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“joe brewer”

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  • Dumb Ideas Won't Create Smart Kids

    Straight Talk About Bad School Reform, Good Teaching, and Better Learning

    by Eric M. Haas, Gustavo E. Fischman, Joe Brewer ...
    If you want to actually do something about providing excellent education for every child in America, this is the book for you. Using insights from cognitive science, educational research, and the social sciences, the authors examine the compelling nature of four “dumb ideas” at the center of current education policy and practice: Simplifying knowledge helps students learn more and faster. Teaching ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

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  • Motion Leadership in Action

    More Skinny on Becoming Change Savvy

    by Michael Fullan ...
    Success stories from the US and around the world illustrate how educators can use a small number of specific actions to generate momentum for lasting change. ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Students with Disabilities Can Meet Accountability Standards

    A Roadmap for School Leaders

    by John O'Connor ...
    This book provides a road map for all school leaders as they attempt to improve the achievement of students with disabilities. In today's accountability system, school personnel are responsible for ensuring that all groups of students, including students with disabilities, show sufficient progress. If the disability subgroup fails to meet accountability standards, then the school (and the district ... Read more

    $42.09 USD

  • The Injustice of Justice

    by Donald Grady II ...
    The Injustice of Justice is a purposeful book designed to introduce the public as well as the profession to an alternate method of policing with a whole-community and responsibility-based approach. Don has written the book from the perspective of a businessman whose interest and subsequent involvement stems first from his employee, then a compassionate and compelling group of individuals in law ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Military Brass vs. Civilian Academics at the National War College

    A Clash of Cultures

    by Howard J. Wiarda ...
    The National War College at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C., is the apex of the American system of military Professional Military Education (PME) Schools. The War College has trained such leading foreign policy specialists as former National Security Director Brent Scowcroft, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, and current National Security Director James Jones.Yet, despite its prestige, not ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

  • Raising the Stakes

    From Improvement to Transformation in the Reform of Schools

    by Brian J. Caldwell, Jim Spinks ...
    Series series Leading School Transformation
    Raising the Stakes provides an understanding of the breadth of resources that are needed in order to provide a quality education to all students so that every individual, organisation and institution can become a stakeholder in the enterprise.This comprehensive book draws on best practice in several countries to show how resources can be allocated to help achieve high expectations for all schools. ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Teacher Leadership That Strengthens Professional Practice

    by Charlotte Danielson ...
    Every school relies on teachers who informally and voluntarily lead various efforts in the school. These teachers may not be appointed leaders or paid leaders, but they are committed leaders: they see a need and they respond to it. What do these teacher leaders do that is different from the work of excellent teachers who are not teacher leaders? If we can articulate those skills, says Charlotte ... Read more

    $26.29 USD

  • Leading Unstoppable Learning

    boost leadership efficacy and create a school climate in which teachers manage positive classroom environments

    by Rebecca L. Stinson ...
    Designed for K–12 leaders, this book examines how to develop responsive leadership characteristics that establish positive learning climates and foster schoolwide success. The author shares key strategies and practices for establishing a sustainable learning culture, such as creating an inclusive environment, inspiring teachers to become leaders, and supporting the creation of student-centered ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Doubling Student Performance

    . . . And Finding the Resources to Do It

    Edited by Allan R. Odden, Sarah J. Archibald ...
    "In my work, I see the power of good schools to change young lives for the better almost every day. This book takes us behind the doors of unusually high-performing high-poverty schools to show us how they do it and where they get the funding. The book is a valuable tool for educators who want to improve their results and a reminder to parents and policy makers that we should never expect less." ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Testing Leadership

    Assessing Your Leadership Talents

    by P. Casse, P.G. Claudel ...
    This book is a compilation of tests in relation to the practice of leadership. These tests have been designed by the authors in the course of their teaching and consulting activities, and validated through hundreds of seminars all over the world with a large number of participants offering all kinds of different profiles and operating in various functions within a great variety of for profit and ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Circulating Communities

    The Tactics and Strategies of Community Publishing

    Edited by Paula Mathieu, Steven J. Parks, Tiffany Rousculp ...
    Series series Cultural Studies/Pedagogy/Activism
    Circulating Communities: The Tactics and Strategies of Community Publishing, edited by Paula Mathieu, Steve Parks, and Tiffany Rousculp, represents the first attempt to gather the myriad of community and college publishing projects, providing not only history and analysis but extended samples of the community writing produced. Rather than feature only the voices of academic scholars, this ... Read more

    $104.49 USD

  • The Moral Work of Teaching and Teacher Education

    Preparing and Supporting Practitioners

    by Matthew N. Sanger, Richard D. Osguthorpe ...
    What makes teaching a moral endeavor? How can we prepare classroom practitioners for engaging in that moral endeavor in meaningful and effective ways? This volume brings together leading scholar who draw upon both their academic expertise and substantial wisdom of practice to offer a variety of perspectives on the challenge of preparing today’s teachers for the moral work of teaching.Book Features ... Read more

    $32.39 USD