This book enables readers to differentiate substantive from cockeyed suggestions for improving schools.. It directs them to the suggestions that scholastic experts, politicians, and members of the public have made.Author: Giordano, GerardPublis......
"Design/Build with Jersey Devil: A Handbook for Education and Practice" by Charlie Hailey, published by Princeton Architectural Press, is a comprehensive guide for students, educators, and practitioners seeking to understand and implement the design/build approach in architecture. This handbook unpacks...
Reflective Teaching in Early Education is the definitive textbook for reflective professionals in early education, drawing on the experience of the author team and the latest research, including the Teaching and Learning Research Programme (TLRP) ......
Never Highlight a Book Again! Just the FACTS101 study guides give the student the textbook outlines, highlights, practice quizzes and optional access to the full practice tests for their textbook.Author: Reviews, Cram101 TextbookPublisher: Cram......
This review of the furious national debate over school choice examines the benefits of choice for children, families, and schoolsand shows how properly designed choice programs can prevent the harmful outcomes opponents fear.Author: Hill, ......
This insider's view of Washington in the 1950s and 1960s, of the tumultuous presidency of Lyndon Johnson, and of the conflicts and factions of the president's staff has become a political classic since its original publication in 1972. In this...
How Stakeholders Can Support Teacher Quality compiles the proceedings from the Milken Family Foundation's National Education Conference (NEC), which took place in Washington, D.C., in May 2006. Each year, the NEC brings together practitioners, pol......
The only official guide to the SPANISH VERSION of the new high school equivalency test! The TASC high school equivalency test is given in both English and Spanish. Students who pass the Spanish-language version earn a valid high school equivalenc......
Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan, remain two of the best-known American women. But few people know how Sullivan came to her role as teacher of the deaf and blind Keller. Contrasting their lives with Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, the...
This fascinating guide to medical education introduces the reader to the historical development of this important subject through 100 powerful images from the prestigious Wellcome Library Collection that highlight key figures in the field and inno......
This third edition expands coverage on such topics as the law and students with disabilities, confidentiality, sexual harassment, student searches and tuition vouchers. It also includes some new topics such as bullying, copyright law, and the law ......
I began studying American theological education in the 1970s, and Piety and Plurality is the third of three studies. In Piety and Intellect, I examined the colonial and nineteenth-century search for a form of theological education that was true to......
The enduring and engaging guide to educating yourself in the classical tradition. Have you lost the art of reading for pleasure? Are there books you know you should read but haven’t because they seem too daunting? In The Well-Educated Mind,...
The authors provide a unique perspective on what is needed to make character education an effective, lasting part of our educational agenda. Each chapter points out the directions that character education must take today and offers strategies esse......
"Improving Student Achievement: Reforms that Work" expands on the first volume in the Milken Family Foundation series on education policy, "Talented Teachers: The Essential Force for Improving Student Achievement." The series explains to policymak......
This work looks at policy and university faculty governance. It covers such topics as: faculty involvement in governanace; the college trustees' role in academic governance; leadership in faculty governance; governance within the academic organiza......
"Schoolhouse of Cards: An Inside Story of No Child Left Behind and Why America Needs a Real Education Revolution" by Eugene Hickok offers a unique perspective on the landmark education legislation, No Child Left Behind (NCLB). As a former key...
This book advocates the use of case methods to promote democratic teaching and learning. Part I speaks directly to teacher educators. The chapters in this part suggest how and why they might use case methods at pre- and in-service levels....
Maytag Epic Gas and Electric Technical Education Models: MED / GD 9700S MED / GD 9600S This Maytag Epic Gas and Electric Technical Education covers the following topics: general, installation information, dryer use, component access, component testing, diagnostics and troubleshooting,...
This study of educational policy from Lyndon Johnson through Bill Clinton focuses on three specific issues--public school aid, non-public (especially Catholic) school aid, and school desegregation--that speak to the proper role of the federal gove......