Kirp, David L.

Autor: Kirp, David L.
Rok: 1944-

Biogr./Hist. údaje: Americký vysokoškolský pedagog, zabývá se vzdělávací politikou, práce z oboru.
Zdroj: Autoritní databáze Národní knihovny ČR

David L. Kirp , is James D. Marver professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, member of the Barack Obama Presidential Transition Team and author. His research has explored a wide range of social policy domains, including preschool, k-12 and higher education, race and gender equality, affordable housing, and the AIDS crisis. His work has attracted scholarly, policy activist, and popular audiences. He has written some sixteen books, as well as many articles that have appeared in leading policy-focused social science journals and law reviews. He is a regular contributor to the New York Times and other national publications His research has been translated into numerous foreign languages, including Chinese (traditional and simplified), Japanese and Ukrainian. Among his books are Improbable Scholars: The Rebirth of a Great American School District and a Strategy for America's Schools (winner of the AERA outstanding book award, 2014), Kids First: Five Big Ideas for Transforming Children's Lives and America's Future, Sandbox Investment: The Preschool Movement and Kids First Politics and Shakespeare, Einstein and the Bottom Line: The Marketing of American Higher Education.