Educational systems and structures

Public schools have been placed in a straitjacket over the past 30 years through over-regulation as a result of the growing power of the federal government over public education, expanding court decisions, state government legislation, school board policies and procedures, and the media's influence on public opinion.

Since his early days at the University of California, Berkeley, when he was fired for refusing to sign a loyalty oath during the Red Scare, Charles Muscatine has been a dedicated teacher and higher education reformer.

Here, veteran teacher Cheri Pierson Yecke details the chronological history of the middle school movement in the U.

This book is designed for the career teacher interested in designing positive learning environments.

Do you want to cultivate independent learners through an integrated curriculum?

The Chinese imperial examination system is unique in traditional Chinese society with origins dating back 1,300 years, and has had a far-reaching impact not only on contemporary Chinese society, but also on government systems of other countries around the world.

School leaders are busy, overwhelmed, and may not always be cognizant of the latest cutting-edge theories and practices in the field of instructional improvement.

School leaders are busy, overwhelmed, and may not always be cognizant of the latest cutting-edge theories and practices in the field of instructional improvement.

Through the Digital Transformation Process, educators are guided step-by-step to seamlessly integrate digital tools into the curriculum, revolutionizing teaching methods and empowering students with 21st-century skills.

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Today's educators are aware of the need for social emotional learning in their classroom and can share the tenets of a culturally responsive pedagogy.

Transform your library into a "e;think tank"e; by helping teachers create an active learning environment in which students question, investigate, synthesize, conclude, and present information based on Common Core standards.

While educators, parents and policymakers are still debating the pros and cons of school choice, it is now possible to learn from choice experiments in public, private, and charter schools across the country.

This book places guided inquiry in the context of curricular and technological change and provides guidelines for building the long-term culture and capacity for effective inquiry learning in schools.

Creating a school and community culture where students and staff are valued and respected and where the curriculum and students' social and emotional wellness are prioritized is at the heart of this book.

Creating a school and community culture where students and staff are valued and respected and where the curriculum and students' social and emotional wellness are prioritized is at the heart of this book.

Thanks to learning science and to the creativity of teaching and learning professionals, we know much more about the ways students learn experientially and collaboratively.

Thanks to learning science and to the creativity of teaching and learning professionals, we know much more about the ways students learn experientially and collaboratively.

This follow-up to A New Era in School Counseling, 2nd edition offers in-depth knowledge of how the school counselor, who is deeply embedded in all aspects of the educational system, can work most efficiently and effectively in the schools.

Whether resulting from the educational fallout of the COVID-19 global pandemic or merely challenging the status quo, more schools are transitioning their grading practices away from traditional points and percentages and toward 21st century grading practices such as standards-based and proficiency-based grading.

Whether resulting from the educational fallout of the COVID-19 global pandemic or merely challenging the status quo, more schools are transitioning their grading practices away from traditional points and percentages and toward 21st century grading practices such as standards-based and proficiency-based grading.

Through the Digital Transformation Process, educators are guided step-by-step to seamlessly integrate digital tools into the curriculum, revolutionizing teaching methods and empowering students with 21st-century skills.

Mark Paige takes an in-depth look at the interaction of Value Added Models (VAMs) and the law of teacher evaluation.

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Integrating theory with practice, this core textbook provides a structured and sequential introduction to motor learning and motor control.

The Language of Mathematics: How the Teacher's Knowledge of Mathematics Affects Instruction introduces the reader to a collection of thoughtful works by authors that represent current thinking about mathematics teacher preparation.

Despite the implementation of numerous reform policies, moral education in China remains problematic.

School administrators must constantly evaluate and refine school scheduling for optimum student and teacher performance.

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Although administrators have many responsibilities, none is more critical to the school, student, and their personal success than the hiring, supervising, and evaluating teachers.

This book examines the school as an operational organization through the lens of systems thinking.

The chapters in this book outline a plan that, if followed, will improve test scores in any school district.

Breaking Away from the Math and Science Book: Physics and Other Projects for Grades 3-12 provides materials that teachers can use directly in their classrooms without expensive or specialized equipment.

Schools are drowning in test data, but many schools do little with test results other than sort students into various categories of proficiency or lack thereof.

Supervising Student Teachers clearly defines the role of cooperating teachers and guides them through their responsibilities.

In recent decades, the science of reading acquisition has been advancing through interdisciplinary research in cognitive, psycholinguistic, developmental, genetic, neuroscience, cross-language, and experimental comparison studies of effective instruction.

Based on the highest levels of Bloom's taxonomy, The Social Studies Helper easily integrates technology into every core high school social studies course as well as two electives.

In Radical Reads, Joni Richards Bodart identified 101 young adult books that featured gritty, complex plots, focused on multidimensional characters, and tackled such difficult subjects as teenage pregnancy, dysfunctional families, gangs, prejudice, violence, drugs, or other provocative issues.

Adopting a simple education reform to restore civil discourse and transform American societyIn this era of extreme political polarization, it's tempting to believe nothing can be done to heal a nation that is so obviously divided and led by dysfunctional politicians.

'A fantastic book to support developing restorative work in schools.

Demystifying Scholarly Metrics gives librarians and faculty the confidence to navigate the maze of scholarly metrics, identify quality journals in which to publish, and measure the impact of scholarly works.

From All Quiet on the Western Front and Gone with the Wind to No Country for Old Men and Slumdog Millionaire, many of the most memorable films have been adapted from other sources.

Build confidence in delivering primary source-based instruction with easily adaptable, skill-based lessons that can be used in a variety of learning environments.

Traditional fine arts are often regarded as rarefied, something accessed by the uniquely talented and displayed in impressive museums or on lavish stages.

Student Success: From Board Rooms to Classrooms analyzes the emerging body of scholarly research on student success in an accessible and readable way that community college leaders will find both interesting and relevant.

Activities to help children identify and express feelings and gain self-awareness and confidence.

The concept of culture stands, clearly but unsteadily, at the heart of multicultural education.

The purpose of this book is to improve the direction and utility of the evaluation by program directors in charge, and the implementation of the evaluation by the evaluator.

Traditional fine arts are often regarded as rarefied, something accessed by the uniquely talented and displayed in impressive museums or on lavish stages.

In The Teacher's Gradebook, Barry Raebeck, a practicing secondary school English teacher, shares the grading strategies that he uses so successfully with his own students.