Rowman Littlefield Publishers: 5578 books
by Journal of School Public Relations
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2005
The Journal of School Public Relations is a quarterly publication providing research, analysis, case studies and descriptions of best practices in six critical areas of school administration: public relations, school and community relations, community education, communication, conflict management/resolution,...
Trapped in Mediocrity
Why Our Schools Aren't World-Class and What We Can Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2012
Our students aren’t learning, we’re falling behind other countries, and many of our college graduates are even functionally illiterate. We offer our kids a weak and poorly thought out curriculum; too many teachers do not make good use of classroom time and follow lesson plans that are superficial...
Good Science, Bad Science, Pseudoscience, and Just Plain Bunk
How to Tell the Difference
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2012
Good Science, Bad Science, Pseudoscience, and Just Plain Bunk teaches readers to think like scientists to more critically evaluate the truth of scientific claims. Filled with provocative real-life examples from coffee to cancer, the book helps readers build their tools of scientific literacy.
by Theodore J. Kowalski
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
Although the importance of communication in school administration has been recognized for some time, this facet of effective practice continues to receive limited attention. In the context of an information-based, reform-minded society, the value of communicative competence has been increased substantially....
Challenging Standards
Navigating Conflict and Building Capacity in the Era of the Common Core
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015
The Common Core State Standards are at the center of the latest firestorm in American education reform. But this is not the nation’s first torrid experience with standards implementation. In Challenging Standards, Jonathan Supovitz and James Spillane bring together the collective knowledge of top...
Supervision
New Perspectives for Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Supervision: New Perspectives for Theory and Practice co-edited by two prominent scholars in the field (Jeffrey Glanz and Sally Zepeda),draws attention to supervision as a function that is often misunderstood, under-appreciated, and frequently controversial. Much has changed in the last two decades...
Coaching
A Realistic Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2017
Coaching: A Realistic Perspective is the ideal textbook for anyone entering the coaching profession of any sport. More than detailing the duties and tasks of a coach, this book explores the often-overlooked issues and responsibilities that go hand-in-hand with coaching: relationships among players,...
Guiding Curriculum Development
The Need to Return to Local Control
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2016
Top-down mandates concerning the curriculum of the school leave no room for program creativity and program commitment. Yet principals and teachers are held accountable for student achievement results. Constitutionally, powers not granted to the United States are reserved to the States or to the people.
The...
Successful School Staffing Strategies
Staff Development with a Focus on Student Learning
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
Concepts in this book constitute a framework for developing efficient school staff practices. The underlying premise addressed in this basic topic is built upon forming a responsive educational community of constituents in which all staff members focus on student learning as a priority.
The...
Testing Too Much?
A Principal's Guide to Cutting Back Testing and Reclaiming Instructional Time
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2017
There is too much testing in American Public Schools that is robbing teachers of valuable instructional time. Some of it is mandatory, but the vast majority is not, and under the control of districts, schools and even teachers to reduce. Testing Too Much? provides a rationale and set of three models...
Higher Education Assessments
Leadership Matters
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010
Higher Education Assessments: Leadership Matters reflects the work of a select group of researchers, scholars, and practitioners in higher education assessment with the goal of identifying strategies that assist senior campus leaders as they respond to the challenges of a changing economic landscape...
by Johanna M. Lockhart
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2016
Maximize Your School Marketing offers school administrators effective ways to enhance their existing school marketing strategy using the essential elements of public relations, media relations, social media, community partnerships, and fundraising. Extensive examples and case studies serve to illustrate...
Saints and Scamps
Ethics in Academia
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010
Saints and Scamps has been widely acclaimed as one of the best academic ethics books in print. In its 25th anniversary edition, Steven M. Cahn has updated and expanded upon his critical look at the duties and responsibilities of college professors; presenting us with a masterfully decisive and learned...
Naked in the Public Eye
Leading and Learning in an Era of Accountability
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2017
Naked in the Public Eye provides a practical road map to success and illuminates the mental and emotional fortitude needed in these leadership positions by weaving experiential testimony. The tone and format are framed to contextualize the complex challenges faced by educational leaders in an era...