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Video Resources [|Colonial Education Video] [|Education in America 17 and 18th century] [|History of Compulsive Education] [|John Taylor Gatto on State Controlled Concsiousnes] [|Prussian Influence on American Compulsory Education] [|Horace Mann the Father of American Education] [|Native American Education] [|Progressive Education in the 1940s] [|Brown vs. the Board of Education] [|Progressive Education - Alfie Kohn]
 * Chapter 5: Multicultural History of American Education**

Reading Resources [|Origin of the Carnegie Unit] [|Dewey vs. Snedden] [|Historical Overview of Catholic Education] [|Part One of History of American Education - Ira Socol]

Video Resources [|Higher Education Old TV Show Interviewing Allan Bloom] [|Allan Bloom Interviewed Defending that He is not a Snob] [|Education Next interview about E.D. Hirsch's latest book] I[|nterview with Mortimer Adler] [|Video tribute to Paulo Freire] [|Last Interview with Paulo Freire] [|Progressive Education in the 1940s] [|Short Film on John Dewey his life and work] [|History of education 1900-1950 a college student project]
 * Chapter 6: Philosophies of Education**

Reading Resources [|Wikipedia Article on Great Books Program] [|List of Great Books Colleges] [|Article on Debate between essentialist and progressives regarding education] [|Article from Stanford on Progressivism as the American Romance] [|Wikipedia article on education reform]

Video Resources [|Apple When I become a Teacher] [|Taylor Mali - What a teacher makes] [|Sir Ken Robinson on Schools and Creativity] [|What Great Teachers do Differently] Reading Resources [|Malcolm Gladwell - What makes a great teacher great] Reading Activity (Scored Discussion) [|ASCD and Merit Pay] [|Pros and Cons of Teach for America]
 * Chapter 1: The Teaching Profession and You**

Video Resources [|Gender and Learning on CNN Student News] [|Interview with Dr. Leonard Sax on Gender Differences in Learning] [|Cognitive Scientist Dan Willingham Attacks Learning Styles as no really exisiting] [|Watch Learning Styles even make it into a business seminar] [|Kids and the Marshmallow test for emotional intelligence] [|Daniel Goleman on TED about being a good samaritan] [|Terry Tao what gifted really is] [|Emotional Intelligence and the effectiveness of a lecturer] Reading Resources [|NY Times article on Different Effective Study Habits] [|Blog Post with teachers arguing about learning styles vs. learning preferences]
 * Chapter 2: Different Ways of Learning**

Video Resources [|Office Chat by education professors about multiculturalism in education] [|A video about a school's commitment to culturally responsive teaching] [|Mark Steyn British Pundit critiques the concept of multiculturalism] Reading Resources [|D'Nesh D'Souza's article critiquing multiculturalism] [|Ken Livingston Defending multiculturalism] [|Op Ed piece defending multiculturalism]
 * Chapter 3: Teaching Your Diverse Students**

Video Resources [|Longer School Year] [|Recess Ban Really this took place] Reading Resources
 * Chapter 4: Student Life in School**

Video Resources [|Kozol on School Funding] [|Concept of Mayoral Control] [|For Mayoral Control] [|Against Mayoral Control] [|Ben Stein on Education] Reading Resources [|Heritage Group Doc on Education Spending and Performance]
 * Chapter 7: School Finance and Governance**

Video Resources
 * Chapter 8: School Law and Ethics**

Reading Resources [|Summary of Landmark Supreme Court Cases regarding education] [|List of teacher rights] [|Wiki page on student rights in public schools]

Video Resources [|John Stossel on Teacher Pay] [|Charter Schools vs. Public Schools] [|KIPP Schools] [|Stossel Case for Vouchers] [|The Cartel] [|Dinae Ravitch Defends Teachers Unions] Reading Resources [|Q and A piece on Charter schools (pro charter)] [|NY Times op Ed on why Charters fail] [|MSNBC piece on charter schools and failing test scores]
 * Chapter 9: School Choice and Challenges**


 * Chapter 10: curriculum, standards, and test**