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Temple University Press,U.S. Mayors and Schools: Minority Voices and
Book SynopsisAnalyzes the trend toward increased mayoral control of urban schools, using Chicago and Cleveland as case studiesTrade Review"I believe that Chambers' book will make a tremendous contribution to the current and future debates about urban school reform. The focus on two important US cities will make it a must read for those interested in urban politics. The focus on minority incorporation will draw readers interested in race and American politics. Finally, Chambers' focus on urban school reform will make this book of interest to those who care about the state of America's urban school systems." Marion Orr, Department of Political Science, Brown University "Timely and nuanced...Chambers' book is notable for its attention to historical context and its balanced presentation of competing evidence." Urban Affairs ReviewTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction1. School Reform in Two American CitiesPart II. The Politics of School Reform and Minority Political Empowerment2. Big-City Mayors and the Politics of School Reform; 3. Innovation and Reaction in the Politics of School Reform: Chicago; 4. The Politics of School Reform in the "Comeback City": ClevelandPart III. Measuring Success in Education Reform5. Responsiveness and Community Incorporation; 6. Administrative Accountability to Minority Issues; 7. Reform and Measuring Student ImprovementPart IV. Mayoral Control in Perspective8. Mayoral Control in Perspective
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Temple University Press,U.S. Multiethnic Moments: The Politics of Urban
Book SynopsisIs anyone listening to minority voices in reforming schools?Trade Review"I like this book very much. The authors come to grips with the impact that the multi-racial character of America's cities will have on a critical aspect of urban politics. Multiethnic Moments is pitched at a level of sophistication that will engage specialists in the field yet written clearly enough to be accessible to undergraduate students." Benjamin Marquez, University of Wisconsin-Madison "Political scientists Susan E. Clarke, Rodney E. Hero, Mara S. Sidney, Luis R. Fraga, and Bari A. Erlichson have done an admirable job in giving readers a road map for understanding how historical trends, power relations, and racial and ethnic demographic changes have influenced the trajectory of urban education reform in four cities: Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Boston." Teachers College Record "The authors of this timely and provocative work have thoroughly examined the politics of race and education reform in four highly multiracial/multiethnic cities...It is essential reading for reformers of the future who are willing to read it carefully and learn its lessons well." Multicultural Review "While acknowledging the historical importance of biracial politics, the authors move beyond a black versus white racial paradigm to explain the complex reasons for the limited representation and influence Latinos and Asians have experienced...Figures of theoretical models and data tables are a valuable component." Choice "The book is well written and clearly organized...The book would be most appropriate for a graduate course in social policy analysis. Faculty teaching change graduate student courses in social change, social stratification, race and ethnicity, or sociology of education may find this book a useful supplemental text...Parts of this book may be quite useful in an undergraduate course." Teaching Sociology "The rich detail of the case studies (often organized in summary tables in a nicely comparable way) provides much fodder for scholars of urban education seeking other explanations for urban politics...The authors have examined four interesting cases of urban education politics...Multiethnic Moments provides a rich set of hypotheses that could be tested with larger samples and different data sets. That is a valuable contribution to scholars and well worth reading. A second major contribution that needs to be recognized is the utility of the book for classroom usage. The cases are engaging and the analysis is accessible." Perspectives on Politics "This book is an important contribution to our understanding of urban politics...Multiethnic Moments is a 'must-read' for scholars and practitioners in the field of urban education. It provides a useful analytical perspective that helps us to understand better the changing nature of urban education. This book is at the forefront of those studies helping to analyze and explain the growing multiethnic and multiracial of U.S. cities." Urban Affairs Review "Multiethnic Moments is a well-written, historical exploration of urban school reform...[it] deserves recognition for presenting an extensive investigation into the forgotten voices of Latinos and Asians whose calls for educational reforms remain to be addressed within the contemporary U.S. education system." The American Journal of Education, November 2008Table of ContentsIntroduction - Clarence N. Stone 1: Interests, Ideas and Institutions: The Politics of School Reform in Multi-ethnic Cities 2: Race, Ethnicity and Education 3: Local School Reform Agendas: Changing the Rules of the Game 4: The Politics of School Reform in Multi-Ethnic Cities: An Interest Based Perspective 5: Ideas and Education Reform in Multi-Ethnic Cities 6: Institutions and Education Reform in Multi-Ethnic Cities 7: A Developmental Perspective on Education Reform in Multi-Ethnic Cities
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Temple University Press,U.S. Dewey's Dream: Universities and Democracies in an
