Evaluation category: 669 books
This Is Not A Test
A New Narrative on Race, Class, and Education
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
The conversation about turning around failing schools is in the national spotlight, and that spotlight is often focused on schools that black and brown children attend. Certain proposals to improve urban schools generate lots of headlines: expanding charter schools, funding school vouchers, using...
by Thaddeus J. Williams
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2011
The author describes the book as being informative, as it relates to people on any age level. The book deals with situations that happen to people some on a daily basis, and some not so regular. The book deals with life in general, the quotes are informative, and can be applied to daily life. The...
Supervising Student Teachers The Professional Way
Instructor's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
Instructors using the textbook, Supervising Student Teachers: The Professional Way, 7th Edition, will find its companion instructor's guide a helpful resource. Chapter-by-chapter, the instructor is provided with core ideas for guiding cooperating teachers' understanding and skill development needed...
Research on Schools, Neighborhoods and Communities
Toward Civic Responsibility
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
Research on Schools, Neighborhoods, and Communities: Toward Civic Responsibility focuses on research and theoretical developments related to the role of geography in education, human development, and health. William F. Tate IV, the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts &...
by Glenn Fieber
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Seeing Inside the Theories of Behavior and Learning looks at some of the major theories that have shaped our understanding of both how we behave and how we learn. The book has been informed by my 42 years as both a classroom teacher and a teacher of teachers, and by my wide interest in how the mind...
Great Expectations
What Kids Want From Our Urban Public Schools
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
This book explores meaningful and effective use of student voice in urban school renewal efforts through strategies that include: surveys, interviews, focus groups, visual and video projects, social media, and student participation in governance. Chapters provide a definition of student voice, context...
by Cristiano Marini
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 19, 2016
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 19, 2016
Il volume presenta un modello per il monitoraggio e la valutazione degli esiti individuali dei processi di inserimento in Agricoltura sociale, elaborato nell’ambito del progetto Orti E.T.I.C.I. Il modello è stato ampiamente sperimentato ed affinato nel tempo, raggiungendo la forma attuale. La pubblicazione...
by The Princeton Review
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
The inside word on medical school admissions.
Gaining admission to a top medical school requires more than "just" a stellar MCAT score and an excellent GPA. You'll also need to nail your personal statement. In this book, you’ll find the help you need to do just that:
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Ethnography Essentials
Designing, Conducting, and Presenting Your Research
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2010
A comprehensive and practical guide to ethnographic research, this book guides you through the process, starting with the fundamentals of choosing and proposing a topic and selecting a research design. It describes methods of data collection (taking notes, participant observation, interviewing, identifying...
50 Myths and Lies That Threaten America's Public Schools
The Real Crisis in Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Two of the most respected voices in education and a team of young education scholars identify 50 myths and lies that threaten America's public schools. With hard-hitting information and a touch of comic relief, Berliner, Glass, and their Associates separate fact from fiction in this comprehensive...
Accountability is the Key
Unlocking School Potential through Enhanced Educational Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
A Nation at Risk in 1983. The most recent trend has been to tie administrative evaluations to student performance, increasing stress among administrators at all levels. The cumulative effect of three decades of challenges to administrative authority has undermined the publics view of educational administrators...
Choices and Challenges
Charter School Performance in Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
As charter schools enter their third decade, research in this key sector remains overwhelmingly contradictory and confused. Many studies are narrowly focused; some do not meet the standards for high-quality academic research. In this definitive work, Wohlstetter and her colleagues isolate and distill...
by Karma Senge
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2013
Practical Paleo Prepping is a guide for all those preppers out there that would like to stick with their Paleo Diet during a real SHTF event.
The Big Picture
Education Is Everyone's Business
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2012
What is the purpose of education? What kind of people do we want our children to grow up to be? How can we design schools so that students will acquire the skills they’ll need to live fulfilled and productive lives? These are just a few of the questions that renowned educator Dennis Littky explores...