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“james p comer”

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  • Six Pathways to Healthy Child Development and Academic Success

    The Field Guide to Comer Schools in Action

    Edited by Michael Ben-Avie, James P. Comer, Edward T. Joyner ...
    "Meets the highest standard of evidence for comprehensive school reforms that improve student achievement."Review of Educational Research, 2003"In a refreshing departure from today′s focus on academic testing, Comer′s SDP is designed to foster the development of the whole child. In Comer′s schools, children are taught not only academics but the skills and behaviors they need to be successful in ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • Rallying the Whole Village

    The Comer Process for Reforming Education

    Edited by James P. Comer, Norris M. Haynes, Edward T. Joyner, Michael Ben-Avie ...
    For three decades now, the Yale School Development Program’s “whole village” approach has been transforming schools into places where students learn, develop, and thrive. Even students at risk become eminently successful in the same schools when SDP practices are established. With nearly 600 school communities across the nation trained in child psychiatrist James Comer’s holistic model of child ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

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    Maggie's American Dream

    The Life and Times of a Black Family

    by James P. Comer ...
    Narrated by Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis ...

    Abridged

    2 hours 46 min

    The true story of Maggie Comer, an illiterate Southern Black woman who moves North to escape poverty and sexual and physical abuse. Unable to get the educuation she desperately desires, Maggie vows that her children will be educated. Working as a domestic, she raises five children who end up earning a total of thirteen college degrees between them.Told first in Maggie's own moving words, and then ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Connecting Leadership with Learning

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  • Finding, Preparing, and Supporting School Leaders

    Critical Issues, Useful Solutions

    by Sharon Conley, Naftaly S. Glasman, William H. Marinell, George J. Petersen, Roberta Trachtman, Scott C. Bauer, David F. Leach, Diana G. Pounder, Bruce S. Cooper, S. David Brazer, Margaret Terry Orr ...
    With dwindling funds and resources, tougher state and federal standards, and fatigue from more regulations and testing, many school administrators are giving up _or 'crashing' and leaving their posts. This book examines the process of preparing, encouraging, and retaining quality leaders at the school and district levels. Beginning with a chapter outlining six steps of critical organizational ... Read more

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  • Leading for Powerful Learning

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    by Angela Breidenstein, Kevin Fahey, Carl Glickman, Frances Hensley ...
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  • Positive Leadership

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  • Psychology Applied to Work®, 11th Edition

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  • From Discipline to Culturally Responsive Engagement

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  • Learning to Improve

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  • The Principal’s Guide to Curriculum Leadership

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