Bøker av Elizabeth Porter

The education system in the United States needs reform. With the enactment of the No Child Left Behind Law and Common Core, politicians and business people are placing increased pressure on standardized test scores and student performance to the point that our students are paying the price. Standardized testing has become a $2 billion industry in the United States with corporations in the pockets of policymakers and school districts. This book explores the harm of standardized testing on our education system and our children. It offers the solution of student-centered, meaningful, and scientifically proven Performance Based Learning. In addition, the author offers teachers and parents practical ideas and resources for getting started with Performance Based Learning. This is a book for teachers and parents, working together to change the education system in the United States and do better for our children.

In 1978, when this book was first published, the provision of water services was a fundamental environmental issue. In England and Wales, organisations were created to protect and enhance the nation's water resources. This book considers the problems involved in achieving those objectives and attempts to assess the potential of the organisational arrangements to assist.

Feminist Perspectives on Ethics is a unique guide to the development of feminist thought on ethics and moral agency and applies these ideas to a number of topics which are relevant to women's lives from the everyday, such as the family, friendship and sexuality to the more controversial, such as abortion, pornography and ecofeminism.