Harvard Education Press: 98 books
TechnoTeaching
Taking Practice to the Next Level in a Digital World
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
"Congratulations. Your school has just purchased a cart housing twenty-four tablets. Your principal wants you to roll it right into your classroom and start innovating—tomorrow.”
So begins this engaging and highly accessible guide for practitioners looking for a systematic way to kick their...
Character Compass
How Powerful School Culture Can Point Students Toward Success
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
In Character Compass, Scott Seider offers portraits of three high-performing urban schools in Boston, Massachusetts that have made character development central to their mission of supporting student success, yet define character in three very different ways.
One school focuses on students’...
by Frederick M. Hess
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
A practical and entertaining volume, Cage-Busting Leadership will be of profound interest and value to school and district leaders—and to everyone with a stake in school improvement.
Rick Hess aptly describes his aims at the start of this provocative book: "I believe that two things...
Leading for Equity
The Pursuit of Excellence in the Montgomery County Public Schools
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Leading for Equity tells the compelling story of the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools and its transformation—in less than a decade—into a system committed to breaking the links between race and class and academic achievement.
In chapters organized around six core themes, the...
Smarter Budgets, Smarter Schools
How To Survive and Thrive in Tight Times
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Armed with real-world examples and out-of-the-box ideas, Nathan Levenson challenges conventional thinking about school budgeting and offers practical, actionable advice for school superintendents, central office leaders, building principals, and school board members.
Virtually every school...
Make Just One Change
Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
The authors of Make Just One Change argue that formulating one’s own questions is “the single most essential skill for learning”—and one that should be taught to all students.
They also argue that it should be taught in the simplest way possible. Drawing on twenty years of experience,...
Formative Assessment in Practice
A Process of Inquiry and Action
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Margaret Heritage presents a practical guide to formative assessment as a process of “inquiry and action” essential to twenty-first century learning.
In the wake of the development of the Common Core standards and the effort to develop the appropriate assessments to accompany them, formative...
School Turnarounds
The Essential Role of Districts
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
The inspiration for this book was a crucial observation: that if the school turnaround movement is to have widespread and lasting consequences, it will need to incorporate meaningful district involvement in its efforts.
The result is a volume that considers school turnaround efforts at the...
Belonging and Becoming
The Power of Social and Emotional Learning in High Schools
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
Despite growing attention to the importance of grit and other character traits for achievement, developing them in students rarely finds its way into secondary school curricula. Authors Barbara Cervone and Kathleen Cushman investigate the exceptions, telling the stories of five high schools with a...
"It's Being Done"
Academic Success in Unexpected Schools
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
This straightforward and inspiring book takes readers into schools where educators believe—and prove—that all children, even those considered “hard-to-teach,” can learn to high standards.
Their teachers and principals refuse to write them off and instead show how thoughtful instruction,...
Adolescent Literacy in the Era of the Common Core
From Research into Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Adolescent Literacy in the Era of the Common Core provides school leaders, teachers, and others with strategies and best practices for advancing adolescent literacy in the classroom. Exceptionally clear and accessible, the book addresses a full range of topics in this vitally important field, including...
Anytime, Anywhere
Student-Centered Learning for Schools and Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Anytime, Anywhere synthesizes existing research and practices in the emerging field of student-centered learning, and includes profiles of schools that have embraced this approach.
Educators have argued that students should be at the center of learning, constructing new knowledge based on what...
Stretching the School Dollar
How Schools and Districts Can Save Money While Serving Students Best
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Simultaneous pressures to reduce costs and increase student achievement have never been greater than they are today. Not only is cost-cutting essential in this era of tightened resources, argue Hess and Osberg, but eliminating inefficient spending is critical for freeing up resources to drive school...
How It's Being Done
Urgent Lessons from Unexpected Schools
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
How It’s Being Done offers much-needed help to educators, providing detailed accounts of the ways in which unexpected schools—those with high-poverty and high-minority student populations—have dramatically boosted student achievement.
How It’s Being Done builds on Karin Chenoweth’s...