If we intend to develop innovative and transformative educators and systems of education, we would do well to treat this book as a beacon call to change the way we wrestle with the most pressing challenges that face our field.”—Jeffrey ...
In this concise volume, Murphy draws on a combination of Eastern contemplative traditions and Western psychology, as well as his own experience and research in the field of education leadership.
In The Transformation of Great American School Districts, William Lowe Boyd, Charles Taylor Kerchner, and Mark Blyth argue that urban education reform can best be understood as a long process...
Nor does lack of formal authority preclude strong mayoral leadership in the education arena. ... There, Mayor Beverly O'Neill has worked closely with the superintendent's office in a partnership that appears to have provided much of the ...
Filled with descriptive tables and graphs, as well as careful analysis of specific claims, the book provides a solid grounding in the conceptual and technical issues related to school funding.
I had a hard time putting it down. Each of these essays digs deeply and thoughtfully into a subject so vital to us all, with exactly the right balance between the personal, the anecdotal, and the research data.
" -- James P. Spillane, professor of learning sciences and human development and social policy, Northwestern University "This thoroughly readable book examines high performing school districts and finds that what explains success in these ...
Integral to this work are the teachers and school leaders who enact the principles of social justice--racial equity, cultural inclusivity, and identity acceptance--daily in their classrooms.
It serves as an important and significant resource for school leaders in utilizing data to improve instruction and increase student achievement.” — Gerald N. Tirozzi, Executive Director, National Association of Secondary School ...
What does it look like when a school uses data wisely? Data Wise in Action, a new companion and sequel to our bestselling Data Wise, tells the stories of eight...
This volume does a great service by pulling back the covers.” —From the foreword by Elaine Allensworth and Robert Balfanz Absent from School is a comprehensive and timely resource for educators and policy makers seeking to understand ...
Moreover, it exemplifies clinical simulations' unique power to engage future educators in many essential but otherwise hidden aspects of teachers' work. Read this book to see what educator preparation can be.
Donald Grissmer and Sheila Kirby, Patterns of Attrition Among Indiana Teachers: 1965–1987 (Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation, 1992); Eric Hanushek, John Kain, and Steven Rivkin, “Why Public Schools Lose Teachers,” Journal of Human ...
This inaugural volume of our Spotlight Series features recent Harvard Education Letter articles on testing and new reports never before published on this important topic. Contributors address such issues as...
Taking Practice to the Next Level in a Digital World Julie M. Wood, Nicole Ponsford ... see Thomas DeVere Wolsey and Dana L. Grisham, Transforming Writing Instruction in the Digital Age (New York: Guilford Press, 2012), 147–151. 5.
The VEEP program works in a similar way, but typically attracts students from primarily nonwhite neighborhoods to schools in primarily white neighborhoods. The main objectives are to create more diversity among students in the receiving ...
Managing School Districts for High Performance brings together more than twenty case studies and other readings that offer a powerful and transformative approach to advancing and sustaining the work of...
The tension between trust and distrust is deeply rooted in American democracy. In a democracy, some public distrust of institutions and elites is healthy. It leads to more critical and effective oversight of elected representatives.
"This timely and thoughtful book argues that technology can and will play a central role in efforts to achieve crucial education goals, and that it will be an essential component...
3 (2005); D. Hart et al., “High School Community Service as a Predictor of Adult Voting and Volunteering,” American Educational Research Journal 44, no. 1 (2007). 49. S. Billig, S. Root, and D. Jesse, The Impact of Participation in ...