Subseries:
Box 6
Articles, 1959-2009,
undated
After master copies of articles, arranged alphabetically by title of
article
Master copies of articles, undated
Includes articles by Meier, reviews by
Meier, and articles by others.
Articles about Debbie/CPE/CCE-91/92, by Debbie, undated
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Writings by Deborah Meier, undated
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Includes listing of articles by Deborah Meier
Items removed from pockets of the Writings by Deborah Meier
binder, undated
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(1999).
"Adolescents and Standards."
1999,
undated
1 draft, 1 speech on which article was based
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"Adolescents at School (Foreword)."
In
Michael Sadowski (Ed.),
Adolescents at School.
Undated
2 drafts
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Includes letter from Michael Sadowski and bio of
Meier
(1975).
"Another Look at What's Wrong with Reading
Tests."
Association for Childhood Education
International
(pp. 32-36).
5 printed
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See also:
Writings by Deborah
Meier
, 1 printed
"Approach to Reading Readiness."
ca. 1967
3 drafts
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(2006, May).
"As Though They Owned the Place: Small Schools as
Membership Communities."
Phi Delta Kappan: The Professional Journal for
Education,
volume 87, number 9 (pp. 657-662). 2004-2006
1 draft, 2 printed
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(1998).
"Authenticity and Educational Change."
In
A. Hargreaves, A. Lieberman,
M. Fullan, & D. W. Hopkins
(Eds.),
International Handbook of Educational
Change
(pp. 596-615).
1 printed
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(1995, Apr.).
"Beyond Academics."
Teacher Magazine.
2 printed
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(1996, Sept.).
"The Big Benefits of Smallness."
Educational Leadership, volume 54, number
1.
6 printed
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With Ted Sizer. (2006).
"Breaking Ranks in the Middle (Foreword)."
Breaking Ranks in the Middle.
2005
1 draft
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With Paul Schwarz. (1997, Winter).
"Building and Maintaining a Culture of Change at
CPESS."
National Forum: Phi Kappa Phi Journal, volume
77, number 1 (pp. 22-26).
1 printed
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(1998, Jan.).
"Can the Odds be Changed?"
Phi Delta Kappan, volume 79, number 5, (pp.
358-362). Also in (1997, June).
Educational Policy, volume 11, number 2 (pp.
194-208). 1995-1998
3 drafts, 6 printed
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(2000).
"Central Park East and its Graduates
(Foreword)."
In David Bensman,
Central Park East and its Graduates,
1998-1999
1 draft
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Includes one letter from Teachers College Press
With Paul Schwarz. (1995).
"Central Park East Secondary School: The Hard
Part is Making it Happen."
In Michael W.
Apple and James A. Beane (Eds.),
Democratic Schools (pp. 27-40). 1995-2006
1 printed, 1 draft for update
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(1994).
"Changing Lives (Preface)."
In
Jane Day,
Changing
Lives
(pp. vii-x).
1 printed
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Includes remarks by Emanuel Pariser
(1968).
"The Coleman Report."
Integrated Education, volume 5, number 6 (pp.
37-45).
1 printed
(2004,
Fall).
"Common Sense."
Horace: The Journal of the Coalition of Essential
Schools,
volume 21, number 1 (pp. 38-39).
1 printed
(1999, Sept.).
"The Company They Keep."
American School Board Journal, volume 186,
number 9 (pp. 25-26). 1999,
undated
2 drafts, 1 printed
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(1999,
Fall/Winter).
"A Conversation about Schools with Deborah
Meier."
Connection: New England's Journal of Higher Education
and Economic Development,
volume 14, number 3 (pp.
20-23).
3 printed
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(2004).
"Creating Schools We Can Trust."
In
C. Glickman (Ed.),
Letters
to the Next President.
2003
2 proofs
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(2009, May).
"Democracy at Risk."
Educational Leadership, volume 66, number 8
(pp. 45-48).
1 printed
With Diane Ravitch. (2006, May 24).
"Bridging Differences: A Dialogue between Deborah
Meier and Diane Ravitch."
