The Teaching Career

• Hardcover | School Reform
• This book details the complexities of not only preparing teachers for the classroom but also helping them to succeed in the profession itself. It expl... Lees meer

One Kid at a Time

Eliot Levine

• Paperback | Engels | School Reform
• Through the lens of a remarkable urban high school, One Kid at a Time weaves compelling stories and a clear narrative into new possibilities for Ameri... Lees meer

Going to Scale with New School Designs

Joseph P McDonald, Emily J Klein, Margaret Riordan

• Paperback | Engels | School Reform
• Americans have been trying to redesign the American high school since it was first invented. One of the latest approaches--funded by the Bill and Meli... Lees meer

Mobilizing Citizens for Better Schools

Robert Sexton

• Hardcover | School Reform
• Tired of the complacent attitudes Kentucky politicians showed toward education, the Prichard Committee formed to galvanize the citizens of Kentucky to... Lees meer

Teaching the Way Children Learn

Beverly Falk

• Paperback | Engels | School Reform
• This inspiring book reveals the invisible inner landscapes of how educators teach children from a variety of backgrounds to meet the challenging expec... Lees meer

One Kid at a Time

Eliot Levine

• Hardcover | Engels | School Reform
• Through the lens of a remarkable urban high school, One Kid at a Time weaves compelling stories and a clear narrative into new possibilities for Ameri... Lees meer

Derrida and Indian Philosophy

Harold Coward

• Paperback | Engels | School Reform
• Harold Coward is Director of the Calgary Institute for the Humanities and Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Calgar... Lees meer

Peer Review and Teacher Leadership

Jennifer Goldstein

• Paperback | Engels | School Reform
• This book examines a policy that is one of the most powerful levers to improve teaching quality and advance teaching as a profession. Jennifer Goldste... Lees meer

Building School-Based Teacher Learning Communities

Milbrey W McLaughlin, Joan E Talbert

• Paperback | Engels | School Reform
• Building on extensive evidence that school-based teacher learning communities improve student outcomes, this book lays out an agenda to develop and su... Lees meer

The Competent Classroom

Allison Zmuda, Mary Tomaino

• Paperback | Engels | School Reform
• Written by teachers for teachers, this enlightening book describes the cross-disciplinary journey of two high school teachers trying to align curricul... Lees meer

Teachers Caught in the Action

• Hardcover | Engels | School Reform
• "We invite you to join our authors in this lively discussion of professional development. Our hope is that you will come away with fresh ideas, deeper... Lees meer

The Mindful Teacher

Dennis Shirley, Elizabeth MacDonald

• Paperback | Engels | School Reform
• This new and expanded edition of the bestselling The Mindful Teacher provides educators everywhere with practical ideas for improving teaching and lea... Lees meer

Derrida and Indian Philosophy

Harold Coward

• Hardcover | Engels | School Reform
• This book establishes a constructive and mutually stimulating dialogue between Jacques Derrida and Eastern thought. Surprising parallels are found wit... Lees meer

The Networked Teacher

Kira J Baker-Doyle

• Paperback | Engels | School Reform
• New teachers need support from their peers and mentors to locate resources, information, new ideas, emotional support, and inspiration. This timely bo... Lees meer

Seeing Through Teachers' Eyes

Karen Hammerness

• Paperback | Engels | School Reform
• What sources of inspiration help sustain teachers' commitments, motivations, and care for their work? How do teachers use their ideals to inform their... Lees meer

Japan in Traditional and Postmodern Perspectives

• Paperback | Engels | School Reform
• In this book, each of the chapters offers an analysis of the origins and development of an important aspect of Japanese culture, including religion (P... Lees meer

Teachers in Professional Communities

Ann Lieberman, Lynne Miller

• Paperback | Engels | School Reform
• Based on their research and many years of lived experience in schools, the authors have become convinced that teachers learn best within their own wor... Lees meer

Labor Productivity Control

John C Martin

• Hardcover | Engels | School Reform
• This management guide to labor productivity represents the author's experience of more than 40 years in the engineering field. Based on his work in ov... Lees meer

Teachers Caught in the Action

• Paperback | Engels | School Reform
• "We invite you to join our authors in this lively discussion of professional development. Our hope is that you will come away with fresh ideas, deeper... Lees meer

Schools Within Schools

Valerie E Lee, Douglas D Ready

• Paperback | Engels | School Reform
• How effective is whole-school high school reform, such as the Schools-Within-Schools (SWS) model? What benefits does it have for students and in which... Lees meer

Failing at School

Camille A Farrington

• Paperback | Engels | School Reform
• Roughly half of all incoming ninth-graders across urban districts will fail classes and drop out of school without a diploma. Failing at School starts... Lees meer

The Power of Protocols

Joseph P McDonald, Nancy Mohr, Alan Dichter, Elizabeth C McDonald

• Paperback | Engels | School Reform
• The use of protocols has quickly spread from conferences and workshops to everyday school and university settings. Now in its third edition, this popu... Lees meer

Teaching Youth Media

Steven Goodman

• Paperback | Engels | School Reform
• This book explores the power of using media education to help urban teenagers develop their critical thinking and literacy skills. Drawing on his 20 y... Lees meer

What Should I Do? Confronting Dilemmas of Teaching in Urban Schools

Anna Ershler Richert

• Paperback | Engels | School Reform
• What Should I Do? is a practical guide to the everyday dilemmas of the urban classroom. It offers a lifeline to both beginning teachers who are strugg... Lees meer