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The professional development school (PDS) is an educational reform initiative that attempts the simultaneous reform of education at all levels from primary to university. In this text, a case study is used to describe the growth of a PDS partnership.

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It is self-evident that parents and children garner the benefits of a great teacher but also pay some kind of price for anything less than a sterling teacher. Likewise, teachers and children share the advantages of committed, capable parents, but also suffer consequences when ...

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Dealing with the A to Z of management in FE, this book includes over fifty entries, from key terms in management theory to exemplary figures in FE and various trends. The entries range from benchmarking and funding, right through to mergers, paperwork and quality.

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A Toolkit for Department Chairs is designed to give academic administrators the skills they need in order to do their jobs more effectively. Combining case studies, scenarios, practical advice, and problem solving activities, the book offers chairs a valuable resource for neg...

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A Toolkit for Department Chairs is designed to give academic administrators the skills they need in order to do their jobs more effectively. Combining case studies, scenarios, practical advice, and problem solving activities, the book offers chairs a valuable resource for nego...

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This book shows you what you can look forward to as a school building administrator, takes you through the wild and unpredictable situations as they play out, and offers suggestions for how to handle these issues going forward. So, if you are a school building administrator, a...

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This book shows you what you can look forward to as a school building administrator, takes you through the wild and unpredictable situations as they play out, and offers suggestions for how to handle these issues going forward. So, if you are a school building administrator, a...

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Shows that the communist system in science and higher education was created less by an intentionally-imposed Soviet model than by the pressures and agendas developed within communist societies to reshape science and learning in successive periods of upheaval and consolidation.

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Typically mainstream classroom teachers and principals do not purchase books solely on academic language literacy because they see this as the domain of the ESL teacher. Academic Language Literacy infuses this knowledge through a three pronged approach (content, context, and process) to effective professional development.

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The book combines knowledge, experience and research to provide superintendents with the wisdom necessary to achieve success in their role.

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Teach students to apply the Big6 skills to help them achieve state and national standards and then watch both their understanding and test scores sky-rocket! Help students at all levels acquire the skills they will need to achieve local, state, and national standards using this well-organized, ready-to-use book.

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Committed and charismatic leadership, extensive community participation, the availability of enhanced educational components to guarantee a high quality of education, cooperative city-state relations, and a metropolitan region large enough to discourage white flight are qualities likely to encourage the achievement of racial balance.

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Achieving Results explains maximum preparedness for educators, at all levels, is essential in identifying the needs of students, and creating positive, safe learning environments. It presents the need for inclusive environments and strong relationships between stakeholders to harness the contributions of the school community.

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Action Research in the Classroom: Helping Teachers Assess and Improve their Work guides teacher-researchers through the process of using action research in their practice to improve students' learning and teachers' teaching. The book uses actual classroom examples to assist as...

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A unique reference work providing information and resources on the main issues concerning the education of African Americans over the past two decades.

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This book addresses how educators create more inclusive K-12 classrooms for African-born students in American schools. The authors analyze how gender, spirituality, colonization, and religious affiliation as well as American-rooted factors complicate the integration of these students into the educational school system in the United States.

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This book addresses how educators create more inclusive K-12 classrooms for African-born students in American schools. The authors analyze how gender, spirituality, colonization, and religious affiliation as well as American-rooted factors complicate the integration of these students into the educational school system in the United States.

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This groundbreaking study fills a significant gap in educational research literature as it explores the problem of persistent and pervasive underachievement by African-American students in the public schools of the United States.

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Although schools with an African-centered educational focus have existed for over 200 years, they have most often been independent institutions. This exploration has proceeded in a number of ways: in Baltimore, MD, African-centered education was instituted in selected classrooms within an otherwise traditional school.