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Educators and parents are now expected to work as a team and share in the responsibility of providing children with the best educational experience possible that will, in turn, create students who feel good about themselves and are equipped with the skills to be productive mem...

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An examination of the education system in England as compared with neighbouring countries, such as France. This text shows what pupils in England and France are doing in the classroom and what standards they achieve. The voices of the pupils themselves articulate numerous perceptions.

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This timely and important book by a former Commissioner of Education for both New Jersey and Rhode Island, presents a radically different point of view on the role of government in public education.

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Public School Finance Decoded discusses why the finance department needs to have a seat at the table during discussions about how to educate the whole child. Written in plain language, this book will empower school administrators to improve student achievement through understa...

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Public School Finance Decoded discusses why the finance department needs to have a seat at the table during discussions about how to educate the whole child. Written in plain language, this book will empower school administrators to improve student achievement through understa...

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Puerto Rico's colonial history under the United States has shaped the character of development and education in that territory.

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This work provides both theory and practice, presenting practical information to guide those who must deal with policy and procedural issues related to privatizing one or more school district functions.

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Deals with the process of publishing for tenure including writing journal articles and scholarly monographs, strategies for creating a publication record, and the ethics of writing.

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Deals with the process of publishing for tenure including writing journal articles and scholarly monographs, strategies for creating a publication record, and the ethics of writing.

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Public education is the vehicle that protects the core values of a democratic society. In the 21st century, leaders who possess the skills and disposition to defend the tower are needed to articulate an educational vision, establish creative problem solving, and foster continu...

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This book expands on the framework established in the original volume of Quality Teaching in a Culture of Coaching, providing many examples that can be incorporated into any educational environment.

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This work theorizes that models based on the classical sciences have misguided educational leadership. Dr Rettig shows his critique of the school administration structure with the story of Leslie O'Connor, a fictional administrator, who makes her way through familiar-seeming training techniques.

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Within a framework of cognitive dissonance, readers will continuously examine and reexamine their personal beliefs and perceptions. Readers will also investigate new information and varied perspectives related to urban schools. When readers finish this book, they will be on their way to becoming effective teachers in urban environments.

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Within a framework of cognitive dissonance, readers will continuously examine and reexamine their personal beliefs and perceptions. Readers will also investigate new information and varied perspectives related to urban schools. When readers finish this book, they will be on their way to becoming effective teachers in urban environments.

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Many scholars have done research that suggests that too many poor black and Latino families have child-rearing strategies and home environments that are inconsistent with school achievement. This book reports on an effort to intervene in the home life of a group of non-white p...

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Raising African American Males is comprised of strategies and interventions that can assist and improve African American males' achievement in all areas of academics as well as in their everyday lives. Theresa Harris and George Taylor provide pedagogical strategies that employ...

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Transformation of public education requires the reawakening of the sleeping giant in the room: the learners. Students, teachers, and principals must develop a learner-centric, standards-driven school. Reawakening the Learner is a guide to creating just such an environment. Con...

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Transformation of public education requires the reawakening of the sleeping giant in the room: the learners. Students, teachers, and principals develop a system of personalized mastery that challenges the current system. Re-Awakening the Learner, Second Edition guides to just...

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Real School Issues: Case Studies for Educators shares a series of application-based activities that highlight school issues and that are presented in each chapter with a case study, a brief literature review and guiding discussion questions, to be used with undergraduate and graduate students, and current educators.

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Real School Issues: Case Studies for Educators shares a series of application-based activities that highlight school issues and that are presented in each chapter with a case study, a brief literature review and guiding discussion questions, to be used with undergraduate and graduate students, and current educators.

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In a professional learning community, teachers are organized into teams, committed to meeting on a regular basis to study their teaching strategies and the effects of those strategies on the students in their classrooms. Whatever the organizational structure, the teams have one goal, that is to improve teaching so that student learning is improved.

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In a professional learning community, teachers are organized into teams, committed to meeting on a regular basis to study their teaching strategies and the effects of those strategies on the students in their classrooms. Whatever the organizational structure, the teams have one goal, that is to improve teaching so that student learning is improved.