Education Review-a journal of book reviews


	
 
		
   

  Education Review


Volume 15 2008






	
 Janesick, Valerie, J. (2006). Authentic Assessment Primer. 
Reviewed by Kristin Stang, 
California State University, Fullerton




	
Mantero, Miguel. (Ed.) (2007). Identity and Second Language Learning: Culture, Inquiry, and 
Dialogic Activity in Educational Contexts. 
Reviewed by Holly Hansen-Thomas, 
State University of New York - Binghamton





	
Response to Hansen-Thomas' Review of Identity and Second Language Learning.
Miguel Mantero, The University of Alabama




	
Shumacher, Donald & Queen, J. Allen. (2007). Overcoming Obesity in Childhood and Adolescence: 
A Guide for School Leaders. 
Reviewed by Carolyn Vander Schee, 
Northern Illinois University




	
Committee on Prospering in the Global Economy of the 21st Century. (2007). Rising 
Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future. 
Reviewed by Kurt J. Bauman




	
 Greenhaus, Jeffrey H. & Callanan, Gerard A. (Eds.) (2006) Encyclopedia of Career Development. 
Reviewed by Rhonda Wood, Lincoln University




	
Tierney, William G. (2006). Trust and the public good: Examining the cultural conditions of 
academic work. Reviewed by Barbara S. Smith, 
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania 





	
Cuban, Larry. (2004) The Blackboard and the Bottom Line: Why Schools Can't Be Businesses.
Reviewed by James J. Harrington, 
Nativity Preparatory School, Boston




	
Snow, Catherine E.; Griffin, Peg & Burns, M. Susan. (2005) Knowledge to Support the Teaching 
of Reading: Preparing Teachers for a Changing World. 
Reviewed by Seth A. Parsons, 
University of North Carolina at Greensboro




	
Hill, Paul T.; Lake, Robin J. with Celio, Mary Beth. (2002) Charter schools and accountability 
in public education. 
Reviewed by Dick M. Carpenter II, 
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs




	
 Sunal, D. W. and Wright, E. L. (Eds.) (2006) The Impact of State and National Standards 
in K-12 Science Teaching: Volume 2 in the Series Research in Science Education. 
Reviewed by David Lustick




	
Polyzoi, Eleoussa; Fullan, Michael & Anchan, John P. (Eds.) (2003) Changing Forces in 
Post-Communist Eastern Europe: Education in Transition. 
Reviewed by Anna Yashkina, 
OISE/University of Toronto 




	
Woessmann, Ludger and Peterson, Paul E. (2007) Schools and the Equal Opportunity Problem. 
Reviewed by Noga Admon, 
University of Iowa 




	
 Harada, Violet & Hughes-Hassell, Sandra (Eds.). (2007) School reform and the school library 
media specialist. 
Reviewed by Amanda Carey Lucas, 
University of North Texas




	
Grant, S. G. (Ed.) (2006) Measuring History: Cases of State-Level Testing Across the United States. 
Review by Maryann Dickar, 
New York University





	
Brown, O. G., Hinton, K. G., & Howard-Hamilton, M. (Eds.) (2007)  Unleashing suppressed voices 
on college campuses: Diversity issues in higher education. 
Reviewed by Shaljan Areepattamannil, 
Queen's University, Canada




	
Larson, Joanne (Ed.) (2007)  Literacy as Snake Oil: Beyond the Quick Fix (Revised Edition). 
Reviewed by Louise Polistena-D'Agosto, 
University of Hartford




	
 Behar, Ruth [with photographs by Humberto Mayol]. (2007) An Island Called Home: Returning to 
Jewish Cuba. 
Reviewed by Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor, 
University of Georgia 




	
Feuerverger, Grace. (2007)  Teaching, Learning and Other Miracles (Foreword by William Ayers). 
Reviewed by Carol A. Mullen, 
University of North Carolina at Greensboro





