Books you need to read

There are many, many books on the shelf of Education Reform. Here are a few of our favorites.

The Academic Achievement Challenge: What Really Works in the Classroom by Jeanne S. Chall, © 2000, Guilford Press

The Educated Child: A Parent's Guide from Preschool through Eighth Grade by William J. Bennett, Chester E. Finn, Jr., and John T. E. Cribb, Jr., © 1999, Touchstone/Simon & Schuster

The Learning Gap: Why Our Schools Are Failing and What We Can Learn from Japanese and Chinese Education by Harold W Stevenson and James W. Stigler, © 1992, Touchstone/Simon & Schuster

Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms by Diane Ravitch, © 2000, Simon & Schuster

Marva Collins' Way: Returning to Excellence in Education by Marva Collins and Civia Tamarkin, © 1990, Tarcher/Putnam

No Excuses: Lessons from 21 High-Performing, High-Poverty Schools by Samuel Casey Carter, © 2000, The Heritage Foundation

Nothing's Impossible: Leadership Lessons from Inside and Outside the Classroom by Lorraine Monroe, © 1999, Public Affairs

The Schools We Need, and Why We Don't Have Them by E. D. Hirsch, Jr., © 1999, Anchor Books/Doubleday

Ten Traits of Highly Successful Schools by Elaine K. McEwan, © 1999, Harold Shaw Publishers

Why Johnny Can't Read, And What You Can Do About It by Rudolf Flesch, Reissued, © 1986, HarperCollins