Revealing that our teacher-training institutes have reached an all-time low, this scathing expose shows a betrayal of traditional ideals and values and a remarkably low intellectual level throughout the educational establishment

Ed School Follies: The Miseducation of America's Teachers

Education & Teaching

Kramer, Rita

Higher & Continuing Education

Free Pr

The true story of women agents of the secret World War II Special Operations Executive, mandated by Winston Churchill to "set Europe ablaze" by organizing resistance in occupied Europe during the prelude to D Day. Intrigue and heroism, adventure and betrayal figure in this account of British-led efforts to defeat the Nazis in wartime France, based on extensive research in records, documents, letters and memoirs, and the author's interviews with surviving agents and officials. Despite sporadic defeat and betrayal, SOE leaders managed to delay the arrival of German reinforcements to the Normandy beachhead, contributing to the eventual Allied victory. Details of the operations of SOE recounted here remained secret for decades after the war, finally revealing the human cost of the reconnaissance and sabotage efforts that helped to shorten the conflict.

Flames in the Field: The Story of Four Soe Agents in Occupied France

History

Military

Createspace Independent Pub

Maria Montessori (1870–1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.

Maria Montessori: A Biography (Radcliffe Biography Series)

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Da Capo

Maria Montessori: A Biography

University of Chicago Press

Maria Montessori (1870–1952) brought about a revolution in the classroom. She developed a method of teaching small children and inspired a movement that carried that method into every corner of the world. In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, but also the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life.

Hamish Hamilton

Politics & Social Sciences

Women's Studies

Penguin Adult HC/TR

Rita Kramers extraordinary ethnography of schools of education opens ones eyes to many things, including the degree to which equality has driven out achievement in the ideals and practices taught to future teachers. All those concerned about what our children will learn and what tomorrows adults will know should read this book.James S. Coleman, Professor of Sociology and Education, University of Chicago

iUniverse

This is the true story of four women, members of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), who were sent into Nazi-occupied France during World War II, and then caught up in a web of deception which resulted in their deaths at the hands of the Gestapo. In this book, Rita Kramer pieces together the women's stories, how they came to be involved in such a dangerous operation as well as their experiences in France, and also analyzes the controversial methods of SOE at a crucial period in the war.

Flames in the field: The story of four SOE agents in occupied France

Michael, Joseph

Based on a three-year study of the New York City criminal justice system, this analysis of juvenile justice concludes that the system is seriously flawed at all levels, hopelessly outdated, and in need of reform

At a Tender Age: Violent Youth and Juvenile Justice

Politics & Government

Henry Holt Co.

Giving birth: Childbearing in America today

Contemporary Books

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