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  • Introduction to Teaching

    Helping Students Learn

    by James Johnson, Diann Musial, Annette Johnson, Robb Cooper, Jim Lockard ...
    Introduction to Teaching: Helping Students Learn provides students and instructors with the tools with which they can achieve the many goals of today's Introduction to Education course or its equivalent. The book introduces prospective teachers to the dynamic world of teaching and learning and to the realities of the classroom experience by providing engaging student-focused activities, rich real ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • Leaders of Learning: How District, School, and Classroom Leaders Improve Student Achievement

    How District, School, and Classroom Leaders Improve Student Achievement

    by Richard DuFour, Robert J. Marzano ...
    For many years, the authors have been fellow travelers on the journey to help educators improve their schools. Their first coauthored book focuses on district leadership, principal leadership, and team leadership, and addresses how individual teachers can be most effective in leading students—by learning with colleagues how to implement the most promising pedagogy in their classrooms. ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice

    Edited by Nitin Nohria, Rakesh Khurana ...
    Scores of books and articles have been written in the popular press and mainstream marketplace about leadership: who leaders are, what they do, and why they matter. Yet in academia, there is a dearth of rigorous research, journal articles, or doctoral programs focused on leadership as a discipline. Why do top business schools espouse mission statements that promise to "educate the leaders of the ... Read more

    $32.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Uninformed

    Why People Seem to Know So Little about Politics and What We Can Do about It

    by Arthur Lupia ...
    Research polls, media interviews, and everyday conversations reveal an unsettling truth: citizens, while well-meaning and even passionate about current affairs, appear to know very little about politics. Hundreds of surveys document vast numbers of citizens answering even basic questions about government incorrectly. Given this unfortunate state of affairs, it is not surprising that more ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • "Proof," Policy, and Practice

    Understanding the Role of Evidence in Improving Education

    by Paul E. Lingenfelter ...
    How can we “fix” our schools? Improve graduation rates in college? What works?These are questions that make the headlines and vex policy makers, practitioners, and educational researchers. While they strive to improve society, there are frequently gulfs of mutual incomprehension among them.Academics, longing for more influence, may wrongly fault irrationality, ideology, or ignorance for the ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • The Columbia Guide to Social Work Writing

    Edited by Warren Green, Barbara Levy Simon ...
    Social work practitioners write for a variety of publications, and they are expected to show fluency in a number of related fields. Whether the target is a course instructor, scholarly journal, fellowship organization, or general news outlet, social workers must be clear, persuasive, and comprehensive in their writing, especially on provocative subjects. This first-of-its-kind guide features top ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Fundamentals of Curriculum

    Passion and Professionalism

    by Decker F. Walker ...
    Graduate students and teachers of introductory graduate courses in curriculum have many textbooks to choose from. What is special about Fundamentals of Curriculum: Passion and Professionalism, Second Edition?Content and approach: Clear, focused, and tightly structured, this text provides essential information and resources education professionals need to effectively deal with the urgent and ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Making the Common Core Standards Work

    Using Professional Development to Build World-Class Schools

    by Robert J. Manley, Richard J. Hawkins ...
    Essential reading for school leaders!With the Common Core State Standards adopted by the vast majority of U.S. states, educators face the challenge of translating the standards into successful, positive change within schools. Written for school leaders, this practical guide offers a blueprint for implementing and exceeding the new standards using very targeted professional development.Readers will ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Deeper Learning

    Beyond 21st Century Skills

    Edited by James A. Bellanca ...
    Series series Solutions
    Education authorities from around the globe explore deeper learning, a process that promotes higher-order thinking, reasoning, and problem solving to better educate students and prepare them for college and careers. Relying on research as well as their own experience, the authors show how to use intensive curriculum, instruction, assessment, and leadership practices to meet the needs of 21st ... Read more

    $34.59 USD

  • Tyranny of the Textbook

    An Insider Exposes How Educational Materials Undermine Reforms

    by Beverlee Jobrack ...
    Educational reforms and standards have been a topic of public debate for decades, with the latest go-round being the State Common Core Curriculum Standards. But time and again those reforms have failed, and each set of standards, no matter how new and different, has had little impact on improving student achievement. Why? The textbooks. Textbooks sell based on design and superficial features, not ... Read more

    $29.19 USD

  • Public Policy and Program Evaluation

    by Evert Vedung ...
    Series series Comparative Policy Evaluation
    Evaluation is a controversial and little-understood strategy of public governance, control, and decision making. As early as classical antiquity, scholars were summoned to court to counsel kings. Public policy and program evaluation is a recent addition to the great chain of attempts to use the brainpower of scholars and scientists to further the interests of the state. Evaluation scholars are ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • High-Poverty, High-Performing Schools

    Foundations for Real Student Success

    by Ovid K. Wong ...
    In a recent international comparative study, the United States public schools did not fare well with the rest of the world. To the disappointment of many, the No Child Left Behind law did little to improve student achievement. Nevertheless, a small pocket of poverty schools worked against the odds of limited resources and performed to new heights of academic excellence. These high-poverty, high ... Read more

    $32.39 USD