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Over the past 15 years, Brazil has introduced a consistent program of reforms of its education system, progressively aligning the educational attainment of its labor force with that of other middle income countries and introducing advanced student...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780980047578Author Jim HinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Gashouse BooksPublisher Gashouse BooksWeight(grams) 297g

Provides an overview of policy developments, professional and political issues and research findings in relation to school reform.Book InformationISBN 9780826477361Author Kimberly KinslerFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Continuum International...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820437972Author Kenneth A SirotnikFormat HardbackPage Count 318Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 580g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989910644Author Denny TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Garn PressPublisher Garn PressWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 9mm

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013271458Author Justin W CookFormat HardbackPage Count 434Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981950150Author Stephen PerlaFormat PaperbackPage Count 26Imprint Alliance for Catholic Education PressPublisher Alliance for Catholic Education...

This cutting-edge collection of essays presents to the reader leading voices within food justice, environmental justice, and school to prison pipeline movements. While many schools, community organizers, professors, politicians, unions, teachers,...

University rankings have gained popularity around the world and are now a significant factor shaping reputation. This second edition updates Ellen Hazelkorn's first comprehensive study of rankings from a global perspective, drawing in new original...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013295133Author Lisbeth LundahFormat HardbackPage Count 206Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

This book explains how a teaching system focused on identifying and stoking each student's strengths-rather than concentrating on deficits-can bring remarkable academic improvement and achievement. It's a familiar and seemingly logical model: to improve...

Recruiting, Retaining and Retraining Secondary School Teachers and Principals in Sub-Saharan Africa is based on country studies in Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Madagascar, Tanzania and Uganda and an extensive literature review. In many parts of Africa, the...

This text presents a comprehensive view of the challenges facing society, the realities of work and leisure for children in the 21st century, and the implications of these analyses and predictions for schools today as they prepare children for the future...

University rankings have gained popularity around the world, and are now a significant factor shaping reputation. This book is the first comprehensive study of rankings from a global perspective, making an important contribution to our understanding of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060932602Author Martin L GrossFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Harper PerennialPublisher Harper PerennialWeight(grams) 249g

To lend weight to his charge that the public school teacher has been betrayed and gravity to his indictment of the educational establishment for that betrayal, Jurgen Herbst goes back to the beginnings of teacher education in America in the 1830s and...

The Link between Health, Social Issues and Secondary Education is based on country studies in six Sub-Saharan African countries - Eritrea, Mali, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania, and a literature review. It looks at the role of secondary...

Education reformers and policymakers argue that improved students' learning requires stronger academic standards, stiffer state tests, and accountability for students' scores. Yet these efforts seem not to be succeeding in many states. The authors of...

Correcting misconceptions through profiles of diverse families, Rivero uncovers the changing and complex needs of children today. This book addresses the major questions parents are bound to have as they consider the homeschooling option: socialization,...

What would it cost the education system to adopt policies that emphasize science literacy for all students? How can we ensure that tests measure what educators, parents, and others want them to? How can universities set admissions policies that motivate...

Nearly every effort to reform American public education during the past half-century has involved the law. Partnerships and tensions between lawyers, educators, parents, and scholars have never been more central to the future shape and direction of our...

Closing the large educational gaps that exist between the majority population and several minority groups is increasingly important, owing to America's rapidly growing racial and ethnic diversity and the rising skill demands of our technological era...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595096671Author Theodore A BaileyFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Writers Club PressPublisher Writers Club PressWeight(grams) 213g

In this book an eminent scholar and policymaker analyzes the lessons history can teach those who wish to reform the American educational system. Maris Vinovskis begins by tracing the evolving role of the federal government in educational research,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999488881Author Holly AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint AttitutorPublisher AttitutorWeight(grams) 95gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 5mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820481951Author Tina BesleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 213Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 350g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989910675Author Denny TaylorFormat PaperbackImprint Garn PressPublisher Garn PressWeight(grams) 195g

Drawing on indigenous belief systems and recent work in critical 'race' studies and multicultural-feminist theory, Keating provides detailed step-by-step suggestions, based on her own teaching experiences, designed to anticipate and change students'...

Correcting misconceptions through profiles of diverse families, Rivero uncovers the changing and complex needs of children today. This book addresses the major questions parents are bound to have as they consider the homeschooling option: socialization,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645535341Author Susan GalletlyFormat PaperbackPage Count 598Imprint Tellwell TalentPublisher Tellwell TalentWeight(grams) 789gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

This book is about the threats to education quality in the developing world that cannot be explained by lack of resources. It reviews the observed phenomenon of service delivery failures in public education: cases where programs and policies increase the...

Sudden negative events are part of life, but some are more disastrous than others. This book analyzes the consequences of sudden negative shocks in the short and long term well being of people and how the policies implemented before, during and in the...

Amidst claims of threats to national identities in an era of increasing diversity, should we be worried about the upsurge in religious animosity in the United States, as well as Europe? This book explores how French society is divided along conflicts...

This volume shows how and why our public schools should prepare to understand and deal with religious diversity in the United States and the world. Defending Religious Diversity in Public Schools: A Practical Guide for Building Our Democracy and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312587635Author Brian CrosbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint GriffinPublisher GriffinWeight(grams) 286g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807036907Author Carol Corbett BurrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 249g

Written for practitioners and practitioners-in-training of education development, this book reviews education issues in developing countries and provides in-depth case studies from Egypt, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.Book InformationISBN 9780230340176Author...

In 1896, John Dewey established the Laboratory School at the University of Chicago - an experimental school designed to test his ideas in the reality of classroom practice. Through a collective portrait of four of the school's teachers Women Educators in...

What is wrong with education? Why do educational reforms always miss their target? How can we create a better education system? And what can we learn from other countries? Reclaiming Education tackles the challenges facing education that really matter -...