Book SynopsisDiscusses how to realize DeweyTrade Review"Dewey's Dreamis intellectually refreshing, provocative, persuasive, jargon free and downright practical. The authors organized the text to model for readers how to intertwine theory and practice to reveal ways that schools can promote participatory democracy. And John Dewey would be proud." -The Journal of Educational ResearchTable of ContentsPreface Introduction: Dewey's Lifelong Crusade for Participatory Democracy Chapter One Michigan Beginnings, 1884-1888 1. 1. Dewey's First Attempt to Combine Theory and Practice Chapter Two Dewey at Chicago, 1894-1904 2.1. President Harper and Chicago's Department of Pedagogy 2.2. Plato's "Republic" and Dewey's "Philosophy of Education" 2.3. Participatory Democratic Societies and Participatory Democratic Schooling Systems 2.4. Dewey's Laboratory School 2.5. Wilhelm Wundt's Psychological Laboratory and Dewey's Scientistic Laboratory School 2.6. Jane Addams, Hull House, and Dewey's Prophetic Essay, "The School as Social Centre" 2.7. The Schooling System as the Strategic Subsystem of Modern Societies Chapter Three Dewey Leaves Chicago for Columbia 3.1. Dewey Abandons Any Attempt To Integrate Schooling Theory and Schooling Practice 3.2. Dewey vs. Lippmann: Participatory Democracy and Face-to Face Neighborly Communities 3.3. Democratic Theory and the Construction of Democratic Cosmopolitan Neighborly Communities Chapter Four Elsie Clapp's Contributions To Community Schools 4.1. Maurice Seay and Community Schools 4.2. The Rise and Decline of the Community School Movement After 1945 Chapter Five Penn and the Third Revolution In American Higher Education 5.1. Increasing Penn's Engagement With Local Public Schools As a Practical Example of Democratic Devolution Revolution 5.2. An Innovative Strategy To Achieve A Democratic Devolution Revolution 5.3. Penn and West Philadelphia Public Schools: Learning By Reflective Doing Chapter Six The Center for Community Partnerships 6.1. Changing Penn's Undergraduate Curriculum To Help Change West Philadelphia Public Schools 6.2. Community Healthcare As A Complex Strategic Problem To "Do Good" And Help Bring About "One University" 6.3. Democratic Partnerships and Communal Participatory Action Research 6.4. President Rodin's Inspiring Vision of Penn and West Philadelphia As Constituting A "Beloved Community" 6.5. President Gutmann Proclaims a "Penn Compact" To "Serve Humanity And Society" Chapter Seven The University Civic Responsibility Idea Becomes An International Movement 7.1. An International Academic Consortium for the Advancement of Democracy Chapter Eight John Dewey, the Coalition for Community Schools, and Developing a Participatory Democratic American Society Notes Acknowledgements
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Brookes Publishing Co Assessing Young Children in Inclusive Settings:
Book SynopsisTo ensure the best possible outcomes for young children with and without disabilities, early childhood educators must enter the classroom ready to conduct all types of early childhood assessment—including determining if children need additional services, planning and monitoring instruction, and determining program effectiveness. They'll get the preparation they need with this comprehensive textbook, an in-depth blueprint for high-quality assessment in today's age of inclusion, standards-based education, and accountability. Developed by prominent early childhood special education experts Jennifer Grisham-Brown and Kristie Pretti-Frontczak, this book is a natural follow-up to the bestselling, widely adopted Blended Practices for Teaching Young Children in Inclusive Settings. Future educators of young children will get the research and recommended practices they need to; conduct authentic assessment during children's natural routines and play activities, so their true abilities can be accurately measured; use assessment to inform effective program planning, both for individual children and groups; ensure that their practices are aligned with DEC and NAEYC recommendations; involve families as collaborative partners in the whole assessment process, from planning the assessment to determining if the results represent the child's abilities; select and use assessment instruments with documented evidence of technical adequacy; conduct eligibility assessments and identify children for special services under IDEA; assess children with diverse abilities, including children who have severe or multiple disabilities, are from diverse cultural backgrounds, and are dual or multi-language learners; engage in assessment to plan and revise quality instruction; collect reliable program evaluation data at classroom, program-wide, state, and national levels. Guiding future educators through every aspect of skillful assessment, this textbook gives readers vignettes of common dilemmas teachers may encounter, classroom examples featuring diverse children, and practical aids such as assessment checklists and excerpts from select tools. An essential textbook for all preservice early childhood educators, this book is also a key resource for a wide range of in-service professionals—from principals and consultants to teacher study groups. Educators will learn how to confidently implement high-quality assessment and reap its benefits: inclusive, family-centered programming that improves outcomes for all children.
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Brookes Publishing Co Next STEPS in Literacy Instruction: Connecting Assessments to Effective Interventions
Book SynopsisWhat happens after a formative literacy assessment like DIBELS, TPRI, FAIR, or AIMSweb? How can educators translate the results into targeted interventions and improved reading outcomes? This reader-friendly teaching guide makes the next steps of literacy instruction clear and easy for K-6 educators. Developed by highly respected experts Smartt and Glaser, this book gives readers a specific breakdown of the indicators on today's most popular reading assessments and matches those items with interventions that make a real difference. ""Next STEPS"" is everything educators want. It is extensively field tested during the nationwide trainings the authors have conducted. It is organized by the 'big five' ideas identified by the National Reading Panel: phonemic awareness, alphabetic principle, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. It is packed with practice activities directly linked to each big idea, so instruction is well-rounded and comprehensive. It is based on the latest, most reliable research and best practices. It shows educators both how to teach and what to teach to make students better readers. All of the suggested interventions are quick and creative, get real results with minimal planning, use materials most teachers already have, and effectively target the specific 'trouble spots' that literacy assessments have identified. And with the classroom vignettes and sample teacher-student dialogues, educators will have adaptable models for their own classroom interactions. A must for every education professional who wants to do more with the valuable information they get from literacy assessments, this guidebook takes the guesswork out of intervention and helps transform struggling students into skillful readers.
