Education Review-a journal of book reviews


	
 
		
   

  Education Review


Volume 14 2007


	
Darling-Hammond, L., & Baratz-Snowden, J. (Eds.). (2005). A Good Teacher in Every Classroom: Preparing the Highly Qualified Teachers our Children Deserve. 
Reviewed by Hailing Wu, 
Michigan Sate University





	
 McLaren, Peter. (2007). Life in Schools: An Introduction to Critical Pedagogy in the Foundations of Education. (5th Ed). 
Reviewed by Samuel Day Fassbinder, 
California State University, Los Angeles




	
Gee, James Paul. (2004). What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy. 
Reviewed by Patrick Lowenthal, 
Lee Christopher, Susan Connors, & Lisa O’Reilly




	
Marzano, Robert J.; McNulty, Brian A. & Waters, Timothy. (2005) School Leadership that Works: From Research to Results. 
Reviewed by Reviewed by Jorma L. Young, 
University of South Florida




	
McCourt, Frank. (2005). Teacher Man: A Memoir. 
Reviewed by Jeffrey J. Rozelle, 
Michigan State University




	 Nichols, Sharon L. & Berliner, David C. (2007). Collateral Damage: How High-Stakes Testing Corrupts America's Schools. 
Reviewed by Susan Ohanian





	 Hess, Frederick M., & Petrilli, Michael J. (2006). No Child Left Behind. 
Reviewed by Kenneth J. Bernstein




	
Robinson, S. N. (2004). History of Immigrant Female Students in Chicago Public 
Schools, 1900-1950. Reviewed by Karen Monkman, DePaul University





	
Carlson, Jerry S. & Levin, Joel R. (Eds.) (2007). Educating the evolved mind: 
Conceptual foundations for an evolutionary educational psychology. Reviewed by Keith S. Taber
University of Cambridge, U.K




	
Miller, John P. (2007). The holistic curriculum (2nd Ed.).
Reviewed by Barbara Slater Stern, 
James Madison University




	
Meltzer, Lynn. (Ed.) (2007) Executive Function in Education: From Theory to Practice. 
Reviewed by John Geake, 
Oxford Brookes University, UK




	
Kuhn, Deanna (2005). Education for Thinking.  
Reviewed by Eric Jabal, OISE




	
Robinson, Sharon P. and Brown, M. Christopher II (Eds). (2007). The Children Hurricane Katrina 
Left Behind: Schooling Context, Professional Preparation, and Community Politics. 
Reviewed by Victoria Rankin Marks




	
Simao, Livia Mathias and Valsiner, Jaan. (Eds.) (2007). Otherness in Question: Labyrinths of the Self. 
Reviewed by Seamus Mulryan  
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign




	
Baker, Joan M. (2006). Achievement Testing in U.S. Elementary and Secondary Schools. 
Reviewed by Arie J. van der Ploeg




	
Gilbert, John. (Ed.) (2004). The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in Science Education. 
Reviewed by Natalie Zayas-Robinson




	
Simmons, John. (Ed.) (2006) Breaking Through: Transforming Urban School Districts. (Foreword by Deborah Meier) 
Reviewed by Anthony H. Normore




	
Osler, Audrey & Starkey, Hugh (2005). Changing citizenship: Democracy and inclusion in education. 
Reviewed by Michael Ernest Sweet, 
Concordia University




	
Glickman, Carl D. (Ed.). (2007) Letters to the Next President: What We Can Do About the 
Real Crisis in Public Education. 
Reviewed by Kenneth J. Bernstein




	
Epstein, Kitty Kelly. (2006). A Different View of Urban Schools: Civil Rights, Critical Race Theory, 
and Unexplored Realities. 
Reviewed by Ishwanzya Rivers, 
University of Illinois




	
Irwin, Cait with Evans, Dwight & Andrews, Linda. (2007). Monochrome Days: A firsthand account 
of one teenager's experience with depression. 
Reviewed by Robbie J. Steward, 
Michigan State University 




	
Conchas, Gilberto Q. (2006). The Color of Success: Race and High-achieving Urban Youth. 
Reviewed by Garth Cooper




	
 Maguire, Meg; Wooldridge, Tim; & Pratt-Adams, Simon. (2006). The Urban Primary School. 
Reviewed by Joseph Mintz, 
London South Bank University




	
Henderson, Harold. (2006). Let's Kill Dick & Jane: How the Open Court Publishing Company Fought the Culture of American Education. 
Reviewed by Sarah Katherine Abrams, 
University of Virginia 




	
Mertha, Andrew. (2006). The Politics of Piracy: Intellectual Property in Contemporary China. 
Reviewed by Dexin Tian, 
Bowling Green State University




