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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Resilience education Resilience education Bonnie Benard,Joel H. Brown,Marianne D'Emidio-Caston,Joel H Brown xvi, 105 p. : 26 cm OL12325992W
Research on Foreign Students and International Study Research on Foreign Students and International Study Philip G. Altbach,Y. G-M. Lulat,David H. Kelly A summary of key trends in research on foreign students and international study together with an annotated bibliography. OL15166084W
100+ Educational Strategies to Teach Children of Color 100+ Educational Strategies to Teach Children of Color Jawanza Kunjufu Because the attrition rate for new teachers in high-poverty schools averages between 40% and 50% over the first five years of teaching, this investigation offers practical solutions to more than 100 … OL15176003W
Mothers united Mothers united Andrea Dyrness "In urban American school systems, the children of recent immigrants and low-income parents of color disproportionately suffer from overcrowded classrooms, lack of access to educational resources, an… OL16132591W
Campus confidential Campus confidential Jacques Berlinerblau "A tenured prof. breaks ranks to reveal what's wrong with American higher education and how it affects you. Professors can be underpaid. Marginalized. Over-reviewed. But one fact remains: The success… OL19714209W
Educational courage Educational courage Mara Sapon-Shevin,Nancy Schniedewind "Ten years after the passage of No Child Left Behind, high-stakes testing, national standards, and turn-around policies remain highly controversial. In the same period, we have seen the rise of mayor… OL20547646W
Education in the new Latino diaspora Education in the new Latino diaspora Edmund T. Hamann,Stanton Emerson Fisher Wortham Describes how many Latino families are settling in areas where there has been little presence placing pressures on host communities and schools especially. The chapters describe how host community co… OL20630743W
The dreamkeepers The dreamkeepers Gloria Ladson-Billings Gloria Ladson-Billings revisits the eight teachers who were profiled in the first edition and introduces us to new teachers who are current exemplars of good teaching. She shows that culturally relev… OL3469483W
Core indicators of effectiveness for community colleges Core indicators of effectiveness for community colleges Peter Ewell,Richard Alfred,James Hudgins,Kay McClenney,Richard L. Alfred "Describes 16 core indicators that community colleges can use to develop an assessment tool using quantitative data for measuring their effectiveness"--Provided by publisher. OL4657875W
The Freedom Writers Diary The Freedom Writers Diary Freedom Writers,Erin Gruwell,The Freedom Writers,Zlata Filipović,Freedom Writers. Shocked by the teenage violence she witnessed during the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles, Erin Gruwell became a teacher at a high school rampant with hostility and racial intolerance. For many of th… OL8526561W