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Brookes Publishing Co The New Transition Handbook: Strategies High
Book SynopsisThe thoroughly revised edition of the bestselling The Transition Handbook, this practical guide gives you more than 500 research-based, teacher-tested strategies that help students with disabilities make a smooth transition to adulthood. To help students with disabilities make a smooth transition from high school to adulthood, you need proven and practical strategies that prepare them for success in an increasingly complex world. You’ll find more than 500 research-based, teacher-tested support strategies in The New Transition Handbook—the modern transition guide for today’s students and the professionals who support them. The revised edition of Hughes & Carter’s bestselling The Transition Handbook, this thoroughly updated guide is everything transition teams want: its ultra-practical, fast and easy to navigate, cost-effective, and reflects the latest research and legislation affecting young adults with disabilities. Packed with ready-to-use strategies for teaching key skills and developing effective school and community supports, this is the ultimate guide to helping students: Achieve self-determination Access the general curriculum Increase social acceptance and participation Set and reach individualised goals Strengthen positive behavior Prepare for postsecondary education Develop employment skills Access community resources Learn critical functional skills With the convenient “menu” format, you can flip right to the strategies you need without having to page through the entire book. And the included CD-ROM gives you more than 30 printable checklists and observational forms that address social skills, classroom supports, job satisfaction, modified grading, and more. Keep this guidebook at your fingertips year after year, and you’ll provide effective, individualised support for young people with disabilities as they begin fulfilling, self-determined adult lives.
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Brookes Publishing Co Collaborative Teaming
Book SynopsisCollaborative teaming is the glue that holds an inclusive school together. But most educators don’t get explicit training on teamwork skills - and that’s why you need the new third edition of this popular how-to book. Packed with practical tips, tools, and vignettes, Collaborative Teaming shows your staff how to work together effectively to support students with disabilities in inclusive classrooms. Perfect for independent study, inservice training, or preservice study, this reader-friendly guide will get teachers on board with collaborative teaming and give them fresh ways to improve the academic progress and behavior of all students.LEARN HOW TO: Master multiple types of teaming, from co-teaching to collaborative consultation Clearly define a team’s purpose and focus Establish trust and consistent communication among team members Schedule and facilitate productive team meetings Make sound decisions by consensus Solve problems and create action plans as a team Use teamwork to increase the participation and learning of all students Ensure positive interactions with families PRACTICAL MATERIALS: Activities that help teachers reflect on and apply the strategies; vignettes that show strategies in action; reproducible forms and checklists for conducting meetings, co-teaching effectively, and more. (For easy printing, full-size forms will now be available for download when you purchase the book.)WHAT’S NEW: How teaming relates to schoolwide initiatives like PBIS and RTI Expanded chapter on co-teaching New chapter on collaborative consultation More strategies for effective communication and conflict resolution Insights on using today’s technology to collaborate New vignettes featuring diverse students with a wide range of disabilities Helpful “focusing questions” in each chapter - perfect for use in courses and book clubs Packed with practical tips, tools, and vignettes, the third edition of this popular book shows your staff how to work together effectively to support students with disabilities in inclusive classrooms. Perfect for independent study, inservice training, or preservice study.
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Templeton Foundation Press,U.S. How to Educate an American: The Conservative
Book SynopsisIn the years after A Nation at Risk, conservatives’ ideas to reform America’s lagging education system gained much traction. Key items like school choice and rigorous academic standards drew bipartisan support and were put into practice across the country. Today, these gains are in retreat, ceding ground to progressive nostrums that do little to boost the skills and knowledge of young people. Far from being discouraged, however, conservatives should seize the moment to refresh their vision of quality K–12 education for today’s America. These essays by 20 leading conservative thinkers do just that. Students, according to this vision, should complete high school with a thorough understanding of the country’s history, including gratitude for its sacrifices, respect for its achievements, and awareness of its shortcomings. They should also learn to be trustworthy stewards of a democratic republic, capable of exercising virtue and civic responsibility. Beyond helping to form their character, schools ought to ready their pupils for careers that are productive, rewarding, and dignified. Excellent technical-training opportunities will await those not headed to a traditional college. Regardless of the paths and schools that they select, all students must come to understand that they can succeed in America if they are industrious, creative, and responsible. Anchored in tradition yet looking towards tomorrow, How to Educate an American should be read by anyone concerned with teaching future generations to preserve the country’s heritage, embody its universal ethic, and pursue its founding ideals.
