Social Reform

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    • The Decline, The Deception, The Dogmas
    • By: Thomas Sowell
    • Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
    • Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 12-07-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 325 ratings
    • An indictment of the American educational system criticizes the fact that the system has discarded the traditional goals of transmitting knowledge and fostering cognitive skills in favor of building self-esteem and promoting social harmony....

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    • By: Adam B. Cox, Cristina M. Rodriguez
    • Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann
    • Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 12-29-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Adam B. Cox and Cristina M. Rodriguez chronicle the untold story of how, over the course of two centuries, the President became our immigration policymaker-in-chief, and provide a blueprint for reform, one that accepts rather than laments the role the President plays....

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    • By: Fredrik deBoer
    • Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
    • Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 09-05-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 43 ratings
    • Fredrik deBoer explores American policy reform, or lack thereof, in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement and how the country can do better in the future.

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    • Resistance to Change in Higher Education
    • By: Brian Rosenberg
    • Narrated by: Gabriel Vaughan
    • Length: 9 hrs
    • Release date: 05-27-25
    • Language: English
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    • In “Whatever It Is, I’m Against It,” president emeritus of Macalester College Brian Rosenberg draws on decades of higher education experience to expose the entrenched structures, practices, and cultures that inhibit meaningful postsecondary reform.

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    • Winston Churchill and Social Reform in the Royal Navy, 1900-1915
    • By: Matthew S. Seligmann
    • Narrated by: John Lee
    • Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 11-27-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • A major architect of welfare reform as President of the Board of Trade and as Home Secretary, Winston Churchill also continued to push a radical social agenda while running the Navy....

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    • By: Rosa Luxemburg
    • Narrated by: Anne Makoto
    • Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 01-09-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 76 ratings
    • Reform or Revolution is an 1899 pamphlet by Polish-German Marxist theorist Rosa Luxemburg, in which she argues that trade unions, reformist political parties, and the expansion of social democracy could not create a socialist society....

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    • By: Richard Hofstadter
    • Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
    • Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 10-30-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 32 ratings
    • This work is a landmark in American political thought. Preeminent Richard Hofstadter examines the passion for progress and reform that colored the entire period from 1890 to 1940 with startling and stimulating results....

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    • Building Resilient Montessori Schools
    • By: Elizabeth G. Slade
    • Narrated by: Siiri Scott
    • Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 08-31-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • Montessori in Action: Building Resilient Montessori Schools delivers a practical and actionable method to provide a strong Montessori experience for all children, families, and educators....

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    • Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
    • By: Paul Tough
    • Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
    • Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 01-23-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 75 ratings
    • The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those who score highest on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs. But in How Children Succeed, Paul Tough argues that the qualities that matter most have more to do with character....

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    • By: Alex S. Vitale
    • Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
    • Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 04-09-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 745 ratings
    • This audiobook attempts to spark public discussion by revealing the tainted origins of modern policing as a tool of social control. It shows how the expansion of police authority is inconsistent with community empowerment, social justice - even public safety....

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    • Educational Leadership for Justice
    • By: Manya C. Whitaker
    • Narrated by: Julienne Irons
    • Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 02-08-22
    • Language: English
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    • Efforts to address inequities within our schools tend to ignore the underlying beliefs that sustain injustices, and focus instead on short-lived policies and practices. This book takes a different approach to eradicating educational disparities....

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    • Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money
    • By: Bryan Caplan
    • Narrated by: Allan Robertson
    • Length: 11 hrs
    • Release date: 05-01-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 710 ratings
    • Despite being immensely popular - and immensely lucrative - education is grossly overrated....

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    • How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education
    • By: Diane Ravitch
    • Narrated by: Eliza Foss
    • Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 03-05-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 171 ratings
    • America's foremost historian of education renounces her support for reform policies implemented over the past decade that she says are wrecking America's cherished tradition of public education....

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    • The Grassroots Revolution That's Transforming Education
    • By: Lou Aronica, Ken Robinson
    • Narrated by: Ken Robinson PhD
    • Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 05-12-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 636 ratings
    • Ken Robinson is one of the world's most influential voices in education, and his 2006 TED Talk on the subject is the most viewed in the organization's history....

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    • How to Change the Workplace for Good
    • By: Michelle Silverthorn
    • Narrated by: Janina Edwards
    • Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 01-26-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 58 ratings
    • Culture change expert and diversity speaker Michelle Silverthorn explains how to transform diversity and inclusion from mere lip service into the very heart of leadership....

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    • How College Divides Us
    • By: Paul Tough
    • Narrated by: Paul Tough
    • Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 03-13-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 40 ratings
    • From best-selling author Paul Tough, an indelible and explosive book on the glaring injustices of higher education, including unfair admissions tests, entrenched racial barriers, and crushing student debt. Now updated and expanded for the pandemic era....

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    • Rescuing Your Kids from the Radicals Ruining Our Schools
    • By: Dr. Corey A. DeAngelis Ph.D
    • Narrated by: Chris Abell
    • Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 05-14-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
    • Discover the real story of how moms and dads across the country are turning the tide against radical activists in public schools in the ultimate book about America's parental rights movement....

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    • A Captivating Guide to a Period in American History Filled with Political Reforms and Social Activism (U.S. History)
    • By: Captivating History
    • Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
    • Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 12-01-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • The Progressive Era, a time of social, political, and economic reform in the United States, spanned the years 1877 to 1929—the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the Great Depression....

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