Multicultural Education: A Renewed Paradigm of Transformation and Call to Action

H. Prentice Baptiste, Ashley Ryan, Blanca Artaujo, & Rose Fuhon-Sells, Editors

2015, 189xiii pp., $29.95, ISBN 1-880192-56-X

Commemorating the National Association for Multicultural Education’s 25th anniversary, this volume offers commentary on the history and ongoing vision of multicultural education by Geneva Gay, Carl Grant, James Banks, Christine Sleeter, Sonja Nieto and other leaders in the field.

The War Schools of Dobrinja: Reading, Writing and Resistance during the Siege of Sarajevo

David M. Berman

2007, 252xxxii pages, $29.95, ISBN 1-880192-55-1

A carefully research, well-documented, and invitingly written story of the teachers and students who maintained schools in Dobrinja during the early 1990s despite the siege of Sarajevo. A compelling analysis of education under wartime conditions.

Key Questions for Educators

William Hare & John P. Portelli, Editors

2007, 162xiv pages, $24.95, ISBN 1880192-52-7

A collection of 40 original essays by well-known educational scholars responding to key questions about education and schooling. The result is a network of educational ideas of value to theoreticians and practitioners alike.

The Judicious Professor:
A Learner-Centered Philosophy for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

2007, 226vi pages, $29.95, ISBN 1-880192-53-5

An examination of teaching at the college and university level, with a focus on the sharing of responsibility for teaching and learning between professor and students. The nature of the "Judicious Professor" is discussed through theory and examples.

The U.S. Presidency and Social Justice: Implications for Public Education

H. Prentice Baptiste, Editor

2006, 371xii pp., paper, $39.95, ISBN 1-880192-51-9

A detailed analysis of the office of the President of the United States in the context of social and educational policy, with a careful examination of eighteen different Presidents and a variety of issues related to political theory, influence, and power.

Academies for Anatolia

Academies for Anatolia: A Study of the Rationale, Program, and Impact of the Educational Institutions Sponsored by the American Board in Turkey, 1830-2005

Frank A. Stone

2006, 400 pp., paper, $39.95, ISBN 1-880192-50-0

An historical, social, and political examination of the schools initiated, operated, and sponsored in Turkey by the American Board and its contemporary successors.

Creating Inviting Schools

John M. Novak, Wendy Rocca, & Ann-Marie DiBiase, Editors

2006, 260 pp., $29.95, ISBN 1-880192-49-7

This book of 14 chapters by two dozen scholars and practitioners of Invitational Education brings together the stories of professional leaders who have successfully applied invitational theory to the challenges and practices of real-life schools.

The Art of Writing Inquiry

Lorri Neilsen, Ardra L. Cole, & J. Gary Knowles, Editors

2001, 324 pp., paper, $32.95, ISBN 1-894132-06-8

A rich collection of arts-informed writing as inquiry and inquiry into writing, including essays, reflections, fiction, poetry, and plays at the leading edge of contemporary scholartistry.

Education for the Twenty-First Century

William H. Boyer

2002, 264 pp., paper, $24.95, ISBN 1-880192-38-1

In this intellectual biography, William H. Boyer presents a collection of his articles, essays, and philosophy spanning 35 years, focusing on educational issues of peace, ecology, economics, and philosophical reconstruction in this new century.

A Geography of Human Life

Tsunesaburo Makiguchi

2002, English Edition, Edited by Dayle M. Bethel, xxxvi & 310 pp., paper, $29.95, ISBN 1-880192-42-X

This volume by a distinguished Japanese scholar, first published in Japan in 1903, offers a unique ecological and educational perspective on the relationship between humankind and nature, a perspective still very relevant over 100 years after its first presentation.

Judicious Discipline

Forrest Gathercoal

2004 (6th edition), 250 pp., paper, $27.95, ISBN 1-880192-48-9

This revised and expanded 6th edition of the widely-used Judicious Discipline presents the philosophical background and a practical discussion of an approach to classroom management and student growth revolving around development of self discipline and learning the rights and responsibilities of living in a democratic society.

