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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Home schooling is an important and growing American phenomenon with only our first edition in the field. This new 2nd edition will appeal to the home school world, people interested in American education, and the private school community. Changes in the educational environment in the US over the last...
Spark the Brain, Ignite the Pen (FIRST EDITION)
Quick Writes for Kindergarten Through High School Teachers and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2006
Contributors to the book teach a wide array of grade levels (K through college) and subject areas (e.g., English, social studies, math, science and health), and the quick writes included in the book are ideal for use in a variety of classroom subjects and settings. We believe that the book will find...
by Paul W. Beamish
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
This short, readerfriendly book is about best practice in joint ventures: the factors and processes which lead to success. Every year, corporations establish thousands of joint ventures (JVs), investing hundreds of billions of dollars. In fact, between 25% and 40% of all foreign investments take place...
Chicago Charter Schools
The Hype and the Reality
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
The book compares the standardized test scores of both elementary and high schools charter schools with the scores for regular public schools located nearby. It examines the position supported by charter school advocates that charter schools should be supported because they outperform regular public...
The Challenge of School Reform
Implementation, Impact, and Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
This work expands on the ideas and themes discussed in the first two volumes in this series on education policy: The first book — Talented Teachers: The Essential Force for Improving Student Achievement — examines the importance of teacher quality. Years of research have repeatedly confirmed what...
Decentralization for Satisfying Basic Needs 1st Edition
An Economic Guide for Policymakers
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
by Jay W. Rojewski
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2004
Development of this text has been based on the notion that workforce education and development (WFED) systems—such as, secondary and postsecondary vocational and technical education (VTE), career education and guidance, human resource and organizational development (HROD), and adult training and...
Critical Conversations about Religion
Promises and Pitfalls of a Social Justice Approach to Interfaith Dialogue
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Interfaith initiatives are increasingly prevalent on college and university campuses around the country. In large part, this trend responds both to ongoing religious violence throughout the world and to increasing religious tension in the United States. As such, these interfaith initiatives often...
Assessing Students in the Margin
Challenges, Strategies, and Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
The importance of student assessment, particularly for summative purposes, has increased greatly over the past thirty years. At the same time, emphasis on including all students in assessment programs has also increased. Assessment programs, whether they are largescale, districtbased, or teacher developed,...
Technology and Assessment
The Tale of Two Interpretations
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006
Together, the words technology and assessment have different meaning for different people. Those who work with educational or instructional technology take these words to mean assessing the impacts of technology on teaching and learning. Test developers and psychometricians, however, consider ways...
Case Writing For Executive Education
A Survival Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Time and again, the authors have observed how a great program faculty creates unique learning experiences to everybody’s satisfaction. They have experienced the pleasure that all involved feel when great learning has taken place, when the program participants leave the sessions with an enhanced skill...
Next Generation Performance Management
The Triumph of Science Over Myth and Superstition
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
There is no HRrelated topic more popular in the business press than performance management (PM). There has been an explosion in writing on this topic in the past 5 years, condemning it as a failure and calling for fundamental change. The vast majority of organizations use the same basic process which...
Attitude Measurements in Science Education
Classic and Contemporary Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
The research into how students’ attitudes affect learning of science related subjects have been one of the core areas of interest by science educators. The development in science education records various attempts in measuring attitudes and determining the correlations between behaviour, achievements,...