Ranked #1
Ed Next Book Club: Diane Ravitch’s The Death and Life of the Great American School System
Ed Next Book Club: Diane Ravitch’s The Death and Life of the Great American School System
It is very rare for an education policy book to become a best-seller, much less a national phenomenon. Diane Ravitch’s T... Read more
18 Jan 2012
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30mins
Ranked #2
Ed Next Book Club: Paul Tough on How Children Succeed
Ed Next Book Club: Paul Tough on How Children Succeed
Ever since ancient times, scholars and philosophers have posited that character—and not just smarts—is what makes people... Read more
5 Sep 2012
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Ranked #3
Ed Next Book Club: Laurence Steinberg on Age of Opportunity
Ed Next Book Club: Laurence Steinberg on Age of Opportunity
Laurence Steinberg is a developmental psychologist at Temple University who has spent the past four decades studying ado... Read more
26 Sep 2014
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Ranked #4
Ed Next Book Club: Amanda Ripley on The Smartest Kids in the World
Ed Next Book Club: Amanda Ripley on The Smartest Kids in the World
We all know that there are other countries that are beating our pants academically. But why is that so? And what can we ... Read more
9 Dec 2013
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35mins
Ranked #5
Ed Next Book Club: Michelle Rhee on Radical
Ed Next Book Club: Michelle Rhee on Radical
Michelle Rhee is, without a doubt, America’s best known education reformer. Her new autobiography, Radical: Fighting to ... Read more
30 Apr 2013
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32mins
Ranked #6
Ed Next Book Club: Tony Wagner on Creating Innovators
Ed Next Book Club: Tony Wagner on Creating Innovators
In this edition of the Ed Next Book Club, Mike Petrilli sits down with Tony Wagner to discuss his new book, Creating Inn... Read more
13 Mar 2013
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30mins
Ranked #7
Ed Next Book Club: David Cohen on Teaching and its Predicaments
Ed Next Book Club: David Cohen on Teaching and its Predicaments
For at least twenty-five years now, reformers in the United States and other developed countries have attempted a variet... Read more
20 Nov 2012
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28mins
Ranked #8
Ed Next Book Club: Nate Levenson on Smarter Budgets, Smarter Schools
Ed Next Book Club: Nate Levenson on Smarter Budgets, Smarter Schools
It’s not exactly news that America’s school systems are facing their greatest fiscal challenges since the Great Depressi... Read more
19 Oct 2012
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30mins
Ranked #9
Ed Next Book Club: Richard Colvin’s Tilting at Windmills
Ed Next Book Club: Richard Colvin’s Tilting at Windmills
In 1998, Alan Bersin became one of the nation’s best known non-traditional superintendents, as this former U.S. District... Read more
30 Jul 2013
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Ranked #10
Ed Next Book Club: Dana Goldstein on The Teacher Wars
Ed Next Book Club: Dana Goldstein on The Teacher Wars
Not many education books debut as a New York Times bestseller, but The Teacher Wars, by Dana Goldstein, is not just any ... Read more
10 Dec 2014
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