Social Reform

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    • On (Not) Getting By in America
    • Written by: Barbara Ehrenreich
    • Narrated by: Cristine McMurdo-Wallis
    • Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 2004-08-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
    • This engrossing piece of undercover reportage has been a fixture on the New York Times best seller list since its publication....

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    • The Quest to Remake the American High School
    • Written by: Jal Mehta, Sarah Fine
    • Narrated by: Adam Lofbomm
    • Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 2019-12-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • The first panoramic study of American public high schools since the 1980s, In Search of Deeper Learning lays out a new vision for American education - one that will set the agenda for schools of the future....

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    • Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California
    • Written by: Ruth Wilson Gilmore
    • Narrated by: Machelle Williams
    • Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 2021-06-08
    • Language: English
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    • Since 1980, the number of people in US prisons has increased more than 450 percent. Golden Gulag provides the first detailed explanation for that prison buildup by looking at how political and economic forces conjoined to produce the prison boom....

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    • Written by: E.D. Hirsch Jr.
    • Narrated by: Anna Fields
    • Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 2005-12-15
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Our school practices have severely curtailed their ability, and desire, to learn....

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    • The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict
    • Written by: Erica Chenoweth, Maria J. Stephan
    • Narrated by: Traci Odom
    • Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 2019-02-26
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • 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....

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    • A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling
    • Written by: John Taylor Gatto
    • Narrated by: Michael Puttonen
    • Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 2013-02-26
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 45 ratings
    • Weapons of Mass Instruction focuses on mechanisms of traditional education which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning....

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    • How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing)
    • Written by: Salman Khan
    • Narrated by: Salman Khan
    • Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 2024-05-14
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • From the founder of Khan Academy comes the first book written for general audiences on the AI revolution in education, its implications for parenting, and how we can best harness its power for good....

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    • A Scandinavian Mom's Secrets for Raising Healthy, Resilient, and Confident Kids (from Friluftsliv to Hygge)
    • Written by: Linda Åkeson McGurk
    • Narrated by: Ann Richardson
    • Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 2017-10-03
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 80 ratings
    • Bringing Up Bébé meets Last Child in the Woods in this lively, insightful memoir....

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    • The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System--and How to Fix it
    • Written by: Natalie Wexler
    • Narrated by: Natalie Wexler
    • Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 2019-08-06
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • In the tradition of Dale Russakoff's The Prize and Dana Goldstein's The Teacher Wars, Wexler brings together history, research, and compelling characters to pull back the curtain on this fundamental flaw in our education system....

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    • Raising Expectations for Other People's Children
    • Written by: Lisa Delpit
    • Narrated by: Lisa Reneé Pitts
    • Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 2018-03-19
    • Language: English
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    • In her long-awaited second book, Delpit presents a striking picture of the elements of contemporary public education that conspire against the prospects for poor children of color....

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    • Lessons in Freedom from Young Children at School
    • Written by: Carla Shalaby
    • Narrated by: Luci Christian Bell
    • Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 2017-04-27
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • In this dazzling debut, Carla Shalaby, a former elementary school teacher, explores the everyday lives of four young "troublemakers"....

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    • Why Democracy Needs the Humanities
    • Written by: Martha C. Nussbaum
    • Narrated by: Tamara Marston
    • Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 2016-03-04
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • In this short and powerful book, celebrated philosopher Martha Nussbaum makes a passionate case for the importance of the liberal arts at all levels of education....

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    • On the Principles of Democracy
    • Written by: A. C. Grayling
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 2020-08-25
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • 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....

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    • Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
    • Written by: Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt
    • Narrated by: Fred Sanders
    • Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 2023-09-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • America is undergoing a massive experiment: It is moving, in fits and starts, toward a multiracial democracy, something few societies have ever done. But the prospect of change has sparked an authoritarian backlash that threatens the very foundations of our political system....

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    • How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal
    • Written by: Bettina L. Love
    • Narrated by: Bettina L. Love, Karen Chilton
    • Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 2023-09-12
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • 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....

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    • Written by: Élyse-Andrée Héroux
    • Narrated by: Pauline Marois
    • Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 2020-09-25
    • Language: French
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 76 ratings
    • Qui est Pauline Marois? Chacun a probablement déjà une opinion formée de longue date sur cette femme au parcours – il faut bien l’admettre – d’exception....

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    • Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
    • Written by: Paul Tough
    • Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
    • Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 2020-01-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those who score highest on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs. But in How Children Succeed, Paul Tough argues that the qualities that matter most have more to do with character....

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    • How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth
    • Written by: Ben Shapiro, David Limbaugh - foreword
    • Narrated by: Chris Abell
    • Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 2017-08-08
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 37 ratings
    • When parents send their children off to college, Mom and Dad hope they'll return more cultivated, knowledgeable, and astute....

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    • Rethinking School Practices and Policies
    • Written by: Gillian Parekh
    • Narrated by: Chloe Dolandis
    • Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 2022-08-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • 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....

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