Teachers College Press: 606 books
by Susan Ochshorn
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
“This remarkable book manages to pinpoint the critical issues in the care and education of young children with up-to-date research, and all of this in a pleasurable and lively style. This needs to be read widely, and right away.”—Deborah Meier, MacArthur award–winning public...
Starting Up
Critical Lessons from 10 New Schools
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Starting Up is a collection of first-person accounts by some of the best-known founders of new schools in America. Providing the kind of knowledge that only experience can teach, it is an invaluable resource for anyone in the process of or thinking about opening a new school, as well as those interested...
School Choice
The End of Public Education?
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Proponents of market-driven education reform view vouchers and charters as superior to local-board-run, community-based public schools. However, the author of this timely volume argues that there is no clear research supporting this view. In fact, she claims there is increasing evidence of charter...
by Eleanor Duckworth
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Eleanor Duckworth’s ideas contained in these timeless essays are more important than ever to the public discourse on education. They are a much-needed antidote to many of today’s school reform practices, where a number is accepted as an adequate representation of a student’s learning....
The Case for Character Education
A Developmental Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In this dynamic look at the current state of character education, Alan Lockwood assesses its strengths and weaknesses and finds fault with leading advocates for failing to respond to sound critiques of their work. Lockwood argues that contemporary character education can be significantly improved...
Sex Ed for Caring Schools
Creating an Ethics-Based Curriculum
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
While arguments for and against teaching abstinence, the use of contraceptives, and sexual identity are becoming more and more polarized, most people agree that students must learn to navigate an increasingly sexual world. Sex Ed for Caring Schools presents a curriculum that goes beyond the typical...
by Sandra Stein
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This powerful book shows the many unintended ways in which social and educational policy can shape, if not constrain, the work of educating students. Focusing on the creation and history of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) from its inception in 1965 to the present, Stein...
The Best for Our Children
Critical Perspectives on Literacy for Latino Students
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This watershed volume brings together the foremost leading authorities and scholars lending their individual voices to a single, urgent issue: literacy for Latino students. In a departure from traditional paradigms, Latinos examine their own lived experiences in U.S. schools and offer sound theories...
by Victoria Goldman
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This is the best and most comprehensive guide to Manhattan’s private schools, including Brooklyn and Riverdale. Written by a parent who is also an expert on school admissions, this guide has been helping New York City parents choose the best private and selective public schools for their children...
Transition by Design
Improving Equity and Outcomes for Adolescents with Disabilities
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Transitions to adulthood for adolescents with disabilities are as diverse as the adolescents themselves. While there have been marked improvements for students with disabilities, there is still concern that employment education and independent living outcomes are not equitable across groups of students....
Learning Things
Material Culture in Art Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Through activities, approaches, and examples, this resource highlights concrete strategies for incorporating material culture into K–16 art classrooms, as well as museum and community settings. Chapters are written by luminaries in the field and organized around various aspects of material culture,...
The Educational Thought of W.E.B. Du Bois
An Intellectual History
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Historian Derrick P. Alridge illuminates Du Bois’s educational thought on a wide variety of issues, such as women and education, black leadership, black identity, civil rights, black higher education, community education, and academic achievement. This incisive examination traces relationships with...
Big-City School Reforms
Lessons from New York, Toronto, and London
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Big cities have struggled to improve public school systems. This book shows why—and offers a framework for achieving future success. Fullan and Boyle, internationally renowned thinkers on school change, demonstrate that while the educational challenges of big cities may be overwhelming, they...
Foucault's Challenge
Discourse, Knowledge, and Power in Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The intellectual work of Michel Foucault has been an increasingly central component of social science in recent years. This is the first book to directly address the implication of Foucault's work for the field of education. This text, originally published in 1997, not only provides a critical examination...