Education Week, volume 25, number 36 (pp.
36-37, 44). 2006
3 drafts
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With Allen Graubard.
"Does Supporting School Reform Mean that America's
Public School System is a Shameful Failure?"
Undated
1 draft
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(1999-2000,
Dec.-Jan.).
"Educating a Democracy: Standards and the Future
of Public Education."
Boston Review, volume 24, number 6 (pp. 4-9).
2000
3 printed
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Oversize 3
(1999-2000,
Dec.-Jan.).
"Educating a Democracy: Standards and the Future
of Public Education."
Boston Review, volume 24, number 6 (pp. 4-9).
2000
3 printed
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Box 6
Original article by Linda Darling-Hammond. (2007, May 21).
"Evaluating No Child Left Behind
(Response)."
The Nation, volume 284, number 20 (pp.
20-21). 2007
1 printed
(1984, October).
"Feeding Our Myths: 'To Save Our Schools'
Flunks."
Commonweal, volume 111 (pp.
536-538).
1 printed
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(2000, Feb.).
"Fiddling with Facts."
Brill's Content (pp. 63-64).
3 printed
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Oversize 3
(1999, Apr. 20).
"From Deborah Meier to Ben Lummis, copied to MCAS
group (3/18/99)."
MTA Today (pp. 8-9).
1 printed
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(1999, May 23).
"Give Parents, Teachers Keys to School
Reform."
Democrat and Chronicle (p. 23A).
2 printed
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Includes note from Adam Urbanski
(1996, October 8).
"Going Back to School... in Boston."
1996,
undated
2 drafts
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(1997).
"Habits of Mind: Democratic Values and the
Creation of Effective Learning Communities."
In Barry S.
Kogan (Ed.),
Common Schools, Uncommon
Futures: A Working Consensus for School Renewal.
1995,
undated
2 drafts
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Includes one letter from Barry Kogan
With Ann Cook. (1990, Apr. 27).
"A Helpful Response."
Finance and Reform: Education in New York
State
(pp. 1-9).
3 printed
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(1989, May 31).
"Helping Young Shun 'Ideals' of Violence."
Education Week, volume 8, number 36 (p.
32).
4 printed
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See also:
Writings by Deborah
Meier
, 1 printed; Oversize 3, folder 1
(1999, May 31).
"Here's the Deal, Mr. Unz."
The Nation, volume 268, number 20 (pp.
7-8).
2 printed
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(2007,
Fall).
"How Much is Learned When We're Not Looking: The
Promise of CES Elementary Schools."
Horace: The Journal of the Coalition of Essential
Schools,
volume 23, number 3 (pp. 2-3, 11).
1 printed
(2003,
Oct.-Nov.)
"In Good Company."
The Boston Review
1 draft
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Includes correspondence, article by Richard D.
Kahlenberg and Bernard Wasow titled
"Private School Vouchers vs. Public School
Choice,"
article by Kahlenberg titled
"Remembering Al Shanker"
(2005, Aug. 28).
"In Schools We Trust."
Boston Globe (pp. 23, 35).
1 printed
With Alfie Kohn. (1998, June 8).
"It's Difficult and Destructive."
Boston Globe.
2 printed
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(1992, June 17).
"Just Another False Chase."
Education Week (p. 14).
2 printed
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Oversize 3
(1992, June 17).
"Just Another False Chase."
Education Week (p. 14).
2 printed
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Box 7
(2002, Feb.).
"Just Let Us Be: The Genesis of a Small Public
School."
Educational Leadership (pp.
76-79).
4 printed
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"The Little Engine that Can't: Asking Our Schools
to Carry the Burden of Overcoming America's Social Inequality."
Undated
2 drafts
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(1991, Sept. 23).
"The Little Schools that Could."
The Nation, volume 253, number 9 (pp. 321,
338-340).
