Educational administration and organization

By reconsidering the nature of professional work, renowned scholar Douglas E.

 This Handbook explores the discourse within the field of educational leadership and management.

Many young people failed by the school system are those who face a range of social and economic challenges due to multiple forms of injustice.

Now there is a text that provides students with a comprehensive blueprint for supervisory practice in the field of education.

This book aims to deepen public understanding of the community college and to challenge our longstanding reliance on a deficit model for defining this important, powerful, and transformative institution.

All too often, schools make decisions about language without a proper understanding of the issues involved.

This volume presents the first-known investigation of the so-called diversity paradox, positing that diversity has become a tool for distinguishing and legitimating the concept of educated Western elites, and arguing for a major reconceptualisation of diversity in different social and cultural contexts within international education.

Rethinking Gender and Sexuality in Childhood explores gender and sexuality in children's lives, from early childhood through adolescence, bringing together key inter-disciplinary perspectives.

Beate Kasper macht deutlich, dass der Einsatz von Instrumenten aus dem Qualitätsmanagement nicht zum Erfolg von Schülerinnen und Schülern beiträgt und die Schulqualität nicht verbessert.

This volume investigates governance and management of higher education through the lens of the academic profession.

Leadership for Safe Schools is every school and district leader's guide to developing practical policies and carefully designed action plans to ensure that K-12 students are physically and psychologically safe, secure, and supported.

As culturally-diverse students feel trapped in failing public schools and abandoned by the system school choice offers a way out and a way up for students who have not succeeded in existing public schools.

This book offers new ways of engagement for leaders seeking to connect theory to practice in decolonizing education.

Situational Analysis creates analytic maps of social processes and relationships identified using grounded theory.

Social media has exploded onto American culture - including our schools - giving educators a unique opportunity to shape this phenomenon into a powerful tool for improving educational leadership practices.

Immer mehr Menschen, ob jung oder alt, machen sich darüber Gedanken, wie ein klimagerechteres Leben mit der Verwirklichung persönlicher Träume und einem sicheren finanziellen Polster in Einklang zu bringen sind, besonders in Zeiten, in denen Inflationsängste und steigende Preise immer konkreter werden.

Helping College Students Find Purpose Today's college students are demanding that their educational experiences address the core questions of meaning and purpose.

What is Response to Intervention and why should we care?

This volume is the first comprehensive assessment of the life and legacy of Father Theodore Hesburgh (1917-2015), an educator, priest, public servant, and long-serving President of the University of Notre Dame.

Benchmarking is a term used by the DfEE and OFSTED to describe a school's performance against a national or local average.

This volume captures the spirit of collaboration and innovation that its authors bring into the classroom, as well as to groundbreaking undergraduate programs and initiatives.

Rebels of the South!

This book helps you make sense of the data your school collects, including state student achievement results as well as other qualitative and quantitative data.

Unwillingly to School discusses the neurotic problem of a phobic nature which inclines to manifest itself towards the recurring need to pass from home to the socially more structured and demanding environment of school.

In education we are working on behalf of a truly noble cause: the lives of our students.

Neoliberalism and Market Forces in Education provides a wide perspective on the dramatic transformation of education policy in Sweden that has taken place during the last 30 years, with a specific focus on marketization.

This volume builds upon emergent understandings about educational leadership and policy in hopes of continuing to refine our understanding of what effective leadership means in linguistically and culturally diverse school contexts.

'I have reassurance that my child is safe and well and looked after while I am at work.

Envision love, equity, and community in early childhood education.

COVID-19 has challenged the international environ of higher education teaching, leading colleagues and institutions across the globe to think outside the box and develop innovative practices suited for turbulent times.

If you are looking for concrete suggestions to help you teach the skills and work habits students need to reach high levels of performance on state and national standards, then this book is for you.

This work represents a publishing event in education research.

This book explores how school leaders-both formal and informal-can create a supportive culture that leverages teamwork and empowers teachers to become leaders.

The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is the latest in more than two decades of federal efforts to raise educational standards and an even longer stream of initiatives to improve education for poor children.

Accountability and Culture of School Teachers and Principals studies the degree to which teachers and principals in eight countries view themselves as taking responsibility, working by clear standards, reporting transparently, and accepting feedback at work.

School improvement has become a dominant feature of educational reform in many countries.

Stories of the lives of white teachers, as white teachers, too often simplify the complexities and conflicts of their work with students of color.

Teacher leaders play an integral role in the success of the professional learning community (PLC) process, which cannot be executed successfully without leadership skills.

The issue of 'leadership', the need for good, insightful and decisive leaders is a prominent theme in Education.

Some Approaches to Teaching Autistic Children: A Collection of Papers has been compiled by the National Society for Autistic Children to satisfy a demand by teachers, parents, and other interested people for information giving guidance on the education and handling of the autistic child.

Specifically designed for administrators and leaders working in early childhood education, this practical guide offers comprehensive resources for creating trauma-responsive organizations and systems.

The book explores the leadership of vocational high school principals in China, focusing on how their leadership is distributed among stakeholders and shaped by policy, culture, and social norms.