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Rowman & Littlefield Labor Relations in Education: Policies, Politics,
Book SynopsisCollective bargaining in the public schools of the nation has its legal roots in the industrial labor model fashioned in the 1930s out of labor strife between union organizers and private businesses. This industrial union labor model was transplanted almost wholesale into the public sector over fifty years ago when teachers, fire and police personnel were granted the legislative right to collectively bargain their wages, benefits, and terms and conditions of employment in most states. What impact has this industrial model had on public education and on the relationship between teachers and administrators? Labor Relations in Education explores unions and collective bargaining in the public schools of America. The history of the laws, the politics of the response to collective bargaining and unions, and the practices of bargaining and managing a contract are explored in this volume. Changes that may move labor relations into professional relations and away from the industrial labor union model and diminish the schism that exists between educators are discussed. A fully developed simulation is included to employ the practices and concepts discussed in the book.Trade ReviewBoth new and experienced education practitioners have something to gain by reading Labor Relations in Education. For those new to the collective bargaining experience, DeMitchell makes the process come alive. The use of an intense, well-developed bargaining simulation is DeMitchell's primary vehicle for achieving this goal. But in addition to bringing the bargaining table to the reader, DeMitchell pushes practitioners to think about the relationship between the collective bargaining process and achieving school reform. For any educator with the hope of using the bargaining process as a means to reforming his or her school district, I recommend you start with this book. -- Mark A. Paige, school law attorney, Drummond Woodsum Law Firm, Portsmouth, NHThis book is unique in the artful manner it combines the legal and political history of labor relations in education with practical advice for negotiating and managing labor contracts. Moreover, in each chapter DeMitchell quickly focuses the reader on the policies, laws, ideas, and history most essential to understanding this subject. His chapter about how teachers reconcile their professional status with union membership provides key insights into the complexity of union dynamics at the school and district level. If you read only one book on labor relations in the school environment, this should be the one. -- Mark Conrad, superintendent of schools, Nashua, NH, and former school business administratorSchool administrators who are either experts or novices at the bargaining table will eagerly embrace Todd DeMitchell's new book. It is a relevant and important contribution to one of the most essential and often vexing aspects of public school administration. Clearly written, devoid of jargon and legalese, Labor Relations in Education is filled with nuts and bolts information, timely advice, and personal tidbits from an author with unique experience on all sides of the table. DeMitchell uses an historical context to frame a contemporary discussion about the role teachers and unions play in creating change in public schools and the necessary partnership with school leaders that change requires. Using a case study simulation, DeMitchell demystifies the bargaining process and guides the reader through planning, preparation, bargaining, table talk, and settlement. -- Cecilia M. Di Bella, superintendent of schools, Sutton Public Schools, Massachusetts; former member, Association of School Business Officials EditoriThis book cogently teaches and prepares administrators for the nuances, rigors and challenges of collective bargaining. * School Administrator *Table of Contents1 Introduction 2 Labor Relations in Education 3 The Legal Framework 4 Community & Conflict 5 Professionalism and Unionism 6 Reform and Labor Relations 7 Preparation and Practice: At the Table 8 The Future of Professional Relations 9 Glossary with Some Comments 10 Appendices
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Rowman & Littlefield Democracies Always in the Making: Historical and Current Philosophical Issues for Education
Book SynopsisDemocracies Always in the Making develops Barbara Thayer-Bacon’s relational and pluralistic democratic theory, as well as translates that socio-political philosophical theory into educational theory and recommendations for school reform in American public schools. John Dewey warned us long ago that a nation cannot hope to be a democracy someday without paying attention to how it educates its young future citizens. Democracy is a goal, an ideal which we must continually strive for that can guide us in our decision-making, as we continue to live in a world that is unpredictable, flawed, and limited in terms of its resources. There are key political philosophers of education who we can turn to for help. They offer us important ideas that will help us re-check our assumptions and critique our daily practice. Existing school models also offer us important examples of how to structure schools as well as various methodologies and curriculum that we can elect to use to help us move closer to the ideal of a democracy.Trade ReviewOne of the great mistakes of our time is thinking we know the fixed and final form of democracy for all people, epochs, and places. Another mistake is thinking we have all the democracy we require. Barbara Thayer-Bacon draws on her background as a philosopher of education and her work as a cultural studies scholar to challenge narrow liberal democratic notions of rigid rationalism, atomistic individualism, and static universalism with her own contextual and transactional description of selves-in-relation-with-others. She shows that democracies and democrats are always-in-the-making. -- Jim Garrison, Ph.D., professor, School of Education, Virginia Tech UniversityFollowing her career-long commitment to examining the relationship between school, education and democracy, Thayer-Bacon once again brings her feminist insight into a contemporary critique of democratic classical liberalism. Drawing upon philosophers from Socrates to Rousseau to Dewey to Noddings, hooks and Greene, Thayer-Bacon argues that democracies, as ever incomplete, must turn from Rationalism, Universalism, and Individualism to Shared Responsibility, Authority, and Identity, as the guiding factors in our creation of a more humane and public democracy. -- Jaylynne N. Hutchinson, Associate Professor Critical Studies in Educational Foundations Ohio UniversityThayer-Bacon offers a careful critique of the educational ill-effects of rationalism, universalism, and individualism. Informed by a wide range of progressive educational thinkers, Democracy Always in the Making offers many useful examples of engaged, relational education. -- Charles Bingham, Associate Professor in Curriculum Theory at Simon Fraser UniversityBarbara Thayer-Bacon provides strong arguments for revising classical liberal conceptions of democracy and coming to view humans — not as isolated individuals — but as beings-in-relation to others. Moreover, she combines philosophical argumentation with lessons learned from specific schools that recenter an ethics of sharing and interdependence. The combination of