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The New American School
Breaking the Mold
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 1995
The New American School will emerge from the ashes of the old. An underlying premise of the present book is that such a rebirth will occur in the process of restructuring. Restructuring in education is the designing, staffing, programming, and building of the school around learning, the central function...
by Thomas F. Evert, Amy E. Van Deuren
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2011
School board members and superintendents face the reality of providing all students access to a quality education and carefully requesting and allocating public funds to finance excellent educational opportunities. One of the key resources available to boards and superintendents are external experts...
by Leo H. Bradley
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 1994
This popular book and video present the principles and applications of TQM for transformation of schools. The author is recognized as the leading authority on this approach to school reform.
Burning Cash
How Costly Public School Failures have Charred the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
With the Common Core poised to markedly amplify the accountability stakes in public education, the pressure to post steep outcomes gains has never been fiercer. Unsurprisingly, flashy and expensive school improvement initiatives that promise quick fix solutions have become pervasively en vogue across...
by Louis Rosen
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2005
An emphasis among educational policymakers to stress college for all students is neglecting the hopes and aspirations of millions of young people currently in school who either lack interest in academics or the inability to succeed in a more rigorous curriculum. The rationale given for "college...
The Wireless Age
Its Meaning for Learning and Schools
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2002
Whether you're an Internet guru, novice web-surfer, or lost in the digital world, The Wireless Age will give you insight into the gold mine of educational resources on the web. Cutting through the usual technical jargon, Breck demonstrates how anyone can utilize the Internet for education. At the...
Fallacies in Education
Why Schools Are Mired in Mediocrity
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
This book argues for a complete reassessment of the ways schools are conceived, organized, operated and managed. Authors Trani and Irvine challenge traditional assumptions about grade levels, teachers, students and administrators in pursuit of higher student achievement and academic excellence. Building...
College Presidents Reflect
Life in and out of the Ivory Tower
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
College presidents lead taxing and complex, though enormously fulfilling and rewarding, lives. The story that unfolds in College Presidents Reflect: Life in and out of the Ivory Tower is fashioned from the perspectives of over two-dozen retired former college presidents. The over-their-shoulders view...
Mastery Teaching Skills
A Resource for Implementing the Common Core State Standards
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
Mastery Teaching Skills is a professional development book that will help teachers and principals implement the Common Core State Standards. This book reviews the main features of the Common Core as well as providing implementation examples. Marie Pagliaro provides a thorough list of teaching skills...
Trusting Teachers with School Success
What Happens When Teachers Call the Shots
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
Lately, our nation’s strategy for improving our schools is mostly limited to “getting tough” with teachers. Blaming teachers for poor outcomes, we spend almost all of our energy trying to control teachers’ behavior and school operations. But what if all of this is exactly the opposite of what...
The Values of American Teachers
How Teachers’ Values Help Stabilize Unsteady Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2013
Education today is increasingly focused on tests and testing. Teachers are being judged on how much they can increase test scores from one year to the next. These year-to-year gains in scores are part of a "value-added" approach to teacher evaluation, and value-added teacher assessment is...
Closing the Gap between Risk and Resilience
How Struggling Learners Can Cope with the Common Core State Standards
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
Although there has been considerable interest and concern surrounding the implementation of the Common Core State Standards, there is almost no information regarding best practices for getting at-risk students to attempt the rigor embraced by the Standards. This text offers lesson plans, realistic...
Read, Discuss, and Learn
Using Literacy Groups to Student Advantage
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010
Literacy groups promote discussion and learning through the exploration of text, but many educators are hesitant to adopt them. For current and future secondary teachers, administrators, and curriculum directors, Read, Discuss, and Learn provides support and guidance so educators can confidently involve...
Resistant Students
Reach Me Before You Teach Me
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Resistant Learners: Reach Me Before You Teach Me focuses on those students whose behavior limits their learning and challenges their teachers while perhaps interrupting the learning cycle of their peers. Each chapter explains the theoretical and research background for each topic. Most importantly,...