About the Author

Larry Cuban is Professor Emeritus of Education at Stanford University. His books include Hugging the Middle--How Teachers Teach in an Era of Testing and Accountability, How Scholars Trumped Teachers, Powerful Reforms with Shallow Roots, How Teachers Taught, Teachers and Machines, Frogs into Princes, Why Is It So Hard to Get Good Schools?, and How Can I Fix It?

Reviews

"Through Cuban's work we can develop an understanding for how teachers define their jobs in ways that outside innovators have never appreciated. His work thus contributes a much needed vision from within." --Educational Policy

"Will undoubtedly be cited in the future as the major source on the history of technology and teaching in the classroom." --History of Education Quarterly