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After the Education Wars: How Smart Schools Upend the Business of Reform Hardcover - 2018

by Andrea Gabor

A bestselling business journalist critiques the topdown approach of popular education reforms and profiles the unexpected success of schools embracing a nimbler, more democratic entrepreneurialism.


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  • Strong sales track: The Man Who Discovered Quality was a bestseller in the U.S. and Japan, with nearly 30,000 copies sold in each market. Her other books sold more than 15,000 copies each.
  • Good review history: Gabor's books have been reviewed by the New York Times Book Review, the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and the Harvard Business Review, among others.
  • Media-savvy author: Gabor is a former editor at U.S. News & World Report and Businessweek. Her 2013 Newsweek feature was reposted by Diane Ravitch as "The Best Article Ever About New Orleans Charter Schools." She's written op-eds for the New York Times, the Atlantic, Huffpost, Fortune, and the LA Times.
  • Events in featured cities: Local education groups will anchor robust events in the cities profiled in the book: Boston, MA; New York, NY; Austin (Leander), TX, and New Orleans, LA.
  • Online presence: Gabor maintains an active website and a very active email list, where she blogs and posts regularly.
  • Credentials: Gabor is a CUNY department chair, a published business and education journalist increasingly known for her coverage of charter schools upon being awarded a Nation Institute fellowship to support her reporting on New Orleans.
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    • Title After the Education Wars: How Smart Schools Upend the Business of Reform
    • Author Andrea Gabor
    • Binding Hardcover
    • Pages 192
    • Volumes 1
    • Language ENG
    • Publisher New Press
    • Date 2018-06-12
    • Features Bibliography, Index
    • ISBN 9781620971994 / 1620971992
    • Weight 1.55 lbs (0.70 kg)
    • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.5 in (23.62 x 16.51 x 3.81 cm)
    • Library of Congress subjects School improvement programs - United States, School management and organization - United
    • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2018003917
    • Dewey Decimal Code 370.973

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    Citations

    • Kirkus Reviews, 01/01/0001, Page 0
    • Library Journal, 07/01/2018, Page 79

    About the author

    Andrea Gabor, the Bloomberg chair of business journalism at Baruch College/CUNY, is a former staff writer and editor at U.S. News & World Report and Businessweek. Gabor has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Smithsonian magazine, Harvard Business Review, Fortune, and the Village Voice. She lives in New York City.
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