On the Wings of Metaphor

Stanley D. Ivie

2003, 333 pp., paper, $29.95, ISBN 1-880192-45-4

Metaphors are the stock in trade of educators, and in this textbook Stanley D. Ivie explores ideas from key educators throughout history and assists students in understanding, developing, and using metaphors in their education and life.

Quality Learning Experiences for ALL Students

Tonya Huber

2002, 176 pp. (8-1/2x11 format), paper, $24.95, ISBN 1-880192-36-5

A textbook for multicultural education and teacher education classes rich in multiple and varied ideas that help both teachers and students learn and appreciate the benefits of culturally responsive pedagogy.

Shadows and Moon: About Being Schooled and a Bit More

Lou Denti

2003, 72 pp., paper, $19.95, ISBN 1-880192-44-6

A collection of poems and thoughts about children and youth who have been stigmatized, labeled, and discriminated against because of their learning and behavioral challenges. The volume is used by the author and other faculty in preparing special education teachers.

A Teacher’s Life: Stories of Literacy, Teacher Thinking, and Professional Development

James A. Muchmore

2004, 203xiii pp., paper, $25.95, ISBN 1-880192-47-0

A Teacher’s Life blurs the distinction between biography and qualitative research in presenting the story of a veteran English teacher and placing her experiences in the context of the author’s own professional life.

Theodore Brameld’s Educational Reconstruction: An Intellectual Biography

Frank A. Stone

2003, viii & 296 pp., paper, $29.95
ISBN 1-880192-43-8

The activist thinker most related to the philosophy of education called educational reconstruction is Theodore Brameld (1904-1987), and this intellectual biography investigates the influences that shaped Brameld’s life and thought.

Multicultural Education: A Renewed Paradigm of Transformation and Call to Action

H. Prentice Baptiste, Ashley Ryan, Blanca Artaujo, & Rose Fuhon-Sells, Editors

2015, 189xiii pp., $29.95, ISBN 1-880192-56-X

Commemorating the National Association for Multicultural Education’s 25th anniversary, this volume offers commentary on the history and ongoing vision of multicultural education by Geneva Gay, Carl Grant, James Banks, Christine Sleeter, Sonja Nieto and other leaders in the field.

Challenges of a Changing America: Perspectives on Immigration and Multiculturalism in the United States

Ernest R. Myers, Editor

2001 (2nd edition), 336 pp. (6x9 format), paper, $29.95, ISBN 1-880192-37-3

A resource-reference book in education, history, psychology, mental health, ethnic studies, and intergroup relations that provides and examines perspectives on immigration and multiculturalism in the United States.

Empowering the Second-Language Classroom: Putting the Parts Together

Huberto Molina with Ralph A. Hanson & Donna L. Siegel

1997, 88 pp. (8-1/2x11 format), paper, $19.95, ISBN 1-880192-23-3

A handbook and workbook for initial preparation and professional development of teachers working with classrooms that include second-language learners.

In the Shadow of “Excellence”: Recovering a Vision of Educational Opportunity for All

Gregory J. Fritzberg

1999, 216 pp., paper, $25.95, ISBN 1-880192-30-6

This book presents an original and engaging analysis of a concept that would hardly seem to need another treatment—equality of educational opportunity. Gregory Fritzberg gives this notion new vitality with comprehensive research and a fresh and fair-minded critical analysis.

The MESA Way: A Success Story of Nurturing Minorities for Math/Science-Based Careers

Wilbur H. Somerton, Mary Perry Smith, Robert Finnell, & Ted Fuller

1994, 212 pp. (6x9 format), paper, $17.95, ISBN 1-880192-10-1

This volume tells the story of the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement program that started at the University of California, Berkeley in the 1970s and involved many other campuses and public schools in an ongoing effort to open education in those fields to minority students.

