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Cohen spent a year spent visiting public schools throughout California, discovering how students flourish when teachers capture the sparks of curiosity and inspiration. The result is \u003cem\u003eCapturing the Spark: Inspired Teaching, Thriving Schools\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom finger-painting to A.P. Physics experiments, Cohen takes readers into classrooms for students of all ages and in a wide variety of subjects, at schools enrolling dozens or thousands of students, in traditional or alternative programs. Take a look inside more than 60 schools. How are teachers blending traditional and innovative practices? How does quality teacher training make a difference over a teacher's career? What makes Teachers of the Year unique? What are unions doing to improve education? What does it mean for a teacher to achieve National Board Certification? 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With funding from a successful Kickstarter campaign, he was able to visit campuses all over the state, from the redwood forests near the northern border to the desert towns of the south, from the major cities on the coast to the foothills of the Sierras. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile focusing on positive stories in public education, Cohen recognizes the many challenges facing public education. 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Former Bush Administration official (and former liberal) David B. Cohen answers that provocative question in the affirmative in a thought-provoking book that is certain to spark debate. \u003ci\u003eLeft-Hearted, Right-Minded\u003c\/i\u003e arrives just in time for the 2012 Presidential election season. And while the book is a great guide to help voters of all political persuasions think about the great issues that will be debated during the campaign, its relevance will last years into the future.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book starts out as a political memoir with two protagonists: Liberal Dave, the person that the author was in his youth, and ConservaDave, the person the author ultimately became. Liberal Dave was a typical American kid--if by typical you mean a Jewish Samoan being raised by a single mother in an extended working class family.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author takes us on an often amusing journey in which Liberal Dave, a staunch progressive with little tolerance for conservatives, eventually becomes a conservative himself--without abandoning the concerns and ideals he held as a liberal. We even get to listen in on an extended and sometimes heated debate between Liberal Dave and ConservaDave on a wide range of issues, including capitalism, Occupy Wall Street, Steve Jobs, taxing the rich, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book then moves into an issue-by-issue demonstration of its central thesis: that conservative policies are indeed the best way to achieve liberal ideals. With chapters on education, health care, immigration, the environment, and foreign policy, Cohen outlines how conservative policies are the best way to protect the vulnerable, the disadvantaged, the oppressed--and the rest of us as well. In so doing, Cohen fleshes out a hopeful, youthful, idealistic and optimistic brand of conservatism that can appeal to open-minded people from all parts of the political spectrum.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeft-Hearted, Right-Minded\u003c\/i\u003e has something for people of all political stripes: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor conservatives, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e the book demonstrates how to effectively communicate their ideas to those who do not yet share their beliefs--how to preach to the persuadable, and not just to the converted. 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