R L Education: 708 books
Teaching Writing in the Middle School
Common Core and More
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2013
More than 670,000 middle school teachers (grades 6-8) are responsible for educating nearly 13 million students in public and private schools. Thousands more teachers join these ranks annually, especially in the South and West, where ethnic populations are ballooning. Teachers and administrators seek...
The HM Learning and Study Skills Program
Level 2: Student Text
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
The hm Learning and Study Skills Program: Level II was designed to provide an introduction to learning and study skills for 8th, 9th, and 10th grade students through a series of activity-oriented units. It is structured on the assumption that an activity-oriented lesson is the most effective instructional...
Mentoring Matters
A Toolkit for Organizing and Operating Student Advisory Programs
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
As schools are trying to connect with their students and assure that every student has an adult mentor in the building, the need for school-based mentoring programs could not be
by Jane Bumpers Huffman, Kristine Kiefer Hipp, Shirley M. Hord
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2003
This important work documents and examines evidence of efforts taking place in rural, urban, and suburban Pre-K-12 schools that are actively engaged in creating professional learning communities (PLCs). Literature is reviewed that defines and identifies the distinguishing dimensions of PLCs. A five-year,...
Understanding Poverty in the Classroom
Changing Perceptions for Student Success
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011
People who live in poverty consider life in different ways than those who have adequate basic resources. Many educators tend to see the world through their middle-class worldview. Because of this, they do not understand these significant and often rational differences. They may misinterpret behavior...
Mentoring the Educational Leader
A Practical Framework for Success
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
This book provides short, pertinent content relevant to everyday events within a school. Based on theory and experience, the practical application is directly aligned to administrative duties, and chapters can be read as needed. The format allows the administrator to read the content, apply the information...
What Works!
Successful Writing Strategies for National Board Certification
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2014
WHAT WORKS! offers dozens of writing strategies to clearly and convincingly explain your teaching practice to the National Board Assessors. Writing for the National Board is a type of technical writing teachers rarely use elsewhere and this book lifts the mysterious fog surrounding how to provide...
by Robert N. Kratz, Charles A. Scott, Harry T. Zechman
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 1998
Does the prospect of preparing your school district's budget seem daunting? Beginning school administrators, often having only one theoretical course on the subject under their belt, see the budget development process as a nightmare. New administrators, teachers, and board members who have little...
Finding the Time for Instructional Leadership
Management Strategies for Strengthening the Academic Program
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
Finding the Time for Instructional Leadership is centered on the principalship and is designed to offer busy school leaders time management strategies for finding the time to be genuine instructional leaders. Leonard provides a set of tactics_called keys_that will guide readers' reflection on the...
Educational Genocide
A Plague on Our Children
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010
Across our country educational policies and practices are killing our students' desire to learn and teachers' passion to teach. The central theme of this book is that high-stakes testing is having a critically deleterious effect on our students. The fallout impacts parents, teachers, schools, districts...
Breaking Away from the Math and Science Book
Physics and Other Projects for Grades 3-12
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2003
Breaking Away from the Math and Science Book: Physics and Other Projects for Grades 3-12 provides materials that teachers can use directly in their classrooms without expensive or specialized equipment. The material is presented in a modular format that allows one to adapt it to different levels of...
Planning in Reverse
A Viable Approach to Organizational Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
Planning in Reverse is an innovative concept designed to make organizations more successful by altering the perspective utilized in the strategy process. What is needed for organizations to thrive in this new environment of change and uncertainty is a short-term approach for long-term viability. In...
Changing Attitudes and Behavior
Practice Makes Permanent
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
Changing Attitudes and Behavior: Practice Makes Permanent, the second of the Practice Makes Permanent series, argues that school performance is directly correlated to student motivation. If school administrators and teachers adopt Jensen’s easy, direct, and effective ways to help students manage...
Diversity Awareness for K-6 Teachers
The Impact on Student Learning
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2011
Diversity Awareness for K-6 Teachers: The Impact on Student Learning is a resource guide for elementary teachers and college-level student teachers for teaching diversity awareness across the various areas of content. It contains many exciting activities teachers can use to enhance learning while...