4 printed
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See also:
Articles about
Debbie/CPE/CCE-91/92, by Debbie
, 1 printed, 1 adapted version
titled "Up Against the System: The Little Schools
That Could,"
1991, Oct. 14;
Writings by Deborah Meier, 1 adapted version
"Making Schools Scientific: At What
Price?"
Undated
1 draft
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"Massachusetts Education Reform and National
Standards: Two Possible Sets of Policy Assumptions"
(pp. 16-18).
Undated
5 copies
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Also titled
"National Standards: Two Possible
Sets of Policy Assumptions"
(2005,
Fall).
"MAT Program Celebrates Its First Class."
Field Notes, volume 1, number 3 (pp.
6-8).
1 printed
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(1989,
Fall).
"National Standards for American Education
[reply]."
Teachers College Record, volume 91, number 1
(pp. 25-27)
1 proof
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(1999).
"Needed: Thoughtful Research for Thoughtful
Schools."
In E. C. Lagemann &
L. Shulman (Eds.),
Issues in
Education Research
(pp. 63-82). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
1998
1 draft
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"A New Reading of the Class Struggle."
In These Times.
Undated
1 printed
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"Notes on an Interesting Occupation."
Undated
6 drafts
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Includes 2 copies of a letter from Deborah Meier to
Kathleen Devaney
(2007).
"On Patriotism and the Yankees: Lessons Learned
from Being a Fan."
In J. Westheimer (Ed.),
Pledging Allegiance: The Politics of Patriotism in
America's Schools
(pp. 49-60). 2006,
undated
3 drafts
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(2004,
Winter).
"On Unions and Education."
Dissent (pp. 31-35). Also in
Teachers' Voice, volume 6, number 8 (pp. 1-2).
2003-2004
1 draft, 1 proof, 1 printed
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Includes letter from Dissent editor to
Deborah Meier
Oversize 3
(2004,
Winter).
"On Unions and Education."
Dissent (pp. 31-35). Also in
Teachers' Voice, volume 6, number 8 (pp. 1-2).
2003-2004
1 draft, 1 proof, 1 printed
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Includes letter from Dissent editor to
Deborah Meier
"Our Educational Crisis and Theirs."
Undated
1 draft
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(1996, Spring).
"Partnerships Between Schools and
Universities."
On Common Ground, number 6 (p.
27).
2 printed
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(1994, Jan.).
"A Plan Equal to the Task: Creating a National
Elementary Schools Network."
N.E.S.N. Newsletter (pp. 7-8, 13,
15-16).
1 printed
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See also:
Writings by Deborah
Meier
, 1 draft
(1982, May
26-June 1).
"Planning to Keep Them in Their Place."
In These Times (p. 11).
2 printed
(1974,
Sept.-Oct.).
"Poor Readers I."
Today's Education, number 63 (pp. 32-36).
1974
1 draft, 3 printed
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Includes a letter from Gene R. Hawes
See also:
Writings by Deborah
Meier
, 1 printed
(2003, Mar.).
"The Power of Ideas."
Principal Leadership, volume 3, number 7 (pp.
16-19).
3 printed
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(2000).
"Progressive Education in the 21st Century: A
Work in Progress."
In R. Brandt (Ed.),
Education in a New Era (pp. 211-228).
Alexandria, VI: ASCD.
2 drafts, 1 printed
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(1959,
Winter).
"The Public Buys a Ghetto."
Anvil.
2 printed
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(2007).
"Quick Fixes and Student Potential."
Profession, volume 1 (pp. 136-140). Undated
1 draft
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"A Radical Proposal for a Conservative
Profession"
Undated
1 draft
Reactions to
A Nation
Prepared
... The Carnegie Proposals: Problems and
Possibilities.
Networker (pp. 8-9). Undated
2 printed
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See also:
Writings by Deborah
Meier
, 1 printed
"Reading Myths and Public Policy."
Undated
2 drafts
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(1985, May).
"Retaining the Teacher's Perspective in the
Principalship."
Education and Urban Society, volume 17,
number 3 (pp. 302-310).
