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-- Banned in the USA2002., Greenwood Press Call No: 363.31 FOE Edition: Rev. and expanded e Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents a survey of eleven major book banning incidents, a look at laws regarding bookbanning, interviews with the authors of banned books, and an annotated listing of the fifty most challenged books from 1996 through 2000.
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2017., The New Press Call No: HI-INT 379 ROO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Public schools are among America's greatest achievements in modern history, yet from the earliest days of tax-supported education -- today a sector with an estimated budget of over half a billion dollars -- there have been intractable tensions tied to race and poverty. Now, in an era characterized by levels of school segregation the country has not seen since the mid-twentieth century, cultural critic and American studies professor Noliwe Rooks provides a trenchant analysis of our separate and unequal schools and argues that profiting from our nation's failure to provide a high-quality education to all children has become a very big business."--Amazon.com.
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-- Death & life of the great American school system2011, c2010., Basic Books Call No: 371.26 RAV Edition: Rev. and expanded e Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Diane Ravitch, a one-time supporter of the No Child Left Behind Act, discusses the failures of the system, lowered testing standards, and her concerns for the education system in the United States.
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-- Engel versus Vitalec2001., Lucent Books Call No: 344.73 0796 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines the 1962 Supreme Court case which decided that official prayers in public schools are unconstitutional, and discusses the continuing debate over the separation of church and state.
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-- Engel versus Vitale.c2007., Juvenile, Chelsea House Call No: 344.73 0796 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents only Series Title: Great Supreme Court decisions.Summary Note: Examines the 1962 Supreme Court case between Steven I. Engel and four other parents and William J. Vitale, Jr., president of the New Hyde Park School Board regarding the issue of prayer in the public school.
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-- Engel versus VitaleBy Haas, Carol1994., Juvenile, Enslow Publishers Call No: 347.73 HAA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Landmark Supreme Court casesSummary Note: Examines the ideas and the arguments of the people behind the decision that would ban prayer from public schools.
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2000., Libraries Unlimited Call No: 027.8 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Offers examples of school library media specialists who created successful educational centers despite obstacles, and presents plans to help library media specialists to gain support from administrators to fulfill their vision.
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c2010., ASCD Call No: 371.009173 2 Available for OCM BOCES Instructional Support Service via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access Available for OCM BOCES Instructional Support Service via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access More... Summary Note: Explains what problems are unique to the urban environment, why urban youth is more difficult to motivate, and how to replace ineffective approaches with methods that relate to these students' everyday experiences.
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c2010., ASCD Call No: 371.009173 2 Available for OCM BOCES Instructional Support Service via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access Summary Note: Explains what problems are unique to the urban environment, why urban youth is more difficult to motivate, and how to replace ineffective approaches with methods that relate to these students' everyday experiences.
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c2010., ASCD Call No: 371.009173 2 Available for OCM BOCES Instructional Support Service via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access Summary Note: Explains what problems are unique to the urban environment, why urban youth is more difficult to motivate, and how to replace ineffective approaches with methods that relate to these students' everyday experiences.
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c2010., ASCD Call No: 371.009173 2 Available for OCM BOCES Instructional Support Service via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access Summary Note: Explains what problems are unique to the urban environment, why urban youth is more difficult to motivate, and how to replace ineffective approaches with methods that relate to these students' everyday experiences.
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c2010., ASCD Call No: 371.009173 2 Available for OCM BOCES Instructional Support Service via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access Summary Note: Explains what problems are unique to the urban environment, why urban youth is more difficult to motivate, and how to replace ineffective approaches with methods that relate to these students' everyday experiences.
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c2010., ASCD Call No: 371.009173 2 Available for OCM BOCES Instructional Support Service via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access Summary Note: Explains what problems are unique to the urban environment, why urban youth is more difficult to motivate, and how to replace ineffective approaches with methods that relate to these students' everyday experiences.
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c2010., ASCD Call No: 371.009173 2 Available for OCM BOCES Instructional Support Service via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access Summary Note: Explains what problems are unique to the urban environment, why urban youth is more difficult to motivate, and how to replace ineffective approaches with methods that relate to these students' everyday experiences.
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c2010., ASCD Call No: 371.009173 2 Available for OCM BOCES Instructional Support Service via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access Summary Note: Explains what problems are unique to the urban environment, why urban youth is more difficult to motivate, and how to replace ineffective approaches with methods that relate to these students' everyday experiences.
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c2010., ASCD Call No: 371.009173 2 Available for OCM BOCES Instructional Support Service via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access Summary Note: Explains what problems are unique to the urban environment, why urban youth is more difficult to motivate, and how to replace ineffective approaches with methods that relate to these students' everyday experiences.
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By Head, Tom2005., Thomson/Gale, : Thomson/Gale Call No: 371 HEA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: At issueSummary Note: Presents a collection of essays that examine the issue of religion and education, exploring a wide range of opinions using primary and secondary sources that provide an account of what role religion has in government institutions.
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2004., Chelsea House Call No: 371 MAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Point/counterpointSummary Note: Presents opposing views on religion in public schools including prayer, religious clubs, and the teaching of evolution, and includes a further resource list and guidance on legal research.
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c2020., Adolescent, Lucent Press Call No: 342.7308 5 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Hot topics (Lucent Press)Summary Note: Annotated quotes from legal experts and activists provide additional information about the connection between student rights and student activism.
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c2011., ASCD Call No: 370.973 Click here to access. Available from OCM BOCES Instructional Support Service via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Summary Note: This book attempts to challenge the assumptions that are rooted within the education community and bring clarity to aspects of the school reform movement. Presented in two parts, the first discusses the flawed ideas currently implemented in school systems, and the second relates how a revised strategy is the answer to many problems.
