Seth Kershner

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We Want To Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom

Recommended for academic libraries serving preservice teachers.
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The Make-or-Break Year: Solving the Dropout Crisis One Ninth Grader at a Time

One of the few comprehensive accounts of Chicago's remarkable educational triumph, this title deserves a place on the shelves of college, public, and high school libraries.
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Fraternity: An Inside Look at a Year of College Boys Becoming Men

Readers would be better off with John Hechinger's True Gentlemen: The Broken Pledge of America's Fraternities.
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Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side

Ewing's graceful prose enlivens what might otherwise be a depressing topic in this timely, powerful read. Recommended to public, high school, and university libraries.
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"Lift Us Up, Don't Push Us Out!": Voices from the Front Lines of the Educational Justice Movement

A welcome addition to most public and academic library collections.
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"You Can't Fire the Bad Ones!" And 18 Other Myths About Teachers, Teachers Unions, and Public Education

The authors do their best to present a balanced work, as when they confront some of the uglier aspects of the history of teachers' unions. Recommended for academic libraries serving teachers-in-training.
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Vanity Fair's Schools for Scandal: The Inside Dramas at 16 of America's Most Elite Campuses—Plus Oxford!

A compelling collection that shows how tragedy too often results from hubris, lack of oversight, and the tendency of school administrators to protect their institution's reputation at all costs. Recommended for all types of libraries.
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True Gentlemen: The Broken Pledge of America's Fraternities

An exemplary work of investigative reporting. Recommended for all academic libraries.
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It Won't Be Easy: An Exceedingly Honest (and Slightly Unprofessional) Love Letter to Teaching

Recommended only for academic libraries serving aspiring teachers at the undergraduate or graduate levels.
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