Education from The Parnassus BookShop

Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2000. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Heinemann, 2000, Trade Paperback in Near Fine condition. bright, glossy. completely clean blue wraps, bare touch of lower corner wear. Internals As New. Stephen Cary invites the reader into the teaching laboratory of real schools and classrooms and presents case studies drawn from his three… Read more about this item

Corwin, 2007. 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Corwin Press, 2007. Trade Paperback As New. A guide to help administrators rethink, reshape, and strengthen their leadership styles and provide confident, focused direction that will help build real success for students and all members of the school community. 184 pp. 8vo. 2007, Corwin… Read more about this item

Alexandria, Virginia: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, 2006. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Trade Paperback in Fine Condition. Clean, unmarked book, solidly bound, internals as new. Mike Schmoker sets out a simple, clear agenda to improve the quality of instruction across the school curriculum to bring about a transformation in American schools. 197 pages. Index,… Read more about this item

San Diego, New York, London: Jossey-Bass, 1999. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Second Edition of Effective Teaching and Mentoring. Purple cover with gold lettering is very clean and unmarked with a whisper of rubbing to some edges. Glued binding is tight, solid and square. Internals are… Read more about this item

Spokane, Washington, USA: Stump House Books, 2003. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. Slight ruffling to lower corners of pages, else fine. Bright, clean, unmarked, tight & solid glued binding. Foreword by Dr. Darrell Guder and Dr. Lisa Sardinia. Cover design by Pauline Haas. The… Read more about this item

Seattle, Washington, USA: Washington Policy Center, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jackt in Fine Condition. Foundation thoughts on reforming our public schools. Black cloth with red titles, as new. Tight and solid, square. Red endpapers. Internals pristine. 108 pages. 5.25 x 8 inches,… Read more about this item

Amherst, New York, USA: Prometheus Books, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket As New. The author makes the case for rethinking and revising our educational system by including visual literacy to balance our overdependence on analytical approaches, to better balance nonverbal/visual creative thinking and… Read more about this item

U.S.A: Alfred A Knopf, 1987. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. David Elkind has written a very important, very serious book about the miseducation of preschoolers still going on today. He shows how there is a very real difference between the minds of a preschool child and that of a… Read more about this item

, Anstey, Leicestershire, England: Mott Media, 1982. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Mass Market Paperback in Very Good Condition. Tan cover is clean and unmarked, faint crease down spine, tight glued binding. Pages are clean and free from any markings, toned. McGuffey's system and books were used in schools across America and… Read more about this item

U.S.A: Regnery Publishing, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacker As New. In a devastating critique of American higher education, George Roche explains how and why the smoke screen of success in America's institutions of higher education mask huge deficits, overpaid administrators and professors, and… Read more about this item

New York, New York, USA: Public Affairs/Perseus Books Group, 2010. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. An inspiring call for public school reform, including special chapters that provide resources, ideas, hands-on suggestions for improving schools. For parents, teachers and concerned citizens, this is an essential guide to… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A: Anchor Books/ Doubleday, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Signed by Author. Signed by Author on Title Page. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. Blue half cloth binding with silver titles, red paper-wrapped boards, very clean and unmarked, with slight rubbing to bottom edges. Tight &… Read more about this item

U.S.A: Crown Publishers, 1991. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Glossy and clean white cover with red and black titles, upper corner tip creased, tight glued binding. Pages quite clean, no markings. This is an impassioned book about how how public education system fails so many children. Kozol… Read more about this item

Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, 1970. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Cover is quite clean, no markings, no creasing; solid and square glued binding. Page block edges clean, some faint scratches. Internals Fine-clean, no marks, no underlining, no highlighting, not toned. 384 pages with index. 8.5… Read more about this item

USA: HarperPerennial, 1992. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. 261 pages with Chapter Notes, and Index. Clean and unmarked book with tight glued binding. Very slight wear. Pages clean, no markings. This is an impassioned book about how how public education system fails so many children. Kozol has… Read more about this item

U.S.A: Viking Press, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket AS NEW. 14 pages of color photographs on coated paper, maps by Jim McMahon and Jeffrey L. Ward. Lovely yellow-cream cloth with gilt titles, ivory boards, immaculate condition. Greg Mortenson is a humanitarian and… Read more about this item

U.S.A: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. As New/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. First Printing of First Trade Edition. Hardcover Book AS NEW with a Very Good Jacket . The 'most' realistic portrayal of American education ever written-about education but also about the joy of acting out of conscience and love; its subject… Read more about this item

USA: WND Books/Thomas Nelson, Inc, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Fine Condition. Clean, unmarked, tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Internals pristine. Bright and clean jacket, no edgewear. 366 pages with Bibliography, Notes, and Index. WND Books/Thomas Nelson… Read more about this item

USA: Harper & Row, 1988. First Edition Paperback. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Cover is clean and unmarked with slight wear. BInding tight and square. Pages have minimal underlining, are clean, toned. 291 pages with index. 5.2 x 8 inches. 1988, Harper & Row, New York,… Read more about this item

USA: Penguin Group, 1993. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Pasperback in Good Condition. Bright and clean wrappers, light wear around edges. Tight and solid glued binding, square. Pages clean, unmarked, toned. An upbeat, child-centered view of the bright spots in American Education. 290 pages with Notes and Index. 8 x 5.25 inches.… Read more about this item