philosophical and pedagogical discourses make this book especially helpful. -- Frank Margonis, professor in educational philosophy, University of UtahIn this provocative new book, Thayer-Bacon (Univ. of Tennessee) aims to dislodge democratic theory from its reliance on the extreme individualism of John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau and in its place construct a transactional view of democracy that emphasizes epistemological and cultural pluralism and a relational view of selfhood. Drawing from a variety of feminist and postmodern perspectives, she makes a convincing case for a view of democracy that is always incomplete and unfinished, yet nevertheless provides the best orientation for educational (and other social) institutions. Thayer-Bacon accomplishes this by linking critical investigation of key theorists (Jacques Rancière, John Dewey, Paulo Freire, bell hooks, and others) to descriptive analysis of actual school projects, some of which are based on firsthand experience. Her treatment of Myles Horton and Maxine Greene are especially noteworthy. In her effort to canonize some theorists while demonizing others, however, she makes the occasional heavy-handed caricature. The historical record makes it very difficult to see Maria Montessori, for instance, as someone animated by a purely egalitarian spirit. Moreover, Thayer-Bacon's sharp, nearly ad hominem critique of Peter McLaren's work will likely raise eyebrows. Still, it is this contentiousness that will generate good discussion in graduate seminars. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Undergraduates, all levels, and above. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsDedication Acknowledgments Preface Approach The Intended Market Outstanding Features of the Book Introduction Democratic Theory: Out From Under the Yokes of Locke and Rousseau Classical Liberal Assumptions Assumptions for Democracies Always in the Making Conclusion Notes Chapter One Learning to Trust Students: Rancière and Montessori on Democracy Jacques Rancière and The Ignorant Schoolmaster Maria Montessori and La Casa dei Bambini Democracies Depend on Relationships of Equality Rancière and Democracies-Always-in-the-Making Notes Chapter Two Connecting the Home and School to Society: La Casa dei Bambini and the Chicago Lab School Maria Montessori’s Private Story Maria Montessori’s Casa dei Bambini John Dewey and the Chicago Lab School William Heard Kilpatrick Montessori and Democracies-Always-in-the-Making Conclusion Notes Chapter Three Trying to Get Social Justice and Love Together: Highlander Folk School and Central Park East Highlander Folk School Getting Theory and Practice Together Living What You Believe Notes Chapter Four The Teacher as a Revolutionary Leader: Freire, McLaren, hooks and the staff at La Escuela Movimento de Cultura Popular Peter McLaren and the Jane-Finch Corridor Bell Hooks, Booker T. Washington and Crispus Attucks Centro Educativo Ixtliyollotl (La Escuela) Conclusion Notes Chapter Five Celebrating the Passions of Pluralism Through the Arts: Maxine Greene, the Center for the Arts, Social Imagination, and Education, and Young Warriors High School Maxine Greene and the Center for the Arts, Social Imagination, and Education Young Warriors High School The Indians’ Hole in Their Hearts and the Importance of Shared Identities Through the Arts Conclusion Notes Chapter Six Implications for Schools in Democracies-Always-in-the-Making: Conclusion Theoretical Lessons Learned Practical Lessons Learned Conclusion References Index About the Author
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Harvard Educational Publishing Group Pivotal Moments: How Educators Can Put All
Book SynopsisFor many students, making their way to higher education requires more than hard work and determination. Low-income minority students who overcome obstacles to achieve academic success have usually encountered at least one college-educated adult in their schooling who took the initiative to reach out to them and provide concrete academic guidance.In this book, sociologist Roberta Espinoza introduces the idea of “pivotal moments”—interventions that point the way toward college, particularly for students from working-class or ethnic minority backgrounds. These pivotal encounters and the relationships that spring from them can help students accumulate procedural knowledge about attending college (cultural capital) and interpersonal support (social capital).Pivotal Moments introduces a diverse group of students whose experiences highlight how teachers, counselors, academic outreach professionals, and professors can help students circumvent the barriers they encounter in attaining school success. It shows how the timing, duration, and impact of pivotal moments can redirect students’ educational trajectories. The book also translates the theory of pivotal moments into concrete practices that educators at all levels can use to intervene more effectively in the lives of working-class minority students.
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Harvard Educational Publishing Group Character Compass: How Powerful School Culture
Book SynopsisIn Character Compass, Scott Seider offers portraits of three high-performing urban schools in Boston, Massachusetts that have made character development central to their mission of supporting student success, yet define character in three very different ways. One school focuses on students’ moral character development, another emphasises civic character development, and the third prioritises performance character development. Drawing on surveys, interviews, field notes, and student achievement data, Character Compass highlights the unique effects of these distinct approaches to character development as well as the implications for parents, educators, and policymakers committed to fostering powerful school culture in their own school communities.
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Lawrence Hill Books A Light Shines in Harlem: New York's First
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Chicago Review Press Screen Schooled: Two Veteran Teachers Expose How
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Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc Educating Angels: Teaching for the Pursuit of
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Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc A Bridge of Stories: Risking It All to Connect
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Free Spirit Publishing Inc.,U.S. Mealtime / A Comer!
Book SynopsisGuide little ones toward healthy eating and make time shared around the table pleasant for all.Mealtime-"Yummy-in-the-tummy time"-is an opportunity to teach young children two major personal and social skills: nutrition and table manners.
£9.49
Free Spirit Publishing Inc.,U.S. Messy Time / A Ensuciarse!
Book SynopsisMessy play is growing time-with lots of chances to have unstructured and sensory-rich play all day long.
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Free Spirit Publishing Inc.,U.S. Naptime / A Dormir La Siesta!
Book SynopsisOpen this book and get ready to close those sleepy eyes, snuggle up with a cuddly friend, and take a little break.
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Free Spirit Publishing Inc.,U.S. On-The-Go Time / A Salir!
Book SynopsisHelp make errand time a fun, cooperative time.Get ready, get set, go get into coats . . . out the door . . . into the car.
