The book depicts transformative forms of teaching and teacher preparation that honor and expand all students’ abilities, knowledges, and experiences, and reaffirm the promise of educating for a better world. “Darling-Hammond and Oakes ...
The University of Colorado Denver case is one of seven that form the basis for the arguments and analyses presented in Preparing Teachers for Deeper Learning.
Howard Rheingold is a thought leader in peer learning and connected technologies. The author of several books, including Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution; Net Smart: How to Thrive Online; The Virtual Community; The Millennium ...
... Ray, Sacks, and Twyman, Equity and Personalized Learning. 27. Penny Bishop, John Downes, and James Nagle, “How Personal Learning is Working in Vermont,” Educational Leadership 74, no.
Most everything else I read is baloney; this is the real deal.” — Michael Casserly, executive director, Council of the Great City Schools Richard Lee Colvin is the former executive director of Education Sector and a visiting fellow at ...
Everett M. Rogers, Diffusion of Innovations (New York: The Free Press, 1962). 17. The term early majority draws directly from Rogers's theory of innovation diffusion (see Rogers, Diffusion of Innovations). While a true majority has not ...
This book introduces us to the theory and practice of that remarkable accomplishment and provides a practical framework for others to follow.
In this landmark volume, Greg J. Duncan and Richard J. Murnane lay out a meticulously researched case showing how—in a time of spiraling inequality—strategically targeted interventions and supports can help schools significantly improve ...
Tracey that she had written in her journal about it and wanted him to read her thoughts. With very little hope, he read the paragraphs she'd written defending herself. She'd listed things different parents of color had said to her, ...
Real Leaders, Real Schools tells the stories of five urban public school principals who led their schools through profound and transformative changes. In each of these cases, their efforts resulted...
Shawna Grosskopf, Kathy J. Hayes, and Lori L. Taylor, “The Relative Efficiency of Charter Schools,” Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics 80, no. 1 (2009). 9. M. DeArmond, B. Gross, and D. Goldhaber, “Look familiar?
Thank you, Omolara Fatiregun, Krista O'Connell, Linda Rosenbury, Jill Da Eun Seong, and Kennedy Weisner. ... how many people we don't know in real life are working so hard to help students and to share their experiences with the world.
The book frames the garden movement for educators and shows how school gardens have the potential to be a significant resource for teaching and learning.
John Cassidy, “College Calculus,” New Yorker, September 7, 2015, http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/09/07/college-calculus. 52. “Higher Education Forum,” Economist, October 22, 2015, ...
BRETTE GARNER, NICHOLAS KOCHMANSKI, AND ERIN HENRICK IN THIS CHAPTER, we focus on how teachers, school leaders, and district leaders can use assessments to support the development of ambitious and equitable instructional practices.
See also the work of James Rosenbaum at the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University. 11. The largest pool of financial aid available to low-income students nationally, Pell Grants, are available to a student for only ...
Michael Dumas and kihana miraya ross, “Be Real Black for Me: Imagining BlackCrit in Education,” Urban Education 51, no. 4 (2016): 415–42; Michael J. Dumas, “'Losing an Arm': Schooling as a Site of Black Suffering,” Race, Ethnicity and ...
This is a necessary read for those who are serious about addressing the real education needs of American youth in their transition to a productive adulthood.” — James R. Stone III, professor and director, National Research Center for ...
Adolescent development research and theory have tremendous potential to inform the work of high school teachers, counselors, and administrators. Understanding Youth bridges the gap between adolescent development theory and practice.
important scholarship produced in these fields is locked up behind online paywalls and restrictive subscription policies that ... Michael W. Apple, “Theory, Research, and the Critical Scholar/Activist,” Educational Researcher 39, no.