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Political Agendas for Education
From Make America Great Again to Stronger Together
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Following the epic, contentious 2016 presidential election, Joel Spring’s ongoing documentation and analysis of political agendas for education reflect the major political issues since 2012. Here he examines the 2016 education planks of the Republican, Democratic, Libertarian, and Green Parties,...
Barriers to Excellence
The Changes Needed for Our Schools
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2012
Barriers to Excellence: The Changes Needed for Our Schools brings a new and different viewpoint to our educational problems in the United States. The reasons behind the academic decline we have seen over the last several decades, the continued inequity in our schools, and the frustration with inconsistent...
Screwed-Up School Reform
Fixing America’s Broken Promise
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
The unspoken American promise is that each generation will lead a better, more successful life than the previous one. In earlier times, it was an education that provided the next generations a better life. For today’s children, though, decades of failed school reform have left a generation wondering...
To Teach
The Journey, in Comics
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This graphic novel brings to life William Ayers’s bestselling memoir To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher, Third Edition. From Ayers’s early days teaching kindergarten, readers follow this renowned educational theorist on his “voyage of discovery and surprise.” We meet fellow travelers from...
A Light In Dark Times
Maxine Greene and the Unfinished Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
A Light in Dark Times features a list of extraordinary contributors who have been deeply influenced by Professor Greene’s progressive philosophies. While Maxine Greene is the focus for this collection, each chapter is an encounter with her ideas by an educator concerned with his or her own works...
On the Side of the Child
Summerhill Revisited
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
A. S. Neill’s radical approach to child rearing is as controversial today as it was in 1960. Neill’s “code of freedom” emphasized the principles of freedom, love, and positive discipline in the care and education of children. These ideals continue to evoke admiration by many who...
Understanding and Promoting Transformative Learning
A Guide to Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2016
The third edition of Patricia Cranton’s Understanding and Promoting Transformative Learning brings a wealth of new insight from the tremendous growth in the field during the decade since the previous edition. As in the previous editions, the book helps adult educators understand what transformative...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2004
Fundamental Constructs in Mathematics Education is a unique sourcebook crafted from classic texts, research papers and books in mathematics education. Linked together by the editors' narrative, the book provides a fascinating examination of, and insight into, key constructs in mathematics education...
by Sonia Nieto
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
“This moving and important book has reminded me of why I have stayed in public school teaching for over 40 years. It is an inspiration to experienced educators, beginning teachers, and all of us who care about equity and the importance of every child’s life.”—Herbert Kohl, Director,...
Hidden Dangers to Kids' Learning
A Parent Guide to Cope with Educational Roadblocks
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2011
This second edition to Hidden Dangers to Kid’s Learning: Parent Guide to Cope with
Educational Roadblocks gives more insight into waysparents can understand and help their academically struggling child. Parents and their children can be empowered to recognize the perils and the pitfalls of our current...
School Communication that Works
A Patron-focused Approach to Delivering Your Message
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
The foundation of successful school district/community relationships is communication that focuses on what most interests average residents – no matter what you, as a school district leader, believe they should be interested in. Communicate in their language, at their level of interest, and at their...
The Pyramid Approach
A Framework for Raising Student Academic Achievement
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2014
The Pyramid Approach was designed by Dr. George Woodrow, Jr. for use by educators. The Pyramid is research-based. It aligns theory with professional practice. In addition, it strives to take what we know and provide a practical framework to effectively apply that same knowledge in ways that promotes...
by Lindsay Paterson
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
Liberal education used to command wide political support. Radicals disagreed with conservatives on whether the best culture could be appreciated by everyone, and they disagreed, too, on whether the barriers to understanding it were mainly social and economic, but there was no dispute that any worthwhile...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
This volume of essays references traditional and contemporary thought on theory and practice in music education for all age groups, from the very young to the elderly. The material spans a broad range of subject areas from history and philosophy to art and music, and addresses issues such as curriculum,...