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Trine Day Bullyocracy: How the Social Hierarchy Enables
Book SynopsisBestselling author Donald Jeffries turns his critical eye onto the topic of bullying to show how teachers, principals, and other school officials invariably side with the bullies in the most egregious cases, instead of protecting the victims. He also shows how many so-called anti-bullying activists and nearly all the professional “experts” excuse bullying and in fact laud sociopathic behavior in general. As Jeffries demonstrates, this curious phenomenon is due to the power and influence of the social hierarchy, and it revolves to a great extent around the enduring popularity of sports. Jeffries talked to parents who’d battled a system that logically should have been working for them, some of whom lost a child to bullycide, the term for children who kill themselves over bullying. His investigation into what has become one of the most talked about issues in America is as explosive and controversial as anything he has written.Trade ReviewFrom hostile high school hallways to the Oval Office, we've become a nation ruled by bullies, while those who are ostensibly there to protect us actively or passively enable them. In this trenchant expose, Donald Jeffries reveals how pervasive is the "bullyocracy" and suggests some of the social factors that can diminish its power." Michael Kimmel, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, Executive Director, Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities"Donald Jeffries is one of our most talented and prolific writers who is never afraid to tackle the most difficult problems facing society today. Here he focuses on bullying in our education system with special insights into cyber-bullying that has emerged as a lethal form of persecution. High schools in many ways have become a jungle where bullies pounce on their weaker victims, many of whom carry the scars for years. Jeffries not only explores the issues involved but adroitly proposes solutions. His information is invaluable." Douglas Caddy, Author, and Member of the District of Columbia and Texas Bars"We have insight into the root cause of bullying, why it continues to occur, and its long term effects, so why do we still have a bullying epidemic? Teaching students, parents, and school officials about the negative effects of bullying early-on is only part of the solution. As a society and as individuals, we still allow bullies to rule the classroom, the boardroom, even the oval office. Don Jeffries's thoroughly researched book explains why and how this continues to occur. Like it or not, bullying affects us all. This is an important topic worth examining and a book that needs to be read." Jesse Ventura, former Independent Governor of Minnesota"Jeffries shows the enraging parallels between workplace and schoolyard bullies and how American institutions historically and consistently side with the aggressors, even when they advertise themselves as "zero tolerance" zones. This applies to victims who take their own lives as well, as the book eloquently points how even their experiences are often conveniently rewritten post-death in favor of their abusers. This book collects both tragic accounts of bullying as well as some of the more absurd steps of "zero tolerance" taken in a vain attempt to cover an institution's rear end instead of caring for the well-being of any tortured individual." Gina Tron, author of You're Fine
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Evan-Moor Educational Publishers Culturally Responsive Lessons & Activities, Grade
Book SynopsisBuild a sense of community and inclusiveness in the classroom with culturally responsive teaching units that connect studentsâ cultures, languages, and life experiences with their learning. The creative lessons for first grade include inspirational stories, hands-on activities, creative writing and drawing, interactive games, and art projects.
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Evan-Moor Educational Publishers Culturally Responsive Lessons & Activities, Grade
Book SynopsisBuild a sense of community and inclusiveness in the classroom with culturally responsive teaching units that connect studentsâ cultures, languages, and life experiences with their learning. The creative lessons for second grade include inspirational stories, hands-on activities, creative writing and drawing, interactive games, and art projects.
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Evan-Moor Educational Publishers Culturally Responsive Lessons & Activities, Grade
Book SynopsisBuild a sense of community and inclusiveness in the classroom with culturally responsive teaching units that connect studentsâ cultures, languages, and life experiences with their learning. The creative lessons for third grade include inspirational stories, hands-on activities, creative writing and drawing, interactive games, and art projects.
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Evan-Moor Educational Publishers Culturally Responsive Lessons & Activities, Grade
Book SynopsisBuild a sense of community and inclusiveness in the classroom with culturally responsive teaching units that connect studentsâ cultures, languages, and life experiences with their learning. The creative lessons for fourth grade include inspirational stories, hands-on activities, creative writing and drawing, interactive games, and art projects.
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Evan-Moor Educational Publishers Culturally Responsive Lessons & Activities, Grade
Book SynopsisBuild a sense of community and inclusiveness in the classroom with culturally responsive teaching units that connect studentsâ cultures, languages, and life experiences with their learning. The creative lessons for fifth grade include inspirational stories, hands-on activities, creative writing and drawing, interactive games, and art projects.
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Evan-Moor Educational Publishers Culturally Responsive Lessons & Activities, Grade
Book SynopsisBuild a sense of community and inclusiveness in the classroom with culturally responsive teaching units that connect studentsâ cultures, languages, and life experiences with their learning. The creative lessons for sixth grade include inspirational stories, hands-on activities, creative writing and drawing, interactive games, and art projects.
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Page Street Publishing Co. Learn to Read the Easy Way: 60 Exciting
Book SynopsisTeach your child to read with these 60 simple, phonic-based activities. Heather McAvan, founder of Mrs. Mactivity, created these engaging games and exercises to help your child grasp the basics of sight words, letter pairings, initial sounds and more. With activities designed for children ages 4 though 7, many of these games can be adapted to the reading level of the reader making them perfect for teachers, parents and caregivers of early readers. Learn to Read the Easy Way makes learning to read accessible by incorporating common household objects into games that simplify the work of becoming familiar with word families, decoding unfamiliar words and making connections between words and physical objects. Grounded in a varied approach that combines tactile and visual methods for a truly interactive experience, this book gives children a variety of ways to explore the building blocks of literacy. This book will have 60 activities and 75 photos.
