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China's growing economic, military and political stability have, for the first time, started to gain international recognition. This monograph explores the nature of the implemented English language curriculum in China, focussing, in particular, on the pedagogy of secondary school teachers.

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International in its empirical and theoretical scope, this book contains a number of new ideas about teaching and addresses many of the recent changes that are occurring in teachers' work. It discusses both the need for change and the conditions of change in teaching.

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This book is about this countrys efforts to educate and raise the achievement level of large numbers of low-achieving students.

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This book is about this countrys efforts to educate and raise the achievement level of large numbers of low-achieving students.

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In these pages, however, Neuman shows how the odds can be changed, how we can break the cycle of poverty and disadvantage for children at risk After laying the critical groundwork for the need for changeexcessive waste with little effectthis book provides a vivid portrait of changing the odds for high-poverty children.

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Assessment, technology, and racial discrimination are three status quos that negatively impact the way educators teach and how students learn. The education system must change and courage is required to speak out against ideas and practices that do not work so we can improve learning for all students.

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Assessment, technology, and racial discrimination are three status quos that negatively impact the way educators teach and how students learn. The education system must change and courage is required to speak out against ideas and practices that do not work so we can improve learning for all students.

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Changing Tomorrow 3: Leadership Curriculum for High-Ability Students offers instructional activities for high-ability high school students based on the Common Core State Standards that emphasize critical and creative thinking skills and gives gifted students an opportunity to apply these skills in an integrative and substantive way.

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Introduces the debate surrounding teaching and learning in urban settings in contemporary Britain, and the impact this has on education. This text considers the way we approach teaching and learning in the urban context and examines the debates concerning developments in wider social, cultural, political and economic contexts.

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The purpose of this book is to provide teachers, principals, professors and students preparing for teaching the foundation - conceptual, theoretical, and methodological - they will need to be effective planners and evaluators of character education programmes and character educators.

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The purpose of this book is to provide teachers, principals, professors and students preparing for teaching the foundation - conceptual, theoretical, and methodological - they will need to be effective planners and evaluators of character education programmes and character educators.

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This collection provides teachers and librarians with Readers Theatre scripts to promote and reinforce character education. Readers Theatre scripts are grouped by grade level and age-appropriate theme.

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Character Development focuses on the creation of fully-realized, multidimensional protagonists and antagonists. Students practice first-drafting, editing, polishing, and sharing original paragraphs, scenes, and stories featuring the characters they have brought to life.

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Each of the 17 chapters focuses on a specific trait or virtue and identifies dozens of picture books, novels, biographies, and nonfiction titles that illustrate the trait and can be used as springboards to discussions.

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Charter schools are among the most debated and least understood phenomena in American education today. At the heart of these matters is a contested question of accountability.

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Describing how charter schools often lead to community renewal, this book takes the reader on an imaginary tour of a charter-based school system. It suggests that their legacy consists not only of helping millions of families obtain a better education for their children but also in renewing American public education itself.

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Examining school data going back more than a decade, this book measures how charter schools perform compared to traditional public schools. It argues that while charter schools may meet the most basic test of sound public policy, the evidence suggests they all too often fall short of advocates' claims.

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This volume brings together the most current empirical research on two important innovations reshaping American education today-voucher programs and charter schools.

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Check It Off! Pave Your Way through College to Career is an excellent resource for high-school students entering college and a great read for parents too! Unlike many of the career books out there, this book is a quick, easy read that focuses on the activities students should ...