Rowman Littlefield Publishers imprint: 5577 books
Shared Vision
Transformational Leadership in American Community Colleges
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Based on a study of 256 exemplary community college presidents, this book examines the attributes of outstanding leaders and their ability to orchestrate organizational change. Chapter 1 provides the background for the study, emphasizes the importance of leadership, and identifies attributes common...
Re-visioning Community Colleges
Positioning for Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
Re-visioning Community Collegestraces the development and generational evolution of community colleges, explores the past success and future capacity of community colleges as disruptive innovators, and analyzes this sector’s unique advantages and vulnerabilities. Ultimately, Sydow and Aflred presents...
Integrating Performance and Budgets
The Budget Office of Tomorrow
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2007
Governments are under increasing pressure to produce—and to demonstrate—results in terms of their mission. Over the last decade, countries around the world have undertaken reforms with the aim of improving the relevance and effectiveness of public services and the quality of public sector management....
by Stuart D.B. Picken
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
Japan, although now listed as the world’s third-largest economy after that of the United States and China, has been too readily dismissed in the late 20th century as a spent force. This is as unfortunate as it is incorrect for a number of reasons. First, while the Peoples’ Republic of China. is...
Real World Professional Learning Communities
Their Use and Effects
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
In a professional learning community (PLC), teachers are organized into teams, committed to meeting on a regular basis to study their teaching strategies and the effects of those strategies on the students in their classrooms. The teacher teams can be of varied form and composition. Whatever the organizational...
Race in Society
The Enduring American Dilemma
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2017
Race in Society is a comprehensive, but brief, book that introduces readers to current research scholarship on race, emphasizing the socially constructed basis of race and the persistence of racial inequality in U.S. institutions. The book is anchored in contemporary social science scholarship and...
Foundations for Social Change
Critical Perspectives on Philanthropy and Popular Movements
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2005
This multi-disciplinary collection blends broad overviews and case studies as well as different theoretical perspectives in a critique of the relationship between United States philanthropic foundations and movements for social change. Scholars and practitioners examine how these foundations support...
by Hans Schattle
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2007
What is global citizenship, exactly? Are we all global citizens? In The Practices of Global Citizenship, Hans Schattle provides a striking account of how global citizenship is taking on much greater significance in everyday life. This lively book includes many fascinating conversations with global...
Every Reader a Close Reader
Expand and Deepen Close Reading in Your Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Drawing expertise and ideas from research, as well as teachers from across the country, Every Reader, a Close Reader serves as both an instructional guide and professional development tool for classroom teachers and instructional leaders to use when starting or strengthening close reading at the classroom...
Why Kids Can't Read
Continuing to Challenge the Status Quo in Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Nearly forty percent of all fourth graders in this country cannot read at grade level, and this number rises to sixty percent for children coming from poor families. This gap in learning increases as students go through grade school and is a primary reason for school failure. Ironically, this problem...
Classroom Management Training Handbook
Cued to Preventing Discipline Problems, K-12
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
The Classroom Management Training Handbook is cued to the textbook Preventing Classroom Disruptive Behavior, Grades K-12, Fourth Edition. It uniquely provides private, confidential self-training for a troubled teacher, or it can be used by professors of education, teacher-trainers, or school administrators...
Standards-Based Leadership
A Case Study Book for the Principalship
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2015
Today’s school principals are charged with the responsibility of creating learning organizations that emphasize success for all students. Framing decisions in standards that are grounded in research and best practice, this book provides a structure for learning and growth for both current and aspiring...
Creating Academic Momentum
Realizing the Promise of Performance-Based Education
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
It is never easy to begin an innovative practice in any educational organization. The inertia of the existing culture can often be overwhelming. Michael K. Raible provides insights into how to create an environment in which performance-based innovations can flourish. Many schools and whole districts...
by Journal of School Public Relations
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
The Journal of School Public Relations is a quarterly publication providing research, analysis, case studies and descriptions of best practices in six critical areas of school administration: public relations, school and community relations, community education, communication, conflict management/resolution,...