Teachers College Press: 606 books
Just Research in Contentious Times
Widening the Methodological Imagination
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In this intensely powerful and personal new text, Michelle Fine widens the methodological imagination for students, educators, scholars, and researchers interested in crafting research with communities. Fine shares her struggles over the course of 30 years to translate research into policy and practice...
School Integration Matters
Research-Based Strategies to Advance Equity
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
More than 60 years after the Brown v. Board of Education decision declared segregated schooling inherently unequal, this timely book sheds light on how and why U.S. schools are experiencing increasing segregation along racial, socioeconomic, and linguistic lines. It offers policy and programmatic...
Where Charter School Policy Fails
The Problems of Accountability and Equity
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In this provocative volume, Amy Stuart Wells and her co-authors provide evidence that the laissez-faire policies of charter school reform often exacerbate existing inequalities in our schools.
Providing the most comprehensive, critical review of charter schools to date, this timely volume is...
Public Education—America's Civil Religion
A Social History
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In this provocative volume, the authors argue that public education is a central part of American civil religion and, thus, gives us an unquestioning faith in the capacity of education to solve all of our social, economic, and political problems. The book traces the development of America’s...
Moving Every Child Ahead
From NCLB Hype to Meaningful Educational Opportunity
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Acting as a counterbalance to the current unworkable law, this book proposes a more realistic way to achieve NCLB’s inspiring vision by ensuring the right to “meaningful educational opportunity” for all students. This timely volume tackles specific provisions in NCLB head-on, such as the popular,...
Counseling and Psychotherapy with Arabs & Muslims
A Culturally Sensitive Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The long shadow of September 11 has awakened a widespread desire to understand more about Arab and Islamic cultures. In this book, a respected expert in the field provides a history of the region’s people and an exploration of their mental health issues, including the impact of western civilization...
by Pamela J. Wolfberg
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This now classic text remains a cornerstone of continuing efforts to develop inclusive peer play programs for children on the autism spectrum. The second edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect major new developments in the field of autism. Notable additions include an updated description of...
by John I. Goodlad
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In this thought-provoking and eloquent volume, John Goodlad speaks to all of us who are faced with making critical choices for our nation’s children, whether it be in the election arena, our local schools, or within the personal setting of the family. His discussion covers some of our most basic...
by Seymour B. Sarason
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Revisiting “The Culture of the School and the Problem of Change” provocatively and seamlessly joins Seymour Sarason’s classic, landmark text on school change with his own insightful reflections on those same issues in the face of today’s crisis in public schools. This is an extensive, monograph–length...
Reading Upside Down
Identifying and Addressing Opportunity Gaps in Literacy Instruction
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Reading Upside Down offers a paradigm shift from achievement gaps to opportunity gaps in literacy instruction. Drawing on the author’s rich experiences working one-on-one with challenged readers, this book presents case studies illustrating the complexities of student learning experiences and...
Ability, Equity, and Culture
Sustaining Inclusive Urban Education Reform
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This comprehensive book is grounded in the authentic experiences of educators who have done, and continue to do, the messy everyday work of transformative school reform. The work of these contributors, in conjunction with research done under the aegis of the National Institute of Urban School Improvement...
A Learning-Centered Framework for Education Reform
What Does It Mean for National Policy?
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In her new book, Betty Demarest describes a bold agenda for education reform—one that is firmly grounded in a synthesis of educational research about learning, teaching, and the contexts of education. The author’s “learning-centered” framework includes: (1) a broad and balanced...
Bridging the English Learner Achievement Gap
Essential Lessons for School Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In spite of decades of school reform, the achievement gap between English learners and English-proficient students has narrowed little. This book introduces a Reform Sustainability Framework that focuses on the examination of fundamental school structures required to ensure English learner success...
High-Quality Early Learning for a Changing World
What Educators Need to Know and Do
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This is a concise overview of the fundamentals of teaching in early childhood settings (pre-K–2). Beginning with what the research tells us about how young children develop and learn, Falk shows how to create learning environments, plan, teach, and assess in ways that support children’s optimal...