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by The Board of Trustees of Illinois State University, April Karlene Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
Illinois State University was founded in 1857 as Illinois's first public higher education institution. Initially named Illinois State Normal University (ISNU) due to its mission to train teachers, the university gained early national recognition for its work in developing educational philosophies....
Looking Beyond the Ivy League
Finding the College That's Right for You
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
The celebrated book that revolutionized the way Americans choose colleges-now fully revised and updated
An invaluable guide with virtually no competition, this book helped to establish Loren Pope as one of the nation's most respected experts on the college application process. Now fully revised...
On Purpose
How Great School Cultures Form Strong Character
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2010
Discover how 12 ordinary schools achieved extraordinary results
Best-selling author Samuel Casey Carter showcases a dozen extraordinary K–12 schools where confident children joyfully strive to accomplish worthy goals in concert with their friends. These institutions focus on a culture of...
The Art of Educational Leadership
Balancing Performance and Accountability
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2007
*"English successfully challenges the established educational community to rethink the current state of research on school leadership in the social sciences...The inclusion of theory, discourse, and stories of recognized leaders followed by chapter learning extensions that include key...
Posh Boys
How English Public Schools Ruin Britain
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2018
Imagine a world where leaders are able to pass power directly to their children. These children are plucked from their nurseries and sent to beautiful compounds far away from all the other children. They are provided with all the teachers they need, the best facilities, doctors and food. Every day...
by Joseph Peter Klapatch
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2015
In 1969, in the Anthracite Coal Region of Northeastern Pennsylvania, the Dickson City, Olyphant, and Throop school districts merged to become the Mid-Valley School District. Soon afterward, plans were made to build the new Mid-Valley Junior-Senior High School. The plans were put on hold indefinitely....
Politics of Public Money
Spenders, Guardians, Priority Setters, and Financial Watchdogs inside the Canadian Government
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2007
Public money is one of the primary currencies of influence for politicians and public servants. It affects the standards by which they undertake the nation's business and it impacts on the standard of living of the nation's citizens. The Politics of Public Money examines the extent to which the Canadian...
by David A. Good
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2014
Public money is one of the primary currencies of influence for politicians and public servants. It affects the standards by which they undertake the nation’s business and impacts the standard of living of the nation’s citizens. David A. Good’s The Politics of Public Money examines the extent...
Practical Incident Management in K-12 Schools
How Leaders Prepare for, Respond to, and Recover from Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
Practical Incident Management for Schools will help prepare every school leader for their important role in keeping students safe in their school. This book will teach you the exact same system that fire chiefs across the country have used to command emergencies for more than three decades, but with...
The Brooklyn Wars
The Stories Behind the Remaking of New York's Most Celebrated Borough
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2016
Across the globe, the word “Brooklyn” has come to represent cutting-edge cuisine, a vibrant music and literary culture, and the epitome of hip. But most of the world doesn’t see the price that local residents pay as their neighborhoods are swallowed by change.
In The Brooklyn Wars, masterful...
by The Naked Tradesman
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2018
This ebook covers the challenges faced by middleclass workers in developed countries and offers some basic tips to deal with change.
by Friends Council on Education
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2009
William Penn envisioned a society dedicated to religious toleration, participatory government, and liberty. Central to this Holy Experiment was his belief that all children deserved a moral education. In 1689, Penn established a Friends Public School in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Over the years,...
Standards-Based Leadership
A Case Study Book for the Superintendency
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
Although there are several case study books for administrators, this one book, specifically for superintendents, is framed within the state and national standards. It offers a way for superintendents as well as those in training to combine best-practice theory with practice using everyday, realistic...
by Jill Blee
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2010
Since ancient times gold has exerted a powerful fascination for humankind. Symbol of wealth and riches, it has influenced the rise and fall of empires and changed the course of history. In Australia, its discovery sparked frenzied gold rushes that opened up large parts of the land to settlement, transformed...