R L Education: 708 books
Teaching America
The Case for Civic Education
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2011
In Teaching America, more than 20 leading thinkers sound the alarm over a crisis in citizenship—and lay out a powerful agenda for reform. The book’s unprecedented roster of authors includes Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Senator Jon Kyl, Senator Bob Graham, Secretary Rod Paige, Alan Dershowitz,...
by Robert Evert Cimera
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2002
Educating students with disabilities is a team process. By federal law, parents must be involved in the development of their child's educational plan. Unfortunately, few parents (or regular educators) understand special education_its terms, philosophies, and processes. This book explains, in layperson...
Education for the Human Brain
A Road Map to Natural Learning in Schools
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2013
Education for the Human Brain: A Road Map for Natural Learning in Schools is an all inclusive book on understanding and implementing a natural and brain-compatible instructional strategy from early childhood to adult learners. It informs the reader on the science, motivates the reader with the evidence...
The Human Touch in Education Leadership
A Postpositivist Approach to Understanding Educational Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2003
Palestini advances a new theory of educational leadership seen through the dual lens of critical theory and the Ignatian vision and its practical implications. A truly novel approach, the author strives to acquaint administrators and students of educational administration with a different way of thinking...
A Wake Up Call for Schools
A New Order in Public Education
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010
In the United States, 30 percent of students drop out of school prior to graduation. Unrest is evidenced as stakeholders in education wrestle concurrently with financial restraints, changing student demographics, and escalating accountability expectations for achievement. Patricia Anne Duncan Parrish's...
Seeking the Significance of Music Education
Essays and Reflections
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
Noted music educator Bennett Reimer has selected 24 of his previously published articles from a variety of professional journals spanning the past 50 years. During that time, he's tackled: -generating core values for the field of music education; -the core in larger societal and educational contexts;...
Past, Present, and Future Research on Teacher Induction
An Anthology for Researchers, Policy Makers, and Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
This anthology on teacher induction research is intended for researchers, policy makers, and practitioners in the field of teacher induction both nationally and internationally. This book is the final and major project of the Association of Teacher Educators' (ATE) Commission on Teacher Induction...
Supervision in Education
A Differentiated Approach with Legal Perspectives Instructor's Manual
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2002
Now there is a text that provides students with a comprehensive blueprint for supervisory practice in the field of education. In Supervision in Education Bernadette Marczely draws on her expertise in both law and education to fully explain different methods of supervision and to carefully identify...
Education Quality Management
Effective Schools Through Systemic Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 1994
A useful road map to help implement the quality concept in the educational environment...The authors do an excellent job of unifying the concepts of TQM, effective schools, OBE, and shared decision making.
What's Wrong with Our Schools
and How We Can Fix Them
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
What's Wrong with Our Schools and How We Can Fix Them examines the status of public education in North America and exposes many of the absurd instructional practices found in all-too-many schools. Written by three experienced educators, this book provides readers with a direct window into public education....
Nurturing the Whole Student
Five Dimensions of Teaching and Learning
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Nurturing the Whole Student: Five Dimensions of Teaching and Learning begins with the assumption that education is at its best—healthiest, most engaging, and most effective—when it is holistic. By holistic , the authors mean that the various dimensions of the teacher and student are honored and...
Transformational Leadership in Special Education
Leading the IEP Team
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
Using the principles of transformational leadership, IEP teams become effective tools to ensure student success and achievements. There is a difference of teams that are simply chaired and those that are lead. Teams with transformational leaders promote the best efforts of all participants including...
Understanding Teenage Girls
Culture, Identity and Schooling
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
Understanding Teenage Girls: Culture, Identity and Schooling focuses on a range of social phenomenon that impact the lives of adolescent females of color. The authors highlight the daily challenges that African-American, Chicana, and Puerto Rican teenage girls face with respect to peer and family...
by Rosemary S. Callard-Szulgit, EdD, University at Buffalo; author
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010
Parents of gifted students have often experienced the frustration of trying to get an appropriate education for their children in public and private schools. Teachers have equally experienced the frustration of trying to educate these students due to classroom demands. Over the past two decades, Callard-Szulgit...