Education Review/Resenhas Educativas

Two reviews of "An Education: How I Changed My Mind about Schools and Almost Everything Else" an autobiography by Diane Ravitch:
Reviewed by Michael W. Apple

Reviewed by John Thompson
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New Acquired Wisdom essay by Anna Neumann and Aaron Pallas:
Pushmi-Pullyu: A Joint Autobiography
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Sanctuary School: Innovating to Empower Immigrant Youth, by Chandler P. Miranda
Reviewed by Sophia L. Ángeles
Hidden in Blackness: Being Black and Being an Immigrant in US Schools and Colleges, by Crystal A. George Mwangi and Adaurennaya C. Onyewuenyi
Reviewed by Jean Edouard
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This week's review discusses the contested history of school vaccinations
:
Review of Vaccine Wars: The Two-Hundred-Year Fight for School Vaccinations, by Kim Tolley.
Reviewed by Sevan G. Terzian
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Education Review/ Reseñas Educativas/Resenhas Educativas has been dedicated to open access scholarship for its entire 30-year history.
As an introduction, we release monthly brief lists of open access books.
The theme for January 2026 is Bilingual Education.
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Book Reviews
Measuring to Improve: Practical Measurement to Support Continuous Improvement in Education, by LeMahieu & Cobb
Reviewed by Audrey Amrein-Beardsley
Off The Mark: How Grades, Ratings & Rankings Undermine Learning by Schneider & Hutt
Reviewed by Lacie VanDam
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Education Review maintains a special section, Acquired Wisdom, where prominent scholars reflect on the activities that made their contributions noteworthy. For 2024-25: Michael Apple, Leonard Waks, Yong Zhao, Larry Cuban, Ernest House, and Vitor Henrique Paro.
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Book Review of "Designs for Research, Teaching and Learning," by Lisa Björklund Boistrup & Staffan Selander

Reviewed by Xie Hang, Inner Mongolia University of Technology.
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Ernest R. House recounts the development over the past 50 years of his thinking on the key issues in program evaluation.
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Two new reviews of Bob Stake and Merel Visse's "Researching Care with Case Studies." One by Saville Kushner, the other by Jolyn Blank.
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Education Review has been dedicated to open access (free-to-read) scholarship for 30 years. The public should not be asked to pay twice for access to scholarship. We will release monthly lists of OA books in a variety of topics.

The theme for December 2025 is Special Education.
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Previous book reviews back to 1995 are archived at
educ-review.blogspot.com (English) and
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Review of "How Schools Make Race: Teaching Latinx Racialization in America," by Laura C. Chávez-Moreno.
Reviewed by Paula Bernal and Silvia Noguerón-Liu, Univ. of Colorado Boulder.
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Review of "Race, Curriculum, and the Politics of Educational Justice," by Wayne Au.
Reviewed by Rachel Shearer
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Larry Cuban has written a brief autobiography that charts the course of his fascinating professional life.
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David Berliner died in the early morning hours of October 26th. His daughter, BethAnn, and his son, Brett, were with him.
A review of his newest book, released just days ago, was published yesterday at edrev.asu.edu/index.php/ER...

Education Review has published a review of David Berliner's recent book, containing 18 essays reflecting his education research.
Public Education for Our Nation’s Democracy: Commentaries on Schooling in America, by David C. Berliner
Reviewed by Leonard J. Waks
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Acquired Wisdom
Success Unexpected in Common Hours
Leonard J. Waks
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This fellow's autobiograpjy makes me feel like a slug!
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Acquired Wisdom
Success Unexpected in Common Hours
Leonard J. Waks
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Review of The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers, by Josh Cowen

Reviewed by Casey D. Cobb
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Previous reviews going back to 1998 can be accessed at educ-review.blogspot.com (English) and edrev-multilingual.blogspot.com (Spanish & Portuguese)

THE PRIVATEERS by @joshcowenmi.bsky.social‬ "is a critical resource for scholars, policymakers, and educators seeking to understand and resist the privatization of American education." —@ed-review.bsky.social‬ https://bit.ly/46cvP1a

This week's review discusses why colorblind admissions in higher education have not succeeded.

The Walls around Opportunity: The Failure of Colorblind Policy for Higher Education, by Gary Orfield

Reviewed by Barbara Slater Stern
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Review of The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers, by Josh Cowen

Reviewed by Casey D. Cobb
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Previous reviews going back to 1998 can be accessed at educ-review.blogspot.com (English) and edrev-multilingual.blogspot.com (Spanish & Portuguese)

Review of The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, by Susan Wise Bauer & Jessie Wise
Reviewed by Anna McFadden
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This week, Education Review shares a book review about East Indian education:

Review of Bangalore Girls: Witnessing the Rise of Nationalism in a Progressive City, by Supriya Baily
Reviewed by Carlos Ornelas

2 new reviews: edrev.asu.edu
How Do We Learn? A Scientific Approach to Learning and Teaching, by Héctor Ruiz Martín
Reviewed by Dennis J. Kirchen

How Do We Learn? A Scientific Approach to Learning and Teaching, by Héctor Ruiz Martín
Reviewed by Yao Xinyu and Jia Xiaoqing

Review of Discredited: Power, Privilege, and Community College Transfer, by Lauren Schudde & Huriya Jabbar
Reviewed by Anda Pearson
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More Reviews and Books

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