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Hess FM. The same thing over and over: How school reformers get stuck in yesterday's ideas. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; 2010.

""in this genial and challenging overview of endless debates over school reform, Rick Hess shows that even bitter opponents in debates about how to improve schools agree much more than they realize--and that much of it must change radically."

Trani RK, Irvine RK. Fallacies in education : why schools are mired in mediocrity. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Education; 2010.
Vollmer JR. Schools cannot do it alone : building public support for America's public schools. Vol 1st Enlightenment pbk. Fairfield, IA: Enlightenment Press; 2010. Abstract
Maeroff GI. School boards in America : a flawed exercise in democracy. Vol 1st. New York: Palgrave Macmillan; 2010.
Ravitch D. The Death and life of the great American school system : how testing and choice are undermining education. New York, NY: Basic Books; 2010. Abstract

"Diane Ravitch is one of the most important public intellectuals of our time. In this powerful and deftly written book, she takes on the big issues of American education today, fearlessly articulating both the central importance of strong public education and the central elements for strengthening our schools. Anyone who cares about public education should read this book." -- Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommon Professor of Education, Stanford University, and Founding Executive Director, National Commission for Teaching & America's Future