Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, 10th Anniversary Edition

With over 70,000 copies of the first edition in print, this radical treatise on public education has been a New Society Publishers’ bestseller for 10 years! Thirty years in New York City’s public schools led John Gatto to the sad conclusion that compulsory schooling does little but teach young people to follow orders like cogs in an industrial machine. This second edition describes the wide-spread impact of the book and Gatto’s "guerrilla teaching."

Insurgents, Raiders, and Bandits: How Masters of Irregular Warfare Have Shaped Our World

From the small bands of wilderness warriors who battled in 18th-century North America to the "Chechen Lion," and the contemporary conflict in Chechnya, John Arquilla chronicles the deadly careers of the greatest masters of irregular warfare over the past 250 years.

The more teachers understand about how children learn to talk, the more they can help children become avid, joyful readers and writers. Drawing on a large body of research and her own volunteer work at a family shelter, Lindfors concisely identifies several important commonalities across oral and written language. Taking the compelling perspective that it's all language, she traces children's emergent literacy from infancy through the early school years. The book incorporates abundant examples from a diverse range of children engaged in authentic literacy experiences. ...

Parametric Variation: Null Subjects in Minimalist Theory

Parametric variation in linguistic theory refers to the systematic grammatical variation permitted by the human language faculty. Although still widely assumed, the parametric theory of variation has in recent years been subject to re-evaluation and critique. 

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New English File ESOL Teacher's Resource Book Entry 1-2

The book is aimed at new or established ESOL teachers using New English File Elementary. When writing these resources we set out to extend, adapt,
and contextualize the material in  New English FileElementaryto the UK ESOL context. The resources can also be used as stand-alone material in ESOL
classes. We, the authors, have many years experience of teaching ESOL in the UK. The resources are inspired by the kind of tried and tested material we
have been creating and using in the ESOL classroom.