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by Robert Palestini Ed.D
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012
Leaders and aspiring leaders are constantly searching for role models who are successful in placing leadership theory into effective practice. This book identifies ten such role models whose heroic leadership behavior is analyzed in order to reveal what particular abilities and skills made them successful...
by Michael Connolly
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011
With so much emphasis these days on making students globally competitive and prepared to beat students of other nations on international assessments, and with so much talk about academic rigor and emphasis on rigid accountability measures, we are in danger of losing sight of the most fundamental element...
From the Margins to the Mainstream
Enhancing Social Awareness in the Social Studies Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2014
Understanding and addressing social justice concerns has become a central focus in an increasing number of schools as well as teacher education programs. The activities in this book are grounded in the recognition that personal experience and engagement is essential for meaningful intercultural learning...
Privileged Thinking in Today's Schools
The Implications for Social Justice
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010
Privileged thinking in today's schools is alive and well and shows its ugly head in a variety of ways that often go undetected (or are not addressed) by the educators down in the trenches. In this collection of scenarios and episodes, many of which were experienced by the authors in their years as...
Being Fair with Kids
The Effects of Poor Leadership in Rule Making
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Many students are penalized from maximizing their academic potential simply by being born at the wrong time of the year. Not only is there a significant decline in achievement for students born in the second half of the year but they also experience higher rates of failure which negatively impacts...
The War against Excellence
The Rising Tide of Mediocrity in America's Middle Schools
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2005
Here, veteran teacher Cheri Pierson Yecke details the chronological history of the middle school movement in the U. S. by tracing its evolution from academically-oriented junior high schools to the dissolution of academics in the middle schools of the late 1980s and beyond. In this book, evidence...
How to Market Your School
A Guide to Marketing, Communication, and Public Relations for School Administrators
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010
Increased competition, declining resources, changing demographics, news media scrutiny, and the importance of public perceptions are reasons why schools and school districts need an effective marketing program. However, even school and district administrators who recognize the importance of marketing...
Contours of Great Leadership
The Science, Art, and Wisdom of Outstanding Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
A contour is usually defined as an outline or the structure or characteristic of something. A contour line which is shown on a contour map indicates points of elevation. We think that all of these definitions fit Contours of Great Leadership.
This book brings together many aspects of concepts and...
by June H. Schmieder, Donald Cairns
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 1996
In sixteen case histories based on principals' real experiences, you will be confronted with a series of harsh, but realistic challenges to your administrative skills, professional and personal values, and courage. These case histories and related texts will help you identify, understand and internalize major skills that are essential in your work.
Lopsided Schools
Case Method Briefings
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
Lopsided Schools introduces readers to the case method and helps the reader to use the case method to examine the scholastic challenges that critics posed from World War I to the present. Some critics have stirred up educators with threats to reduce their budgets or fire them. Others upset them with...
Reading Between the Lines
Activities for Developing Social Awareness Literacy
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
This book presents the work from a selection of contributors who aim to provide educators with hands-on activities to encourage reflection, awareness, and dialogue related to social justice issues. Highlighting the need for teachers to intentionally create spaces where students from all backgrounds...
The Village Proposal
Education as a Shared Responsibility
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
The Village Proposal is based on the African proverb that it takes a village to raise a child. Part education commentary, part memoir, the book analyzes the theme of shared responsibility in public schools and evaluates the importance of sound teacher instruction; the effectiveness of America's teacher...
The Math Teacher's Toolbox
How to Teach Math to Teenagers and Survive
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Whether you are a new or an experienced math teacher, The Math Teachers’ Tool Box provides guidance and serves as a reference book of topics, ideas, and resources. This book provides teachers with various tools to improve their classroom management skills, to actively involve students in lessons,...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2013
Community Music Today highlights community music workers who constantly improvise and reinvent to lead through music and other expressive media. It answers the perennial question “What is community music?” through a broad, international palette of contextual shades, hues, tones, and colors. With...