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Tinkering toward Utopia
For over a century, Americans have translated their cultural anxieties and hopes into dramatic demands for educational reform. Although policy talk has sounded a millennial tone, …
Hugging the Middle
Larry Cuban's ""How Teachers Taught"" has been widely acclaimed as a pathbreaking text on the history and evolution of classroom teaching. Now Cuban brings his great experience as …
Between Public and Private
Examines an innovative approach to school district management that has been adopted by a number of urban districts in recent years: a portfolio management model, in which ""a …
Inside the Black Box of Classroom Practice
A book that explores the problematic connection between education policy and practice while pointing in the direction of a more fruitful relationship, Inside the Black Box of …
The Enduring Classroom
A groundbreaking analysis of how teachers actually teach and have taught in the past. The quality and effectiveness of teaching are a constant subject of discussion within the …
Oversold and Underused
Impelled by a demand for increasing American strength in the new global economy, many educators, public officials, business leaders, and parents argue that school computers and …
From the Ivory Tower to the Schoolhouse
Why do so many promising ideas generated by education research fail to penetrate the world of classroom practise?In From the Ivory Tower to the Schoolhouse, education historian …
Frogs into Princes
Here is the essential collection of Larry Cuban's writings on urban school reform spanning his 45-year career. These carefully selected studies and articles examine instructional, …
Technology, Curriculum, and Professional Development
Edited by John Woodward, a nationally acclaimed special educational technologies researcher, and Larry Cuban, a premier technology educator in the United States, this book provides …
Why is it So Hard to Get Good Schools?
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 …
Teaching History Then and Now
In Teaching History Then and Now, Larry Cuban explores the teaching of history in American high schools during the past half-century. Drawing on his early career experience as a …
Against the Odds
Against the Odds offers an in-depth look at the Mapleton, Colorado, school district’s transformation of two traditional high schools into seven small schools, each enrolling fewer …