Mercedes K. Schneider, Ph.D. holds degrees in secondary English and German (B.S., Louisiana State, 1991), guidance and counseling (M.Ed., West Georgia, 1998), and applied statistics and research methods (Ph.D., Northern Colorado, 2002). She is an unwavering advocate for public education and teaches high school in her native southern Louisiana.
Read MoreMonica Taylor is an urban teacher educator, social justice advocate, and parent activist. She is currently a professor and deputy chair of the Department of Secondary and Special Education at Montclair State University. Her latest book Playhouse: Optimistic Stories Of Real Hope For Families With Little Children is now available.
Read MoreIn memoriam, at Garn Press, we are sending love to Ken's family and sharing with you the fifth chapter of his novel The Smart One, which is a biographical story of his father's journey to the United States of America at the turn of the 20th Century.
Read MoreSteven Singer may be the wisest and most eloquent voice we have defending public education. His moral compass is unfailingly sound, and his sympathies always on the side of the marginalized and forgotten. His work has been a beacon of light for students and teachers.
Read MoreParents and concerned citizens should demand the following things from every school. Consider it a Bill of Educational Rights. Turn this list into a petition and circulate it among all the families in your child’s school. Send it to the school board, the principal, local legislators.
Read MoreDavid Joseph Kolb is a journalist and author. Devil Knows: A Tale of Murder and Madness in America’s First Century is his first published work of fiction.
Read MoreCan a teacher challenge the wealthiest man in the world? This is the question Garn Press asked when Anthony Cody’s The Educator And The Oligarch was first published. The answer is a resounding “Yes!” Anthony Cody not only challenged Bill Gates but also received the NCTE George Orwell Award, which recognizes writers who have made outstanding contributions to the critical analysis of public discourse.
Read MoreDiane Ravitch provides remarkable insights into her seminal thinking on public education, and on the dangers to democracy of treating parents as consumers, students as products, and teachers as compliant followers of commercial scripts.
Read MoreOn this episode, Gideon and Richard talk to Denny about her work in Family Literacy, her involvement with UN, and a number of the major issues facing society today relating to education, technology, and climate change. They also discuss two of Denny’s books; Rosie’s Umbrella, a book inspired by Denny and her mother’s own experiences of life in the Welsh mining towns of the early 20th century.
Read MoreThe book starts from the point of view that public education is a vital institution, central to our democracy and economic independence, and then suggests ways that parents can not only get the best of education for their own children, but also support policies that will make the institution of public education stronger for future generations.
Read MoreMonica Taylor beautifully illustrates what children need, what parents want, and what teachers need to do to create spaces in which young children can thrive and develop into thoughtful, confident, compassionate, and creative human beings.
Read MoreDiane Ravitch is a fearless defender of public education as the foundation stone of democracy. In this unique collection of her most important writings, Diane Ravitch provides remarkable insights into her seminal thinking on public education.
Read MoreDavid Joseph Kolb is a journalist and author. Devil Knows: A Tale of Murder and Madness in America’s First Century is his first published work of fiction. Interview by Shelly Irwin, WGVU during the original release of the book.
Read MoreCarolyn Walker, a former journalist and columnist, now publishes as a memoirist, essayist, and poet. She is also a longtime creative writing instructor. “Every Least Sparrow” is one of those rare books that combines honesty, depth, tears and laughter. Carolyn Walker unflinchingly tackles the subject of raising a challenged child.
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