Revolutionizing America's Schools is provocative, personal, and right on the mark. It should be read by anyone who believes our schools can better educate our young and who is committed to making the effort to improve them.








-- Paul Schwarz, Principal of the Jackie Robinson Complex, and Co-director of Central Park East Secondary School, East Harlem, New York City





With this insightful, practical collection of personal essays, Glickman tackles education's most urgent questions. Who should govern schools? Whose values should schools represent? How should teachers teach? How does democratic change occur? Glickman directly addresses issues of race, culture, gAnder, and religion and reveals how understanding these issues can contribute to purposeful change, and he connects democratic rhetoric to action -- covering such practicalities as student grouping, curriculum selection, and school leadership.





Introduction: A Vision of Democracy





Part One: On Democracy





1. Democracy -- What Is It?





2. Democracy and Education





3. Ambiguity and Informed Minds





Part Two: On Pedagogy





4. Powerful Learning





5. School Structures for Teaching





6. Teacher Education and Public Schools





7. Governing for the Future





Part Three: On Getting Beyond





8. Wealth and Welfare





9. Isms and Reasons





10. Religion, Secular Humanism, and Geese





11. Who Owns the Child?





12. Constitutional Hope for Education





Part Four: On Differences





13. Race and Education





14. Suffrage, GAnder, and Listening





15. From Our Ancestors





Part Five: On Change





16. Finding Room for School Change





17. Listening to Students





18. Leadership for Democracy





Conclusion: Democracy as Education