R L Education: 708 books
Capping Costs
Putting a Price Tag on School Reform
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011
Early and recent school reformers demanded greater funding. They insisted that they needed it to protect children, the economy, and the nation. This book uses the case method to analyze the budgets that they proposed, the rhetoric that they employed, and the resistance that they encountered.
Why the Principalship?
Making the Leap from the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010
This book provides step-by-step, concrete advice for aspiring school administrators as they strive to achieve principal certification. Each chapter's snapshots illustrate key challenges that face principal candidates. The last third of the book includes exercises that help candidates and mentors,...
by School Business Officials Int'l, Association of
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2003
Every aspect of maintenance and operations is covered in this compilation of information-packed articles from School Business Affairs. Articles cover topics ranging from contracting out and the environment to energy and safety issues.
Internships for Today's World
A Practical Guide for High Schools and Community Colleges
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Educators and employers are increasingly concerned that too many young people do not have the skills needed to succeed as they enter the world of work and higher education. A well-structured, robust internship can help students build those critical work and life skills. Under the protective umbrella...
Transforming the Curriculum
Thinking Outside the Box
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2001
Do you want to cultivate independent learners through an integrated curriculum? Schramm uncovers the theories behind the design of an integrated curriculum and provides a practical framework for implementation. After discussing the necessity of staff development strategies, appropriate text sources,...
A Glorious Revolution for Youth and Communities
Service-Learning and Model Communities
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
A Glorious Revolution integrates the ideas of service-learning, positive youth development, and model communities into a book with a comprehensive message about making communities more democratic. Specifically, the book argues that through service-learning an educator can teach higher-order thinking,...
Checklist for Change
A Pragmatic Approach for Creating and Controlling Change
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2002
Now in Paper! Helpful examples from both the public and private sectors and from literature and history are presented in this outstanding volume for superintendents, central-office administrators, and corporate managers involved in the change process.
Students with Disabilities Can Meet Accountability Standards
A Roadmap for School Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2009
This book provides a road map for all school leaders as they attempt to improve the achievement of students with disabilities. In today's accountability system, school personnel are responsible for ensuring that all groups of students, including students with disabilities, show sufficient progress....
Bound-for-Career Guidebook
A Student Guide to Career Exploration, Decision Making, and the Job Search
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010
While the American workplace affords many and varied career options, the process of determining what to do with one's life remains a significant challenge. The Bound-for-Career Guidebook views career identification, selection, entry, and progression as part of a larger developmental process—the...
by Sally Cox Mayberry, Brenda Belson Lazarus
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2002
The inclusive schools movement has been around since the mid 1980s, yet many teachers find themselves ill-equipped to make the transition. This superb book offers information, guidance, and training ranging from history of the inclusion movement to recommended activities for use with students. The...
High-Poverty, High-Performing Schools
Foundations for Real Student Success
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011
In a recent international comparative study, the United States public schools did not fare well with the rest of the world. To the disappointment of many, the No Child Left Behind law did little to improve student achievement. Nevertheless, a small pocket of poverty schools worked against the odds...
Supervising Student Teachers
The Professional Way
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
Supervising Student Teachers clearly defines the role of cooperating teachers and guides them through their responsibilities. From preparing for the arrival of the student teacher through the writing of the letter of recommendation, the cooperating teacher learns how to create an environment that...
by Daniel R. Tomal, Craig A. Schilling
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2013
Daniel Tomal Ph.D., CHOICE award winning author, has teamed up with Craig A. Schilling Ed.D., a national school resource expert, to write a comprehensive book on managing human resources and collective bargaining. Everything you need to know on managing human resources and collective bargaining are...
by Christine Jax
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2011
In The Seven Stages of an Enlightened Teacher, Dr. Christine Jax presents a path to great teaching that shows how and why teaching is 'a calling' in the true sense of the words. The book is grounded in the theory that the education of another person is a spiritual endeavor that improves as the inner...