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      Teaching and Its Predicaments

      David K. Cohen

      Since Socrates, teaching has been a difficult and even dangerous profession. Why is teaching such hard work? In this provocative, witty, sometimes rueful book, Cohen writes about the predicaments that…

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      The Ordeal of Equality: Did Federal Regulation Fix the Schools?

      David K. Cohen,Susan L. Moffitt

      American schools have always been locally created and controlled. But since Title I in 1965 appropriated nearly a billion dollars for public schools, federal money and programs have been influencing…

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      Usable Knowledge: Social Science and Social Problem Solving

      Charles E. Lindblom,David K. Cohen,Charles E. Lindblom

      An agenda of basic questions about the impact of social science and research on real life problems, and how social scientists are often crippled by a misunderstanding of their own…

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      Learning Policy: When State Education Reform Works

      David K. Cohen,Heather C. Hill

      Education reformers claim that stronger academic standards and stiffer state tests are needed to improve education. This study argues that effective state reform depends on conditions which most reforms ignore…

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      Fluid Mechanics

      Pijush K. Kundu, Ira M. Cohen, David R Dowling, Jesse Capecelatro

      The classic textbook from Pijush Kundu, Fluid Mechanics, has been once again revised and updated by Dr. David Dowling and Dr. Jesse Capecelatro to better illustrate this important subject for…

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      The State of Education Policy Research

      First Published in 2007. The State of Education Policy Research is a comprehensive, insightful evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of education policy research in the U.S. today.

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      The State of Education Policy Research

      First Published in 2007. The State of Education Policy Research is a comprehensive, insightful evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of education policy research in the U.S. today.

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      Teaching for Understanding: Challenges for Policy and Practice

      Provides illustrations of what teaching for understanding - a concept that portrays teachers as guides, coaches and facilitators of student learning - entails. The authors highlight the central issues for…

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      Reforming the Reform

      Susan L. Moffitt, Michaela Krug O'Neill, David K. Cohen

      An expansive study of the problems encountered by educational leaders in pursuit of reform, and how these issues cyclically translate into future topics of reform.

      School reform is almost always…

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      Reforming the Reform

      Susan L. Moffitt, Michaela Krug O'Neill, David K. Cohen

      An expansive study of the problems encountered by educational leaders in pursuit of reform, and how these issues cyclically translate into future topics of reform.

      School reform is almost always…

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      Improvement by Design

      David K. Cohen,Donald J. Peurach,Joshua L. Glazer,Karen E. Gates,Simona Goldin

      One of the challenges facing education reformers in the US is how to devise a consistent and intelligent framework for instruction that will work across the nation’s notoriously fragmented and…

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      Improvement by Design: The Promise of Better Schools

      David K. Cohen,Donald J. Peurach,Joshua L. Glazer,Karen E. Gates,Simona Goldin

      One of the challenges facing education reformers in the US is how to devise a consistent and intelligent framework for instruction that will work across the nation’s notoriously fragmented and…

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      Metropolitanization and Public Services

      Charles M. Haar,John G. Wofford,David L. Kirp,David K. Cohen,Leonard J. Duhl

      Originally published in 1972, this study discusses who decides which essential public services need to be provided within a metropolitan area by looking at political reform as well as presenting…

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      Metropolitanization and Public Services

      Charles M. Haar,John G. Wofford,David L. Kirp,David K. Cohen,Leonard J. Duhl

      Originally published in 1972, this study discusses who decides which essential public services need to be provided within a metropolitan area by looking at political reform as well as presenting…

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      Fluid Mechanics

      Pijush K. Kundu (Nova University, U.S.A.(deceased)),Ira M. Cohen (University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A. (deceased)),David R Dowling, Ph.D. (Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI)

      Introduces fluid mechanics, the study of how fluids behave and interact under various forces and in various applied situations - whether in the liquid or gaseous state or both. This…

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      The Pride of Jacob: Essays on Jacob Katz and His Work

      Katz transformed our understanding of Jewish-Christian relations in the Middle Ages, the social-historical significance of Jewish law, the rise of Orthodoxy in Germany and Hungary, and the emergence of modern…

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      At the Interface: The Household and Beyond

      David B. Small,Nicola Tannenbaum

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      Civil Society, Democracy, and Civic Renewal

      Civil society is receiving renewed attention from academics, politicians, journalists, community leaders, and participants in the voluntary sector. Civil Society, Democracy, and Civic Renewal brings together several of America’s leading…

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      Civil Society, Democracy, and Civic Renewal

      Civil society is receiving renewed attention from academics, politicians, journalists, community leaders, and participants in the voluntary sector. Civil Society, Democracy, and Civic Renewal brings together several of AmericaOs leading…

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