National Association for Multicultural Education 1993 & 1994 Proceedings

Carl A. Grant, Editor

1995, 454 pp., paper, $24.95

Collected and edited proceedings from the 1993 and 1994 annual conferences of the National Association for Multicultural Education.

National Association for Multicultural Education 1995 Proceedings

Carl A. Grant, Editor

1997, 368 pp., paper, $24.95

Collected and edited proceedings from the 1995 annual conference of the National Association for Multicultural Education.

National Association for Multicultural Education 1996 Proceedings

Carl A. Grant, Editor

1997, 336 pp., paper, $24.95

Collected and edited proceedings from the 1996 annual conference of the National Association for Multicultural Education.

Quality Learning Experiences for ALL Students

Tonya Huber

2002, 176 pp. (8-1/2x11 format), paper, $24.95, ISBN 1-880192-36-5

A textbook for multicultural education and teacher education classes rich in multiple and varied ideas that help both teachers and students learn and appreciate the benefits of culturally responsive pedagogy.

Seeking Effective Schools for African American Children

Bunyan Bryant & Alan H. Jones

1993, 80 pp., paper, $11.95, ISBN 1-880192-01-2

This handbook focuses on five long-standing correlates for effective schools postulated by Ron Edmonds as variables that are present in successful inner-city schools populated primarily by African American children.

Transforming the Curriculum for Multicultural Understandings: A Practitioner’s Handbook

James B. Boyer & Prentice H. Baptiste, Jr.

1996, 266 pp., paper, $19.95, ISBN 1-880192-19-5

This textbook continues to be used widely in teacher education and multicultural education classes, with a focus on understanding issues of diversity and preparing teachers for contemporary American classrooms.

The U.S. Presidency and Social Justice: Implications for Public Education

H. Prentice Baptiste, Editor

2006, 371xii pp., paper, $39.95, ISBN 1-880192-51-9

A detailed analysis of the office of the President of the United States in the context of social and educational policy, with a careful examination of eighteen different Presidents and a variety of issues related to political theory, influence, and power.

We Can Have Better Urban Schools

Cornell Thomas, Paulette Fitzhugh-Walker, & Phildra T. Jefferies

2000, 132 pp., paper, $19.95, ISBN 1-880192-33-0

This book is about the education of students in urban school environments. The practices espoused strongly support the notion that urban schools can be, and oftentimes are, communities where successful teaching and learning occurs.

Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow: Meeting the Challenge of Our Multicultural America & Beyond

Paul D. Christiansen & Michelle Young

1996, 376 pp., paper, $29.95, ISBN 1-880192-18-7

This volume forces one to interact with where one stands and, ultimately, to decide if that position is one which helps to meet the challenge of a multicultural America—and to attempt to go beyond to contribute even more in a society as diverse as ours.

The Heart of the Matter: Teacher Educators and Teacher Education Reform

Ardra L. Cole, Rosebud Elijah, & J. Gary Knowles, Editors

1998, 496 pp., paper, $39.95, ISBN 1-880192-28-4

The 35 contributors to this volume present experiences of the central players in much teacher education reform—younger faculty for whom good teaching is a passion, but whose reform activities too often fail to satisfy promotion and tenure expectations.

The JOY of Sciencing

The JOY of Sciencing: A Hands-on Approach to Developing Science Literacy and Teen Leadership through Cross-Age Teaching and Community Action

Richard Ponzio & Charles Fisher, Editors

1998, 112 pp., paper, $19.95, ISBN 1-880192-24-1

This volume describes the community service emphasis of the Science Experiences and Resources for Informal Education Settings, a national 4-H program headquartered at the University of California, Davis.

Judicious Coaching

Forrest Gathercoal, Paul Gathercoal, Beverly Reilly Bryde, & Nan Verkaik

2002, 160 pp., paper, $19.95, ISBN 1-880192-41-1

Written primarily for coaches working with student athletes who play team sports, this volume focuses on the academic and athletic rights and responsibilities of those students, working from the philosophical framework of Judicious Discipline.

