Winner of an American Educational Studies Association Critics’ Choice Award and Choice Magazine’s Outstanding Academic Book Award; and voted one of Teacher Magazine’s “great books;†Other People’s Children has sold over 150;000 copies since its original hardcover publication. This anniversary paperback edition features a new introduction by Delpit as well as new framing essays by Herbert Kohl and Charles Payne. In a radical analysis of contemporary classrooms; MacArthur Award–winning author Lisa Delpit develops ideas about ways teachers can be better “cultural transmitters†in the classroom; where prejudice; stereotypes; and cultural assumptions breed ineffective education. Delpit suggests that many academic problems attributed to children of color are actually the result of miscommunication; as primarily white teachers and “other people’s children†struggle with the imbalance of power and the dynamics plaguing our system. A new classic among educators; Other People’s Children is a must-read for teachers; administrators; and parents striving to improve the quality of America’s education system.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. A must own for the True Student of the American RevolutionBy Stanley D. SapersteinAs a professional historian of the American Revolution with a special interest in the social and economic history of the period and as a living historian playing Col. Benj. Flower I have the utmost praise for Robert K.Smith's book Manufacturing Independence. This book is now the Bible on the subject of how a few unsung heroes like Flower and Samuel Hodgdon built from nothing The Department of the Commissary General of Military Stores and organized hundreds of cottage crafts into a industrial revolution bring manufacturing to the United States. Without this process the war for independence could not have been won. Robert Smith actually tells two stories one of the Department of the Commissary General and the other of how the industrial revolution came to the US.The book is very detailed. Using the records of the DCGMS you get to see how many of everything was made and what it cost. He explains the successes and failures of the huge logistic effort it took arm a army. The personalities and conflicts are explained through correspondence giving the reader a real feel for the time. You see right before your eyes the unfolding of what was to become the military industrial complex of the US.The book for its detail is very readable and will now replace the only other book written on this subject which is How to Starve a Army written in the 1960"s and only touches on the DCGMS and is more about the Quarter Master Department.I would love to site down with sometime with Dr. Smith to discuss the book and glean additional information. Well done Dr. Smith this is a book that needed to be written for real historians of the American Revolution. It has improved my impression of Col Flower and I can now add Samuel Hodgdon to my list of first person impressions. I have had Col Flower's uniform duplicated and it is magnificent.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Unique book with interesting informationBy EllieGirlGreat book; and unlike any other that I have read. I learned so much from it! Very interesting that women were employed to make ammunition cartridges; and that the weapons initially sent by the French needed a lot of repair.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Especially my 4th great grandfather; Colonel David MasonBy CustomerA thorough and well written book of the enormous logistical and personal challenges facing the fledgling Continental Army.Especially my 4th great grandfather; Colonel David Mason.
