Here are my name options. I've placed the titles on the side in a poll.
#1 - One Fit Sizes All
The idea here is that not only do we have a standardized, one-size-fits-all model, but we go so far as to "fit" students into the model and then "size up" those who refuse to conform. Whether it's discipline, learning, a student's identity, we use a factory model that forces students into one system.
#2 - Sages and Lunatics: Recovering What We Lost in Standardized Education
The main theme here is that we can recover something lost in standardized education by going back to the "sages and lunatics" of the past (i.e. Socrates) and also that a teacher must choose to be a lunatic (raging against standardization) or a sage (quietly reforming it) on a daily basis.
#3 - Organic Education: From Artificial to Authentic Education
The premise of this is that we have created a factory-based, standardized education and that we can move toward a more organic, authentic approach to education.
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Ha! Your publisher will probably make you change it to something they deem "most marketable" anyway, so may be best not to get attached to any single option.
In my opinion though, I like the "Organic" title. I think it most simply and directly reflects the premise of your book. Plus in my opinion, its already very marketable, esp. given that "organic" is a trend word, but not so much that 10 years down the road it would sould dated or irrelevant.
Oh, one other thing... If you do go with the "One Size Fits All" title, I think it deserves a subtitle. The message carried by the title seems to be opposite of message you are conveying, and without a subtitle, I'm not sure a reader would necessarily interpret your sarcasm or any ironic intentions.
I'm with Dan. People love organic stuff. Is it better? Who knows, but people buy it. If you go for "One Size Fits All," people are going to think your book is all about differentiated instruction. Only special ed. teachers will buy it.
I like #2
Looks like Sages and Lunatics is winning. To me it just seems like a title more fitting to a different subject.
Haven't you had this title in your pocket for years now? I could have sworn I remember you talking about it for some different idea you had.
Anyway, regardless of what the majority thinks, you can rest assured that my opinion is the correct one.
About a year ago, I posted something like this on myspace, where I was trying to figure out what I wanted my book to be titled. The subject of the book never really changed, but the focus shifted a bit. It's still the same book - which, in its roughest of rough draft forms, is pretty much finished. Now for the editing.
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