'It is no small feat to write about truth, beauty, love, and goodness as aims of education. But Noddings does it with aplomb, making clear how high schools must change through the democratic conversations she envisages. Conversations about invigorating vocational education. About integrating parenting, peace, and poverty into every course. About ensuring that each student can choose a path with pride. Noddings warns us that her recommendations are controversial. Controversial to some, perhaps. But essential for us all.' Rena Upitis, Queen's University, Ontario
'This book will be greatly valued by aspiring educators who are forming their vision of the aims of education and by those open to re-examining the priorities that dominate policy and practice. Through graceful and compelling prose, Nel Noddings highlights the limits of the common core and of generic mantras like 'College and Career', which dominate discussions today. She enables readers to imagine something much richer. This book sparks critically important conversations about ways to pursue meaningful reform.' Joseph E. Kahne, Mills College and Chair of the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Youth and Participatory Politics
'… brilliantly written throughout and comprehensive in scope …' Choice