Educational systems and structures

This book is a welcome guide for educators, civic leaders, and researchers looking for ways to leverage data to identify the most effective policies, interventions, and use of resources for their communities.

Which non-American education systems best prepare young people for fulfilling jobs and successful adult lives?

Which non-American education systems best prepare young people for fulfilling jobs and successful adult lives?

2010 Notable Education Book, American School Board Journal';Why is it,' writes noted assessment expert W.

Organized around the four key areas outlined in the U.

2010 Notable Education Book, American School Board Journal';Why is it,' writes noted assessment expert W.

Organized around the four key areas outlined in the U.

Green Chimneys is a nationally renowned US nonprofit organization that helps improve the lives of at-risk urban children by incorporating animals and environmental activities into their educational experiences.

A Creative Approach to the Common Core Standards: The Da Vinci Curriculum challenges educators to design programs that boldly embrace the Common Core State Standards by imaginatively drawing from the genius of great men and women such as Leonardo da Vinci.

Look no further if you are new to a teaching career in higher education regardless of whether you are doing it full- or part-time.

Teaching Language Teachers: Scaffolding Professional Learning provides an updated view of as well as a reader-friendly introduction to the field of Teaching Teachers, with special reference to language teaching.

This book is a compendium of lesson plans for classroom exercises designed to foster philosophical inquiry with young people.

Using casual language and a straightforward approach, Better Writing: Beyond Periods and Commas provides students with an easy-to-read and effective guide for developing their writing skills.

This book is addressed to teachers who know that the secondary literature curriculum in our public schools is in shambles.

What's public about public schools?

With the Common Core poised to markedly amplify the accountability stakes in public education, the pressure to post steep outcomes gains has never been fiercer.

Typically, school curriculum has been viewed through the lens of preparation for the workplace or higher education, both worthy objectives.

One of America's greatest challenges is to reverse the steep decline of the intellectual performance of its young men.

The EPILLAW Paradigm is a practical method for developing writing skills.

In this book you will improve the instructional strategies you are currently using and learn new ones to add to your repertoire.

By integrating the best of current research and practice in curriculum planning this book presents that comprehensive topic in a manageable form.

Teaching students how to write more effectively is a goal that English teachers of all levels share.

Read Creative Teaching for All as an antidote to rapidly growing pressures for quick and easy teacher results, and constant evaluations.

What do children's interactions on the playground have to do with foreign policy?

Debating Single Sex Education: Separate and Equal, 2nd edition, provides a balanced summary of the context, concerns, and findings about single sex education in 21st Century United States.

It's a challenge every teacher faces finding ways to get and keep the attention of their students; getting them to engage fully in the lessons.

Algebra is the language that must be mastered for any course that uses math because it is the gateway for entry into any science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) discipline.

Algebra is the language that must be mastered for any course that uses math because it is the gateway for entry into any science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) discipline.

The successes of America's public schools are unrivaled throughout the globe providing an opportunity for every American to graduate from high school.

A high-performing school is described as one where student achievement is high and student and teacher absenteeism is low.

In History and Imagination, elementary school social studies teachers will learn how to help their students break down the walls of their schools, more personally engage with history, and define democratic citizenship.

If young people are to be adequately prepared for a complex and interdependent global society, educational experiences must consider the broader world in which teachers and their students live.

Shaping the Future with Math, Science, and Technology examines how ingenuity, creativity, and teamwork skills are part of an intellectual toolbox associated with math, science, and technology.

The EPILLAW Paradigm is a practical method for developing writing skills.

Instructors using the textbook, Supervising Student Teachers: The Professional Way, 7th Edition, will find its companion instructor's guide a helpful resource.

Testwise: Understanding Educational Assessment offers a 360-degree guided tour of its subject.

Literacy continues to be a hot topic for educators and parents.

A practical guide to cultivating expansive understandings of climate change and environmental regeneration in K12 students through classroom instructional practices and curricula.

From distinguished scholar Donna M.

This book provides invaluable guidance for thinking through and planning a qualitative study.

It's a challenge every teacher faces finding ways to get and keep the attention of their students; getting them to engage fully in the lessons.

This edited volume explores key challenges facing Vietnamese universities amidst digital transformation, navigating the intersection of technology and cultural values, competition, and open education.

Jose Vilson writes about race, class, and education through stories from the classroom and researched essays.

This practical, organized, and easy-to-understand approach gives busy students the 15 basic steps they need to master the Math, English, Reading, and Science sections of the ACT.

Change the World with Service Learning is clear, direct and easy to use, and was designed for busy teachers integrating Service Learning into their existing curriculum.

In recent years, educators have become increasingly concerned about the writing skills of students in elementary, middle, and high school.

Schools That Succeed, Students Who Achieve compares the academic achievements of students in the United States to those of students in other countries.

In Laughing and Learning, leadership consultant and university professor Peter M.

If you want to improve your professional performance and set yourself apart from your colleagues-in any discipline-these tips are for you.

Global Issues in Education bridges the discourse on globalization and education with international studies on race, class, gender, ethnicity, culture, and multiculturalism.