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Vanishing School Boards
Where School Boards Have Gone, Why We Need Them, and How We Can Bring Them Back
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
Since Nation at Risk, NCLB and RTT, the once thought sacred institution of school boards as catalysts to ensure local control of schools is being redefined and are under heavy attack. Increasingly, school boards are disappearing from the discussion of promoting student achievement and their role as...
Urban Schools
Crisis and Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2011
Urban Schools: Crisis and Revolution describes America's inner-city public schools and the failure of most to provide even a minimally adequate education for their students. With numerous examples, James Deneen and Carm Catanese argue that these failures are preventable.
Early chapters document...
Labor Relations in Education
Policies, Politics, and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
Collective bargaining in the public schools of the nation has its legal roots in the industrial labor model fashioned in the 1930s out of labor strife between union organizers and private businesses. This industrial union labor model was transplanted almost wholesale into the public sector over fifty...
WhatOs Ahead in Education?
An Analysis of the Policies of the Obama Administration
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
What's Ahead in Education?: An Analysis of the Policies of the Obama Administration illuminates the educational views of President Barack Obama. This is done by studying his life to date, his writings and speeches, as well as his initiatives thus far, in the field of education. His unique educational...
by William T. Hartman
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2003
A unique resource for both academics and practitioners, School District Budgeting provides a comprehensive look at the resource allocation process, from developing planning guidelines to reporting the results of financial operations. An all-inclusive guide, the book provides theoretical and practical treatments of the entire budget process.
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...
The Chief Development Officer
Beyond Fundraising
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
Until recently, the chief development officer (CDO) has focused primarily, if not exclusively, on fundraising. In the past two decades, largely in response to greater demand and competition for fundraising revenue, the responsibilities and corresponding required competencies of CDOs have evolved....
Financing Schools and Educational Programs
Policy, Practice, and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
Al Ramirez writes on the subject of how the public schools in the United States are financed and how other funds are raised for educational programs in elementary and secondary schools. A context for public school finance is provided throughout the volume by grounding each topic in historical, policy,...
Finding Success the First Year
A Survivor's Guide for New Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010
New teachers have it tough. They have a very difficult and complex job, and they must learn how to do it in front of a studio audience of unruly adolescents, anxious parents, and watchful administrators. To help new teachers navigate this daunting backdrop, Finding Success the First Year is here to...
Better Writing
Beyond Periods and Commas
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Using casual language and a straightforward approach, Better Writing: Beyond Periods and Commas provides students with an easy-to-read and effective guide for developing their writing skills. Rather than intimidate and overwhelm novice writers with vast sets of rules, Travis Koll utilizes simple and...
Strong Schools, Strong Leaders
What Matters Most in Times of Change
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
These are tough times for schools. With the current accountability measures and economic instability, schools are finding it hard to keep up. They are being flipped upside-down, bent out of shape, and stretched to the limit. Although everyone is taking a real beating, it has also sparked a stirring...
Statistics Made Simple for School Leaders
Data-Driven Decision Making
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2002
The chief executive officer of a corporation is not much different from a public school administrator. While CEOs base many of their decisions on data, for school administrators, this type of research may conjure up miserable memories of searching for information to meet a graduate school requirement....
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...