Social Reform

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    • A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment
    • Auteur(s): Shane Bauer
    • Narrateur(s): James Fouhey, Shane Bauer
    • Durée: 10 h et 25 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-09-18
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 28 évaluations
    • After working as an entry-level prison guard at a private prison, Shane Bauer wrote an exposé about his experiences. In American Prison, Bauer weaves a much deeper reckoning with his experiences together with a thoroughly researched history of for-profit prisons in America....

    Prix courant: 23,31$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 23,31$ ou 1 crédit

    • How Politicized Classrooms Harm Kids and Ruin Our Schools - and What We Can Do About It
    • Auteur(s): Bonnie Kerrigan Snyder
    • Narrateur(s): Pamela Almand
    • Durée: 7 h et 46 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-09-14
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 6 évaluations
    • From “social justice” to critical race theory, and from advocacy and activism campaigns to planned “action weeks", teachers and schools nationwide are abandoning neutrality in the classroom, embracing political agendas and partisan aims, and expecting students to get on board....

    Prix courant: 17,90$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 17,90$ ou 1 crédit

    • Building Resilient Montessori Schools
    • Auteur(s): Elizabeth G. Slade
    • Narrateur(s): Siiri Scott
    • Durée: 10 h et 58 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-08-31
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • Montessori in Action: Building Resilient Montessori Schools delivers a practical and actionable method to provide a strong Montessori experience for all children, families, and educators....

    Prix courant: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

    • A True Story of the Fight for Justice
    • Auteur(s): Bryan Stevenson
    • Narrateur(s): Bryan Stevenson
    • Durée: 6 h et 35 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-09-18
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 5 évaluations
    • In this very personal work, adapted from the original number one best seller, acclaimed lawyer and social justice advocate Bryan Stevenson offers a glimpse into the lives of the wrongfully imprisoned and his efforts to fight for their freedom....

    Prix courant: 23,31$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 23,31$ ou 1 crédit

    • Harnessing Public Entrepreneurship to Solve Our Most Urgent Problems
    • Auteur(s): Mitchell Weiss
    • Narrateur(s): Tom Perkins
    • Durée: 7 h et 6 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-01-19
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • During his years as a public official, Mitchell Weiss was told that government can't do new things or solve tough challenges - it's too big and slow and bureaucratic. Sadly, this is what so many of us have come to believe....

    Prix courant: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

    • How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite
    • Auteur(s): Daniel Markovits
    • Narrateur(s): Fred Sanders
    • Durée: 14 h et 13 min
    • Date de publication: 2019-09-10
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 28 évaluations
    • A revolutionary new argument from eminent Yale Law professor Daniel Markovits attacking the false promise of meritocracy....

    Prix courant: 26,22$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 26,22$ ou 1 crédit

    • The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy
    • Auteur(s): Tressie McMillan Cottom
    • Narrateur(s): Lisa Reneé Pitts
    • Durée: 8 h et 29 min
    • Date de publication: 2017-10-31
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • More than two million students are enrolled in for-profit colleges, from the small family-run operations to the behemoths brandished on billboards, subway ads, and late-night commercials....

    Prix courant: 35,74$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 35,74$ ou 1 crédit

    • The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict
    • Auteur(s): Erica Chenoweth, Maria J. Stephan
    • Narrateur(s): Traci Odom
    • Durée: 8 h et 57 min
    • Date de publication: 2019-02-26
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 évaluations
    • From 1900 to 2006, campaigns of nonviolent resistance were more than twice as effective as their violent counterparts in achieving their stated goals. Authors Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan detail the factors enabling such campaigns to succeed and, sometimes, causing them to fail....

    Prix courant: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

    • Why China Has the Best (and Worst) Education System in the World
    • Auteur(s): Yong Zhao
    • Narrateur(s): Emily Zeller
    • Durée: 6 h et 8 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-07-27
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon? by award-winning writer Yong Zhao offers an entertaining, provocative insider's account of the Chinese school system, revealing the secrets that make it both "the best and worst" in the world....

    Prix courant: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

    • A New Theory of Human Uniqueness
    • Auteur(s): Leslie Valiant
    • Narrateur(s): Rachel Perry
    • Durée: 7 h et 43 min
    • Date de publication: 2024-04-16
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • In this visionary book, Leslie Valiant argues that understanding the nature of our own educability is crucial to safeguarding our future.

