R L Education: 708 books
Public Education and Day Care
One District's Story
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 1985
This handbook is the outgrowth of five years of intensive day care study. As a result, it is the story of one public school district's belief in and commitment to establishing a day care center for its children.
Education in a Narcissistic Nation
Build Foundations for Students, Not Pedestals
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2014
In their first edition, authors Chad Mason and Karen Brackman examined and explained the difficulties associated with attempting to successfully educate today's, often, over-indulged and narcissistic student population. The proliferation of narcissistic tendencies had consequences reaching every aspect...
by Herb Rubenstein, F. Mike Miles, Laurie J. Bassi
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009
Teachers face enormous challenges with standardized testing, the customization of education for each student to reach his or her potential, behavioral challenges, changes in demographics of students, micromanagement from school administrators, and difficulties in working with parents and the community...
Making a Difference in the Classroom
The Reality and Truth of Teaching in Schools Today
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2012
Making a Difference in the Classroom: The Reality and Truth of Teaching in Schools Today makes the case that our schools will continue to struggle until we take an honest approach to what we know works in the classroom. This book is a frank discussion about what teachers face and what teacher candidates...
Supervising Student Teachers The Professional Way
Instructor's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
Instructors using the textbook, Supervising Student Teachers: The Professional Way, 7th Edition, will find its companion instructor's guide a helpful resource. Chapter-by-chapter, the instructor is provided with core ideas for guiding cooperating teachers' understanding and skill development needed...
Using Experiential Learning in the Classroom
Practical Ideas for All Educators
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2005
While research and common sense tells us that experiential learning is more effective than the more traditional process of information assimilation (where teachers lecture, test, and grade), high school, college, and university teachers continue to use paper-and-pencil tests as their primary grading...
Strong Spirits, Kind Hearts
Helping Students Develop Inner Strength, Resilience, and Meaning
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
Strong Spirits, Kind Hearts is the first practical teacher resource to provide comprehensive coverage of all aspects of developing strong spirits and caring young people. It is focused on middle years’ students but most lessons can be adapted for older and younger students as well. This resource...
Kaleidoscope of Cultures
A Celebration of Multicultural Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009
A rich collection of the best offerings from the 2006 and 2008 National Symposiums on Multicultural Music, Kaleidoscope of Cultures is full of resources, references, lesson plans, and ethnic music. In addition to lively speeches, engaging workshops (including making ethnic instruments), and reviews...
Whole Child, Whole School
Applying Theory to Practice in a Community School
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
This book provides a unique examination on the ways in which educating the whole child in the community school serves to ameliorate the conditions of poverty and obstacles to learning faced by students. Using a case study approach the book will highlight the successful journey of one school that transformed...
Social Studies for Young Children
Preschool and Primary Curriculum Anchor
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Social studies is at the heart of content in education and takes on society's best hopes for helping children become good citizens and winners in the global economy. In its comprehensive scope, Social Studies for Young Children: Preschool and Primary Curriculum Anchor fulfills the promise of social...
by Frank Withrow, Harvey Long, Gary Marx
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1999
This 112-page publication, Preparing Schools and School Systems for the 21st Century, presents characteristics of schools and school systems capable of preparing students for a global knowledge/information age. Order copies of this publication for board members, administrative team, staff, and community...
by Donna Uchida, Marvin Cetron, Floretta McKenzie
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1996
The third millennium is approaching—are your students ready? Answer this question with a resounding "Yes!" Preparing Students for the 21st Century will bring you insight from a panel of more than 50 leaders in education, business, and government on what students need NOW to lead successful, fulfilling lives in the future.
Total Leaders 2.0
Leading in the Age of Empowerment
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2010
Total Leaders 2.0 is the twenty-first-century's quick guide to leadership and successful change. It places the best thinking of several dozen, cutting-edge leadership and change gurus of the past two decades into an integrated, compelling, easily understood, and practical leadership framework: the...
Why America's Public Schools Are the Best Place for Kids
Reality vs. Negative Perceptions
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
The successes of America’s public schools are unrivaled throughout the globe providing an opportunity for every American to graduate from high school. Graduation rates have soared, test scores are better than at anytime, and immigrants and African Americans are reaching new successes. The percentage...