Educational Reform category: 2687 books
Of Human Potential (Routledge Revivals)
An Essay in the Philosophy of Education
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
The concept of potential plays a prominent role in the thinking of parents, educators and planners the world over. Although this concept accurately reflects central features of human nature, its current use perpetuates traditional myths of fixity, harmony and value, calculated to cause untold mischief...
by Torin Monahan
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Globalization, Technological Change, and Public Education documents the dramatic changes taking place in public education through the incorporation of new information technologies. These additions to the public school environment have generally been seen as enabling tools to help students and nations...
Professional Responsibility and Professionalism
A sociomaterial examination
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
Responsibility and professionalism are increasingly issues of concern for professional associations, employers and educators alike. When bad things happen, professionals are often held personally accountable for complex situations. Professional Responsibility and Professionalism advances our approaches...
Reconceptualising Professional Learning
Sociomaterial knowledges, practices and responsibilities
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
This book presents leading-edge perspectives and methodologies to address emerging issues of concern for professional learning in contemporary society. The conditions for professional practice and learning are changing dramatically in the wake of globalization, new modes of knowledge production, new...
Schooling for Sustainable Development in South America
Policies, Actions and Educational Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2011
This book supplies both empirical evidence and scholarly analysis that exemplify successful innovation in South America in the field of sustainability education. Examining the issues from a three-fold perspective, of national policy, regional planning and grassroots projects in schools and communities,...
by Mary Lee Smith, Linda Miller-Kahn, Walter Heinecke
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2004
The authors argue that the most influential and well-known educational policy programs in the past 30 years are not based on democratic consensus, but are instead formulated by the political community as symbolic efforts meant to generate personal partisan gain.
The State Role in School Turnaround
Emerging Best Practices
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
With chapters written by leading researchers and practitioners actively engaged in the work, this Edited Volume examines the role of the state education agency in school turnaround efforts. An emphasis is placed on practical application of research and best practice related to the State Education Agency’s...
Responding to the Every Student Succeeds Act With the PLC at Work ™ Process
(Integrating ESSA and Professional Learning Communities)
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) presents US educators and local and state legislators with a rare opportunity: to reconceive schooling and education funding to better address students’ needs. Richard DuFour, Douglas Reeves, and Rebecca DuFour showcase how to make the most of this opportunity...
Massaging the Mindset
An Intelligent Approach to Systemic Change in Education
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2015
Massaging the Mindset: An Intelligent Approach to Systemic Change in Education is a must read. Massaging the mindsets of staff is a great way to lay a foundation for change in school systems. If educational leaders desire swift collective changes to occur in today’s schools, they must approach change...
Common Sense Education
From Common Core to ESSA and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
The 2015 passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) has again changed education for public schools and communities. Common Core is now optional and the role of Secretary of Education has been limited by no longer incentivizing states, as done under Common Core. This book analyzes the new direction...
by Mercedes K. Schneider
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In her new book, bestselling author Mercedes Schneider provides little-known details about the history of the Common Core State Standards. She lifts the veil on how the Common Core was developed, who was present in the back room, the push to copyright it so that test-makers could profit, and the urgency...
Internationalization of Education Policy
A New Constellation of Statehood in Education?
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
This book investigates and discusses the phenomenon of internationalization of education policy and its consequences for national policymaking processes. By comparing educational outcomes and actors' reactions in different countries, it provides detailed insights into a highly contested policy field.
Creating a New Public University and Reviving Democracy
Action Research in Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Public universities are in crisis, waning in their role as central institutions within democratic societies. Denunciations are abundant, but analyses of the causes and proposals to re-create public universities are not. Based on extensive experience with Action Research-based organizational change...
Implementation of the Common Core State Standards
Recommendations for the Department of Defense Education Activity Schools
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) recently adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). This paper draws on prior literature on the implementation of large-scale educational reforms to frame CCSS implementation in terms of eight core tasks, each tailored to the DoDEA context. These tasks are based on a synthesis of scale-up efforts from 15 diverse, large-scale reforms.