Thelin’s book walks you through the entire history of college and universities in America. He covers the cultural and political issues that arose during each era, from class issues that sprung up from their very beginnings in the late 18th century to modern issues like adjunct labor and compensation for student athletes. The evolution of higher education reflects and influences American culture as a whole, shown here through a thorough exploration of both.

As a companion to the PBS series of the same name, this book takes us through the history of how the American public education system was formed. A number of education historians guide us across the early twentieth century to show how immigration, child labor laws, and industrial growth brought a surge of school attendance and new attention to a cohesive formalized schooling in the U.S. Then we follow the documentary through the fight for equal education from the 1950s and touch on current hot-button topics still being debated about our classrooms.

These essays explore how important a public school system is to a civil society. Various authors shine lights on different aspects of formal education and why privatizing fixes to public problems just makes them worse. They argue for focusing on public schooling to build community equality and meaningful education to build informed citizens.

This reference book collects data about the Black educational experience. From statistical analysis to personal anecdotes, the author demonstrates discusses how Black Americans have to navigate cultural and racial bias in the educational system and how that can be changed for the better of all students.

The contributors to this anthology explore how education can help advance a democratic society by creating chances for equality and advancing justice through social mobility and cultivating individual talents. They also discuss how these goals can be achieved through the current system and possible changes that would make it better.

An academic reference librarian gives tips for how to showcase the best ways to find information on the internet. Notess has been teaching web search skills since 1991 and his latest book emphasizes the importance of going beyond the first page and evaluating sources before putting them to use.  

Scholars from around the world contribute their research on how education and poverty are linked. Many of their findings are surprising, and all reveal a much more complex, intertwined relationship that does not always reflect conventional thinking.