Judicious Discipline

Forrest Gathercoal

2004 (6th edition), 250 pp., paper, $27.95, ISBN 1-880192-48-9

This revised and expanded 6th edition of the widely-used Judicious Discipline presents the philosophical background and a practical discussion of an approach to classroom management and student growth revolving around development of self discipline and learning the rights and responsibilities of living in a democratic society.

Judicious Parenting

Forrest Gatrhercoal

1992, 212 pp., paper, $14.95, ISBN 1-880192-03-9

You spank your children, or ground them, or take away privileges, and they still misbehave. In this ground-breaking book, Forrest Gathercoal explains why punishing children doesn’t do what you think it does—and offers a prescription for family harmony and self-disciplined children.

The Judicious Professor:
A Learner-Centered Philosophy for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

2007, 226vi pages, $29.95, ISBN 1-880192-53-5

An examination of teaching at the college and university level, with a focus on the sharing of responsibility for teaching and learning between professor and students. The nature of the "Judicious Professor" is discussed through theory and examples.

A Judicious Philosophy for School Support Personnel

Forrest Gathercoal

1996, 71 pp., paper, $12.95, ISBN 1-880192-16-0

This book is written primarily for school support personnel and volunteers working with students in an educational environment, and the ideas evolve from the Judicious Discipline philosophy that builds on democratic understandings and fosters self-discipline.

Minds in Motion: Using Museums to Expand Creative Thinking

Alan Gartenhaus

1997 (3rd edition), 186 pp., paper, $14.95, ISBN 1-880192-21-7

A resource for teachers and parents interested in integrating student creative thinking skills with field trips to art, history, and science museums. The book includes carefully-designed, hands-on activities.

Practicing Judicious Discipline: An Educator’s Guide to the Democratic Classroom

Barbara McEwan Landau, Editor

2008 (4th edition), 289 pp., paper, $29.95, ISBN 1-880192-54-3

This expanded edition of the workbook designed to be used with Judicious Discipline offers essays, stories of practice, and a wide range of lesson plans, worksheets, and forms related to putting Judicious Discipline into action.

Shadows and Moon: About Being Schooled and a Bit More

Lou Denti

2003, 72 pp., paper, $19.95, ISBN 1-880192-44-6

A collection of poems and thoughts about children and youth who have been stigmatized, labeled, and discriminated against because of their learning and behavioral challenges. The volume is used by the author and other faculty in preparing special education teachers.

A Teacher’s Life: Stories of Literacy, Teacher Thinking, and Professional Development

James A. Muchmore

2004, 203xiii pp., paper, $25.95, ISBN 1-880192-47-0

A Teacher’s Life blurs the distinction between biography and qualitative research in presenting the story of a veteran English teacher and placing her experiences in the context of the author’s own professional life.

Who Will Teach? A Case Study of Teacher Education Reform

Rena Upitis, Senior Editor

2000, 318 pp., paper, $29.95, ISBN 1-880192-32-2

Through the voices of professors, administrators, principals, teachers, and past and present teacher candidates, this volume explores the workings of a significant change initiative undertaken by the Faculty of Education at Queen’s University.

Creating Inviting Schools

John M. Novak, Wendy Rocca, & Ann-Marie DiBiase, Editors

2006, 260 pp., $29.95, ISBN 1-880192-49-7

This book of 14 chapters by two dozen scholars and practitioners of Invitational Education brings together the stories of professional leaders who have successfully applied invitational theory to the challenges and practices of real-life schools.

All That Appears Isn’t Necessarily So: Morality, Virtue, Politics, and Education

Robert P. Engvall

1998, 188 pp., paper, $19.95, ISBN 1-880192-26-8

Attacks on our collective “loss of virtue” have heightened and now occur so routinely that we treat the message as obvious. The purpose of this book is to attack that message, not so much for its content, but more for its method of delivery. Virtue is, after all, rather complicated.

