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- "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent" by Isabel Wilkerson. Read by students at: The University of California, Berkeley; The University of Maryland. Beyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences people's lives and behavior and the nation's fate.
- "The Vanishing Half" by Brit Bennett. Read by students at: Bryn Mawr College; The University of St. Thomas. The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical.
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants" by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Read by students at: New York University.
- "Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman. Read by students at: Northwestern University. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical.
Sep 21, 2023 · Based on syllabi from well over 2,500 US colleges, the key findings are: The Elements of Style by William Strunk is the most-assigned book at America’s top public schools. Of the 100 most-assigned books in US colleges, 22 have a female author.
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May 15, 2024 · Reading for pleasure can help dust off your imagination and prepare you for life after college. Stick around to explore 24 of the best books to read for college students.
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Meet our 60 experts. Tracy Lawson Author. Don N. Hagist Author. Leonard L. Richards Author. Jenny Hale Pulsipher Author. Seth Mallios Author. Eric H. Ash Author. +54. 60 authors created a book list connected to Colonial America, and here are their favorite Colonial America books.
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- American Education: A History. by Wayne J. Urban and Jennings L. Wagoner, Jr. This book seems like a good starting point, as it details the history of American Education from pre-colonial days on (including a look at Native American education before colonization).
- . Savage Inequalities. by Jonathan Kozol. Savage Inequalities addresses the funding gap between schools in wealthy areas and those in poorer ones. To write this book on whether or not our education system really provides equal opportunity to every child, Kozul spent two years touring the country, interviewing teachers, principals, superintendents, and students.
- What Does it Mean to be Well Educated? by Alfie Kohn. This book features a series of essays about our education system’s fixation on scores and grades. As standardized tests continue to be the standard on which both students and teachers are judged, what are we losing?
- Waiting for “Superman”: How We Can Save America’s Failing Public Schoolsby Karl Weber. This book (and the documentary of the same name) draws on the knowledge of education reform experts to provide insight, suggestions, and resources to help the reader join the struggle to improve our schools.
13 April 2021. By John Self,Features correspondent. Getty. Eton pupils (Credit: Getty) A new memoir recalls life at Eton College – the school for the country's most powerful and privileged....
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