Gillespie, Alex (2006). Becoming Other: From Social Interaction to Self-Reflection. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc. Reviewed by Seamus Mulryan, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

Lee, Jaekyung. (2007). The Testing Gap: Scientific Trials of Test-Driven School Accountability Systems for Excellence and Equity. Charlotte, North Carolina: Information Age Publishing. Reviewed by Monique Herbert, Saad Chahine, & Ruth A. Childs, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

Shaw, Kathleen; Goldrick-Rab, Sara; Mazzeo, Christopher & Jacobs, Jerry. (2006). Putting Poor People to Work: How the Work-First Idea Eroded College Access for the Poor. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Reviewed by Fred Koslowski

Ornstein, Allan C.; Pajak, Edward F. & Ornstein, Stacey B. (Eds.) (2007). Contemporary Issues in Curriculum (4th Edition). Boston: Pearson Education. Reviewed by Lynn M. Merklin, Andrews University

Spillane, James P. & Diamond, John B. (2007). Distributed Leadership in Practice. New York: Teachers College Press. Reviewed by Cynthia Carver, Michigan State University

O'Brien, Leigh M. & Swadener, Beth Blue. (2006). Writing the Motherline: Mothers, Daughters, and Education. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. Reviewed by Cynthia Miller Coffel, ACT, Inc.

Null, J. Wesley. (2007). Peerless Educator: The Life and Work of Isaac Leon Kandel. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. Reviewed by Jon N. Hale, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Bigler, Phillip & Bishop, Stephanie. (Eds.) (2007) Be a Teacher, You Can Make a Difference: By America's Finest Teachers. St. Petersburg, FL: Vandamere Press Reviewed by Kenneth J. Bernstein

Pope, Rachele L.; Reynolds, Amy L. & Mueller, John H. (2004). Multicultural Competence in Student Affairs. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Reviewed by Brenda L. H. Marina, Georgia Southern University

Neapolitan, Jane E. & Berkeley, Terry R. (2006). Where Do We Go from Here? Issues in the Sustainability of Professional Development School Partnerships. N.Y.: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. Reviewed by Kathy L. Church, Pepperdine University

Sampson, William Alfred. (2007). Race, Class, and Family Intervention: Engaging Parents and Families for Academic Success. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Education. Reviewed by Robbie J. Steward, Michigan State University

Allen, JoBeth. (2007). Creating welcoming schools: A practical guide to home-school partnerships with diverse families. New York: Columbia University, Teachers' College Press Reviewed by Ruth Rees, Queen's University, Canada

House, Ernest R. (2007). Regression to the Mean: A Novel of Evaluation Politics. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. Reviewed by William L. Brown, Michigan Department of Education

Astin, Alexander W. (2007) Mindworks: Becoming More Conscious in an Unconscious World. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. Reviewed by Signe M. Kastberg, St. John Fisher College.

Sax, Leonard. (2007). Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men. New York, NY: Basic Books. Reviewed by James Jackson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Walberg, Herbert J. (Ed.) (2007) Handbook on Restructuring and Substantial School Improvement. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing Reviewed by Venesser M. Pate, Monash University.

Howell, William G. (Ed.). (2005) Besieged: School Boards and the Future of Education Politics. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press. Reviewed By Gerald Blankson, Arizona State University

Park, Clara; Endo, Russell; Lee, Stacy and Ron, Xue Lan. (Eds.) (2007) Asian American Education: Acculturation, Literacy, Development, and Learning. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc. Reviewed by Ya Mo, Michigan State University

Gardner, Howard. (2006). Five Minds for the Future. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press. Reviewed by Tony DeCesare, Xaverian Brothers High School, Westwood, Massachusetts

Cuyjet, Michael and Associates (Eds.) (2006) African American Men in College. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers. Reviewed by Sheila T. Gregory and Raphael X. Moffett, Clark Atlanta University

Beyer, Catherine Hoffman; Gillmore, Gerald M., & Fisher, Andrew T. (2007). Inside the Undergraduate Experience: The University of Washington's Study of Undergraduate Learning. Bolton, MA: Anker Press. Reviewed by James Soto Antony, University of Washington

