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The Anatomy of a Scientific Institution: The Paris Academy of Sciences, 1666-1803 delves into the Academie Royale des Sciences as a foundational force in French scientific advancement during the Enlightenment. Filling a significant gap in historical...

The Anatomy of a Scientific Institution: The Paris Academy of Sciences, 1666-1803 delves into the Academie Royale des Sciences as a foundational force in French scientific advancement during the Enlightenment. Filling a significant gap in historical...

Why do Asian and Asian-American students consistently perform so well on standardized tests? Why are students of Asian descent disproportionately admitted to America's top colleges? This informative and entertainingly written comparison of educational...

The School Practitioner's Concise Companion gives busy social workers, psychologists, and counselors a quick guide to accessible, proven solutions for their students' most common problems. Built around the expert advice from the acclaimed School...

In Taking Control 3, Paul Garvey, drawing on eleven years of inspection experience, guides readers through Ofsted inspections with specific advice on the new Report Card Framework, set to come into force in November 2025.About the AuthorPaul Garvey...

Written by Patrick Cozier, Calm Leadership offers an inspiring and hopeful insight into his calm approach to school leadership, which he has crafted, developed and honed over his twenty-four years as a school leader.

Break barriers, build trust, and create lasting change for students Family engagement has never been more critical to student achievement, yet too many schools remain stuck in outdated models that treat families as occasional visitors rather than...

Make data work for your school-and for every student Far too often, educators are inundated with data that feels overwhelming, irrelevant, or unhelpful. In Using Data to Improve Schools, nationally recognized expert on school transformation and student...

Pivoting from studies that emphasize the dominance of progressivism on American college campuses during the late sixties and early seventies, Lauren Lassabe Shepherd positions conservative critiques of, and agendas in, American colleges and universities...

Grounded in democratic culture and values, Education Management and Leadership: A South African Perspective 2e enables individuals in school leadership and management positions to have an in-depth understanding of leading and managing effective schools. ...

Foster Trust, Accountability and Engagement in Your Teams Creating strong, cohesive teams is an art, and How Teams Work: A Playbook for Distributing Leadership is the essential guide for school leaders looking to master this craft. This interactive...

A new way to think together, work together, and impact students... together. Despite regular meetings and planning sessions, collective leader efficacy often remains an untapped resource, leaving leadership teams working in silos and increasing the...

In Subtle Webs, Jose Eos Trinidad reveals how organizations outside schools have created an invisible infrastructure not only to affect local school districts but also to shape US education. He illustrates this by providing a behind-the-scenes look at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781264437580Author Robert S FeldmanPage Count 672Imprint McGraw-Hill CompaniesPublisher McGraw-Hill CompaniesWeight(grams) 748gDimensions(mm) 276mm * 216mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666334425Author Myra Faye TurnerFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Capstone PressPublisher Capstone PressWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 178mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666334449Author Myra Faye TurnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Capstone PressPublisher Capstone PressWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 174mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788176295833Author Vandana PuniaFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Deep & Deep PublicationsPublisher Deep & Deep Publications

Worldwide women constitute the majority of the teaching force, but men are more likely to achieve headship. Internationally a number of scholars working within sociology and the sociology of education have focused on the continued influence of gender on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639509915Author Arnold MaringeFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Blessed Hope PublishingPublisher Blessed Hope PublishingWeight(grams)...

This book presents a practical framework for delivering therapeutic and instructional interventions in schools. Readers will learn how to select evidence-based interventions and make appropriate adaptations for the school context. School is where...

The American Dream and the Public Schools examines issues that have excited and divided Americans for years, including desegregation, school funding, testing, vouchers, bilingual education, and ability grouping. While these are all separate problems,...

The School Practitioner's Concise Companion gives busy social workers, psychologists, and counselors a quick guide to accessible, proven solutions for their students' most common problems. Built around the expert advice from the acclaimed School...

Testing and Measurement: A Practical Guide for Classroom Teachers and Aspiring Educational Leaders provides readers with a collection of both original writings and extant articles that speak to issues related to assessment, testing, measurement, and the...

Governing universities is a multi-level as well as a highly paradoxical endeavor. The featured studies in this book examine critically the multifaceted repercussions of changing governance logics and show how contradictory demands for scholarly peer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416633396Author Matthew R KayFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint ASCDPublisher ASCDWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 218mm * 147mm * 10mm

This book highlights and examines the role of the textbook in legitimising established political and social orders. It analyses the way in which the 'other' is presented in school textbooks, focusing on a number of countries in the Middle East and North...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949539455Author Thomas R GuskeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Solution Tree PressPublisher Solution Tree PressWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639710663Author Mavundutse TendaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Scholars' PressPublisher Scholars' PressWeight(grams) 126gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Jana Bacevic provides an innovative analysis of education policy-making in the processes of social transformation and post-conflict development in the Western Balkans. Based on case studies of educational reform in the former Yugoslavia - from the decade...

It is widely accepted that the success of higher education institutions is dependent on effective competent leaders and leadership. There is also growing evidence to support the proposition that emotional intelligence is strongly linked to effective...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798886973655Author Jacek M KwiecienFormat PaperbackPage Count 117Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 222g

Essential strategies for school trustees and superintendents. Addressing the urgent challenges of school leadership in our divided, post-pandemic landscape, The Governance Core 2.0 is an essential guide for school trustees and superintendents...

The knowledge and decisions of professionals influence all facets of modern life, a fact reflected by the increasing and distinct emphasis on public accountability for what professionals know and do. The nature of this accountability has been...

Contemporary reform initiatives in public education have included concerns with large scale, systemic reform in which the superintendent was a pivotal player. Yet much of the research attention is focused on the principalship or on state-level...

Part of the Improving Schools Series Leading teachers are those who are researchers and who have developed their pedagogy based on both evidence and conceptually informed practice. This book will draw on three important resources: first, case studies of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820458076Author Ronald D. AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 177Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 270g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780304705627Author John SayerFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Continuum (formerly Cassell Academic)Publisher Continuum International Publishing Group...

Offers practical advice and research results on women school superintendents, a field traditionally dominated by men.Although women have dominated the teaching ranks at all levels of education since the turn of the century, men occupy 93 percent of...

Eighteen experts, including Albert Shanker, Ernest L. Boyer, Thomas Kean, and John Menge, examine the issues surrounding educational choice in public school systems and the voucher system for private schools. They discuss when choice should be...

This text represents the experiences from six English speaking countries in the field of school development planning. There are chapters discussing staff development, quality reviews and school organization and effectiveness.Book InformationISBN...