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Autor:
Kate Henley Averett
Honorable Mention, Sex & Gender Section Distinguished Book Award, given by the American Sociological AssociationThe surprising reasons parents are opting out of the public school system and homeschooling their kidsHomeschooling has skyrocketed in pop
Autor:
Michael A. Olivas
The first comprehensive history of the DREAM Act and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)In 1982, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Plyler v. Doe that undocumented children had the right to attend public schools without charge
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Gregory S. Parks, Matthew W. Hughey
Reveals the historical and political significance of “The Divine Nine”—the Black Greek Letter OrganizationsIn 1905, Henry Arthur Callis began his studies at Cornell University. Despite their academic pedigrees, Callis and his fellow African Ame
Autor:
Ken Gormley
Shines a light on the constitutional issues that confronted and shaped each presidency from George Washington to the Progressive EraDrawing from the monumental The Presidents and the Constitution: A Living History, published in 2016, the nation's for
Autor:
Pawan Dhingra
An up-close look at the education arms race of after-school learning, academic competitions, and the perceived failure of even our best schools to educate childrenBeyond soccer leagues, music camps, and drama lessons, today's youth are in an educatio
Autor:
Gilda R. Daniels
An answer to the assault on voting rights—crucial reading in light of the 2024 presidential electionThe Voting Rights Act of 1965 is considered one of the most effective pieces of legislation the United States has ever passed. It enfranchised hundr
Autor:
Lucy van de Wiel
Welcomed as liberation and dismissed as exploitation, egg freezing (oocyte cryopreservation) has rapidly become one of the most widely-discussed and influential new reproductive technologies of this century. In Freezing Fertility, Lucy van de Wiel ta
Autor:
Kathryn Schumaker
A powerful history of student protests and student rights during the desegregation eraIn the late 1960s, protests led by students roiled high schools across the country. As school desegregation finally took place on a wide scale, students of color we
Autor:
Eve M. Brank
Winner, 2021 Lawrence S. Wrightsman Book Award, given by the American Psychology-Law SocietyBridges family law and current psychological research to shape understanding of legal doctrine and policy Family law encompasses legislation related to domest
Witty, bawdy, and vicious, Yūsuf al-Shirbīnī's Brains Confounded pits the “coarse” rural masses against the “refined” urban population. In Volume One, al-Shirbīnī describes the three rural “types”—peasant cultivator, village man-of