	
Jung, Hyang Jin. (2007). Learning to Be an Individual: Emotion and Person in an American Junior High School. 
Reviewed by Judith Preissle,
University of Georgia 




	
Kahlenberg, Richard D. (2007). Tough Liberal: Albert Shanker and the Battles over Schools, Unions, Race, and Democracy. 
Reviewed by Kenneth J. Bernstein 




	
Zuckerman, Laurel. (2007). Sorbonne Confidential . 
Reviewed by Terence A. Beck, 
University of Puget Sound






	 DeFillipi, Robert D.; Arthur, Michael B.; and Lindsay, Valerie J. (2006). Knowledge at Work: Creative Collaboration in the Global Economy. 
Reviewed by Dan Jacoby, 
University of Washington, Bothell




	
Tierney, William G. & Colyar, Julia E. (Eds.) (2006). Urban High School Students and the Challenge of Access: Many Routes, Difficult Paths. 
Reviewed by Casey E. George-Jackson, 
University of Illinois 




	
Newman, Michael. (2006). Teaching Defiance: Stories and Strategies for Activist Educators. 
Reviewed by Michael Bertner, 
Ohio University 




	
 Jetton, Tamara L. & Dole, Janice A. (Eds.). (2004). Adolescent Literacy Research and Practice. 
Reviewed by Patricia A. Gross, 
University of Scranton




	
Haggblom, Charlotta. (2006). Young EFL-pupils reading multicultural children's fiction: An ethnographic case study in a Swedish language primary school in Finland. 
Reviewed by Liv Thorstensson, 
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 




	
 Robertson, Judith P. & McConaghy, Cathryn. (Eds) (2006). Provocations: Sylvia Ashton-Warner and Excitability in Education. 
Reviewed by Joy Jarvis and Kit Thomas, 
University of Hertfordshire, UK




	
Pass, Susan (2004). Parallel Paths to Constructivism; Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky. 
Reviewed by Kathleen S. Cooter, University of Memphis




	
Casey, Karen McKnight; Davidson, Georgia; Billig, Shelley H., & Springer, Nicole C. (Eds.). (2006). Advancing Knowledge in Service-Learning: Research to Transform the Field. 
Reviewed by Beronda L. Montgomery, 
Michigan State University




	
Creswell, John W. & Plano-Clark, Vicki L. (2006). Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods of Research. 
Reviewed by Dipendra Raj Subedi, 
Michigan State University




	
 Kelleher, Paul & van der Bogert, Rebecca. (Eds.) (2006). Voices for democracy: Struggles and celebrations of transformational leaders. 
Reviewed by Ali Mageehon, 
New Mexico State University-Alamogordo




	
Pak, Yoon K. (2002) Wherever I Go, I Will Always Be a Loyal American. 
Reviewed by Joshua P. Stager, 
 New York University




	
National Center on Education and the Economy. (2007). Tough Choices or Tough Times: The Report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce. 
Reviewed by Chad R. Lochmiller, 
University of Washington




	
 Campbell, David E. (2006). Why we vote: How schools and communities shape our civic life. 
Reviewed by John T. Stroup, 
University of Virginia




	 Donovan, M. Suzanne & Bransford, John D. (Eds.) (2005) How Students Learn: History, Mathematics and Science in the Classroom.
 Reviewed by Ellen Burkhouse, 
Marywood University




	
Hansen, David T. (Ed.) (2006). John Dewey and Our Educational Prospect: A Critical Engagement with Dewey's Democracy and Education. 
Reviewed by Dan W. Butin, 
Cambridge College 




	
Bayly, Michael J. (2007). Creating Safe Environments for LGBT Students: A Catholic Schools Perspective.
Reviewed by Virginia Wilkerson, 
University of South Florida





	
 Achinstein, Betty & Athanases, Steven Z. (Eds.) (2006) Mentors in the Making: Developing New Leaders for New Teachers. 
Reviewed by Jessica Kim, 
University of Pennsylvania




	
Salili, Farideh & Hoosain, Rumjahn. (Eds.) (2006). Religion in Multicultural Education. 
Reviewed by Zoe Burkholder, 
New York University




	
Patrikis, P. C. (Ed.). (2003). Reading Between the Lines: Perspectives on Foreign Language Literacy. 
Reviewed by Dexin Tian, 
Bowling Green State University





	
Cooper, Tuesday. (2006). The Sista' Network: African-American Women Faculty Successfully Negotiating The Road to Tenure. 
Reviewed by Casey E. George-Jackson, 
University of Illinois 




	
Hinchey, Patricia H. (2006). Becoming a Critical Educator: Defining a Classroom Identity, Designing a Critical Pedagogy. 
Reviewed by Michael Ernest Sweet, 
Concordia University, Montreal, Canada




