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Improving America's Schools Together: How District-University Partnerships and Continuous ImprovementCan Transform Education is the first definitive text on continuous improvement in school district-university partnerships, covering improvement methods,...

School Social Work: An Evidence-Informed Framework for Practice offers school social work students and veteran practitioners a new framework for choosing their interventions based on the best available evidence. It is the first work that synthesizes the...

The Ethical Educator: Pointers & Pitfalls for School Administrators is an accessible, nuts-and-bolts resource for education leaders at the school and district levels as they confront difficult ethical situations in their day-to-day work. The book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781475873641Author Valerie FlanaganFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Rowman & LittlefieldPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm)...

Today, India's education sector remains a victim of poor policies, restrictive regulations and orthodoxy. Despite being enrolled in schools, children are not learning adequately. Increasingly, parents are seeking alternatives through private inputs in...

This book contributes new perspectives from the Global South on the ways in which linguistic and discursive boundaries shape inequalities in educational contexts, ranging from Amazonian missions to Mongolian universities. Through critical ethnographic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592219100Author David Owusu-AnsahFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Africa Research & PublicationsPublisher Africa World PressWeight(grams) 358g

THE ABSENCE OF SOULWARE IN HIGHER EDUCATION The book offers an analytical account of higher education in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland China with examples of best practices from higher education in the US for guidance. This book is Professor Way Kuo's...

Too often educational leaders are caught in a "culture of nice," finding it difficult to give their teachers and staff critical feedback to improve their practice. This important book helps leaders become both candid and compassionate, unrelenting and...

Implicit bias is often recognized as one of the reasons for instances of discrimination and injustice, despite most people explicitly believing in the importance of equality and justice for all people. Implicit Bias in Schools provides practitioners with...

This Open Access book features a school development model (Arizona Initiative for Leadership Development and Research - AZiLDR) that offers a roadmap for schools to navigate the complexities of continuous school development. Filled with processes that...

As trends continue in U.S. schools toward a more racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse K-12 student population, school-based professionals have an important role in supporting students' mental health and learning. Practitioners, including...

Strategic observation practices to drive coherence and results Supervision is often dreaded by teachers and principals alike because it can be disconnected from the context of the actual classroom and school. But when a culture of supervision is created...

DIPLOMA MATTERS In our current education system too many high school students wind up with too few choices. Students are locked into what is decided for them by a broken system. Too often, they are handed a diploma that holds an empty promise. This...

The teacher's role is changing rapidly throughout the world. Traditional ways of working as a teacher are being challenged and teachers are faced with new areas of expertise they need to manage as educational professionals. These characteristics,...

Situating itself in the Technical and Professional Communication discipline, this edited collection provides case studies from various points of instruction and curricular design to illustrate how a user experience (UX) methodology provides invaluable...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637982327Author CoxFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Cirrus Test PrepPublisher Cirrus Test PrepWeight(grams) 625gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 14mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814107300Author Mara HoltFormat PaperbackPage Count 163Imprint National Council of Teachers of EnglishPublisher National Council of Teachers of English

From surviving to thriving during constant disruption The updated edition of this handbook couldn't have come at a better time. Focusing on lessons learned from the disruptions of 2020, including the COVID school closures and the renewed pursuit of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780817947620Author Paul T. HillFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Hoover Institution Press,U.S.Publisher Hoover Institution Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 456g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780870207525Author Jerold W AppsFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Wisconsin Historical Society PressPublisher Wisconsin Historical Society...

Make your foray into successive approximations successful and as easy as possible.In the 2012 bestseller, Leaving ADDIE for SAM, learning professionals were introduced to the Successive Approximation Model (SAM) and the Savvy Start-the key to a...

The governing and financing of public education is everywhere a complex undertaking. The 1960s was for Ontario a vital decade in education, when the structure of local school boards, provincial and federal financing and control, the provision of academic...

This edited volume focuses on the cultural situatedness of educational leadership in countries in the Mediterranean basin (Malta, Israel, Spain, Algeria, Portugal, Italy, Cyprus) featuring chapters that explore the reception of the leadership concept and...

Education must adapt to the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The most advanced countries in the world are all facing the challenge of retraining several generations of workers who are becoming obsolete. The education system has failed them because it hasn't...

Is there a need to remodel constructivism to be more politically attuned? Author Piki Ish-Shalom calls for an activist academy that engages society and the polity to prevent the watering down of democracy, while helping to create a space for criticism...

Your guide to transforming SEL ideas into actions and practice into process While social-emotional learning (SEL) is regularly identified as a top priority for student well-being and achievement, effective implementation will not happen on its own...

Burning Ambition explores how young people learn to understand and influence the workings of power and justice in their society. Since 2008, hundreds of secondary schools across Kenya have been targeted with fire by their students. Through an in-depth...

A comprehensive guide for aspiring school supervisors and instructional leaders. This brief version of Glickman, Gordon, and Ross-Gordon's SuperVision and Instructional Leadership: A Developmental Approach continues to break new ground by exploring,...

As the world changes, how do we educate differently so students, teachers, and staff are empowered to thrive in this environment? In this new book from bestselling author A.J. Juliani, you'll learn a clear process to guide risk-taking and lead change so...

School cyberbullying, bullying and violence have reached epidemic levels. One in five school students report being bullied. Youth violence results in more than 475,000 nonfatal injuries per year and is the 3rd leading cause of death for young people ages...

Ideal for home learning Suitable for children age 6 and above who need extra phonics practice Part of the Rapid Phonics intervention series by Pearson Rapid Phonics Step 1.1 (sounds covered: j, v, w, z, y) Design supports readers with dyslexia Proven to...

Technology in schools has evolved from the predominance of stand-alone computers to a blend of computer, media, communications, and other forms of technology dominated by the ubiquitous Internet and World Wide Web. In addition, K-12 education has evolved...

Villages and towns in the Victorian era saw a great expansion in educational provision, and witnessed the rise of the elementary teaching profession, often provided and supported by local clergymen. This book investigates the social and economic...

With the right approach, no problem is unsolvable. How do you approach and solve problems in education that have been around so long that they just feel…normal? Perpetual issues—numeracy, reading ability, equity, grading, and teacher retention—are often...

Case Studies on Educational Administration provides you with a collection of open-ended case studies for prospective school administrators. You'll learn to apply problem-solving, decision-making, and effective management skills gleaned from the text to...

A school-wide model for addressing individual needs The greatest goal of education is to ensure equity while enhancing learning and academic success for all students. And yet, it is impossible for one teacher to meet the extensive needs of all students...

Ideal for home learning Suitable for children age 6 and above who need extra phonics practice Part of the Rapid Phonics intervention series by Pearson Rapid Phonics Step 1.3 (sounds covered: CVCC) Design supports readers with dyslexia Proven to help...

How to handle affirmative action is one of the most intractable policy problems of our era, touching on controversial issues such as race-consciousness and social justice. Much has been written both for and against affirmative action policies-especially...

An unprecedented leadership challenge for school administrators Today's school leaders face the unprecedented challenge of leading five generations: Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, and brand-new Generation Z teachers, along with Gen Alpha,...