical data, and common sense will help our nation move closer to the ideals of justice and equality that it loudly proclaims around the world.'' --James A. Banks, University of Washington, Seattle Here is the essential collection of Larry ...             The Managerial Imperative and the Practice of Leadership in Schools (Suny Series in Educational Leadership) Larry Cuban State University of New York Press, 1988             Tinkering toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reform David Tyack, Larry Cuban Harvard University Press, 1997 Best Brief Intro to Educational Reform in the US Tinkering Toward Utopia is simply the best brief introduction to the history of educational reform in the US available. Anyone with a genuine interest in historical explanations of why grand schemes of school reform fail and why "crisis" is the way the US has tended ...             How Teachers Taught: Constancy and Change in American Classrooms 1890-1990 (Research on Teaching) Larry Cuban Teachers College Press, 1993 A painstaking masterpiece Of all that is apparently amiss with the public system of education in the United States today, one of the most popular charges rendered by critics and laypeople alike is the perennial resistance of schools to systemic change. Over the last century, public schools in ...             Teachers and Machines: The Classroom Use of Technology Since 1920 Larry Cuban Teachers College Press, 1986 Excellent history of technology in 20th century eduction Excellent history of technology in 20th century eduction (until 1984). Radio, TV, film...all with promises, trajectories, and pitfalls similar(though not the same) to computers and the Internet. Cuban's description and analysis of the reactions of teachers, schools, ...             How Can I Fix It?: Finding Solutions and Managing Dilemmas : An Educator's Road Map Larry Cuban Teachers College Press, 2001 With this highly accessible and unique little guide, Larry Cuban offers educators indispensable tools to make sense of the daily complexities they encounter in their work. Teachers face dozens of classroom situations where conflicts occur. Similarly, principals wrestle with school issues that call for changes in attitudes, behaviors, and ...             Hugging the Middle -- How Teachers Teach in an Era of Testing and Accountability Larry Cuban Teachers College Press, 2008 ''I know of nobody who does the 'long view' of educational reform better than Larry Cuban, and this text exemplifies this more than ever. For those genuinely interested in sustainable rather than superficial reform, this is required reading.'' -- Ciaran Sugrue, University of Cambridge, UK Larry Cuban's How Teachers Taught has been widely ...             Partners in Literacy (0) (0) (0) Sondra Cuban, Larry Cuban Teachers College Press, 2007 ''In this timely tale of two institutions, Sondra Cuban and Larry Cuban compare schools and libraries and explain why their development diverged even though they shared a common mission: promoting literacy. Readers will find a wealth of insights into how schools and libraries today can work together to serve local communities.'' -- David Tyack, ...             Cutting Through the Hype: A Taxpayer's Guide to School Reforms Jane L. David, Larry Cuban Education Week Press, 2006 Straight talk on over-hyped remedies Cutting Through The Hype is a much-needed book of practical value to a wide audience -- concerned citizens, journalists, public policy analysts, school administrators, teachers, and students. David and Cuban have written 20 brief, trenchent chapters, each one devoted ...             Reconstructing the Common Good in Education: Coping with Intractable American Dilemmas Stanford University Press, 2000 For almost two centuries, Americans expected that their public schools would cultivate the personal, moral, and social development of individual students, create citizens, and bind diverse groups into one nation. Since the 1980s, however, a new generation of school reformers has been intent on using schools to solve the nation?s economic problems. ...             This Teaching Life: How I Taught Myself To Teach Selma Wassermann Teachers College Press, 2004 Un-Putdownable! I am currently studying to become an elementary school teacher, and I devoured this book! It is honest and inspiring, as well as intelligently and humourously written! Selma's love for children and for learning really shows through. I was inspired to learn that school ...             Powerful Reforms With Shallow Roots: Improving America's Urban Schools Teachers College Press, 2003 This authoritative and eye-opening volume examines governance changes in six cities during the 1990s, where either mayoral control of schools has occurred or where noneducators have been appointed to lead school districts. Featuring up-close, in-depth case studies of Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago, Boston, San Diego, and Seattle, this book ...             Why Is It So Hard to Get Good Schools? Larry Cuban Teachers College Press, 2003 After almost five decades of working in and around public schools, Larry Cuban invites us to think along with him about why it is so hard to get good schools. He offers these reflections because his contact with tens of thousands of public school participants - teachers, policymakers, researchers, parents, and students - has convinced him that "I ...          products you might be interested in search for books accountability, educational, imperative, intractable, multicultural, reconstructing      toavi.com    web we recommend A painstaking masterpiece randomly chosen book: Rise up with a Listening Heart: Reflecting and Meditating with the Monks ...