For educational leaders who genuinely seek to make a difference this book will be an invaluable resource.” —Pedro A. Noguera, distinguished professor of education, Graduate School of Education and Information Sciences, University of ...
Make Just One Change features the voices and experiences of teachers in classrooms across the country to illustrate the use of the Question Formulation Technique across grade levels and subject areas and with different kinds of learners. ...
This book will be an important read for educators, policy makers, and citizens who care about the full character development of the young.
" -- Ohkee Lee, professor, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University "This book is a must-read for all educators, but essential for all teachers working with English language learners.
This book, by two editors of Data Wise: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning, attempts to bring about a fundamental shift in how educators think about the meetings we attend.
The practices presented in the book are being used in schools and districts that seek to improve science teaching at scale, and a wide range of science subjects and grade levels are represented.
"By nearly every measure, Americans are less engaged in their communities and political activity than generations past.” So write the editors of this volume, who survey the current practices and history of citizenship education in the ...
The book focuses on six persistent problems of recent US education: the over-testing of students; the scapegoating of teachers; the fadeout of preschool gains; the narrowing of the curriculum; the continued achievement gap between ...
This book answers a simple question: How would one redesign the American education system if the aim was to take advantage of everything that has been learned by countries with the world’s best education systems?
Teaching Students About the World of Work argues that educational institutions—especially two-year and four-year public institutions serving low-income students—need to make the topic of employment a central element in their educational ...
COMMON CHALLENGES TO TALKING ABOUT RACE To be clear, Lakeside isn't unusual: many organizations, including all types of schools, have difficulty supporting and managing specific conversations about race and differences in student ...
This book uses students’ words and artwork to explore what manga means to them.
This is an important book by one of today’s strongest voices for reinventing education.” — Gary S. Stager, executive director, Constructing Modern Knowledge Prakash Nair is the president and founding partner of Fielding Nair ...
The Redesign of Urban School Systems provides a uniquely valuable resource for anyone involved in preparing education leaders for the political and practical realities of district-based school reform. "This book is a rare double play.
This book provides both theoretical and practical guidance for schools as they work to turn this admirable goal into a reality.
The book offers an impassioned argument about the ways that our decentralized educational systems undermine the pursuit of educational equity and excellence.
This book will advance our understanding about why family engagement must be a core strategy for school improvement.” — Anne T. Henderson, senior consultant, Community Organizing and Engagement, Annenberg Institute for School Reform ...
... eds., Project Zero Frameworks—Building on Children's Strengths: The Experience of Project Spectrum, Vol. 1; Project Zero Frameworks—Early Learning Activities, Vol. 2; Project Zero Frameworks—Preschool Assessment Handbook, Vol.
"This book provides a compelling call to action for educators to focus improvement work on the 'instructional core' the interactions among students, teachers, and content in classrooms.
This book is a welcome guide for educators, civic leaders, and researchers looking for ways to leverage data to identify the most effective policies, interventions, and use of resources for their communities.