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Feb. 9 2010 - 2:00 am | 16 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments

What I’m reading

By MICHAEL SALMONOWICZ

Last September I posted a list of education-related books that I recently had read. Since then I’ve knocked out a few more, which are listed below (links take you to reviews of the books). If you’re interested in purchasing one of the first two titles (Duke’s book is only available online), please support your local, independent book stores!

More Than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City, By William Julius Wilson, 2009

American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass, By Douglas Massey & Nancy Denton, 1993

Differentiating School Leadership: Facing the Challenges of Practice, By Daniel L. Duke, 2010

Also, I read some different blogs and online newspapers each day for my education news. These include:

Chicago Tribune Education Page (I think the Tribune does a better job covering urban education than any other media outlet, anywhere. From gang violence to violence prevention, from school reform efforts to early literacy programs, from politics to parenting to poverty, the Tribune’s writers produce substantive, relevant, well-written stories.)

Washington Post Education Page (This page includes regular news stories as well as blogs from Valerie Strauss & Jay Mathews)

National Journal Education Blog

Education Week

Public School Insights: What Is Working In Our Public Schools

If you’d like to pass along any education-related books, articles, or websites you’ve read lately, please post a comment!

 
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    I'm a Teach For America alum and spent three years as a high school teacher on the west and south sides of Chicago. I've conducted research on turnaround schools with a team from the University of Virginia, consulted for school districts across the country, and done work with New Leaders for New Schools, the Consortium on Chicago School Research, and DonorsChoose.org. Currently I'm finishing my PhD from UVa's Curry School of Education.

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