	
Beyer, Catherine Hoffman; Gillmore, Gerald M., & Fisher, Andrew T. (2007)  Inside the Undergraduate 
Experience: The University of Washington's Study of Undergraduate Learning. 
Reviewed by James Soto Antony, 
University of Washington





	
Cuyjet, Michael and Associates (Eds.) (2006) African American Men in College. 
Reviewed by Sheila T. Gregory and Raphael X. Moffett, 
Clark Atlanta University





	
Cote, James E. and Allahar, Anton L. (2007)  Ivory Tower Blues: A University System in Crisis. 
Reviewed by Mark Oromaner 





	
Howell, William G. (Ed.) (2005)  Besieged: School Boards and the Future of Education Politics.
Reviewed By Gerald Blankson, 
Arizona State University





	
 Gardner, Howard. (2006)  Five Minds for the Future. 
Reviewed by Tony DeCesare




	
Park, Clara; Endo, Russell; Lee, Stacy and Ron, Xue Lan. (Eds.) (2007) Asian American Education: 
Acculturation, Literacy, Development, and Learning. 
Reviewed by Ya Mo, 
Michigan State University 





	
 Walberg, Herbert J. (Ed.) (2007) Handbook on Restructuring and Substantial School Improvement. 
Reviewed by Venesser M. Pate, 
Monash University





	
Sax, Leonard. (2007) Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of 
Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men. 
Reviewed by James Jackson,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign





	
 Astin, Alexander W. (2007) Mindworks: Becoming More Conscious in an Unconscious World. 
Reviewed by Signe M. Kastberg, 
St. John Fisher College





	
House, Ernest R. (2007)  Regression to the Mean: A Novel of Evaluation Politics. 
Reviewed by William L. Brown, 
Michigan Department of Education





	
Allen, JoBeth. (2007)  Creating welcoming schools: A practical guide to home-school partnerships 
with diverse families. 
Reviewed by Ruth Rees, 
Queen's University, Canada 




	
Sampson, William Alfred. (2007)  Race, Class, and Family Intervention: Engaging Parents and 
Families for Academic Success. 
Reviewed by Robbie J. Steward, 
Michigan State University





	
Null, J. Wesley. (2007)  Peerless Educator: The Life and Work of Isaac Leon Kandel. 
Reviewed by Jon N. Hale,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign





	
 Pope, Rachele L.; Reynolds, Amy L. & Mueller, John H. (2004)  Multicultural Competence in 
Student Affairs. 
Reviewed by Brenda L. H. Marina, 
Georgia Southern University





	
 Bigler, Phillip & Bishop, Stephanie. (Eds.) (2007) Be a Teacher, You Can Make a Difference: 
By America's Finest Teachers. 
Reviewed by Kenneth J. Bernstein





	
 Neapolitan, Jane E. & Berkeley, Terry R. (2006)  Where Do We Go from Here? Issues in the 
Sustainability of Professional Development School Partnerships. 
Reviewed by Kathy L. Church, 
Pepperdine University 





	
Zou, Yali, & Trueba, Enrique. (2002)  Ethnography and schools: Qualitative approaches 
to the study of education. 
Reviewed by Simon Blakesley, 
Yukon Department of Education, Whitehorse, Yukon




	
O'Brien, Leigh M. & Swadener, Beth Blue. (2006)  Writing the Motherline: Mothers, Daughters, 
and Education. 
Reviewed by Cynthia Miller Coffel, 
ACT, Inc.





