Primary and middle schools Books
Johns Hopkins University Press Shortchanged
Book SynopsisShortchanged is a brilliant book.The Washington Post Author and high school English teacher Annie Abrams reveals how the College Board's emphasis on standardized testing has led the AP program astray. Every year, millions of students take Advanced Placement (AP) exams hoping to score enough points to earn college credit and save on their tuition bill. But are they getting a real college education? The College Board says that AP classes and exams make the AP program more accessible and represent a step forward for educational justice. But the program's commitment to standardized testing no longer reflects its original promise of delivering meaningful college-level curriculum to high school students. In Shortchanged, education scholar Annie Abrams uncovers the political and pedagogical traditions that led to the program's development in the 1950s. In revealing the founders' intentions of aligning liberal arts education across high schools and colleges in ways they believed would protecTrade ReviewAbrams usefully shakes us out of our complacency about a program that seems good enough only because we expect so little of it.—Wall Street Journal[Abrams] says the [AP] program hurts students and the values of the liberal arts....The most damning portions of the book are on the present state of AP.—Inside Higher EdShortchanged is a brilliant book not just because of its content, but because of the way that Abrams grapples with the potential of a humanities....This book is everything we say that the humanities can do. And it's everything that, according to Abrams, the Advanced Placement regime is likely to destroy.—Washington PostAnnie Abrams's new book, Shortchanged, puts the story of Advanced Placement courses in perspective.It's an important read for anyone contemplating the time honored courses, either from a teacher or student perspective. And it is a reminder that while the name 'College Board' sounds like some sort of quasi-governmental entity overseeing higher education, they are simply a private company with products to market.—Peter Greene, ForbesTable of ContentsIntroduction: Collecting DataPart 1: Validity1. Rational Reform2. Common Purposes and Common Standards3. The BlueprintPart 2: Accountability4. Copy Paste Classroom5. Artificial Intelligence6. Better CitizensConclusion: Opportunity and TransparencyEpilogue: Formative AssessmentsAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
£18.45
Johns Hopkins University Press Leveraging the EducationHealth Connection
Book SynopsisOn the interdependent relationship between health and academic achievement. Research indicates that healthy children are more likely to succeed in school and that individuals who attain higher levels of education are more likely to experience better health outcomes in adulthood. To promote and support children's academic success, educators must view student health as an education issue. At the same time, public health professionals must view students' academic success as a public health issue. In Leveraging the Education-Health Connection, David A. Birch explores this interdependent relationship and lays out strategies to improve outcomes for both education and health. Birch provides evidence and recommendations on the links between student health and academic success and between education attainment and adult health outcomes; the impacts of social injustice and early childhood experiences on health and education; strategies for minimizing absenteeism, promoting students' and theirTable of ContentsPreface1. Health and Education – An Interdependent Relationship2. Education and Health Disparities: The Connection to Social Justice3. Early Childhood4. High School Graduation – Attending, Connecting, Succeeding5. Quality School: Important Considerations6. The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Model: A Commitment to Health and Learning7. Moving Forward: Mobilizing a Social MovementAppendixReferencesIndex
£26.10
Johns Hopkins University Press Report Cards
Book SynopsisThe definitive history of the report card. Report cards represent more than just an account of academic standing and attendance. The report card also serves as a tool of control and as a microcosm for the shifting power dynamics among teachers, parents, school administrators, and students. In Report Cards: A Cultural History, Wade H. Morris tells the story of American education by examining the history of this unique element of student life. In the nearly two hundred-year evolution of the report card, this relic of academic bookkeeping reflected broader trends in the United States: the republican zealotry and religious fervor of the antebellum period, the failed promises of postwar Reconstruction for the formerly enslaved, the changing gender roles in newly urbanized cities, the overreach of the Progressive child-saving movement in the early twentieth century, andby the 1930sthe increasing faith in an academic meritocracy. The use of report cards expanded with the growth of school buTable of ContentsList of FiguresAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Civil War, Pandemic, and Report CardsChapter 1. Rousing the Attention of ParentsChapter 2. Unity, Efficiency, and Freed PeopleChapter 3. Overworn Mothers and Unfed MindsChapter 4. The Eye of the Juvenile CourtChapter 5. Mobility, Anxiety, and MeritChapter 6. The Pursuit of Educational DignityConclusion. Pulling Weeds and Foucault FatigueAppendix I. Depiction of African American Parents in American Missionary, 1867–1881Appendix II. Ladies Home Journal and the Defense of TeachersNotesEssay on SourcesIndex
