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The primary focus of the book is to emphasize the major changes in the leadership responsibilities of the school principal and to underscore the necessity for them to gain new knowledge and skills in order to direct their leadership toward meeting the new changes in school-com...

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The primary focus of the book is to emphasize the major changes in the leadership responsibilities of the school principal and to underscore the necessity for them to gain new knowledge and skills in order to direct their leadership toward meeting the new changes in school-com...

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This book provides a foundational understanding of the charter school principalship through the lens of culture, mission and vision.

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This book provides a foundational understanding of the charter school principalship through the lens of culture, mission and vision.

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The comprehensive approach to developmental challenges including autism, PDD, language and speech problems, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, ADD, and other related disorders.

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Contributors from early childhood studies, brain research, educational psychology, and movement and physical education highlight the importance of education through play or play for its own sake, arguing that it is as important to development as nutrition, health, shelter, and education. They discus

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Between 2002 and 2016, the federal government, state governments, and school districts undertook unprecedented measures to improve the lowest-performing schools. This book draws on dozens of actual examples to illustrate the wide range of interventions adopted over this time ...

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Between 2002 and 2016, the federal government, state governments, and school districts undertook unprecedented measures to improve the lowest-performing schools. This book draws on dozens of actual examples to illustrate the wide range of interventions adopted over this time ...

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This book reports the results of a ten-year study of the British university admissions system.

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In this haunting memoir, Douglas breaks the code of silence to reveal the emptiness and loneliness of living a life of privilege. Readers follow the author's parents, a politically ambitious charmer and his stylish wife, whose lives slide into a tailspin of tragedy, abuse, and wealth without value.

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This book examines the psychic and emotional effects of the dehumanization of children based on discrimination and difference in classrooms. Using psychoanalysis, it highlights the emotional structures that develop in learners through the repeated trauma of racism and homophobia. Recommended for scholars in education, psychoanalysis, and sociology.

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According to Edward Pauly, education reformers have looked everywhere except the classroom, where education really takes place. Drawing on in-depth interviews, this brilliant book shows that, more than anything else, it is the give-and-take between students and teachers that determines what is actually taught and learned.

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The Classroom Teachers Guide to Special Educationexplores the transformative role the classroom teacher plays in the lives of their students, including the lives of students with disabilities. This book leads teachers on a journey of discovery, introducing foundational practices that are not just beneficial but essential for every student.

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The Classroom Teachers Guide to Special Educationexplores the transformative role the classroom teacher plays in the lives of their students, including the lives of students with disabilities. This book leads teachers on a journey of discovery, introducing foundational practices that are not just beneficial but essential for every student.

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Each year, millions of American families struggle with the expense of higher education. For the past fifty years, the US government has helped students and families pay for college; but with the entire domestic policy agenda in flux, federal aid to education hangs in the balance. This book analyses government policies for helping students pay for education beyond high school.

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This book presents a new paradigm for higher education, one that focuses on the value added of postsecondary education as well as on student success beyond the traditional measure of college graduation rates, a model which merges conventional practices and supports for students with non-traditional partnerships with successful non-completers.

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This book presents a new paradigm for higher education, one that focuses on the value added of postsecondary education as well as on student success beyond the traditional measure of college graduation rates, a model which merges conventional practices and supports for students with non-traditional partnerships with successful non-completers.

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This book examines the complicated personal and institutional factors that influence a student's decision to terminate his studies; it investigates ways to enable him to resume his education and utilize his talents. The opening chapters approach the problem from an administrative point of view, reporting on statistical and psychological research an

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