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THE RELEVANCE OF EDUCATION.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, 1971. dj. A collection of essays written between 1964 and 1970 by this psychologist and educator which look at educational reform from the perspective of the needs of young children. Specific attention is given to children coming from impoverished backgrounds, and to the issue that minor curriculum improvements are not adequate. Bibliography, index, 175 pages. ISBN: 0-393-043347.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (prev owner's name.)
Book ID: 20819More details Price: $20.00 -
SCHOOLS WITHOUT FAILURE.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Harper & Row, 1969. dj. Hardcover - Attributes failure in school to faulty education; the main emphasis is on elementary schools, but the principles can be applied at all levels. Still very relevant - in the years since this book was written, school failure has become more widespread. Index. 235 pp.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 27026More details Price: $13.50 -
SCHOOLS WITHOUT FAILURE.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Harper & Row, 1969. dj. Hardcover - Attributes failure in school to faulty education; the main emphasis is on elementary schools, but the principles can be applied at all levels. Still very relevant - in the years since this book was written, school failure has become more widespread. Index. 235 pp.
Condition: Good in good dust jacket (some discoloration to bottom of textblock, short tears to dj)
Book ID: 62410More details Price: $12.50 -
HOW TO SURVIVE IN YOUR NATIVE LAND.
Edition: 3rd printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1971.) dj. Hardcover - Herndon looks at the 'good' mostly white, upper-middle class public schools and discusses the fatal flaws in public education: the system deals with children in groups and in every group there are some winners and some losers. While the educational reform movements of the 60's and 70's have been forgotten by most, the educational level of US children continues to drop (to the point where they had to change the scale on the SATs) and a book like this still contains much that is valuable, even if the hope of reform seems long-dead. 191 pp. ISBN: 0-671-208640.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 46536More details Price: $12.50 -
THE SCHOOL BOOK: For People Who Want to Know What All the Hollering is About.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Delacorte, (1973) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book aimed at the "amateurs" - parents and others who want to know how to make the schools better. More than 40 years later, this is still as relevant as ever - or even more so, xii, Resources, index. 308 pp
Condition: Good in a good dust jacket (some dampstaining to edges of back cover of dj, affecting the book slightly, original price of 7.95 still present - and a sturdy, tight copy)
Book ID: 79159More details Price: $18.50 -
WIDENING CIRCLES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper & Row, (1983) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account by one of the founders of a program designed to create a save place for teenagers who are "chronic underachievers" - runaways, dropouts often recycling in and out of the juvenile prison system. From the cover: "Amid the ashes of the South Bronx, Argus Community is evidence that America has within it the power reclaim the ghettoes of our country". Notes, glossary. xvi, 331 pp. ISBN: 0-060151099.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some penciled underlining, mostly in the introduction, sunning to the spine of the dj)
Book ID: 79254More details Price: $18.50
