The most reader friendly text in its field, the eighth edition presents a comprehensive overview of education in America. It provides in-depth commentary on educational history, philosophy, and governance, while giving special attention to current critical topics such as student diversity, standards and testing. New to this edition is a broader coverage of different kinds of diversities, with a new Chapter 3 focusing on multicultural education and group diversity. Chapter 2 is now focused on different ways of learning, with new sections on how gender relates to learning styles and on GLBT students; additionally, coverage of different groups (formerly in Chapter 12: The Struggle for Educational Opportunity) is now integrated throughout the text. Also new to this edition is an integration of the most recent uses of technology in the classroom, allowing readers to consider the influence of technology alongside the topic at hand whether it be curricular issues, learner diversity, or teacher effectiveness. For the Instructor, Sadker is accompanied by a new Instructor Resource, PrepCenter. PrepCenter is the when-ever, where-ever, how-ever approach to creating a more engaging classroom experience every time you step in front of your class. This new online instructor resource allows you to search our assets by chapter, by concept, or by media type.

大衛•薩德剋（David Miller Sadker）

薩德剋博士曾在初中、高中、大學任教，在華盛頓美國大學擔任教授已有30餘年。他和已故的妻子邁拉因研究“性彆在學校中的影響”在全美享有聲譽。薩德剋博士曾先後在紐約城市學院、哈佛大學、曼徹斯徹大學獲得學士、碩士、博士學位。他撰寫瞭多部專著，並在專業和大眾期刊、雜誌上發錶大量學術論文；研究成果被報刊雜誌刊登轉載；他也被地方及國傢電視、廣播節目邀請，做客電視脫口秀等節目。薩德剋夫婦曾因教育研究、關注女大學生教育等貢獻，榮獲美國教育界多個奬項。

卡倫•齊托曼（Karen R. Zittleman）

齊托曼博士在威斯康星大學獲得學士學位，在美國大學獲得碩士和博士學位。她曾在中小學任教，在美國大學任教於依據婦女平等教育法案而設置的在綫網絡課堂。她所撰寫的關於性彆、第九法案及教師教育等相關文章，在專業期刊上多次公開發錶；創建瞭多個關於公平教育的網站；她的著作為促進數學和科學教學的公平提供瞭指導。她的研究方嚮主要集中在教育公平、教育基礎、教師培養和教育反思領域。