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"The Equity Equation deals candidly, thoroughly, and objectively with issues for women in science, engineering, and mathematics?This much-needed study not only investigates the institutional causes of gAnder inequity, but lays out the research, policy,...

"An opportunity for aligning educational programming within schools to provide a comprehensive PreK-12 experience with the results districts are looking for: students exceeding their potential and having the skills, knowledge, and long-term...

The authors of this volume visited 25 small school districts in the US to meet, observe and interview students, teachers, principals and administrators. Here they present research that connects with reality. Through their fascinating description of the...

Raising Test Scores for All Students marries knowledge about testing and test preparation with school improvement, providing a comprehensive guide for administrators looking for a systemic approach to the challenge of standardized testing. Eugene Kennedy...

In Eating to Learn, Learning to Eat, historian A. R. Ruis explores the origins of American school meal initiatives to explain why it was (and, to some extent, has continued to be) so difficult to establish meal programs that satisfy the often competing...

In this provocative book Warren A. Nord argues that public schools and universities leave the vast majority of students religiously illiterate. Such education is not religiously neutral, a matter of constitutional importance; indeed, it borders on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820467863Author Zvi BekermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 315Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 460g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780978879365Author James M FrabuttFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Alliance for Catholic Education PressPublisher Alliance for Catholic Education...

There is a growing recognition in the learning sciences that video games can no longer be seen as impediments to education, but rather, they can be developed to enhance learning. Educational and developmental psychologists, education researchers, media...

In spite of all the media attention and national concern about schools, this is the only book that documents real improvements in learning, confidence, and morale, proven through the author's 15 years of research and experience. Rather than business or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578877518Author Johnetta MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Johnetta MoorePublisher Johnetta MooreWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820467122Author Patricia Randolph LeighFormat PaperbackPage Count 173Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams)...

As the editors of this volume we are very happy to publish a selection of the papers that were presented at the seventh Conference of Working Group 3. 7 of the International Federation for Information Processing. The focus of Working Group 3. 7 is on...

Using practical examples Per Dalin discusses how schools can improve in the twenty-first century.Book InformationISBN 9780826477729Author Per DalinFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.Publisher Bloomsbury...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820474694Author Carolyn M. ShieldsFormat PaperbackPage Count 187Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 280g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982033074Author J SpeeksFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Kobalt BooksPublisher Kobalt BooksWeight(grams) 158g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956845627Author Patrick McMurrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint Effective Study Skills PublicationsPublisher AdelphoiWeight(grams) 78gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780966707113Author Charlotte Thomson IserbytFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Last Century MediaPublisher Last Century Media

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993087936Author Debbie YoungFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Hawkesbury PressPublisher Hawkesbury PressWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

The resident assistant (RA) is the foundation of every residence life program. These student-staff members face difficult challenges as they guide and support their peers through the college experience. The Resident Assistant, by Gregory S. Blimling,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781432771317Author Lawrence W MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 28Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 50g

Thirteen years ago, in June 1988, the Radcliffe Classof1953 celebrated its 35th Reunion. Amidst the festivities, we who participated repeatedly asked ourselves the same two questions: Is Harvard as sexist as it was when we were undergraduates? If not,...

Are you spending too much time dealing with problems caused by your school's specialists? If so, here's the help you're looking for. Find out how to: * Set employee goals and clarify expectations * Observe job performance * Provide feedback and...

Covering a variety of legal, moral, ethical, financial and public relations issues, this book can be used to evaluate prospective secondary school administrators train newly appointed administrators, or explore self-evaluation and alternative solutions...

Career Pathways is a system of organizing student learning interests and aptitudes around career fields. The model grew out of the federally funded National School-to-Work Opportunities Act (1994). Briefly, a career pathways high school starts with the...

"An important addition to the library of anyone concerned with or interested in the role of the university in today's society. Those of us who have devoted our life's work to improving the delivery of educational programs and services to students...

Help teachers move past the grind of daily survival to the fulfillment of career-long professional development! Imagine someone telling you that, within three years, your new teachers would leave the profession for which they trained so hard. That's what...

In Eating to Learn, Learning to Eat, historian A. R. Ruis explores the origins of American school meal initiatives to explain why it was (and, to some extent, has continued to be) so difficult to establish meal programs that satisfy the often competing...

Middle school and early high school dropouts have long troubled educators. However, research on this sad phenomenon has been far less than definitive as to the causes. In this research-based book, Roderick examines two critical factors impacting...

In this volume, Zigler and Styfco look at the three large federal programs for the education of disadvantaged children-Head Start, Follow Through, and the Title I/Chapter I programs-and discuss how their missions might be interrelated. There could hardly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781478716501Author Susan R Dolan JdFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982874042Author Dr. Gillian SilverFormat HardbackPage Count 138Imprint Lentz Leadership Institute, LLCPublisher Lentz Leadership Institute,...

"To ensure its continued validity, higher education needs to change, something it cannot do without the participation of department chairs. In this book, Ann Lucas has assembled some of the most thoughtful people in higher education to provide the 'line...

This book is about developing a Peer Assistance and Review (PAR) programme, where teacher partnership through joint responsibility improves the quality of teaching, strengthens teacher professionalism, and ultimately, enhances student learning. Peer...

Disaster risk management is essential in the fight against poverty. Disasters can, in an instant, wipe out decades of hard-fought poverty reduction and development gains and push countless households into poverty. Disasters disproportionately affect the...

When a fourth-grade student, Jenny, was asked about reading, she stated: "I love to read, you get real neat ideas. I really like books about animals and biographies. I'm writing my autobiography now. Oh, I also really like Judy Blume books. " Her...

The Government of Sudan has made great efforts in increasing access to education for children in northern Sudan across education sub-sectors over the past decade. In particular, educational access for children in areas previously affected by conflict has...

This book reviews the experience with one specific though widely introduced approach to funding general education, namely per capita financing (PCF), in six countries in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region in an effort to learn which outcomes were...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820439266Author Ian GrosvenorFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint Peter Lang AGPublisher Peter Lang AGWeight(grams) 390g

The School Administrator's Complete Letter Book with CD-ROM, Second Edition, offers a comprehensive selection of model letters and memos for a wide variety of educational purposes and situations. This book and its accompanying CD contain a gold mine of...