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The schools our children deserve The schools our children deserve Alfie Kohn Argues against the "tougher standards" rhetoric and the current practice of teaching to standarized tests in favor of helping students become more critical, creative thinkers. OL15861386W
In the deep heart's core In the deep heart's core Michael Johnston The uplifting story of a Teach for America volunteer in the rural Mississippi Delta has been praised by Robert Coles as "a compelling and important moral witness to education efforts today." OL16062879W
Arbeitsort Schule Arbeitsort Schule Andreas Krause,Eberhard Ulich,Heinz Schu pbach,Marc Wu lser Schule als lernende Organisation: Die Autorinnen und Autoren berichten als Forschende und an praktischen Schulentwicklungsprojekten Beteiligte zu Fragen wie: Welches Leitbild humaner Arbeit soll dem … OL16961492W
When mayors take charge When mayors take charge Joseph P. Viteritti "Assesses the results of mayoral control nationwide, detailing the experience in three key cities: Boston and Chicago, the major prototypes for mayoral control, and Detroit, where mayoral control was… OL18348705W
Whose America? Culture Wars in the Public Schools Whose America? Culture Wars in the Public Schools Jonathan Zimmerman "What do America's children learn about American history, American values and human decency? Who decides? In this book, Jonathan Zimmerman tells the dramatic story of conflict, compromise and more co… OL1980548W
Dinoabenteuer für Erstleser Dinoabenteuer für Erstleser Claudia Ondracek,Martin Klein 103 Seiten 24 cm OL20197161W
Days of Respect Days of Respect Paul Kivel,Allan Creighton Offers a program for preventing school violence, addressing presentation of the idea to administration and staff, choosing organizers and creating committees, surveys and making a plan, selecting stu… OL20544116W
Unequal opportunity Unequal opportunity Bruce M. Mitchell,Robert E. Salsbury Annotation Annotation OL20545168W
Protecting the right to teach and learn Protecting the right to teach and learn James Daly In recent years, challenges to what gets read, taught, and learned in schools have increased. With the aim of protecting the academic freedom of individuals and groups across political and religious … OL20596086W
Active learning in the digital age classroom Active learning in the digital age classroom Ann Heide,Dale Henderson This exciting new book shows how to harness the amazing power of technology to enable and enhance active learning. The authors explain how information and communication technology (ICT) can help you … OL20638005W
School's out School's out Glynda A. Hull,Katherine Schultz This book uses research on literacy outside of school to challenge how we think about literacy inside of school. Bringing together highly respected literacy researchers, this volume bridges the divid… OL20887732W
Organizational effectiveness and improvement in education Organizational effectiveness and improvement in education Alma Harris,Bennett, Nigel,Margaret Preedy The main theories on effectiveness and improvement in education are brought together in this book that examines the ways in which these qualities can be monitored and measured. OL20982982W
The new school rules The new school rules Francis Gilbert Francis Gilbert's book tells parents the unvarnished truth about our education system, as only a teacher can. He shows that many schools are actually selective when they pretend not to be, and how to… OL22133303W
Métier d'élève et sens du travail scolaire Métier d'élève et sens du travail scolaire Philippe Perrenoud Etude sociologique sur les divers aspects du travail scolaire, en particulier les tâches et contraintes que l'on assigne aux élèves. L'auteur examine également les stratégies et tactiques des élèves … OL24440931W
Die Perlmutterfarbe Die Perlmutterfarbe Anna Maria Jokl Die Geschichte eines Diebstahls wider Willen. (Erstausg.: 1948). OL24754495W
Ik dacht dat het ergste nog moest komen Ik dacht dat het ergste nog moest komen Brigitte Minne Marina (ik-figuur) is het kind van tienerouders en groeit op bij haar grootouders in een Vlaams dorp. Ze wordt op school gepest en moet lang wachten voor iemand haar ziet zoals ze echt is. Vanaf ca. … OL24990787W
Managing a better school Managing a better school David Potter,Graham Powell Based on a rationale for planning, development and school improvement, this book presents recent research on how efficient schools work. It suggests how to explore a school's behaviour and performanc… OL28765221W
Educational Wastelands Educational Wastelands Arthur Eugene Bestor In Educational Wastelands (1953), Bestor charged that professional educationists had "lowered the aims of the American public schools," particularly by "setting forth purposes for education so trivia… OL5473261W
Brown v. Board of Education Brown v. Board of Education James T. Patterson,William W. Freehling Many people were elated when Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in May 1954, the ruling that struck down state-sponsored racial segregation in Ame… OL64769W
American Born Chinese American Born Chinese Gene Luen Yang Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture. Presented in comic book format. OL8994750W
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