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Young children play and learn together with lively dance chants. Tap and Rap, Move and Groove brings movement into homes and early childhood classrooms with rhythmic chants for children to move and dance to. Designed to link movement, language, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780817928728Author Williamson M. EversFormat PaperbackPage Count 438Imprint Hoover Institution Press,U.S.Publisher Hoover Institution Press,U.S...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780817949822Author John E. ChubbFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Hoover Institution Press,U.S.Publisher Hoover Institution Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 300g

To Educate a Nation brings together the work of some of the most notable young scholars in the field of national education policy studies, focusing on the growing federal role in reform efforts; programs to provide equal educational opportunity; the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262045681Author Martin R. WestFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Over the past 50 years the Department of Science Teaching at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel was actively involved in all the components related to curriculum development, implementation, and research in science, mathematics, and computer...

First published in 1981, Education and Income Distribution in Asia looks in detail at a number of aspects of the relation between education, employment, and income. Education is now the major programme of expenditure of governments in Asian countries...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780817939229Author Paul E. PetersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Hoover Institution Press,U.S.Publisher Hoover Institution Press,U.S.Weight(grams)...

It is a fundamental right for all children to be given access to quality education to ensure they reach their full potential as individuals; a right which is reflected in international law in Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780817999414Author Terry M. MoeFormat HardbackPage Count 324Imprint Hoover Institution Press,U.S.Publisher Hoover Institution Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 710g

This is a comprehensive primary reference to a rich and often neglected storehouse of information on Canada's educational background. As the boundary between full-fledged royal commissions and other official governmental inquiries is not always clear --...

Niho Taniwha equips educators with culturally responsive practices to better serve and empower Maori students and their whanau. The book is centred around the Niho Taniwha model in which both the learner and the teacher move through three phases in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780817949914Author Chester E. Finn Jr.Format HardbackPage Count 124Imprint Hoover Institution Press,U.S.Publisher Hoover Institution Press,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Stories are all around us. From our digital newsfeeds, interactions with one another, to watching a movie or listening to a curated playlist, we see and hear different tales told to us in various ways.In her book, Story: Still the Heart of Literacy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780870207204Author James K NelsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Wisconsin Historical Society PressPublisher Wisconsin Historical Society...

Schools of Opportunity builds an argument for shifting the way that excellent schools are recognized and built. The National Education Policy Center's Schools of Opportunity project was designed to highlight public high schools that are using...

The Business of Education-a comprehensive view of how education policy is made in the US and, in some cases, globally-analyzes and critiques the influence of educational policy networks in a wide range of contexts and from a variety of perspectives,...

In this thought-provoking volume, scholars offer evidence, insights, and ideas on key policy questions affecting education-such as national exams, accountability, performance, and other vital issues, while detailing the importance of education to both...

Meeting students' basic needs - including ensuring they have access to nutritious meals and a sense of belonging and connection to school - can positively influence students' academic performance. Recognizing this connection, schools provide resources in...

In this book the editors consider the resistance to change among teachers and learners despite all the evidence that science participation brings benefits for both individuals and nations. Beginning with biology, Stability and Change in Science...

Assessment is central to learning. It is not just about testing or measuring learning; it is a key part of the whole learning process. Positive experiences of assessment can enable students' capacity for self-directed learning throughout life, making...

A Dilemmatic Approach to Education offers a unique approach to educational theorizing that enriches the way we think about education. Problematizing conventional education theory, it presents an unorthodox thesis that education is defined by an internal...

Exploring the role of identitarian politics in the privatization of Newark's public school system In Expelling Public Schools, John Arena explores the more than two-decade struggle to privatize public schools in Newark, New Jersey-a conflict that is...

This authoritative book examines the long-standing campaign that resulted in today's school voucher policies. Advocates of private school vouchers promulgated a vision of service to low-income families, students of color, and other marginalized student...

At a time of bitter national polarization, there is a critical need for leaders who can help us better communicate with one another. In A Search for Common Ground, Rick Hess and Pedro Noguera, who have often fallen on opposing sides of the ideological...

This book is located in the field of education governance and sits amidst debates on public school reform in China. It examines how a top-down policy approach has been implemented from central government right down to the district level within the public...

Educational leaders, researchers, and community members have found collaborating on research supports improvement in their schools, districts, and the wider community - but how do we go about developing these partnerships? With essential tools,...

Taking up the study of legal education in distinctly biopolitical terms, this book provides a critical and political analysis of resistance in the law school.Legal education concerns the complex pathways by which an individual becomes a lawyer, making...

The quest for school improvement is old. The demand for dramatic, immediate school improvement is new. Even as President Barack Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan commit $4.3 billion to making 5,000 of the nation's worst-performing schools...

Models of teacher education in England have undergone major upheaval in recent years. Teacher Education in England draws on the experiences of some of the people directly involved in these changes and explores the implications that they have had on their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815737872Author Robert LitanFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 372gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815736837Author William G. HowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 366Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815714118Author John E. ChubbFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815736356Author Frederick M. HessFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820463117Author Frances VavrusFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint 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 9780815795179Author Patrick J. WolfFormat PaperbackPage Count 412Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 562gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760294861Author Beth SaggersFormat PaperbackPage Count 346Imprint Allen & UnwinPublisher Taylor & FrancisWeight(grams) 640g

Between the State and the Schoolhouse examines the Common Core State Standards from the initiative's promising beginnings to its disappointing outcomes. Situating the standards in the long history of state and federal efforts to shape education, the book...

In an increasingly knowledge-based economy, Canadian universities are important spaces for the development of research and innovation in many areas. This collection is the first systematic examination of the evolving relationship between the federal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815722724Author Terry M. MoeFormat PaperbackPage Count 526Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 821gDimensions(mm)...