List
#BroaderBookshelf 2021: Education Books from Independent Presses
- Megan M.
- Monday, November 01, 2021
Collection
Fulfill the "read a book published by a Small or Independent Press" prompt with these titles.
This list is part of the #BroaderBookshelf 2021 reading challenge. Find more lists here.

The Muses Go to School
Inspiring Stories About the Importance of Arts in Education
Published in 2012
xxvii, 200 pages ; 22 cm

Modes of Learning
Whitehead's Metaphysics and the Stages of Education
Published in 2012
viii, 229 pages ; 24 cm

The Merit Myth
How Our Colleges Favor the Rich and Divide America
Published in 2020
302 pages ; 23 cm

Screen Schooled
Two Veteran Teachers Expose How Technology Overuse is Making Our Kids Dumber
Published in 2018
xi, 260 pages ; 23 cm

"Multiplication is for White People"
Raising Expectations for Other People's Children
Published in 2012
xx, 224 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm


After the Education Wars
How Smart Schools Upend the Business of Reform
Published in 2018
373 pages ; 25 cm


Never Too Late
The Adult Student's Guide to College
Published in 2018
vi, 376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

A School of Our Own
The Story of the First Student-run High School and a New Vision for American Education
Published in 2016
191 pages ; 22 cm

Home is Where the School is
The Logic of Homeschooling and the Emotional Labor of Mothering
Published in 2013
x, 229 pages ; 23 cm

Lower Ed
The Troubling Rise of For-profit Colleges in the New Economy
Published in 2017
228 pages ; 22 cm

Addicted to Reform
A Twelve-step Program to Rescue Public Education
Published in 2017
xxxviii, 277 pages ; 22 cm

Lessons from the Heartland
A Turbulent Half-century of Public Education in an Iconic American City
Published in 2013
xiv, 305 pages ; 24 cm


Sing a Rhythm, Dance a Blues
Education for the Liberation of Black and Brown Girls
Published in 2019
206 pages ; 23 cm

Cutting School
Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education
Published in 2017
xi, 272 pages ; 22 cm

Back to School
Why Everyone Deserves a Second Chance at Education
Published in 2012
xiii, 206 pages ; 20 cm

Help Yourself
How to Take Advantage of Your Learning Styles
Published in 1991
158 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

The Lost Education of Horace Tate
Uncovering the Hidden Heroes Who Fought for Justice in Schools
Published in 2018
viii, 468 pages ; 25 cm