	
Spillane, James P. & Diamond, John B. (2007)  Distributed Leadership in Practice. 
Reviewed by Cynthia Carver, 
Michigan State University





	
 Ornstein, Allan C.; Pajak, Edward F. & Ornstein, Stacey B. (Eds.) (2007)  Contemporary 
Issues in Curriculum (4th Edition). 
Reviewed by Lynn M. Merklin, 
Andrews University





	
Shaw, Kathleen; Goldrick-Rab, Sara; Mazzeo, Christopher & Jacobs, Jerry. (2006)  Putting Poor 
People to Work: How the Work-First Idea Eroded College Access for the Poor. 
Reviewed by Fred Koslowski 





	
 Lee, Jaekyung. (2007)   The Testing Gap: Scientific Trials of Test-Driven School 
Accountability Systems for Excellence and Equity. 
Reviewed by Monique Herbert, Saad Chahine, & Ruth A. Childs, University of Toronto





	
Gillespie, Alex (2006)  Becoming Other: From Social Interaction to Self-Reflection. 
Reviewed by Seamus Mulryan, 
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign




	
Bayard, Pierre. (2007)  How To Talk About Books You Haven't Read .
Reviewed by Michael D. Boatright, 
University of Georgia





	
Thomas, Angela. (2007)  Youth Online: Identity and Literacy in the Digital Age. 
Reviewed by Vance S. Martin, 
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign





	
Willis, Arlette Ingram. (2008)  Reading comprehension research and testing in the U.S.: 
Undercurrents of race, class, and power in the struggle for meaning. 
Reviewed by Margaret-Mary McGivern, 
York University





	
Comeaux, Patricia (Ed.) (2005)  Assessing Online Learning. 
Reviewed by Mikhail Turegun, 
Oklahoma City Community College





	
Taylor, Kevin M. (2006)  American Evangelicals and Religious Diversity: 
Subcultural Education, Theological Boundaries, and the Relativization of Tradition. 
Reviewed by Matthew Maruggi, 
University of St. Thomas





	
Kincheloe, Joe L. (2005)  Critical Constructivism. 
Reviewed by Jan Blake, 
University of Tennessee




	
Merry, Michael S. (2007) Culture, Identity, and Islamic Schooling: A Philosophical Approach. 
Reviewed by Bruce A. Collet, 
Bowling Green State University





	
 Filene, Peter. (2005) The Joy of Teaching: A Practical Guide for New College Instructors. 
Reviewed by K B Melear, 
University of Mississippi





	
King, Kathleen P. & Gura, Mark. (2007)  Podcasting for Teachers: Using A New 
Technology to Revolutionize Teaching and Learning. 
Reviewed by Jing Fu, 
Michigan State University 





	
Straube, Win. (2007)  QGE = A: Quality Generic Education is the Answer. 
Reviewed by Catherine Scott, 
Swinburne University of Technology





	
Kiesling, Scott F. & Paulston, Christina Bratt. (Eds.) (2005)  Intercultural discourse and 
communication: The essential readings. 
Reviewed by Jorge P. Osterling and Marilyn K. Rahilly, 
George Mason University 





	
 Crawford, Keith A. and Foster, Stuart J. (2008) War, Nation, Memory: International 
Perspectives on World War II in School History Textbooks. 
Reviewed by Theodore Christou, 
Queen's University





	
McCarthy, Cameron; Durham, Aisha S; Engel, Laura C; Filmer, Alice A; Giardina, Michael D; 
Malagreca Miguel A. (Eds.) (2007) Globalizing Cultural Studies: Ethnographic Interventions 
in Theory, Method, and Policy. 
Reviewed by Yew-Jin Lee, 
National Institute of Education, Singapore





	
Russell, Josephine. (2007) How children become moral selves: Building character and 
promoting citizenship in education. 
Reviewed by Steven P. Camicia, 
Utah State University





	
 Salkind, Neil J. (Ed.) (2008) Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology, 2 vols. 
Reviewed by Paula McMillen, 
University of Nevada, Las Vegas





	
Carper, James C. and Hunt, Thomas C. (2007) The Dissenting Tradition in American Education. 
Reviewed by Barbara Slater Stern, 
James Madison University





	
 Glass, Gene V (2008) Fertilizers, Pills, and Magnetic Strips: The Fate of Public Education 
in America. 
Reviewed by Pepi Leistyna, 
University of Massachusetts, Boston 




