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"Doing school" "Doing school" Denise Clark Pope "This book offers a view of today's high school students and the ways they pursue high grades and success. Denise Clark Pope, veteran teacher and curriculum expert, follows five motivated and success… OL11604519W
Detracking for excellence and equity Detracking for excellence and equity Carol Corbett Burris Proven strategies for launching, sustaining, and monitoring a reform that will offer all students access to the best curriculum, raise achievement across the board, and close the achievement gap. OL11921248W
Producing success Producing success Peter Demerath The result of four years at Midwestern "Wilton High," this book seeks to understand the merciless, competitive culture of an upper-middle-class American high school, showing the various things parent… OL13775304W
Your Child Can Succeed in School Your Child Can Succeed in School Dorothy Rubin 95 pages : 28 cm OL15001215W
Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement Robert J Marzano The author of Classroom Instruction That Works discusses teaching methods that can help overcome the deficiencies in background knowledge that hamper many students' progress in school. OL15175224W
Empathy in education Empathy in education Bridget Cooper "A thorough exploration of the role empathy plays in learning throughout all levels of education and its crucial relationship to motivation, values development and achievement"-- Provided by publishe… OL15941846W
Raising African American males Raising African American males Theresa Harris "Raising African American Males is comprised of strategies and interventions that can assist and improve African American males' achievement in all areas of academics as well as in their everyday liv… OL16167679W
So what do they really know? So what do they really know? Cris Tovani In So What Do They Really Know? Cris Tovani explores the complex issue of monitoring, assessing, and grading students' thinking and performance with fairness and fidelity. Like all teachers, Cris str… OL16214559W
Engaging Students Engaging Students Phillip C. Schlechty "Working on the Work (WOW) offers a motivational framework for improving student performance by improving the quality of school designed for students. In this second edition, author Phillip Schlechty… OL16527512W
Learning targets Learning targets Connie M. Moss In Learning Targets, Connie M. Moss and Susan M. Brookhart contend that improving student learning and achievement happens in the immediacy of an individual lesson -- what they call "today's lesson" … OL16531798W
What the best college students do What the best college students do Ken Bain The author of the best-selling What the Best College Teachers Do is back with more humane, doable, and inspiring help, this time for students who want to get the most out of college -- and every othe… OL16626896W
Taming the river Taming the river Camille Z. Charles,Mary J. Fischer,Douglas S. Massey "Building on their important findings in The Source of the River, the authors now probe even more deeply into minority underachievement at the college level. Taming the River examines the academic an… OL16974524W
Christmas on Main Street Christmas on Main Street LuAnn McLane,Susan Donovan,Alexis Morgan,JoAnn Ross Tis the season to fall in love in four quaint small towns. OL18166591W
Cornerstones for community college success Cornerstones for community college success Robert M. Sherfield "Written specifically for students attending two year programs, Cornerstones for Community College Success addresses the needs and challenges of students in community and technical colleges. Known fo… OL19081236W
At what cost? At what cost? David L. Gleason Anxiety, depression, and their dangerous manifestations-substance abuse, eating disorders, self-injury and suicide- are increasing student conditions at many competitive high schools. Paradoxically, … OL19664995W
The trouble with boys : a surprising report card on our sons, their problems at school, and what pa… The trouble with boys : a surprising report card on our sons, their problems at school, and what pa… Peg Tyre Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-298) and index OL19908054W
Awaken the learner Awaken the learner Darrell Scott "Create a compassionate, caring school environment. Examine how a change in teaching philosophy can help awaken the passion for learning in students. Learn how to promote kindness in the classroom, a… OL19984086W
Mission High Mission High Kristina Rizga "It's easier for a journalist to embed with the Army than to go behind the scenes at an American public school. Kristina Rizga spent an unprecedented four years reporting from the classrooms and hall… OL20006293W
Using common core standards to enhance classroom instruction & assessment Using common core standards to enhance classroom instruction & assessment Robert J. Marzano This book is a two-part resource that provides educators with an understanding of what the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are with steps to integrate them into classroom practice. OL20547882W
The infrastructure of accountability The infrastructure of accountability Rebecca Jacobsen,Dorothea Anagnostopoulos,Stacey A. Rutledge "The Infrastructure of Accountability brings together leading and emerging scholars who set forth an ambitious conceptual framework for understanding the full impact of large-scale, performance-based… OL23273903W
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