A rich and engaging exploration of the documents that illustrate the origins and development of First Amendment freedoms in American history. Each document is introduced by a historical essay and reproduced in facsimile. Incorporating nearly 40 documents and spanning more than 300 years, First Freedoms is essential for students of American history.

First Freedoms: A Documentary History of First Amendment Rights in America

Children's Books

Haynes, Charles C.

Chaltain, Sam

Glisson, Susan M.

History

Oxford University Press

In a stinging dissent to a 1961 Supreme Court decision that allowed the Illinois state bar to deny admission to prospective lawyers if they refused to answer political questions, Justice Hugo Black closed with the memorable line, "We must not be afraid to be free." Black saw the First Amendment as the foundation of American freedom--the guarantor of all other Constitutional rights. Yet since free speech is by nature unruly, people fear it. The impulse to curb or limit it has been a constant danger throughout American history. In We Must Not Be Afraid to Be Free, Ron Collins and Sam Chaltain, two noted free speech scholars and activists, provide authoritative and vivid portraits of free speech in modern America. The authors offer a series of engaging accounts of landmark First Amendment cases, including bitterly contested cases concerning loyalty oaths, hate speech, flag burning, student anti-war protests, and McCarthy-era prosecutions. The book also describes the colorful people involved in each case--the judges, attorneys, and defendants--and the issues at stake. Tracing the development of free speech rights from a more restrictive era--the early twentieth century--through the Warren Court revolution of the 1960s and beyond, Collins and Chaltain not only cover the history of a cherished ideal, but also explain in accessible language how the law surrounding this ideal has changed over time. Essential for anyone interested in this most fundamental of our rights, We Must Not Be Afraid to Be Free provides a definitive and lively account of our First Amendment and the price courageous Americans have paid to secure them.

We Must Not Be Afraid to Be Free: Stories of Free Expression in America

Collins, Ronald K.L.

Legal History

Inspirational stories of engaging, real-life educational experiences Everyone has a personal learning story, a time when they became actively engaged in their own education. Maybe it was an especially challenging teacher, or a uniquely supportive environment, or a collaborative classroom. In Faces of Learning, both well-known public figures, such as Arne Duncan and Al Franken, and ordinary Americans recall the moments when they truly learned something. <ul>
<li>Includes stories from people of all different backgrounds and from all over the country</li> <li>The stories are grouped into categories by theme like "relevant" and "experiential" to help reveal the common characteristics of what works in education</li> <li>Each chapter ends with five things you can do to improve your own learning, that of your students, and of all Americans</li> </ul> Readers can visit the companion website www.facesoflearning.net to share their own stories of educational success and find out what else they can do.

Faces of Learning: 50 Powerful Stories of Defining Moments in Education

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Jossey-Bass

Our School: Searching for Community in the Era of Choice

Almost every major American city is experimenting with school choice―a deeply controversial idea that is dramatically reshaping public education. Will the wider array of school options help parents and educators identify better strategies for helping all children learn? Or will the high stakes of the marketplace end up privatizing this most public of institutions? Education activist Sam Chaltain believes that before we can answer these questions, we must put a human face on the modern landscape of teaching and learning. Our School documents a year in the life of two schools in the nation’s capital―one a new charter school just opening its doors, the other a neighborhood school that first opened in 1924. Chaltain weaves together the observations and emotions of the people whose lives intersect there, and the triumphs and the challenges they experience. The result is an unsettling, complex portrayal of American public education. Our School is important reading for educational policymakers, administrators, parents, the media, and anyone who aspires to be a teacher. Book Features: <ul>
<li> Specific recommendations for creating a healthy, high-functioning school.</li> <li> A detailed account of what school choice actually looks and feels like to the people who experience it. </li> <li> A vivid description of the modern classroom and what it’s really like to teach in public school. </li> <li> An important focus on the humanity of teachers (their personal histories, their reasons for entering the profession, their day-to-day challenges). </li> <li> An intimate look at the inner lives of children (their biggest fears and needs, their moments of triumph and understanding).</li>
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Teachers' College Press

Almost every major American city is experimenting with school choice―a deeply controversial idea that is dramatically reshaping public education. Will the wider array of school options help parents and educators identify better strategies for helping all children learn? Or will the high stakes of the marketplace end up privatizing this most public of institutions? Education activist Sam Chaltain believes that before we can answer these questions, we must put a human face on the modern landscape of teaching and learning. Our School documents a year in the life of two schools in the nation’s capital―one a new charter school just opening its doors, the other a neighborhood school that first opened in 1924. Chaltain weaves together the observations and emotions of the people whose lives intersect there, and the triumphs and the challenges they experience. The result is an unsettling, complex portrayal of American public education. Our School is important reading for educational policymakers, administrators, parents, the media, and anyone who aspires to be a teacher.Book Features: Specific recommendations for creating a healthy, high-functioning school. A detailed account of what school choice actually looks and feels like to the people who experience it.  A vivid description of the modern classroom and what it’s really like to teach in public school.  An important focus on the humanity of teachers (their personal histories, their reasons for entering the profession, their day-to-day challenges).  An intimate look at the inner lives of children (their biggest fears and needs, their moments of triumph and understanding).

In American Schools, Sam Chaltain interweaves the leading ideas from the education, business, and scientific communities to outline a framework for leadership that helps educators and organizational leaders create the optimal conditions for transformational change. By pairing a rich theoretical framework with the stories of communities that have, over several years, tried to create more democratic learning communities, Chaltain does what any reader of this book will have to do - provide enough structure to empower people to do their best work, and enough freedom so that each person's inherent creativity can be unleashed.

American Schools: The Art of Creating a Democratic Learning Community

R&L Education

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First Freedoms: A Documentary History of First Amendment Rights in America

We Must Not Be Afraid to Be Free: Stories of Free Expression in America

Faces of Learning: 50 Powerful Stories of Defining Moments in Education

Our School: Searching for Community in the Era of Choice

Our School: Searching for Community in the Era of Choice

American Schools: The Art of Creating a Democratic Learning Community