R L Education: 708 books
No Child Left Behind
Past, Present, and Future
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2008
While few would quarrel with the goal of the No Child Left Behind legislation, the nation is badly divided over whether the law is having a positive effect on our schools. At the same time, it is also true that most Americans, including many professional educators, have only a limited understanding...
Rebuilding Schools for Students
Let the Change Begin
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
America’s educational system is in crisis. Test scores show us that students across America are performing at levels far below their peers overseas. In addition, graduation rates are shamefully low. There is no doubt that America’s students deserve better. In a rapidly changing world, our students...
Taking Measure of Charter Schools
Better Assessments, Better Policymaking, Better Schools
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2010
Charter schools offer something that public school systems, parents, and teachers need: a way to experiment with alternative ways of teaching, motivating students, organizing schools, using technology, and employing teachers. While people came down on both sides of support for or against charter schools,...
School District Master Planning
A Practical Guide to Demographics and Facilities Planning
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
What is school district master planning? This book explains how this planning is done, using a proven process, not theories. The process helps you avoid cost overruns, public outrage, repeated redistricting, and classrooms built in wrong places that all represent poor planning.
Planning tools, steps...
Resistance to Change
A Guide to Harnessing Its Positive Power
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2010
Resistance is at the heart of the change process, yet it is often overlooked or perceived as a negative force. This book explores resistance as a natural, positive, and necessary component of change. Twenty discrete resistance factors_likely to be found in a variety of circumstances_are described....
Classroom Management
A Guide for Urban School Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
Many teachers who work in urban schools find classroom management to be very problematic. Their university course work, and training, didn’t prepare them for the heavy demands of being an urban school teacher. Urban educators need to be equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively...
by Rosemary S. Callard-Szulgit, EdD, University at Buffalo; author
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2003
The perceived natural character of gifted children is to be well behaved, hard working, and studious. Why, then, do so many gifted children have trouble in school? Rosemary Callard-Szulgit, herself a recovering perfectionist, explains how perfectionism can immobilize some children and cause social...
I Don't Get It
Helping Students Understand What They Read
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011
Literacy continues to be a hot topic for educators and parents. I Don't Get It! Helping Students Understand What They Read is a practical, easy-to-use resource for classroom teachers and literacy coaches. Parents will also find the information helpful as they assist their children with homework and...
by John D. Merrifield
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2001
What does the term 'school choice' mean to you? Opponents of parental choice have muddied its definition, misleading parents and educators and drawing public debate away from the core issues. In a book geared for anyone who wants to better understand this hotly contested topic, Merrifield clarifies...
by Rosemary S. Callard-Szulgit, EdD, University at Buffalo; author
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
Parents and educators expect gifted children to be well-behaved, studious, and hard working. Why, then, do so many have trouble in school? According to Dr. Rosemary Callard-Szulgit, perfectionism—the number one social-emotional trait of gifted children—can actually immobilize some children and...
Leading School Change
Maximizing Resources for School Improvement
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
This CHOICE award winning author has teamed up with two national school change experts to write a comprehensive book on school change management. Everything you need to know on initiating and managing school change are covered: planning change, conditions for successful change, models for improvement,...
Educator or Bully?
Managing the 21st Century Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2011
Educator or Bully? offers a comprehensive approach to classroom management for both novice and veteran teachers who are interested in examining their current classroom management performance, especially with respect to how it reflects the characteristics of the 21st century classroom. Practices presented...
Differentiated Instruction
Meeting the Needs of All Students In Your Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2003
Drawing upon her extensive experience and numerous national presentations, author Marcie Nordlund shares her ideas, creativity, and proven methods of differentiated instruction to help teachers reach each student. Divided into 10 chapters, this book deals with topics ranging from general methods of...
by Gregory P. Hickman, Randy S. Heinrich
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2011
For years, we have considered school dropout rates as a problem occurring at the high-school level. However, this is actually an issue that originates and develops in elementary school. In Do Children Drop Out of School in Kindergarten? Gregory Hickman and Randy Heinrich show how high school dropouts...