Books for Review [English]

We are currently seeking reviewers for the following list of recently published or soon-to-be-published books.

If you wish to submit a review of one of these titles, please visit the submissions page for details concerning our author guidelines and checklist.

If you are the author of a book with a 2025 or 2026 copyright and your contribution is not on this list, please write to the managing editor at ssmcb@asu.edu so that we can begin to seek a reviewer for your book.

Schools:

Educating for Democracy: The Case for Participatory Budgeting in Schools – Daniel Schugurensky and Tara Bartlett

Authentic Quantitative Research Methods for Solving Problems of Practice in Education: An Innovative Guide for School Leaders - Stanley Pogrow

The Crucible of Desegregation: The Uncertain Search for Educational Equality – R. Shep Melnick

The Foundations of Urban Education: Key Issues - Tiffany Armstead Flowers (Ed.)

Education Policy and Politics:

The Safetyfication of Education: Neoliberalism, Psychopolitics and the End of Critical Education - Marta Estelles

In the Shadow of the Capitol Dome: Critical Legal Theory and State Level Educational Policymaking – Brian Boggs

Culturally Sustaining Policymaking in Indigenous Communities: Partnering to Promote Lasting Change – Aprille J. Phillips

 Teaching, Learning, Literacy:

Is Everyone Really Equal? An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education (3rd. ed.) - Robin DiAngelo and Özlem Sensoy

Debating Childhood and Preschool - A Field Guide to Raising Children, Navigating Pre-K, and Lifting Early Education - Bruce Fuller 

Constructivism and the Metaphysics of Qualitative Research – John Paley

Race, Ethnicity, and Culture in Education:

Radical Brown: Keeping the Promise to America's Children – Margaret Beale Spencer, Nancy E. Dowd

Achieving Equal Educational Opportunity for Students of Color: Disrupting Structural Racism—An American Imperative – Richard R. Valencia

HBCU: The Power of Historically Black Colleges and Universities – Marybeth Gasman, Levon T. Esters