    Prix courant: 21,92$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 21,92$ ou 1 crédit

    • How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal
    • Auteur(s): Bettina L. Love
    • Narrateur(s): Bettina L. Love, Karen Chilton
    • Durée: 11 h et 40 min
    • Date de publication: 2023-09-12
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • In the tradition of Michelle Alexander, an unflinching reckoning with the impact of 40 years of racist public school policy on generations of Black lives....

    Prix courant: 26,21$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 26,21$ ou 1 crédit

    • On the Principles of Democracy
    • Auteur(s): A. C. Grayling
    • Narrateur(s): Julian Elfer
    • Durée: 6 h et 25 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-08-25
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • A. C. Grayling makes the case for a clear, consistent, principled, and written constitution, and sets out the reforms necessary - among them addressing the imbalance of power between government and Parliament, imposing fixed terms for MPs, and lowering the voting age to 16....

    Prix courant: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

    • Rethinking School Practices and Policies
    • Auteur(s): Gillian Parekh
    • Narrateur(s): Chloe Dolandis
    • Durée: 5 h et 45 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-08-23
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • In this down-to-earth guide, Dr. Gillian Parekh unpacks the realities of how ability and disability play out within schooling, including insights from students, teachers, and administrators about the barriers faced by students on the basis of ability....

    Prix courant: 17,81$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 17,81$ ou 1 crédit

    • Why Students Can't Focus and What You Can Do About It
    • Auteur(s): James M. Lang
    • Narrateur(s): Caitlin Davies
    • Durée: 8 h et 34 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-10-20
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • Keeping students focused can be difficult in a world filled with distractions - which is why a renowned educator created a scientific solution to one of every teacher's biggest problems....

    Prix courant: 25,24$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 25,24$ ou 1 crédit

    • Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money
    • Auteur(s): Bryan Caplan
    • Narrateur(s): Allan Robertson
    • Durée: 11 h
    • Date de publication: 2018-05-01
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 34 évaluations
    • Despite being immensely popular - and immensely lucrative - education is grossly overrated....

    Prix courant: 31,26$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 31,26$ ou 1 crédit

    • A Year Inside College Admissions
    • Auteur(s): Jeffrey J. Selingo
    • Narrateur(s): Sean Patrick Hopkins
    • Durée: 10 h et 11 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-09-15
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • From award-winning higher education journalist and New York Times best-selling author Jeffrey Selingo comes a revealing look from inside the admissions office - one that identifies surprising strategies that will aid in the college search....

    Prix courant: 25,24$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 25,24$ ou 1 crédit

    • Auteur(s): Carter Goodwin Woodson
    • Narrateur(s): Anthony Stewart
    • Durée: 3 h et 52 min
    • Date de publication: 2008-07-14
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 11 évaluations
    • An unapologetic look into the factors that have caused so many Blacks to think and act in the negative way they do towards themselves and others....

    Prix courant: 17,50$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 17,50$ ou 1 crédit

    • A Warning About America's Next Generation
    • Auteur(s): Jeremy S. Adams
    • Narrateur(s): Chris Abell
    • Durée: 6 h et 50 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-08-03
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 2 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • Do teachers have a front-row seat to America’s decline? Jeremy S. Adams, a teacher at both the high school and college levels, thinks so....

    Prix courant: 17,53$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 17,53$ ou 1 crédit

    • Auteur(s): Fredrik deBoer
    • Narrateur(s): Sean Patrick Hopkins
    • Durée: 8 h et 3 min
    • Date de publication: 2023-09-05
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • Fredrik deBoer explores American policy reform, or lack thereof, in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement and how the country can do better in the future.

    Prix courant: 24,27$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 24,27$ ou 1 crédit

    • And 20 Other Myths About Mass Incarceration
    • Auteur(s): Victoria Law
    • Narrateur(s): Melissa Moran
    • Série: Myths Made in America
    • Durée: 5 h et 31 min
    • Date de publication: 2021-04-06
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • An accessible guide for activists, educators, and all who are interested in understanding how the prison system oppresses communities and harms individuals....

    Prix courant: 23,31$ ou 1 crédit

    Prix réduit: 23,31$ ou 1 crédit