	
McCluskey, Neal. (2007) Feds in the Classroom: How Big Government Corrupts, Cripples, and 
Compromises American Education. 
Reviewed by Jonathan Anomaly, 
University of Virginia 





	
Jeynes, William, & Martinez, Enedina. (Eds.) (2007) Christianity, Education, and Modern Society. 
Reviewed by Terence Beck, 
University of Puget Sound





	
Stern, Barbara Slater (Ed.) (2007) Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue. 
Reviewed by James L. Moseley, 
Wayne State University





	
Nolan Jr., James, & Hoover, Linda A. (2007) Teacher supervision and evaluation (Updated edition).
Reviewed by Scott A. Fellows





	
Dingerson, Leigh; Miner, Barbara; Peterson, Bob; Walters, Stephanie (Eds.). (2008). Keeping the Promise: The Debate Over Charter Schools. Reviewed by Marjorie Clark, George Washington University 





	
Pedroni, Thomas C. (2007). Market movements: African American involvement in school voucher reform. Reviewed by Janelle Scott, University of California at Berkeley 





	
Rud Jr., Anthony G. and Oldendorf, Walter P. (Eds.) (2008). A Place for Teacher Renewal: Challenging the Intellect, Creating Educational Reform. Reviewed by Kathleen Wiebke, Arizona State University





	
Saracho, Olivia, & Spodek, Bernard. (Eds.) (2008). Contemporary perspectives on science and technology in early childhood education Reviewed by Deborah A. Ceglowski, Ball State University





	
Loveless, Tom (Ed.) (2007) Lessons Learned: What International Assessments Tell Us About Math Achievement. Reviewed by Jean-Luc Patry, University of Salzburg 





	
Cole, Elizabeth A. (Ed.) (2007). Teaching the Violent Past: History Education and Reconciliation. Reviewed by Ricardo D. Rosa, University of Wisconsin, Madison 





	
González, Josué (Ed.) (2008) The Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education (2 volumes). Reviewed by Richard Ruiz, University of Arizona





	
Hendron, John. (2008). RSS for Educators: Blogs Newsfeeds, Podcasts and Wikis in the Classroom. 
Reviewed by Andy Brovey, Valdosta State University 





	
Johnson, W. B., & Mullen, C. A. (2007). Write to the Top! How to Become a Prolific Academic. Reviewed by Janet Tareilo, Stephen F. Austin State University 






	
Cartwright, Kelly B. (Ed.) (2008). Literacy Processes: Cognitive Flexibility in Learning and Teaching. Reviewed by Sarah Knox Morley, University of New Mexico 





	
Watt, Helen M. G. and Eccles, Jacquelynne S. (Eds.). (2008). Gender and Occupational Outcomes, Longitudinal Assessments of Individual, Social, and Cultural Influences. Reviewed by M. Gail Derrick, Regent University 





	
Gee, James Paul. (2007). Good Video Games and Good Learning. Reviewed by Erik Jacobson, Montclair State University





	
Kirkpatrick, Jerry (2008). Montessori, Dewey, and Capitalism: Educational Theory for a Free Market 
in Education. Reviewed by James Jackson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 





	
Saltman, Kenneth J. (2007). Capitalizing on Disaster: Taking and Breaking Public Schools. Reviewed by David Gabbard, East Carolina University 





	
Murphy, John J. & Duncan, Barry, L. (2007). Brief Intervention for School Problems: 
Outcome-Informed Strategies (Second edition). Reviewed by Arthur S. Ellen, New York City, Department of Education 





	
Morrill, Richard. (2007). Strategic leadership: Integrating strategy and leadership in 
colleges and universities. Reviewed by Mark Ellison, Cabarrus College of Health Sciences





	
Piggott, Jan. (2008) Dulwich College: A History. Reviewed by Laurence Raw, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey 





	
Gamoran, Adam. (Ed.) (2007). Standards-based reform and the poverty gap: Lessons from No 
Child Left Behind. Reviewed by Laura Baylot Casey & Kay Reeves, University of Memphis 