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University Press of Colorado Writing on the Wall: Writing Education and
Book SynopsisThe first concerted effort of writing studies scholars to interrogate isolationism in the United States, Writing on the Wall reveals how writing teachers?often working directly with students who are immigrants, undocumented, first-generation, international, and students of color?embody ideas that counter isolationism. The collection extends existing scholarship and research about the ways racist and colonial rhetorics impact writing education; the impact of translingual, transnational, and cosmopolitan ideologies on student learning and student writing; and the role international educational partnerships play in pushing back against isolationist ideologies. Established and early-career scholars who work in a broad range of institutional contexts highlight the historical connections among monolingualism, racism, and white nationalism and introduce community- and classroom-based practices that writing teachers use to resist isolationist beliefs and tendencies. ?Writing on the wall? serves as a metaphor for the creative, direct action writing education can provide and invokes border spaces as sites of identity expression, belonging, and resistance. The book connects transnational writing education with the fight for racial justice in the US and around the world and will be of significance to secondary and postsecondary writing teachers and graduate students in English, linguistics, composition, and literacy studies. Contributors: Olga Aksakalova, Sara P. Alvarez, Brody Bluemel, Tuli Chatterji, Keith Gilyard, Joleen Hanson, Florianne Jimenez Perzan, Rebecca Lorimer Leonard, Layli Maria Miron, Tony D. Scott, Kate Vieira, Amy J. Wan
£999.99
Rockridge Press Montessori at Home: A Practical Guide for Parents
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BookBaby Someone to Be With
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Capstone Press From Stem to Steam: Latino Perspectives
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Baraka Books Scandinavian Common Sense: Policies to Tackle
Book SynopsisAt a time when austerity is claimed by some to be the only answer to today’s economic woes, a close look at the best practices used in Scandinavia is edifying. Decision makers everywhere dispose of ample evidence showing that social determinants have an impact on health and wellbeing. Yet governments develop policies that diverge enormously. Scandinavian countries are often cited as models for their egalitarian social and health policies but are also known to have thriving economies where the gap dividing rich from poor is smaller than elsewhere. Despite quasi mythic status, these policies aimed to combat inequalities in health are neither well known or understood. Policies discussed in Scandinavian Common Sense include education, housing, conciliation of work and family life, daycare, sustainable development and more. For these policies to be part of political debate, be it in Quebec, Canada, the United States or elsewhere, they must be in the public domain. That is the purpose of this book.
£17.95
Intellect Art inSight - Understanding Art and Why It
Book SynopsisA first encounter with art is like meeting a stranger: it opens you to new ideas, people, places and parts of yourself. InArt inSight: Understanding Art and Why It Matters, Fanchon Silberstein delves into the first known art and explores what it can reveal about how its makers saw the world and how contemporary artists can help us to see our own.
£999.99
Bayou Publishing Teach Me Success!: Teaching Character Education
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Center for Global Development The Rebirth of Education: From 19th-Century
Book SynopsisDespite great progress around the world in getting more kids into schools, too many leave without even the most basic skills. In India's rural Andhra Pradesh, for instance, only about one in twenty children in fifth grade can perform basic arithmetic. The problem is that schooling is not the same as learning. In The Rebirth of Education, Lant Pritchett uses two metaphors from nature to explain why. The first draws on Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom's book about the difference between centralized and decentralized organizations, The Starfish and the Spider. Schools systems tend be centralized and suffer from the limitations inherent in top-down designs. The second metaphor is the concept of isomorphic mimicry. Pritchett argues that many developing countries superficially imitate systems that were successful in other nations - much as a nonpoisonous snake mimics the look of a poisonous one. Pritchett argues that the solution is to allow functional systems to evolve locally out of an environment pressured for success. Such an ecosystem needs to be open to variety and experimentation, locally operated, and flexibly financed. The only main cost is ceding control; the reward would be the rebirth of education suited for today's world.Trade Review"UN Declaration of Human Rights Article 26 guarantees the right of every child to free elementary education. Today, nearly 90 percent of children are enrolled in primary school, but enrollment is only the first step. Pritchett's insightful analysis and rigorous evidence point to the next step in realizing every child's right to education: the need for governments and donors to move from a focus on enrollment to a focus on learning." S. E. M. Vuk Jeremic, president of the 67th Session of the United Nations General Assembly|"A timely call to build on the success of expanding schooling to now focus the same dedication, energy, resources, and creativity on learning. Innovation in close partnership with our developing-country colleagues, whose voices must be heard on the systemic challenges, will be critical to the success of this next phase." Alice Albright, CEO of the Global Partnership for Education|"With abundant data, experience, and clear thinking, Pritchett makes a compelling case for why more of the same won't cut it anymore, how we need to think deeply about how change happens and who can drive it, and why we need to be suspicious of experts and blueprints." Rakesh Rajani, founder and head of Twaweza|"Lant Pritchett's recommendations will disappoint both orthodox economists and orthodox educators since they do not reinforce any of the standard recipes. But those willing to be convinced by Pritchett's logic and the particular blend of caring and impishness that characterizes his writing will be justifiably alarmed, then enlightened, and finally filled with hope. I urge all my colleagues to read it immediately." Luis Crouch, chief technical officer, International Development Group|"With his unique voice, full of data and analogies (after all, what book on education reform also mentions snakes, spiders, and elephants?), Lant Pritchett will make people rethink what they know (or think they know) about education, schooling, and learning." Elizabeth King, director of education, World Bank|"Lant Pritchett's pathbreaking and courageous work exposes the scandal of education policy which contents itself with achieving quantitative targets on student enrollment even when no real education is happening. Pritchett documents convincingly the problem of missing education, while offering constructive alternatives to the unacceptable complacency of the status quo. Nobody reading this book will ever think about education the same way again." William Easterly, professor of economics, New York University
£20.85
African American Images 100+ Educational Strategies to Teach Children of
Book SynopsisBecause the attrition rate for new teachers in high-poverty schools averages between 40% and 50% over the first five years of teaching, this investigation offers practical solutions to more than 100 of the daily challenges they face. With an emphasis on pragmatic approaches that can be accomplished in the classroom, the book argues that many of the skills necessary for teaching in urban schools are not properly taught in university programs and that most white teachers simply have to learn by experience. Written from a black perspective and supported by real-life examples and details rather than theory, this helpful compendium of advice and expertise tackles issues of race and class while outlining the many ways in which the American school system is designed to contribute to a teacher's struggle.
