Educational Reform category: 2687 books
No Child Left Behind and the Reduction of the Achievement Gap
Sociological Perspectives on Federal Educational Policy
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
This monumental collection presents the first-ever sociological analysis of the No Child Left Behind Act and its effects on children, teachers, parents, and schools. More importantly, these leading sociologists consider whether NLCB can or will accomplish its major goal: to eliminate the achievement...
Education and Hope in Troubled Times
Visions of Change for Our Children's World
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2009
"Progressive educators have always been better at critique than at possibility. This book promises not to ignore critique, but to favor possibility. It is most rare and greatly welcomed."
Richard Quantz, Miami University
"The editor argues that in a material world, depicted...
School Improvement
What's In It For Schools?
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
This book aims to demystify the principles and practice of school improvement by demonstrating how successful classroom and school improvement occurs. It outlines the conditions, strategies and approaches that promote sustainable improvement and provides an overview of the main theoretical perspectives...
Deciphering Chinese School Leadership
Conceptualisation, Context and Complexities
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
With existing educational leadership models and theories being predominantly western influenced, this book aims to provide more insight into school leadership in China. It pioneers building research- and practice-informed knowledge and unravels the complexities that characterize the scholarship, context...
Learning from Shanghai
Lessons on Achieving Educational Success
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
The Shanghai school system has attracted worldwide attention since its impressive performance in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2009. The system ranks as a ‘stunning success’ according to standards of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)....
Improving Learning in College
Rethinking Literacies Across the Curriculum
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2009
What's the problem with literacy at college? How might everyday literacy be harnessed for educational ends?
Based on the first major study of literacy practices in colleges in the UK, this book explores the reading and writing associated with learning subjects across the college curriculum....
Can Educators Make a Difference?
Experimenting with, and Experiencing, Democracy in Education
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
As the title of this book suggests, how we understand, perceive and experience democracy may have a significant effect on how we actually engage in, and with, democracy. Within the educational context, this is a key concern, and forms the basis of the research presented in this volume within a critical,...
The Superintendent and the CFO
Building an Effective Team
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Building a strong relationship with the CFO is essential for superintendents seeking to build sustainable educational programs for all students. Benzel and Hoover use their CFO and superintendent experience to identify what future leaders in both roles need to know and be able to do with respect to...
by Jennifer A. Rippner
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
In today’s complex educational environment, it’s critical for educators to understand the policy landscape. Research-based and grounded in a non-ideological perspective, The American Education Policy Landscape is an essential guide for educators, graduate students, and policymakers alike. This...
by Joel Spring
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2011
Turning his distinctive analytical lens to the politics of American education, Joel Spring looks at contemporary educational policy issues from theoretical, practical, and historical perspectives. This comprehensive overview documents and explains who influences educational policy and how, bringing...
by John Eggleston
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Within a single educational system – that of England and Wales – the nature of schooling available to a child can be dramatically different. Even between residential areas the differences in educational climate can be striking. Apart from differences in the organization of schools and the availability...
The Capacity to Share
A Study of Cuba’s International Cooperation in Educational Development
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2012
This discussion of Cuba's international policies in education shows how Cuba shares its educational resources with other countries. The postcolonial critique underlying the book explores Cuba's role in relation to how the disengagement from colonial legacies in education is taking place in many countries.
Uniting Mississippi
Democracy and Leadership in the South
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Uniting Mississippi applies a new, philosophically informed theory of democratic leadership to Mississippi's challenges. Governor William F. Winter has written a foreword for the book, supporting its proposals.
The book begins with an examination of Mississippi's apparent Catch-22, namely the...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
The Routledge Education Studies Textbook is an academically wide-ranging and appropriately challenging resource for students beyond the introductory stages of a degree programme in Education Studies. Written in a clear and engaging style, the chapters are divided into three sections that examine...