£26.10
Johns Hopkins University Press STEM Education in Underserved Schools
Book SynopsisOffers a model for increasing equity in STEM education at the K12 level in the United States. In STEM Education in Underserved Schools, editor Julia V. Clark addresses an urgent national problem: the need to provide all students with a quality STEM education. Clark brings together a prestigious group of scholars to uncover the factors that impede equity and access in STEM education teaching and learning and provides research-based strategies to address these inequities. This contributed volume demonstrates that students of color and those from lower socioeconomic communities have less access to qualified science and mathematics teachers, less access to strong STEM curriculum, less access to resources, and fewer classroom opportunities than their peers at other schools. Identifying the challenges and best practices related to producing more equitable and inclusive routes to access STEM education and professions, contributors explain how to positively impact the trajectory of individuaTable of ContentsForewordEdmund W. GordonAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. An Overview of STEM Education in the United StatesJulia V. ClarkChapter 2. The Role of Assessment in Driving Change in STEM Teaching and LearningJoseph Krajcik, Emily Adah Miller, and Susan CodereChapter 3. The Achievement Gap in Mathematics and Science: Barriers to a Quality STEM EducationJulia V. ClarkChapter 4. Transforming Teaching and Learning in the STEM ClassroomEllen B. MeierChapter 5. Science and Engineering Curriculum and Instruction That Promotes Equity and Justice: Hidden Spots, Bright Spots, Hot Spots, and Gathering SpotsHeidi B. Carlone and Elizabeth A. DavisChapter 6. Chronicling Education Challenges in STEM EducationJulia V. ClarkChapter 7. Finnish Middle School Curriculum of STEM Subjects Emphasizes PISA and Transversal CompetenciesJari M. Lavonen and Do-Yong ParkChapter 8. STEM Education in Singapore: Issues of Equity, Access, and ExcellenceJason TanChapter 9. Building Synergies to Ensure Greater Access to Quality STEM Opportunities for All Australian StudentsDebra PanizzonChapter 10. STEM Education Reform through International Innovation and CollaborationJulia V. ClarkChapter 11. Equity, Access, and Excellence: Making STEM a World-Class Education for All StudentsJulia V. ClarkContributorsAbout the EditorIndex
£29.70
Barcharts, Inc Elementary School Tips Tricks
Book SynopsisWhether you are worried about homework or bullying, the demands on our children are so high parents need some support up their sleeves. This 6-page laminated guide offers a plan to deal with every high hurdle as school keeps changing academically and socially. Be inspired at a glance by having answers to tough questions. Suggested uses: Parents -- you can't read a parental support book every night, but you can read the essentials in a handy easy-to-skim format Teachers -- a good reference to keep handy for supporting parents and answering their questions Schools -- a powerful tool to offer parents when facing a new year of school that will strengthen the school, parent, student and teacher team
£15.24
Hal Leonard Corporation Technology Integration in the Elementary Music
Book SynopsisThis is a landmark resource for elementary school teachers who wish to enhance their curriculum with the excitement of music technology. The lessons can be adapted and used in a general classroom setting with one computer or in a classroom where the music teacher transports the materials on a cart. Support audio files MIDI files and other electronic documents can be accessed for free through a dedicated web site. Includes a glossary and index.
£18.99
Shell Educational Publishing Increasing Fluency with High Frequency Word
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£21.32
Trafford Publishing Teaching English as a Second Language A Guide for Teaching Children Tesl or Tefl
£11.41
Celebration Press (NJ) Words Their Way Classroom 2019 EmergentEarly
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£14.40
Capstone Press Forest Doubles Wonder Readers Fluent Level
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£6.64
