Douglas McLennan: January 2008 Archives

Tough Liberal: Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools, Unions, Race, and Democracy, by Richard Kahlenberg

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, by Naomi Klein

Art as Experience, by John Dewey

Experience and Education, by John Dewey

The Mind at Work: Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker, by Mike Rose

Troublemaker: A Personal History of School Reform since Sputnik, by Checker Finn

The Great School Wars, by Diane Ravitch

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know, by E.D Hirsch, et al.

The Arts and The Creation of Mind, by Elliott Eisner

How Musical is Man, by John Blacking

The Singing Neanderthals--The Origins of Music, Language, Mind, and Body, by Steven Mithen

Smart Schools, by David Perkins

Creating Islands of Excellence, by Carol Fineberg

A Place Called School, 20th Anniversary Edition, by John Goodlad

Changing Schools Through The Arts: How to Build on the Power of an Idea, Jane Remer

Beyond Enrichment: Building Effective Partnerships with Schools and Their Community, by Jane Remer

Only Connect: The Way to Save Our Schools,  by Rudy Crew

The Right to Learn: A Bluepring for Creating Schools That Work, by Linda Darling Hammond

The Thinking Ear: Complete Writing on Music Education, by Murray Schaefer

Gnarls Barkley

Daniel Variations by Steve Reich

Paramore

Allison Moorer

Carlene Carter

Mark Knopfler

J.J. Johnson

Bruce Springsteen

Dave Douglas

Robert Erickson

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