R L Education: 708 books
Teaching for Results
Best Practices in Integrating Co-Teaching and Differentiated Instruction
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
Collaborative teaching has the potential to improve the performance of both students and teachers. However, this method is not regularly capitalized in many schools because teachers who are assigned to co-teach often lack task-specific knowledge and skills to better prepare them. Fortunately these...
Student Assessment
Fast, Frequent, and Formative
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
When playing video games, players are able to press the reset button when something goes wrong and realize they are missing an essential skill needed to win the game. In education, we can use formative assessment as a means for the student to press the virtual reset button. Educators can ensure that...
The Power of Words
Learning Vocabulary in Grades 4-9
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
Teachers are intuitively aware of the connection between academic vocabulary and reading comprehension. Unfortunately, despite what we know about active instruction of vocabulary that will be retained by our students, teachers often assign vocabulary but rarely teach it well. The results are akin...
Powerful Teacher Learning
What the Theatre Arts Teach about Collaboration
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2013
This book offers an innovative approach to understanding and supporting teacher inquiry groups, Critical Friends Groups, “PLCs,” and other vehicles for the school-wide professional learning community. It takes the reader outside traditional sites of professional development for teachers and into...
Winning at Collective Bargaining
Strategies Everyone Can Live With
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Whether you are a novice or a seasoned pro, the information and strategies outlined in this collective bargaining guide will enable you to come to the table and negotiate successfully. Comprehensive in scope, the text begins with an historical overview and discussion of state bargaining laws. Other...
Plato Was Wrong!
Footnotes on Doing Philosophy with Young People
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
This book is a compendium of lesson plans for classroom exercises designed to foster philosophical inquiry with young people. It introduces the reader to a wide range of activities for exploring philosophical questions and problems with children from pre-school age through high-school. There are lessons...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2004
This survey of best practices is extremely useful to those charged with setting up state and local mentoring programs and provides a logical framework to convince policy makers to support teacher-induction programs. Case studies and discussion questions make this a valuable textbook for teacher education courses and tool for faculty in the school setting.
Republic of Noise
The Loss of Solitude in Schools and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2011
In Republic of Noise, Diana Senechal confronts a culture that has come to depend on instant updates and communication at the expense of solitude. Where once it was common wisdom that the chatter of the present, about the present, could not always grasp the present, today we treat 'real time' as though...
Steady and Strong
People Skills for Principals
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
In Steady and Strong: People Skills for Principals, Russ Thompson describes his experiences as the successful principal of three urban high schools. The challenges he faced ranged from gang activity and racial conflicts, to low expectations and ineffective teaching. Most of these challenges involved...
The Bound-for-College Guidebook
A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding and Applying to Colleges
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
The Bound-for-College Guidebook, now in its second edition, addresses the high school to college transition from A to Z. The guidebook provides students and parents with the information and tools they need for effective exploration, decision-making and application for admission and financial aid....
From the Dress-Up Corner to the Senior Prom
Navigating Gender and Sexuality Diversity in PreK-12 Schools
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Very few PreK-12 teachers are adequately trained to address the gender identity and sexual identity of their students in a developmentally-appropriate and pedagogically-sound manner. Yet responsible adults—parents, educators, pre-service teachers, coaches, religious instructors, camp administrators...
The Power of Experience
Principals Talk about School Improvement
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
The Power of Experience: Principals Talk about School Improvement is a guide for principals, both aspiring and established, who hope to make a measurable difference in the achievement of all students, and who strive to create a positive, safe, and student-centered learning environment in their schools....
College Success Guaranteed
5 Rules to Make It Happen
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011
As a lifelong teacher, Malcolm Gauld has watched thousands of kids go off to college. Some return to visit after their first year exuding the vibe of conquering heroes. Others look, well, pretty bummed out. This book offers a plan to help the new college student complete Year #1 as a member of the...
Personalized Learning
Preparing High School Students to Create their Futures
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2002
When it comes to learning, is smaller really better? There is a growing body of evidence to support the notion that smaller, more personalized schools are better for both students and teachers. Bringing together the combined knowledge and experience of more than two dozen teachers, administrators,...