	
Reid, William A. (2006). The Pursuit of Curriculum: Schooling and the Public Interest. 
Reviewed by Ahmet Uludag, 
Arizona State University




	
Nettles, Michael T. and Catherine M. Millett. (2006). Three Magic Letters: Getting to Ph.D. 
Reviewed by Sheila T. Gregory and Keith L. Reynolds, 
Clark Atlanta University





	
Blakemore, Sarah-Jayne & Frith, Uta. (2005). The Learning Brain: Lessons for Education. 
Reviewed by Keith S. Taber, 
University of Cambridge, U.K




	
Moskall, Jeanne and Wooden, Shannon R. (Eds) (2005). Teaching British Women Writers, 1750-1900. 
Reviewed by Susanna Calkins, 
Northwestern University




	 Shipps, Dorothy. (2006).  School Reform, Corporate Style: Chicago, 1880-2000. 
Reviewed by Jon N. Hale, 
University of Illinois





	 Barone, Diane M. (2006). Narrowing the Literacy Gap: What Works in High-Poverty Schools. 
Reviewed by Christine Baker-Smith, 
Columbia University 




	
Hirsch, E. D. Jr. (2006). The Knowledge Deficit. 
Reviewed by Andrew J. Rotherham, 
Education Sector 




	
 Fu, Danling. (2003). An Island of English: Teaching ESL in Chinatown. 
Reviewed by Ko-Yin Sung, 
University of Texas at San Antonio





	 Ricento, Thomas (2006).  An Introduction to Language Policy: Theory and Method. 
Reviewed by Paul McPherron, 
University of California at Davis




	
Mullen, Carol A. (2004). Climbing the Himalayas of School Leadership: The Socialization of Early Career 
Administrators. 
Reviewed by Julie Hasson




	
 Jazzar, Michael & Algozzine, Bob. (2006). Keys to Successful 21st Century Educational Leadership. 
Reviewed by Anthony H. Normore, 
Florida International University




	 Armstrong, Denise E. and McMahon, Brenda J. (Eds). (2006). Inclusion in Urban Educational Environments: Addressing Issues of Diversity, Equity, and Social Justice. 
Reviewed by Angeles Maldonado, 
Arizona State University





	
Craig, Holly and Washington, Julie. (2006). Malik Goes to School: Examining the Language Skills of African American Students from Preschool - 5th Grade. 

 
Harris, Joyce; Kamhi, Alan & Pollock, Karen (2001) Literacy in African American Communities. 
Reviewed by Melaney Michael Sanchez, 
College of Notre Dame of Maryland




	
 Crosnoe, Robert. (2006). Mexican Roots, American Schools: Helping Mexican Immigrant Children Succeed. 
Reviewed by Bernadette J. Rodriguez, 
San Jose State University




	
Bernardino, Joaze, & Galdino, Daniela (orgs.). (2004)  Levando a raca a serio: acao afirmativa e universidade (Taking race seriously: Affirmative action and the university). 

Gomes, Nilma Lino, & Martins, Aracy Alves (orgs.). (2004) Afirmando direitos: acesso e permanencia de jovens negros na universidade. (Affirming rights: Entry and successful performance of Black youth at the university). 
Reviewed by Francis Musa Boakari, 
University of the Incarnate Word





	 Reagan, Timothy. (2005). Non-Western Educational Traditions: Indigenous Approaches to Educational Thought and Practice. 
Reviewed by Maria R. Van der Vossen, 
College of Notre Dame of Maryland






	
 Schlosser, Lee Ayers and Simonson, Michael. (2006). Distance Education: Definition and Glossary of Terms, 2nd Edition. 
Reviewed by Glen T. Fogerty, 
Arizona State University 




	
Soby, Jeanette M. (2006). Prenatal Exposure to Drugs/Alchol: Characteristics and Educational Implications of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Cocaine/Polydrug Effects, 2nd ed. 
Reviewed by Beth R. Handler, 
Minnesota State University, Mankato




	
 Branco, Angela Uchola & Valsiner, Jaan. (Eds.) (2004). Communication and Metacommunication in Human Development  . 
Reviewed by Cynthia Crosser, 
University of Maine





	
 Hiebert, J., Carpenter T. P., Elizabeth F., Fuson K. C., Wearne D., Murray H., Olivier A., & Human P. (1997). Making Sense: Teaching and Learning Mathematics with Understanding  . 
Reviewed by Aslihan Osmanoglu, 
Middle East Technical University




	 Fashola, Olatokunbo (Ed.). (2005). Educating African-American males: Voices from the field.  
Reviewed by Jeff Maher, 
College of Notre Dame of Maryland






	
Ramanathan, Vaidehi. (2005). The English-Vernacular divide: Postcolonial language politics and practice. 
Review by Jeffrey Bale, 
Arizona State University