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Principals and district administrators will learn ways to develop, sustain, monitor, and lead schools and districts striving for growth mindset learning environments.

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This book describes a comprehensive school reform approach that reduces resistance to school reform and increases the likelihood of creating a caring learning community. Creating a "high-performing" school is an organizational approach to school reform that creates a distinctl...

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This book offers an internal strategic planning process facilitating movement toward district wide student-centered learning. The Best Practice subjects discussed during the planning process, and covered herein, are selected to focus attention on their district and where on the continuum of the practice does their district currently stand.

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This book offers an internal strategic planning process facilitating movement toward district wide student-centered learning. The Best Practice subjects discussed during the planning process, and covered herein, are selected to focus attention on their district and where on the continuum of the practice does their district currently stand.

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Eight case studies of teacher leadership are represented in this book.

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Eight case studies of teacher leadership are represented in this book.

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Creating a Democratic Climate for Kids is a guide to assist educators and parents in developing new strategies as they stimulate todays kids into becoming self-reliant, self-disciplined and self-managing individuals.

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This timely book provides a Deweyan approach to the acquisition of dispositions against the NCATE requirement for the development of a conceptual framework that is lived and continuously evaluated. The work is, therefore, vital to colleges of education that are pursuing educat...

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This book poses and answers two questions: (a) whether it is possible for the science of education to develop into a discipline that could constructively impact the education of students and, if so (b) what type of research would be required for this transformation.

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This book poses and answers two questions: (a) whether it is possible for the science of education to develop into a discipline that could constructively impact the education of students and, if so (b) what type of research would be required for this transformation.

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It is never easy to begin an innovative practice in any educational organization. The inertia of the existing culture can often be overwhelming. Michael K. Raible provides insights into how to create an environment in which performance-based innovations can flourish. Many scho...

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It is never easy to begin an innovative practice in any educational organization. The inertia of the existing culture can often be overwhelming. Michael K. Raible provides insights into how to create an environment in which performance-based innovations can flourish. Many scho...

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The goal of the book is to assist new and experienced leaders in achieving a successful administrative experience.

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This book is an interdisciplinary guide for middle grades (4th through 8th grade, though it can be adapted to lower and higher levels of learning), in social studies, language arts, mathematics and art production.

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This book is an interdisciplinary guide for middle grades in social studies, language arts, and art production. The curriculum allows students to explore cultures and civilizations through enriching content, engaging activities, and problem-solving experiences. Cooperative learning and inquiry-based opportunities are explored in every lesson.

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This book is an interdisciplinary guide to connect art lessons with core curriculum. Social studies, language arts, math, and/or science are supported in every unit. It is an ideal source for elementary and middle school teachers to enrich their curriculum. It is an invaluable tool for art teachers.

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Creating Calm Classrooms focuses exclusively on how to make any teacher an effective classroom manager and teacher.

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This book examines the critical role that teachers play in supporting at-risk student populations to stay in school and successfully complete their graduation requirements. Thompson addresses how high schools may support marginal students in achieving success by the implementation of teacher self-efficacy and a positive classroom environment.

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Creating Culturally Responsive Schools: One Classroom at a Time strives to help teachers discover not only what it means to be a culturally responsive educator, but also how to strengthen a schools staff in cultural awareness, respect, and value and how to use this knowledge to increase all student achievement.

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Creating Culturally Responsive Schools: One Classroom at a Time strives to help teachers discover not only what it means to be a culturally responsive educator, but also how to strengthen a schools staff in cultural awareness, respect, and value and how to use this knowledge to increase all student achievement.

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This book explains how the mismatch between function and form is creating circumstances that are putting the future of public education at risk, leading to system dysfunction, deregulation, and privatization. Public education needs to be redesigned and reformatted to match the function of the age in which we now live.

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This book explains how the mismatch between function and form is creating circumstances that are putting the future of public education at risk, leading to system dysfunction, deregulation, and privatization. Public education needs to be redesigned and reformatted to match the function of the age in which we now live.

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This book focuses primarily on elementary to middle school transitions.

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This book focuses primarily on elementary to middle school transitions.