	
Compton, Mary & Weiner, Lois (Eds). (2008). The Global Assault on Teaching, Teachers and their Unions: 
Stories for Resistance. Reviewed by Vanessa E. Kass, University of Connecticut





	
Kincheloe, Joe L. (2008). Critical Pedagogy (2nd Edition). Reviewed by Rucheeta Kulkarni, Arizona State University





	
Sunderman, Gail. (Ed.) (2008) Holding NCLB Accountable: Achieving Accountability, Equity, & 
School Reform. Reviewed by Judith A. Green, Southern Illinois University





	
Joyce, Pamela Althea. (2008). School Hazard Zone: Beyond the Silence/Finding a Voice. 
Reviewed by Christy Wolfe, Coe College 





	
Shaw, Victor N. (2008). In View of Academic Careers and Career-Making Scholars. Reviewed by Sharon L. Sherman, University of Colorado Denver 





	
Ellis, Viv; Fox, Carol; & Street, Brian (Eds.). (2007). Rethinking English in Schools: 
A new and constructive stage. Reviewed by Adam Mendelson, University of California, Berkeley





	
Twale, Darla. J. & DeLuca, Barbara M. (2008). Faculty Incivility: The Rise of the Academic Bully 
Culture and What to Do About it. Reviewed by Karen Mauck Cicmanec, Morgan State University 





	
Grossman, David L. & Lo, Joe Tin-Yau. (Eds) (2008). Social Education in Asia: Critical Issues and 
Multiple Perspectives. Reviewed by Ashwani Kumar, University of British Columbia





	
Hickman, Richard. (2005). Why We Make Art and Why It Is Taught. Reviewed by Stephanie Baer, 
University of Nebraska, Lincoln 






	
Sunal, Cynthia Sysmanski and Mutua, Kagendo. (Eds.) (2007) The Enterprise of Education, A Volume in Research on Education in Africa, The Carribbean, and the Middle East. Reviewed by Dan Jacoby, University of Washington, Bothell 





	
Schultz, Brian D. (2008) Spectacular Things Happen Along the Way. Review by Peter Appelbaum, Arcadia University 





	
Barnett, Ronald. (2008) A Will To Learn. Reviewed by Anita Pincas, University of London 





	
Diamond, Miriam R. (Ed.). (2008). Encountering Faith in the Classroom: Turning Difficult Discussions into Constructive Engagement. Reviewed by Marcia Kennard Kiessling, North Carolina State University 





	
Rebell, Michael & Wolff, Jessica (2008). Moving Every Child Ahead: From NCLB Hype to Meaningful Educational Opportunity. (Foreword by Susan Fuhrman) Elizabeth DeBray-Pelot, University of Georgia 





	
Lagemann, Ellen Condliffe (2000). An elusive science: The troubling history of education 
research. Reviewed by Jennifer Nabors, University of Georgia 





	
Greene, Stuart (2008). Literacy as a Civil Right: Reclaiming Social Justice in Literacy Teaching. 
Reviewed by Esperanza M. Zenon, Clark Atlanta University 





	
Longo, Nicholas V. (2007). Why community matters: Connecting education with civic life. 
Reviewed by Thalia M. Mulvihill & Jacqueline Hanoman, Ball State University 





	
Gates, Gordon S. (Ed). (2007). Emerging Thought and Research on Student, Teacher, and 
Administrator Stress and Coping. Reviewed by Craig L. Esposito, University of Connecticut 






	
Mesmer, Heidi Anne E. (2008). Tools for Matching Readers to Text: Research-Based Practices. 
Reviewed by Lynn Columba, Lehigh University 





	
Lehman, Barbara (2007). Children’s Literature and Learning: Literary Study Across the Curriculum. 
Reviewed by Gloria Griffin Reading, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville 





	
Karpinski, Carol F. (2008). A Visible Company of Professionals: African Americans and the National Education Association during the Civil Rights Movement. Reviewed by Christine Woyshner, Temple University 





