R L Education: 708 books
Resilient Leadership for Turbulent Times
A Guide to Thriving in the Face of Adversity
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009
In this book, Patterson, Goens, and Reed draw upon resilience research and best practices to answer the question: 'How can leaders move ahead in the face of adversity?' This book benefits leaders who have confronted adversity in the past, struggle with adversity right now, or will likely encounter...
The Principal as a Learning-Leader
Motivating Students by Emphasizing Achievement
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Expanding a principal's formal education and training, The Principal as Learning-Leader is a administrator's guide to improving student achievement, showing practitioners how to focus on the individual academic performance of each and every student and to work with the school staff and community to...
The Pivotal Year
How Freshmen Can Become Sophomores
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2004
The failure of ninth grade students at the state and national level is astronomical and the percentage of students who are retained in the grade or drop out of school as a result has not changed significantly in the past ten years. Freshman year in high school is truly a pivotal year in the lives...
Teacher-Student Relationships
Crossing into the Emotional, Physical, and Sexual Realms
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
Why are so many public school teachers, administrators, and coaches choosing to become romantically and sexually involved with teenage students and players? Since 2000, numbers of intimate relationships between teachers and students have skyrocketed. Teacher arrests are at all-time highs. Is there...
Making ADHD a Gift
Teaching Superman How to Fly
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2002
Making ADHD a Gift explains, in everyday language, what ADHD is, how it is diagnosed, and how this condition can affect people throughout their lifetime. It also outlines methods of developing and assessing teaching strategies that can help individuals with ADHD both at home and at school. Unlike...
An Agenda for Equity
Responding to the Needs of Diverse Learners
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2012
The vast numbers of new educational policies, programs, and practices being implemented as educational reform in American public schools have not been analyzed for short or long-term effectiveness or impact on students and their learning. Not only are conditions for many learners still a concern,...
A School in Trouble
A Personal Story of Central Falls High School
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
During and after his term as interim Central Falls superintendent in 2006-2007, Bill Holland sought answers to why some Central Falls High School students had school success while over half of their classmates failed to graduate. Much can be learned from how these students survived in a chronically...
The School Improvement Planning Handbook
Getting Focused for Turnaround and Transition
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
Developing and updating school improvement plans is an annual ritual for virtually all school principals and their school improvement committees. Still, large numbers of schools continue to produce disappointing outcomes. The authors believe that part of the problem is the result of plans that focus...
by Sarah J. Noonan
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2013
The first few years of teaching represent an intense period of experimentation and learning, leading to the adoption of learner-centered practices to help students achieve. A critical incident or nagging problem triggers critical reflection on practice, experimentation, the adoption of new approaches,...
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
Clashes and Confrontations
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010
The authors in this edited volume reflect on their experiences with culturally relevant pedagogy_as students, as teachers, as researchers_and how these experiences were often at odds with their backgrounds and/or expectations. Each of the authors speaks to the complexity and difficulty in attempting...
by Michael Murphy, Elizabeth Ribarsky
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Activities for Teaching Gender and Sexuality in the University Classroom is the first interdisciplinary collection of activities devoted entirely to teaching about gender and sexuality. It offers both new and seasoned instructors a range of exciting exercises that can be immediately adapted for their...
Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening
Keys to Your Child's School Success
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1999
Parents play a critical role in helping their children develop the communication skills so important for success in school ... and in life. This booklet discusses some of the ways parents can work with their children to develop these important skills. Set of 10 - ISBN 0-8108-4229-7 $21.95
Retirement Straight Talk
Stories and Wisdom from Educators
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2003
Retirement Straight Talk describes all stages of retirement from the initial whispers in the mind, to the raw emotions of major life change, to the choices, challenges, and commitments in the second half of life. Addressed fully are the new beginnings and joy to be found in retirement and also issues...
You Can't Do It Alone
A Communications and Engagement Manual for School Leaders Committed to Reform
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011
Experts and reformers have suggested many promising ideas for improving schools and ramping up student learning, but in too many cases, proposals for change run up against resistance, confusion, and anxiety from key stakeholders such as teachers, parents, students, and members of the broader public....