9781620973974_

Solid sales track of HC edition: over 5,000 copies now sold
New foreword by a high-profile education advocate: Russlynn Ali served as the assistant secretary of civil rights at the DOE under Obama, was the founding director of The Education Trust-West, and currently runs XQ, a high school innovation project she co-founded with Laurene Powell Jobs.
Updated edition: Authors have updated the text to reflect new research on deeper learning, the latest data on relevant topics, and the current discussions around Common Core and other policy issues.
Author platform: Monica Martinez is a sought-after public speaker in the U.S. and abroad on the topics of education reform, high school innovation, and the future of learning. She maintains several professional affiliations that will support integrating the paperback into her activities and talks.
Strong sales category for The New Press: Sales of this book have seen a steady increase well after publication, as the book has found a growing audience. A number of New Press education titles perform better in paperback. Demand for this book has been largely fueled by the authors speaking engagements at which shes seeing a growing demand for a paperback edition.

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The acclaimed exploration of how public education can cultivate innovatorswith a foreword by Russlynn Ali, a leading advocate for remaking schools

Dime-a-dozen ideas for reforming education seem to be everywhere these days but few actually transform the everyday experience of the 50-million-plus students who are regularly subjected to traditional lecturing, note-taking, and rote learningoften with dismal results. Enter Deeper Learning, "a fast read [that] will interest educators who want to produce self-motivated, passionate learners" (Library Journal).

Offering "uplifting" (Kirkus Reviews) anecdotes in what Tom Carroll of the National Commission on Teaching and Americas Future calls a "rare blend of inspiration and practical action," Deeper Learning provides a blueprint for creating flexible environments that put students at the helm of their own collaborative learning experience. This paperback edition includes a new foreword by renowned education advocate Russlynn Ali and will empower and inspire educators everywhere to address the need for schools to be genuinely innovative.

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