Self-help, personal development and practical advice

We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity: with ambition, drive, and talent, you can rise to the top of your chosen profession regardless of where you started out.

Very few PreK-12 teachers are adequately trained to address the gender identity and sexual identity of their students in a developmentally-appropriate and pedagogically-sound manner.

As editors of Breaking the Mold of School Instruction and Organization: Innovative and Successful Practices for the 21st Century (2010) and Breaking the Mold of Preservice and Inservice Teacher Education: Innovative and Successful Practices for the 21st Century (2011), we have explored innovative practices, many of which represent issues of diversity from multiple perspectives and schools of thought.

As schools are trying to connect with their students and assure that every student has an adult mentor in the building, the need for school-based mentoring programs could not be greater.

Learning, the Hardest Job You'll Ever Love is a collage of ideas designed for eighth through twelfth grade students and their parents to have better relationships with one another and with the entire school community, to help and support their communities in different ways, and to appreciate the value of the experiences offered within and outside their communities.

Kids in the Middle: The Micro-Politics of Special Education takes the reader on a fascinating journey through special education in the past, present, and future.

This ethnographic research investigates how adolescents use writing.

In every online class, some students are wildly successful, some earn average or slightly below-average grades, some barely pass, some fail, and some drop out.

New teachers have it tough.

Service-Learning and Social Justice provides everything administrators and teachers need to build service-learning programs that prepare students as engaged citizens committed to equity and justice.

Should educators pay students?

The authors in this edited volume reflect on their experiences with culturally relevant pedagogy_as students, as teachers, as researchers_and how these experiences were often at odds with their backgrounds and/or expectations.

The gaze of educational researchers has traditionally been turned "e;down"e; toward the experiences of communities deemed at-risk, presumably with the purpose of improving their plight.

Bullying prevention is a priority for all who work with our youth in our schools, parks, organizations, and athletic fields.

The Nurturing Teacher tackles the concerns of stressed teachers.

Fried and Sosland bring their combined experiences together to present a blueprint to reduce the pain, rage and revenge cycle of bullying.

People deal with physical hazards every day at the workplace, in their homes, on the roadways, and in many other areas.

';The road to full recovery from alcohol addiction is made infinitely easier by following the right diet.

As more veterans return from deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, more are needing care for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and combat-related traumatic brain injuries (TBI).

Hundreds of thousands of military members are making the transition to civilian life each year.

The typical wounded soldier must complete and file twenty-two forms after an active-duty injury.

Why are so many public school teachers, administrators, and coaches choosing to become romantically and sexually involved with teenage students and players?

The Classroom Library: A Catalyst for Literacy Instruction serves two purposes by first providing classroom teachers with a how-to guide in setting up and using the classroom library to support literacy.

This book draws from interviews conducted with prominent social justice educators and activist intellectuals, such as Noam Chomsky, Gayatri Spivak, Stuart Hall, Henry Giroux, Antonia Darder, Molefi Asante, and Maxine Greene, to examine various forms of social inequities occurring in schools and society perpetrated by those in power.

Making Mentoring Work is a practical guide for school leaders interested in beginning or enhancing their mentoring programs for new teachers.

Creating conditions for better teaching and learning to occur has become an important responsibility for today's school leaders.

Each year over a million newly-minted high school graduates enroll in four-year colleges and universities across the country.

Education and The Distracted Family is very important for all middle, junior high, and high school families due to the amazing opportunities and the major challenges of technology, especially with the internet and smartphones.

Reform in education has focused mainly on development of new programs and procedures to increase the achievement of the student in the classroom.

Sociocultural Issues in Physical Education: Case Studies for Teachers is useful to a wide range of individuals interested in increasing their sociocultural awareness and knowledge in order to consider how students' experiences are shaped in and through physical education classes.

Today's educators-pre- and in-service teachers and teacher educators serve increasing percentages of adolescents who have limited relationships to school.

The new millennium has seen a variety of parenting styles that differ greatly from previous generations.

Similar to the previous three volumes, Breaking the Mold of School Instruction and Organization: Innovative and Successful Practices for the 21st Century (Honigsfeld & Cohan, 2010), Breaking the Mold of Preservice and Inservice Teacher Education: Innovative and Successful Practices for the 21st Century (Cohan & Honigsfeld, 2011), and,Breaking the Mold of Education for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students: Innovative and Successful Practices for the 21st Century (Honigsfeld & Cohan, 2012), the purpose of this book is to offer a carefully selected collection of documented best practices for empowering students.

This book is a treasure trove of information, generously sprinkled with gems of wisdom and insights for helping teachers to eradicate doubt and uncertainty about their teaching.

Strong Spirits, Kind Hearts is the first practical teacher resource to provide comprehensive coverage of all aspects of developing strong spirits and caring young people.

Since September 11, 2001, the profile of religion's role in our global society has increased significantly.

Students' early morning decisions about what to wear to school have led many school districts into legal issues and policy challenges.

Hanging Out and Hanging on: From the Projects to the Campus chronicles the progress of students from Hartford and Manchester, Connecticut, who are enrolled in the Dual College Enrollment Program (DCEP) at Eastern Connecticut State University.

Breaking Down the Barriers is the story of supervision and intervention in the public schools system.

Today's educators-pre- and in-service teachers and teacher educators serve increasing percentages of adolescents who have limited relationships to school.

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