The New Press - Professional Development

These selected New Press titles are of particular interest to teachers and schools of education. Many titles are especially useful for guidance counseling and advisories. See our "For Parents" section for materials that may also be of interest.

Beyond the Bake Sale

The Essential Guide to Family-School Partnerships

PAPERBACK ORIGINAL A practical, hands-on primer on helping schools and families work better together to improve children's education

Black Teachers on Teaching

City Kids, City Teachers

Reports from the Front Row

PAPERBACK a classic collection exploding the stereotypes of city schools, reissued as a companion to City Kids, City Schools

Consuming Kids

The Hostile Takeover of Childhood

Crossing the Tracks

How “Untracking” Can Save America's Schools

A highly praised study of ways in which schools have successfully experimented with heterogeneous grouping in the classroom.

The Discipline of Hope

Learning from a Lifetime of Teaching

The first paperback edition of the master educator's insights from four decades in the classroom.

Dismantling Desegregation

The Quiet Reversal of Brown v. Board of Education

"A wise...authoritative book" (Jonathan Kozol) on America's return to segregation.

Final Test

The Battle for Adequacy in America’s Schools

NOW IN PAPERBACK An in-depth look at "the brave new world of school finance" (Education Week) and the latest struggle for equality in public education

Fires in the Bathroom

Advice for Teachers from High School Students

NOW IN PAPERBACK The acclaimed book of practical advice from students to their teachers

Going Public

Schooling for a Diverse Democracy

An historically informed overview of the multicultural education debate from a leading advocate.

Islam Explained

NOW IN PAPERBACK A uniquely accessible introduction to Islam, by the celebrated author of Racism Explained to My Daughter

Justice Talking: Censoring the Web

Leading Advocates Debate Today’s Most Controversial Issues

Prominent attorneys debate web censorship and school vouchers in the first two volumes of a compelling new book-and-CD series inspired by the popular National Public Radio program Justice Talking

Lies Across America

What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong

Lies My Teacher Told Me

Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

A completely revised hardcover edition of James W. Loewen’s classic retelling of American history, based on six new textbooks and containing an all-new chapter on the recent past

Made in America

Immigrant Students in Our Public Schools

PAPERBACK with a new introduction by author Laurie Olsen, this timely reissue probes the challenges facing teachers and immigrant students in our public schools

Other People’s Children

Cultural Conflict in the Classroom

An updated edition of the classic revolutionary analysis of the role of race in the classroom

A People's History of the Civil War

Struggles for the Meaning of Freedom

NOW IN PAPERBACK The acclaimed sweeping history of a nation at war with itself, told here for the first time by the people who lived it

Racism Explained to My Daughter

NOW IN PAPERBACK The prizewinning book of advice about racism from bestselling author to his daughter, introduced by BILL COSBY

Rethinking Schools

An Agenda for Change

The country's leadingn education reformers propose ways to change our schools, "cutting through the jargon and addressing the real issues" (Jonathan Kozol).

She Would Not Be Moved

How We Tell the Story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

NOW IN PAPERBACK The prizewinning educator's brilliant and timely meditation on the misleading ways in which we teach the story of Rosa Parks

Should We Burn Babar?

Essays on Children’s Literature and the Power of Stories

PAPERBACK A new edition of the prizewinning educator's thoughts on the politics of children's literature, including a new essay written for this volume

The Skin That We Speak

Thoughts on Language and Culture in the Classroom

The author of Other People’s Children joins with other experts to examine the relationship between language and power in the classroom

Stupidity and Tears

Teaching and Learning in Troubled Times

A call to arms against the increasingly hostile climate of public education, hailed by Bill Ayers as “A wise and measured handbook for the struggle ahead”

Teachers Have It Easy

The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of America’s Teachers

NOW IN PAPERBACK The bestselling call to action for improving the working lives of public school teachers—and improving our classrooms along the way

Teaching for Social Justice

A Democracy and Education Reader

"A Totally Alien Life-Form"

Teenagers

Teens nationawide speak their minds with extraordinary frankness to the "legitimate heir to Studs Terkel" (Chicago Tribune).

Zero Tolerance

Resisting the Drive for Punishment in Our Schools

A clear-eyed collection that takes aim at the replacement of teaching with punishment in America’s schools

Justice Talking: School Vouchers

Leading Advocates Debate Today’s Most Controversial Issues

Prominent attorneys debate web censorship and school vouchers in the first two volumes of a compelling new book-and-CD series inspired by the popular National Public Radio program Justice Talking

A People’s History of the United States

Volume I: American Beginnings to Reconstruction

An abridged classroom edition of Howard Zinn's bestselling history of the United States, with teaching materials to accompany each chapter

The New Press Education Reader

Leading Educators Speak Out

PAPERBACK ORIGINAL An outstanding collection of the best writing from America’s foremost voices in progressive education

< Prev