The Art of Writing Inquiry

Lorri Neilsen, Ardra L. Cole, & J. Gary Knowles, Editors

2001, 324 pp., paper, $32.95, ISBN 1-894132-06-8

A rich collection of arts-informed writing as inquiry and inquiry into writing, including essays, reflections, fiction, poetry, and plays at the leading edge of contemporary scholartistry.

Cognitive Science and Philosophy of Education: Toward a Unified Theory of Learning and Teaching

Jerome A. Popp

1999, 260 pp., paper, $24.95, ISBN 1-880192-31-4

The goal of this book is to introduce educators to the issues within current cognitive studies that will influence how we will be thinking about learning and intelligence in the years to come.

Education as Power

Theodore Brameld

2000 republication of 1965 classic, 199 pp., paper, $24.95, ISBN 1-880192-34-9

When Education as Power first appeared in 1965, it quickly became one of the primary texts of the educational reconstruction movement. It remains just as relevant now 40 years later, and has therefore been reissued under the sponsorship of The Society for Educational Reconstruction.

Education for the Twenty-First Century

William H. Boyer

2002, 264 pp., paper, $24.95, ISBN 1-880192-38-1

In this intellectual biography, William H. Boyer presents a collection of his articles, essays, and philosophy spanning 35 years, focusing on educational issues of peace, ecology, economics, and philosophical reconstruction in this new century.

The Educational Messiah Complex: American Faith in the Culturally Redemptive Power of Schooling

Sanford W. Reitman

1992, 232 pp., paper, $19.95, ISBN 1-880192-00-4

This volume examines historical, philosophical, sociological, political, anthropological, and economic aspects of “The Educational Messiah Complex,” as well as drawing on cross-cultural comparisons with Israel.

Educationists and Their Vanities: 100 Missives to My Colleagues

George F. Kneller

1994, 208 pp., paper, $15.95, ISBN 1-880192-12-8

George F. Kneller was a keen observer and commentator on the growth and development of the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Los Angeles, and this volume collects together 100 “missives” shared with his colleagues at the School.

In the First Person Singular: The Foundations of Education

R. Freeman Butts

1993, 112 pp., paper, $12.95, ISBN 1-880192-05-5

This book presents three pivotal essays by the eminent educational historian R. Freeman Butts, presenting his reflections on the foundations of education at Teachers College, Columbia University, the development of international education programs at the College, and the evolution of civic education.

Introducing Educational Reconstruction: The Philosophy and Practice of Transforming Society through Education

Darrol Bussler, Frances L. O’Neil, Angela Raffel, Frank Andrews Stone, & T. Mathai Thomas

1997, 136 pp., paper, $14.95, ISBN 1-880192-22-5

As the authors of this volume explain, the philosophy of educational reconstruction has strong roots in the Twentieth Century and significant promise for the Twenty-First Century and beyond.

Key Questions for Educators

William Hare & John P. Portelli, Editors

2007, 162xiv pages, $24.95, ISBN 1880192-52-7

A collection of 40 original essays by well-known educational scholars responding to key questions about education and schooling. The result is a network of educational ideas of value to theoreticians and practitioners alike.

My Way of Looking at It: An Autobiography

William Van Til

1996, 478 pp, paper, $29.95, ISBN 1-880192-17-9

Through the autobiographical writing of a major figure in Twentieth Century education, this volume provides important history, personal stories, and social commentary all woven together by an eminent communicator.

On the Wings of Metaphor

Stanley D. Ivie

2003, 333 pp., paper, $29.95, ISBN 1-880192-45-4

Metaphors are the stock in trade of educators, and in this textbook Stanley D. Ivie explores ideas from key educators throughout history and assists students in understanding, developing, and using metaphors in their education and life.

Theodore Brameld’s Educational Reconstruction: An Intellectual Biography

Frank A. Stone

2003, viii & 296 pp., paper, $29.95
ISBN 1-880192-43-8

The activist thinker most related to the philosophy of education called educational reconstruction is Theodore Brameld (1904-1987), and this intellectual biography investigates the influences that shaped Brameld’s life and thought.

