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Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue
Vol. 11 # 1 & 2
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue is the journal of the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum (AATC). An important historical event in the development of organizations dealing with the scholarly field of teaching and curriculum was the founding of the AATC on October 1, 1993. The members...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
This book examines what equity means in a nation where the schools are becoming more diverse. The authors consider how well our educational reform policies, often framed in the language of equity and opportunity, measure up to the challenges of achieving equity in a diverse nation. While there is...
Are You Mixed?
A War Bride’s Granddaughter’s Narrative of Lives InBetween Contested Race, Gender, Class, and, Power
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
In Are You Mixed?, Sonia Janis explores the spaces inbetween race and place from the perspective of an educator who is multiracial. As she reflects on her own experiences as a seventh grade student up to her eventual appointment as a school administrator, she learns of the complexity of situating...
The Phenomenon of Obama and the Agenda for Education
Can Hope Audaciously Trump Neoliberalism?
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Who should read this book? Anyone who is touched by public education teachers, administrators, teachereducators, students, parents, politicians, pundits, and citizens ought to read this book. It will speak to educators, policymakers and citizens who are concerned about the future of education and...
The Violence Volcano
Reducing the Threat of Workplace Violence
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
The Violence Volcano is for managers and workers in all types of business and government organizations, including law enforcement and other firstresponders. Its purpose is to assist all organizations and their employees in fulfilling their obligations under U.S. Government regulations to reduce the...
What Shall We Tell the Children?
International Perspectives on School History Textbooks
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2006
The pages of this book illustrate that as instruments of socialization and sites of ideological discourse textbooks are powerful artefacts in introducing young people to a specific historical, cultural and socioeconomic order. Crucially, exploring the social construction of school textbooks and the messages...
Leading Schools of Excellence and Equity
Closing Achievement Gaps Via Academic Optimism
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
The purpose of this empirical inquiry of staterecognized “Honor Schools of Excellence” was to explore how these schools of distinction are (or are not) promoting and supporting both academic excellence and systemic equity for all students. In Phase One, quantitative data were collected through...
Struggling for Inclusion
Educational Leadership in a NeoLiberal World
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
This book describes the struggles in which inclusiveminded administrators find themselves when they promote equity initiatives. Administrators routinely struggle when they attempt to include all members of their school communities teachers, students, and parents in the various aspects of schooling....
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Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
The recent passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) presents new opportunities and greater flexibility in efforts to personalize learning for all children. The Handbook on Personalized Learning for States, Districts, and Schools provides insight and guidance on maximizing that new flexibility....
University and School Connections
Research Studies in Professional Development Schools
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
The need for strengthening the connections between universitybased teacher education programs and schools has never been greater in an era where standards and accountability systems often play centric roles in practically all aspects of the education field. Within this context, university educators...
The Role of Leadership Educators
Transforming Learning
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
Leadership, as a discipline, leadership education, as a field, and leadership educator, as a profession are still in their infancy and rapidly evolving. As professionals in higher education, we are constantly asked to provide opportunities for students to learn leadership, whether that is inside or...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2006
Mark Twain, the great American writer, once stated that synergy is the bonus achieved when things work together harmoniously. Organizations in the twentyfirst century are driven by a need to achieve synergy for all of their various processes, and organizational structures such as teams have become...
In Praise of Radiant Beings
A Retrospective Path Through Education, Buddhism and Ecology
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
This text is a collection of essays by noted curriculum scholar and philosopher of education, David W. Jardine. It ranges over twentyfive years of work with teachers and students in schools. The main purpose of these essays is to provide teachers with new ways of thinking about their circumstances that...