The Teachers Will Save U.S. is an inspiration for American teachers. “The economic crisis and the tumultuous international climate have propelled teachers into the forefront, making them indispensable in the struggle to save our children and our nation. In their hands rests the American dream, economic progress, social stability, and world peace.” According to Dr. Jose Rodelgo, we are living a crisis that is much more than just economic, political, or social; it is a human crisis. Therefore, educators have a crucial role because it is through education that we can address the crisis. Many school leaders would like to implement an education that can respond effectively to the challenges of the twenty-first century. However, it is difficult to know how to do so. The issue at hand is finding the appropriate method of education. In this country, many educational reforms have been implemented in the last hundred years, but these reforms have not tackled the root of the problem. 

Europe and the Maritime World: A Twentieth-Century History (Cambridge Univ, $103.95) offers a new framework for understanding globalization over the past century. Through a detailed analysis of ports, shipping, and trading companies whose networks spanned the world, Michael B. Miller shows how a European maritime infrastructure made modern production and consumer societies possible. He argues that the combination of overseas connections and close ties to home ports contributed to globalization. Miller also explains how the ability to manage merchant shipping's complex logistics was central to the outcome of both world wars. He chronicles transformations in hierarchies, culture, identities, and port city space, all of which produced a new and different maritime world by the end of the century.