Mary Kay Stein: 3 books
Implementing Standards-Based Math Instruction
A Casebook for Professional Development, 2nd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Teachers and teacher educators interested in synthesizing their current practice with new mathematics standards will welcome this highly useful volume. Author Mary Kay Stein and her colleagues at the QUASAR Project at the University of Pittsburgh present prevalent cases of mathematics instruction...
Research and Practice in Education
Building Alliances, Bridging the Divide
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2010
That there is a divide between research and practice is a common lament across policy-oriented disciplines, and education is no exception. Rhetoric abounds about the role research plays (or does not play) in the improvement of schools and classrooms, and policy makers push solutions that are rooted...
Reform as Learning
School Reform, Organizational Culture, and Community Politics in San Diego
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Looking closely at the recent reform efforts in San Diego, this book explores the full range of critical issues pertaining to urban school reform. Drawing on the systemic school reform initiative that was launched in San Diego in the 1990s, this book explores all layers of the school reform process...