We Know Who We Are

We Know Who We Are: A History of the Blind in Challenging Educational and Socially Constructed Policies—A Study in Policy Analysis

Ronald J. Ferguson

2001, 224 pp., paper, $24.95, ISBN 1-880192-35-7

The blind have long been oppressed by socially constructed beliefs about blindness. They have been stereotyped and discriminated against. This volume offers a theoretical model to expose and demystify such beliefs. The evidence in the book speaks for itself.

A Matter of Loyalty: The Los Angeles School Board vs. Frances Eisenberg

Martha Kransdorf

1994, 140 pp., paper, $14.95, ISBN 1-880192-11-X

This is the story of Frances Eisenberg, a teacher in Los Angeles who in the 1950s was dismissed by the school system because of political associations with communism.

Knowing Her Place: Research Literacies and Feminist Occasions

Lorri Neilsen

1998, 288 pp., paper, $24.95, ISBN 1-880192-27-6

This volume of stories, essays, research articles, and poems portray two decades in Lorri Neilsen’s career as a writer, teacher, researcher, and mother.

Schoolmarms: Women in America’s Schools

Edwina Walsh

1995, 235 pp., paper, $19.95, ISBN 1-880192-14-4

This volume gives voice to one woman’s experiences as a teacher and administrator, grappling with sexism and other forms of intolerance in American schools. It is surely the voice of many if not most woman in education.

Academies for Anatolia

Academies for Anatolia: A Study of the Rationale, Program, and Impact of the Educational Institutions Sponsored by the American Board in Turkey, 1830-2005

Frank A. Stone

2006, 400 pp., paper, $39.95, ISBN 1-880192-50-0

An historical, social, and political examination of the schools initiated, operated, and sponsored in Turkey by the American Board and its contemporary successors.

A Geography of Human Life

Tsunesaburo Makiguchi

2002, English Edition, Edited by Dayle M. Bethel, xxxvi & 310 pp., paper, $29.95, ISBN 1-880192-42-X

This volume by a distinguished Japanese scholar, first published in Japan in 1903, offers a unique ecological and educational perspective on the relationship between humankind and nature, a perspective still very relevant over 100 years after its first presentation.

Compulsory Schooling and Human Learning: The Moral Failure of Public Education in America and Japan

Dayle M. Bethel, Editor

1994, 160 pp., paper, $17.95, ISBN 1-880192-13-6

The essays in this book are an outgrowth of an ongoing multicultural dialogue among parents, teachers, and scholars within the Pacific community of nations and peoples concerning educational and social problems and needs for fundamental cultural and educational change.

Russia in Darkness: On Education and the Future

Boris M. Gershunsky

1993, 102 pp., paper, $12.95, ISBN 1-880192-04-7

An open letter from a leading Russian education scholar addressed to Russian President Boris Yeltcin, deploring educational conditions and directions in that nation.

School with Forest and Meadow

Ikue Tezuka

1995, 125 pp., paper, $17.95, ISBN 1-880192-15-2

This volume describes the educational theory and practice of Giichiro Yamanouchi, including illustrations and commentary from his educational reform efforts in Japan.

Unemployment, Education, and Training: Case Studies from North America and Europe

Keith Forrester & Kevin Ward, Editors

1991, 354 pp., paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-9625945-6-3

An examination of contemporary theory and practice and future possibilities for reducing unemployment through education and training, with case studies from Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Germany.

The War Schools of Dobrinja: Reading, Writing and Resistance during the Siege of Sarajevo

David M. Berman

2007, 252xxxii pages, $29.95, ISBN 1-880192-55-1

A carefully research, well-documented, and invitingly written story of the teachers and students who maintained schools in Dobrinja during the early 1990s despite the siege of Sarajevo. A compelling analysis of education under wartime conditions.