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  • Opportunity and Performance

    Equity for Children from Poverty

    Series series Opportunity and Performance
    Because everyone from policymakers to classroom teachers has a role in achieving greater equity for children from poverty, this book provides a sweeping chronicle of the historical turning points—judicial, legislative, and regulatory—on the road to greater equity, as background to the situation today. It provides succinct policy recommendations for states and districts, as well as practical ... Read more

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  • Cultivating Rural Education

    A People-Focused Approach for States

    Edited by Caitlin Howley, Sam Redding ...
    Series series Opportunity and Performance
    Rural life is more complex than it is perhaps credited. This edited volume explores several themes that highlight such complexities, particularly in terms of what they imply for rural teaching and learning. These themes include the geographic, demographic, and socioeconomic diversity within and across rural communities; the notion that rurality is not a deficit but rather a context; and the array ... Read more

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  • Handbook on Statewide Systems of Support

    Series series Opportunity and Performance
    (published in co-operation with The Center on Innovation & Improvement)As subsequent chapters point out, the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) requires states to provide assistance to districts in improving the schools within their purview. Of course, the U.S. Constitution and federal laws leave the control of education largely to the states, and states have long provided support to school districts ... Read more

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  • Managing Performance Strategically in Education Agencies

    A Guidebook for Strategic Performance Management

    Series series Opportunity and Performance
    This book gives an education leader a practical path to organizational effectiveness, shared sense of direction, and clear focus on outcomes for students. Setting a clear direction, structuring personnel for the greatest productivity, engaging everyone in meaningful work, tracking organizational performance, and encouraging innovation are fundamental concerns for every kind of education ... Read more

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  • Handbook on Personalized Learning for States, Districts, and Schools

    Series series Opportunity and Performance
    The recent passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) presents new opportunities and greater flexibility in efforts to personalize learning for all children. The Handbook on Personalized Learning for States, Districts, and Schools provides insight and guidance on maximizing that new flexibility.Produced by the Center on Innovations in Learning (CIL), one of seven national content centers ... Read more

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  • The State Role in School Turnaround

    Emerging Best Practices

    Series series Opportunity and Performance
    With chapters written by leading researchers and practitioners actively engaged in the work, this Edited Volume examines the role of the state education agency in school turnaround efforts. An emphasis is placed on practical application of research and best practice related to the State Education Agency’s (SEA’s) critical leadership role in driving and supporting successful school turnaround ... Read more

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  • Handbook on Family and Community Engagement

    Series series Opportunity and Performance
    Thirty-six of the best thinkers on family and community engagement were assembled to produce this Handbook, and they come to the task with varied backgrounds and lines of endeavor. Each could write volumes on the topics they address in the Handbook, and quite a few have. The authors tell us what they know in plain language, succinctly presented in short chapters with practical suggestions for ... Read more

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  • The Handbook on Innovations in Learning

    Series series Opportunity and Performance
    An innovation in learning improves upon the implementation of the standard practice or introduces a new practice, thus achieving greater learning outcomes. The Handbook on Innovations in Learning, developed by the Center on Innovations in Learning, presents commissioned chapters describing current best practices of instruction before embarking on descriptions of selected innovative practices which ... Read more

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  • Career Development Practice in Canada

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    Many of Canada's foremost career practitioners have contributed to this unique textbook for students of career development - the first to describe the principles and ethical practice of career development in a Canadian context, and to examine the development and maturing of the profession in Canada. Designed with content, resources, and activities to be a learning tool for students, a resource for ... Read more

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  • Perfect Phrases for School Administrators

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    Series series Perfect Phrases Series
    Find the right words to communicate with teachers, other educators, personnel, vendors, and morePerfect Phrases for School Administrators contains features the key words, phrases, acronyms, jargon and buzzwords used in the field of education and training. You can use these words to write teacher evaluations, settle union issues and contract disputes, deal with vendors and sales reps, communicate ... Read more

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  • Linking Leadership to Student Learning

    Linking Leadership to Student LearningLinking Leadership to Student Learning clearly shows how school leadership improves student achievement. The book is based on an ambitious five-year study on educational leadership that was sponsored by The Wallace Foundation. The authors studied 43 districts, across 9 states and 180 elementary, middle, and secondary schools. In this book, Kenneth Leithwood, ... Read more

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