	
Nakkula, N.J. & Toshalis, E. (2006). Understanding Youth: Adolescent Development for Educators. 
Reviewed by Rosaria Caporrimo, Queens College, City University of New York 





	
Kirby, Donald J. (2007). Compass for Uncharted Lives: A Model for Values Education. Reviewed by Kevin D. Vinson and Melissa B. Wilson, University of Arizona





	
 Sinclair, Nathalie (2008). The History of the Geometry Curriculum in the United States. Reviewed by David W. Henderson, Cornell University





	
Morrow, L. M. (2007). Developing literacy in preschool. Reviewed by Rocio Delgado, Trinity University 





	
Dimitriadis, Greg. (2008). Studying urban youth culture. Reviewed by Nathalis Wamba, Queens College, City University of New York





	
Gasman, Marybeth. (2007). Envisioning Black Colleges: A History of the United Negro College Fund. 
Reviewed by Haroldo Fontaine, Florida State University 






	
Glasmeier, Amy K. (2006). An Atlas of Poverty in America: One Nation, Pulling Apart, 1960-2003. 
Reviewed by Carlos Pérez, Chapman University 





	
Clark, Margaret M. & Waller, Tim. (2007). Early Childhood Education & Care: Policy and Practice. 
Reviewed by Amir Al Nizami, University of Colorado, Denver





	
Bakken, Jeffrey P., & Obiakor, Festus E. (2008). Transition Planning for Students With Disabilities: What Educators and Service Providers Can Do. Reviewed by Veda Jairrels, Clark Atlanta University 





	
Heath, Shirley Brice & Street, Brian V. with Molly Mills. (2008). Ethnography: Approaches to Language and Literacy Research. Reviewed by Diane Collier, University of British Columbia 





	
Brown II, M. Christopher (Ed.) (2007). Still Not Equal: Expanding Educational Opportunity in Society. Reviewed by Luke Wood, Arizona State University 





	
Justice, Laura & Vukelich, Carol. (Eds.) (2008). Achieving Excellence in Preschool Literacy Instruction. Reviewed by Deborah A. Ceglowski, Ball State University 





	
Diem, Josh & Helfenbein, Robert J. (2008). Unsettling Beliefs: Teaching Theory to Teachers. 
Reviewed by Carolyn Vander Schee, Northern Illinois University





	
Heath, Chip & Heath, Dan. (2007). Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die. Reviewed by Daniel Connelly, Auburn University





	
Diez, Mary E. & Raths, James (Eds.) (2007). Dispositions in Teacher Education. 
Review by Jan Carpenter, George Fox University 






	
Gruenewald, D. A., & Smith, G. A. (Eds.) (2008). Place-Based Education in the Global Age: 
Local Diversity. Reviewed by Samuel S. Perkins, Barry University 





	
Morse, Jane Fowler. (2007). A Level Playing Field: School Finance in the Northeast. 
Reviewed by Craig L. Esposito, University of Connecticut 





	
Clark, M. M., & Waller, T. Ed. (2007). Early childhood education and care: Policy and practice. 
Reviewed by Christopher Pierce Brown, University of Texas 





	
Connor, David, J. (2008). Urban Narratives: Portraits in Progress- Life at the Intersections of Learning Disability, Race, & Social Class. Reviewed by Chinwe Okpalaoka, Ohio State University





	
Milson, Andrew J. & Alibrandi, Marsha. (Eds) (2008). Digital Geography: Geospatial 
Technologies in the Social Studies Classroom. Reviewed by Zafer Unal, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg





	
Paras, Eric. (2006). Foucault 2.0: Beyond Power and Knowledge. Reviewed by Sam Rocha, Ohio State University 





	
Strong-Wilson, Teresa. (2008). Bringing Memory Forward: Storied Remembrance in Social Justice Education with Teachers. Reviewed by Patricia H. Hinchey, Pennsylvania State University