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The New Criminal Justice Thinking
A vital collection for reforming criminal justice After five decades of punitive expansion, the entire U.S. criminal justice system— mass incarceration, the War on Drugs, police practices, the treatment of juveniles and the mentally ill, glaring racial disparity, the death penalty and more — faces challenging questions. What exactly is criminal justice? How much of it is a system of law and how much is a collection of situational social practices? What roles do the Constitution and the Supreme Court play? How do race and gender shape outcomes? How does change happen, and what changes or adaptations should be pursued? The New Criminal Justice Thinking addresses the challenges of this hist...
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Reforming Education
A study of large-scale education reform in five different settings: England, New Zealand, the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Manitoba, and the US state of Minnesota.
Governing Education
Levin's unique combination of informed analysis with real stories of real events told by participants provides an incisive exploration of government in action.
Schools and the Changing World
Suggestions are constantly being made about the kinds of changes schools should make. Research in this text shows that schools are primarily inward-looking, and would benefit from a better understanding of the changes surrounding them and the pressures on them.
How to Change 5000 Schools
Not long ago, public education in Ontario, Canada, was in deep trouble. Student achievement was stagnating, labor disruptions were rampant, and public satisfaction with the schools was low. In 2003, a new provincial government initiated a series of reforms that embodied a positive, outcome-focused agenda for public education. Today, student outcomes have improved, labor disruption has vanished, and teacher morale is high. In How to Change 5000 Schools, Ben Levin, former deputy minister of education for the province of Ontario, draws on his experience overseeing major systemwide education reforms in Canada and England to set forth a refreshingly positive, pragmatic, and optimistic approach to...
Understanding Canadian Schools
Everyone has some understanding of what schools are about. Whether they are studying educational administration or are involved as a non-educator in the school system, Understanding Canadian Schools will build on readers' understanding of the way Canadian schools have come to operate, and to challenge their thinking about why they are the way they are. They will find that matters of school organization are important because they have such an enormous influence in determining the nature of teachers' work and of students' learning experiences. Learning about school organization is also important because such knowledge gives all those involved in public education the ability to understand and be more effective in their work environment.
Theater in Israel
The first book-length investigation of theater and drama in Israel