4 printed
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See also:
Articles about
Debbie/CPE/CCE-91/92, by Debbie
, 1 printed;
Writings by Deborah Meier, 1 printed;
Writings removed from binder pockets, 5
printed;
MacArthur Fellowship;
binder of recommendations, resumes, articles, etc.
, 2 printed
"Revitalization of Civil Society (Response
to),"
1994
1 draft
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Includes letter from Deborah Meier and article by
Michael S. Joyce,
"The
Revitalization of Civil Society"
in
Rethinking Schools
(1995, Fall).
"A Revolutionary at Work."
Future Teacher (pp. 4-5). 1995, Sept. 25
1 draft
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"Safety, Violence, and the Manufactured
Crisis."
(Also titled "Safe Schools,
Safe Streets"). 1995
7 drafts
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Includes supporting documentation, related articles, and correspondence
Oversize 3
"Safety, Violence, and the Manufactured
Crisis."
(Also titled "Safe Schools,
Safe Streets"). 1995
7 drafts
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Includes supporting documentation, related articles, and correspondence
Box 7
(1997, Feb. 17).
"Saving Public Education."
The Nation, volume 264, number 6 (pp.
23-24).
1 printed
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(2008, Mar.).
"Schooling for Democracy or for the
Workplace?"
Phi Delta Kappan, volume 89, number 7 (pp.
507-510).
2 printed
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(2000,
Fall).
"Schools that Seek Solutions."
Hope Magazine, volume 24 (pp.
19-21).
3 printed
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(2004,
Summer).
"Smallness, Autonomy, and Choice: Scaling
Up."
Educational Horizons, volume 82, number 4
(pp. 290-299). Undated
1 draft
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"Some Comments on the Latest Solution."
Undated
5 drafts
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(2003, Sept.).
"So What Does it Take to Build a School for
Democracy?"
Phi Delta Kappan (pp. 15-21). 2003
2 drafts, 2 printed
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Includes correspondence between Deborah Meier and
Phi Delta Kappan's Joel
Westheimer
(2002, Nov.).
"Standardization versus Standards."
Phi Delta Kappan, volume 84, number 3 (pp.
190-198).
3 printed
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(1999, June 9).
"Standards Yes, Standardization No."
Working Papers for A Public Conversation: Education
Reform in Massachusetts
(pp. 4-5). 1999
1 draft, 2 printed
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(2008, Sept.).
"Strong Schools are Essential for
Democracy."
Phi Delta Kappan, volume 90, number 1 (pp.
32-33).
2 printed
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(1996, Dec.).
"Supposing that…."
Phi Delta Kappan, volume 78, number 4 (pp.
271-276).
1 printed
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"Testing, Why is it Still Prevalent?"
Undated
2 drafts
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(2006, Fall).
"Undermining Democracy: 'Compassionate
Conservatism' and Democratic Education."
Dissent (pp. 71-75). 2006-2008
1 draft, 2 proofs
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Includes correspondence
(2009).
"What I've Learned."
In J.
Mintz and C. Ricci (Eds.),
Turning Points: 27 Visionaries in Education Tell Their
Own Stories.
2008
1 draft
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(1996, Sept. 15).
"What it Takes to Make Schools Matter."
Newsday (p. A35).
1 printed
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(2006).
"What We've Learned in the Small Schools
Movement."
In P. Hughes (Ed.),
Secondary Education at the Crossroads (pp.
145-148). The Netherlands: Springer. 2006
2 proofs
(2000, Nov. 27).
"What's Lost When We Focus on MCAS."
Boston Globe (p. A15).
3 printed
"Why Don't They Learn? Reading Problems in our
City Elementary Schools."
1960s
2 drafts
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(1997, Jan. 7).
"Why Reading Tests Don't Test Reading
(Revised)."
1997
3 drafts
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(2002, Sept./Oct.).
"Why Save Public Education?"
Harvard Education Letter, volume 18, number 5
(pp. 1-3).
3 printed
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Box 8
(2006, Apr. 2).
"Why We (Progressives) Should Oppose Federal
Control of Schools."
