Book Excerpts / Reviews

Book Excerpts / Reviews


Can College Level the Playing Field? Higher Education in an Unequal Society (Princeton University Press), 2022

Author(s):

Sandy Baum and Michael McPherson

In this excerpt, the authors offer policy recommendations to promote degree completion among students attending broad-access institutions, namely non-selective two- and four-year public colleges. For more about this book, see this NCSPE analysis.

School's Choice: How Charter Schools Control Access and Shape Enrollment (Teachers College Press), 2021

Author(s):

Wagma Mommandi and Kevin Welner

In this excerpt, the authors explain how the concept of school choice in the realm of charter schools applies as much to the administrators of charter schools deciding enrollment as it does to parents and students choosing charter schools. For more about this book, see this NCSPE analysis.

Private and Public Education in America: Examining the Facts (ABC-CLIO), 2021

Author(s):

Casey D. Cobb and Gene V. Glass

In this excerpt, the authors separate fact from fiction about the impact of full-time virtual schooling. For more about this book, see this NCSPE analysis.

Low-fee Private Schooling and Poverty in Developing Countries (Bloomsbury Academic), 2021

Author(s):

Joanna Härmä

In this excerpt, the author describes the Education for All movement and its contribution to the rise of low-fee private schooling in developing countries. For more about this book, see this NCSPE analysis.

The Privatization of Everything: How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back (The New Press), 2021

Author(s):

Donald Cohen and Allen Mikaelian

In this excerpt, the authors describe the impact of privatization on public education. For more about this book, see this NCSPE analysis.

Teaching Machines: The History of Personalized Learning (MIT Press), 2021

Author(s):

Audrey Watters

In this excerpt, the author establishes the foundation of her history of computerized personal learning. For more about this book, see this NCSPE analysis.

Scripting the Moves: Culture and Control in a "No-Excuses" Charter School (Princeton University Press), 2021

Author(s):

Joanne W. Golann

In this excerpt, the author lays the foundation for her analysis of the "no-excuses" charter school movement. For more about this book, see this NCSPE analysis.

Schoolhouse Burning: Public Education and the Assault on American Democracy (PublicAffairs), 2020

Author(s):

Derek W. Black

In this excerpt, the author examines the impact of charter schools and vouchers on public education. For more about this book, see this NCSPE analysis.

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