Cote, James E. and Allahar, Anton L. (2007). Ivory Tower Blues: A University System in Crisis. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Reviewed by Mark Oromaner

Feuerverger, Grace. (2007). Teaching, Learning and Other Miracles (Foreword by William Ayers). Taipei & Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. Reviewed by Carol A. Mullen, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

Behar, Ruth. (2007). An Island Called Home: Returning to Jewish Cuba. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press Reviewed by Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor, University of Georgia

Larson, Joanne (Ed.) (2007). Literacy as Snake Oil: Beyond the Quick Fix (Revised Edition). New York: Peter Lang. Reviewed by Louise Polistena-D'Agosto, University of Hartford

Grant, S. G. (Ed.) (2006) Measuring History: Cases of State-Level Testing Across the United States. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. Reviewed by Maryann Dickar, New York University.

Brown, O. G., Hinton, K. G., & Howard-Hamilton, M. (Eds.). (2007). Unleashing suppressed voices on college campuses: Diversity issues in higher education. NY, NY: Peter Lang Publishing. Reviewed by Shaljan Areepattamannil, Queen's University, Canada.

Harada, Violet & Hughes-Hassell, Sandra (Eds.). (2007) School reform and the school library media specialist. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited. Reviewed by Amanda Carey Lucas, University of North Texas.

Woessmann, Ludger and Peterson, Paul E. (2007). Schools and the Equal Opportunity Problem. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press. Reviewed by Noga Admon, University of Iowa

Polyzoi, Eleoussa; Fullan, Michael & Anchan, John P. (Eds.) (2003). Changing Forces in Post-Communist Eastern Europe: Education in Transition. London: RoutledgeFalmer. Reviewed by Anna Yashkina, OISE/University of Toronto

Tierney, William G. (2006). Trust and the public good: Examining the cultural conditions of academic work. NY, NY: Peter Lang. Reviewed by Barbara S. Smith, Mansfield University of Pennsylvania.

Greenhaus, Jeffrey H. & Callanan, Gerard A. (Eds.) (2006) Encyclopedia of Career Development. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. Reviewed by Rhonda Wood, Lincoln University

Committee on Prospering in the Global Economy of the 21st Century. (2007). Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future. Washington, DC: National Academies Press. Reviewed by Kurt J. Bauman

Hill, Paul T.; Lake, Robin J. with Celio, Mary Beth. (2002). Charter schools and accountability in public education. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution. Reviewed by Dick M. Carpenter II, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Mantero, Miguel. (Ed.) (2007). Identity and Second Language Learning: Culture, Inquiry, and Dialogic Activity in Educational Contexts. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. Reviewed by Holly Hansen-Thomas, Binghamton University, State University of New York

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Sunal, D. W. and Wright, E. L. (Eds.) (2006). Research in Science Education: Volume 2. The Impact of State and National Standards in K-12 Science Teaching. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. Reviewed by David Lustick.

Springgay, Stephanie and Freedman, Debra. (2007). Curriculum and the Cultural Body. NY: Peter Lang. Reviewed by Peter Appelbaum, Arcadia University

Carlson, Jerry S. & Levin, Joel R. (Eds.) (2007). Educating the evolved mind: Conceptual foundations for an evolutionary educational psychology. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc. Reviewed by Keith S. Taber, University of Cambridge, U.K

Miller, John P. (2007). The Holistic Curriculum (2nd Ed.) Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Reviewed by Barbara Slater Stern, James Madison University

Kuhn, Deanna (2005). Education for Thinking. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Reviewed by Eric Jabal, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto

Robinson, Sharon P. and Brown, M. Christopher II (Eds). (2007). The Children Hurricane Katrina Left Behind: Schooling Context, Professional Preparation, and Community Politics. NY, NY: Peter Lang. Reviewed by Victoria Rankin Marks, American Institutes for Research

Simão, Lívia Mathias and Valsiner, Jaan. (Eds.) (2007). Otherness in Question: Labyrinths of the Self. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc. Reviewed by Seamus Mulryan, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

Baker, Joan M. (2006). Achievement Testing in U.S. Elementary and Secondary Schools. New York, NY: Peter Lang. Reviewed by Arie J. van der Ploeg, Learning Point Associates