£13.25
African American Images The Miseducation of Black Children
Book SynopsisParents and teachers of black children who wish to confront the failures of the education system that have not been remedied by the No Child Left Behind Act will appreciate this dissection of the root issues affecting academic achievement. Postulating that teachers' expectations of black children are too low, the book argues the importance of nurturing needy students even under nondiscriminatory standardization policies that can help raise a school's overall level of excellence. It also addresses the problem of new teachers not being adequately educated to understand the wide variety of learning styles, therefore unintentionally eliminating the best methods to reach a child. Finally, by pinpointing the irrelevance of certain aspects of the curriculum to particular subsets of students, the book makes a powerful argument that black children could be better educated with a more directed approach.
£14.36
African American Images 200+ Educational Strategies to Teach Children of
Book SynopsisWith an emphasis on pragmatic approaches that can be accomplished in the classroom, this almanac of teaching solutions provides inner-city educators with 100 all-new strategies to daily challenges. As turnover rates remain excessively high among teachers in urban schools—83 percent of whom are white females who were ill-prepared by their college programs—the type of firsthand experience offered by this helpful manual continues to be an essential source of training. The advice and expertise presented is fully supported by real-life examples rather than intangible theory, and the details directly tackle issues of race and class while offering a legitimate criticism of the American school system that poses many of the problems that teachers face.
£13.25
African American Images Reducing the Black Male Dropout Rate
Book SynopsisOutlining the 10 most significant reasons behind the high drop-out rate amongst black male students, this guide provides more than 30 solutions towards addressing this national crisis. Revealing that currently close to one half of black males do not graduate from high school, this exploration pursues the causes behind this alarming statistic and looks at many angles of the issue, including poor parental involvement, low expectations from teachers, boredom, negative peer pressure, and lack of positive role models. The solutions presented—including smaller classes, single gender classrooms, relevant Afro-centric curriculums, cooperative learning, motivational speakers, and higher expectations from teachers—are designed to provide prevention strategies for administrators and teachers, as well as empowerment principles for students.
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African American Images Understanding Black Male Learning Styles
Book SynopsisOffering information for use inside and outside of the classroom, this educational resource delineates how black males learn differently from other students and what can be done to most effectively reach them. Outlining the differences as both behavioral (attention span, aggression, maturation, energy level, and pressure from peers) and educational (verbal skills, organization, gross and fine motor skills, and reading interests) among others, this proposal provides real-world experiences alongside theories, making this an essential guide for educators, parents, counselors, psychologists, and others involved with black male adolescents. A section on how the majority of teachers, who are nonblack and female, can extend their education to overcome differences within the normal classroom setting, and help to reduce the number of black males in special education, is also provided.
£13.25
African American Images Educating Black Girls
Book SynopsisMaking use of the latest trends and statistics, Educating Black Girls is a guidebook that looks at the academic performances of African American girls from kindergarten through high school. This work dissects such issues as the disproportionate number of black girls suspended from school; the low expectations of teachers; and the small number of African American girls who pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. It also offers more than 50 potential solutions for improving academic achievement.
£14.20
African American Images Asa: Honoring His Life and Work
Book SynopsisAsa Hilliard was an educator, historian, and psychologist whose research on IQ testing and cultural bias was respected nationwide, and this definitive book captures the full magnitude and lasting impact of his scholarship. The book looks at all aspects of his life and offers his perspective in several different academic areas, including early childhood, kindergarten through 12th grade, and college education; test bias; and the importance of African history and culture. Ideal for historians, educators, and psychologists, the book also explores how Hilliard’s legacy can be applied to current educational and cultural issues.
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African American Images Sight: Unveiling Black Student Achievement and
Book SynopsisRevealing the methods successful black students employ to achieve greatness, this study gives positive perspectives from a markedly difficult environment. Many questions are explored, including How do black students become successful leaders if teachers have low expectations? When faced with a boring curriculum, what can be done to foster enthusiasm and interest in the subject matter? How can black students excel if lesson plans are not congruent with their learning style? If the school is headed by an ineffective principal, what can be done? and How can black students perform to their utmost in a demoralizing school culture? The answers in this examination replace despondence with optimism and provide educators, parents, and students with strategies of hope.
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Harvard Educational Publishing Group Strategy in Action: How School Systems Can
Book SynopsisHow can we systemically improve the quality of classroom instruction and the learning and achievement of students? In an era when isolated examples of excellence are not good enough, we need systems that support improvement and excellence for all. This book describes how systems can effectively engage in this complex, challenging, and crucial work. The authors explore three core competencies of high-performing school systems: (1) understanding what the work is—a deep understanding of the core business of facilitating learning, a vision of what that looks like, and an awareness of where the system is in relation to that vision; (2) knowing how to do the work—a theory of action for improving instruction, a focus on key strategies, and effective alignment of resources; and (3) building the individual and organizational “habits of mind” that foster continuous improvement. Each chapter includes examples that illustrate key concepts in action, questions to spur self-assessment in key areas of competence, and tools and resources for building capacity at different levels and stages of development.
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Solution Tree Press Now We're Talking: 21 Days to High-Performance
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