R L Education: 708 books
Hidden Dangers to Kids' Learning
A Parent Guide to Cope with Educational Roadblocks
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
This book marks a new beginning, providing a way for parents to understand and help their academically struggling children. Both parents and children should be empowered to recognize the perils and pitfalls of the current educational crisis and take responsibility for and control of education before...
Marketing Your Educational Leadership Skills
How to Land the Job You Want
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2011
In recent years, research that has identified instructional leadership as a key ingredient in effective schools has meant that attention has been directed increasingly at the ways in which future school administrators are being prepared. As a consequence, many universities have worked to develop administrator...
by Perry R. Rettig
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2002
This book theorizes that models based on the classical sciences have misguided educational leadership. Dr. Rettig sees the open dynamics of twentieth-century science — specifically, quantum mechanics — as a better and more natural model, and describes what he sees as a method of leadership light...
Proud to be Different
Ethnocentric Niche Charter Schools in America
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
This is a book about ethnocentric niche charter schools. What are they? When did they first appear? From where did the term come? How do they differ from regular charter schools and from district-run traditional public schools? Each subject chapter was created by a team consisting of at least one...
The Art of Leadership
A Choreography of Human Understanding
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2005
When we view art, understanding comes in part as we engage in reflective practice. Here, author Zach Kelehear encourages school leaders and teachers to reflect on their own leadership capacities and to develop an art for leading schools. Using the language of art criticism and critique with real-life...
Unlocking the Moviemaking Mind
Tales of Voice, Vision, and Video from K-12 Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2014
Have you ever had an idea for a book, a movie, or a TV show? Chances are that you’ve had many. Today’s students, who are coming of age in a world that is increasingly mediated by smartphones, pads, pods, apps, and the Internet, are even more likely to think of their lives and experiences in terms...
by Spencer J. Maxcy
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2002
Typically, educational leadership is not considered a moral-ethical undertaking. But educators face a dismaying array of moral-ethical challenges from academic dishonesty to sexual harassment every day in our nation's schools. Ethical School Leadership provides a systematic approach to resolving these...
Not a Toy, but a Tool
An Educator’s Guide for Understanding and Using iPads
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
iPads are powerful tools for engaging students, encouraging creativity, stimulating critical thinking, and making significant strides in learning. This book is part of a two book set that will allow educators to realize the full potential of the iPad. Over 200 highly rated apps are covered with specific...
by Kristen J. Amundson, president/CEO, National Association of State Boards of Education
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
Kindergarten is no longer just a time when children play and sit in a circle. Today’s kindergarten students are exposed to a much more academic curriculum. So what should children know and be able to do so they’ll be ready for the modern kindergarten classroom? This publication shares with parents...
by Diane R. Page
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2002
This workbook, to accompany the Facilitator's Manual, is a resource that will be used throughout the year. Its twelve chapters correspond to the twelve training modules in the manual. Contains reproducible notebook pages.
Sustaining the Writing Spirit
Holistic Tools for School and Home
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Sustaining the Writing Spirit: Holistic Tools for School and Home, second edition is aimed at all educators, at school or home, seeking non-traditional ways to enliven the growth potential of the whole learner. Schiller urges educators to accept a holistic orientation for learning -- one that combines...
Inspire, Empower, Connect
Reaching across Cultural Differences to Make a Real Difference
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
Mentoring is a hot buzzword these days. Unfortunately, although the word 'mentoring' is used all the time, most people do not know what it means. This book fills that gap by describing and illustrating the essential practices of outstanding mentors. It provides a realistic look at mentoring by showing...
Teacher Identity and the Struggle for Recognition
Meeting the Challenges of a Diverse Society
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2014
Teacher identity is shaped by recognition or its absence, often by misrecognition of others. Recognition as a teacher, or the strong and complex identification with one’s professional culture and community, is necessary for a positive sense of self. Increasingly, teachers are entering educational...
Online Learning
Strategies for K-12 Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
As online learning continues to become more prominent in K-12 education, it will be important that teachers are knowledgeable about both the potential of online learning and the challenges associated with moving curricula online. This book, written by a former secondary online teacher who now teaches...