Books for Review [English]
We are currently seeking reviewers for the following list of recently published or soon-to-be-published books. Our intention with this call is obtain publishable reviews for Summer and Fall 2026. We do not require notification prior to submission of a review, and we expect (and hope) to publish multiple reviews of some books. If we need to arrange a copy of the book to be sent to a reviewer, we will establish a deadline; if a copy is not needed, the reviewer is able to submit a review at any time.
If you wish to submit a review, please visit the submissions page for our author guidelines.
If you are the author of a book with a 2025 or 2026 copyright and the title 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.
Higher Education
Getting Learning Right: The Promise of Higher Education - Chris W. Gallagher et al.
Public Higher Education in California - Neil J. Smelser & Gabriel A. Almond (Eds.)
The War on Tenure - Deepa Das Acevedo
The University: A History in Stone, Silk, and Blood - William Whyte
Our Contentious Universities: A Personal History - Neil L. Rudenstine
Student London: A New History of Higher Education in the Capital - Georgina Brewis & Sam Blaxland [Open Access]
Universities and Climate Action - Tristan McCowan [Open Access]
City of Intellect: The Uses and Abuses of the University - Nicholas B. Dirks
Betrayal U: The Politics of Belonging in Higher Education - Rebecca G. Martínez & Monica J. Casper (Eds.)
Teaching and Learning
The Reasons Teachers Stay: Lessons from High-Retention Schools, Districts, and Communities - Douglas B. Larkin & Suzanne Poole Patzelt
Alternative Pedagogical Spaces: From Utopia to Institutionalization - Anna Colin
Beyond Bad Apples: Teacher Education for Police-Free Schools - Hannah Carson Baggett
Learning as Development: Rethinking International Education in a Changing World (2nd ed.) - Daniel A. Wagner [Open Access]
The Society That Learns: Constructionism and Lifelong Learning in Thailand - Paulo Blikstein and Deborah A. Fields [Open Access]
College Writing Without the Guesswork: A Practical Workbook for Academic Success - Markton D. Cole
H.E.L.P.: How Ethos, Logos, and Pathos Transform the Way You Teach - Kyle Elsbernd
Schools and Students
School Renewal in the Bifurcated Educational System - Jianping Shen
Why School Boards Matter: Reclaiming the Heart of American Education and Democracy - Scott R. Levy
A Chance to Solve Their Own Problems: Inside the New Methods Seeking to Remake Public Schools - Jal Mehta et al.
Getting Real About Sex Ed: What Today's Students Need - Shafia Zaloom
School Adjustment: Why Some Students Fade and Others Flourish - Moshe Israelashvili
The Learning Household: How to Help Your Child Get More out of School - Ken Bain
Children’s Agency in the National Curriculum: The Promise of Structured Freedom - Yana Manyukhina & Dominic Wyse [Open Access]
Education Policy and Finance
Putting Our Youngest Children First - Lois Vermilya and Stephen Preskill
No Adult Left Behind: How Politics Hijacks Education Policy and Hurts Kids - Vladmir Kogan
Who Controls Education? The Rising Power of Vested Interests in Europe - Susanne Wiborg
Financing Institutions of Higher Education - John Y. Campbell & Kaye Husbands Fealing (Eds.)
Segregation and School Funding: How States Reinforce Inequality and What to Do About It - Matthew Di Carlo & Bruce D. Baker
Social Justice and Race
Collectives and the Commons: The Role of Educational Scholars in Movement Building for Justice - Kevin Kumashiro (Ed.)
The Critical Importance of Teacher Advocacy: Empowered Educators on the Front Lines - Melissa Tomlinson & Brianne Kramer (Eds.)
Suspended Futures: Transforming Racial Inequities in School Discipline - Richard O. Welsh
Just Schools: The Idea of Racial Equality in American Education - David L. Kirp
Disrupting White Noise: Challenging Beliefs About Race on Campus - Zak Foste & Lauren N. Irwin
Race, Class, and Affirmative Action: College Admissions in a New Era - Julie J. Park
Discipline Problems: How Students of Color Trouble Whiteness in Schools - Tadashi Dozono
Special Education and Disability Studies
Attaining a Just Future: Disability Studies Examines Curriculum and Transition for Students Labeled with Intellectual Disability - Jessica K. Bacon
Beyond Labels: Understanding Refugee Students with Disabilities in Educational Contexts - Sadia Warsi
Case Studies for Special Education Law: One Foot in the Real World, the Other Grounded in the Law - Michael B. Shaffer & Linda Dowell (Eds.)
Faith, Family, and Neurodiversity: Islamic Approaches to Understanding Autism - Sadia Warsi & Sophia Memon
Education Research and Theory:
Understanding Sociological Theory for Educational Practices - Tania Ferfolia et al.
Reading Randomised Controlled Trials: Opening the Book - Robert Savage et al. [Open Access]
Educating Anthropologists in the Contemporary World: Rethinking Teaching, Learning, and Disciplinary Boundaries - Lorenzo Cañás Bottos et al. (Eds.)