2006
3 drafts
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Oversize 3
(1999, Aug. 2).
"You Get What You Pay For."
Los Angeles Times (p. A13).
2 printed
Box 8
(1999, June 19).
"Your Assignment: Fix New York's Schools."
New York Times (p. A15).
3 printed
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Oversize 3
(1999, June 19).
"Your Assignment: Fix New York's Schools."
New York Times (p. A15).
3 printed
Subseries:
Box 8
Reviews, 1968-1996,
undated
Arranged chronologically
Comments on 'Equality
of Educational Opportunity,'
1968,
undated
2 drafts
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Book Reviewed: Coleman, J.
Equality of Educational Opportunity.
(1981, Apr. 24).
"Books: Three Paths to Education."
Commonweal (pp. 244, 246-249).
1 printed
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Book Reviewed: Benjamin, R. (1981).
Making Schools Work: A Reporter's Journey Through Some of
America's Most Remarkable Classrooms;
and Kozol,
J. (1981).
On Being a Teacher.
(1984, Oct. 5).
"Feeding Our Myths: 'To Save Our Schools'
Flunks."
Commonweal, volume 111, number 17 (pp.
536-538).
1 draft, 2 printed
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Work Reviewed:
To Save Our Schools, To Save Our
Children.
(1984). ABC.
Includes correspondence
(1985, May 25).
"The Wrong Track."
The Nation (pp. 626-628). [incomplete
copy]
2 printed
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Book Reviewed: Oakes, J. (1985).
Keeping Track: How Schools Structure Inequality. Yale University
Press.
See also:
Writings by Deborah
Meier
, 1 printed
(1985, Dec.
28-1986, Jan. 4).
"The Moral Bypass."
The Nation, volume 241, number 22 (pp.
717-723). 1985-1986
1 draft, 1 proof, 1 printed
Book Reviewed: Bellah, R. N., Madsen,
R., Sullivan, W. M.,
Swidler, A., & Tipton, S.
A. (1985).
Habits of the Heart:
Individualism and Commitment in American Life.
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Review for
The Harvard Law Review,
1986,
undated
11 drafts, several incomplete drafts.
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Book Reviewed: Rebell, M. A. & Block, A.
R. (1985).
Equality and Education:
Federal Civil Rights Enforcement in the New York City School
System.
Princeton University Press.
Includes correspondence with
The Harvard Law
Review.
With Florence Miller. (1988, Jan. 9).
"The Book of Lists."
The Nation (pp. 25-27).
3 printed.
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Book Reviewed: Ravitch, D. & Finn, ca.
E., Jr. (1987).
What Do Our
17-Year-Olds Know?
Harper & Row.
See also:
Writings by Deborah
Meier
, 1 printed
Oversize 3
(1995,
May-June). Untitled.
Teacher
Magazine
(p. 40).
1 printed
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Book Reviewed: Wasley, P. A. (1994).
Stirring the Chalkdust: Tales of Teachers Changing
Classroom Practice.
Box 8
(1996, Oct. 28).
"Schools for Citizenship."
The Nation, volume 263, number 13 (pp.
32-38).
2 printed
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Books Reviewed: Postman, N. (1996).
The End of Education: Redefining the Value of
School.
Knopf.; Duckworth, E. (1996).
'The Having of Wonderful Ideas' and Other Essays on
Teaching and Learning.
Teachers College Press.; Rose,
M. (1996).
Possible Lives: The Promise
of Public Education in America.
Penguin.; Sarason, S.
B. (1996).
Revisiting 'The Culture of
the School and the Problem of Change.'
Teachers College
Press.
"Michael Harrington--Reflections and
Memories."
The Yankee Radical (pp. 9-10). Undated
1 printed
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Book Reviewed: Isserman, M. (2000).
The Other American: The Life of Michael
Harrington.
"Some Observations about Recent Books by School
Teachers, Especially James Herndon's 'The Way It's Spozed to Be,'"
Undated
2 drafts
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Book Reviewed: Herndon, J.
The Way it's Supposed to Be.
