|
Stand for the best
|
Thomas M. Bloch |
Thirteen years ago, Tom Bloch was CEO of H&R Block, the groundbreaking tax organization. The son of the company's founder, he was a happily married 41-year-old executive, but something was missing fr… |
OL11777306W |
|
Urban teaching in America
|
Andrea J. Stairs |
"Urban Teaching in America: Theory, Research, and Practice in K-12 Classrooms is a brief but comprehensive text that provides undergraduate and graduate students in Education with an overview of urba… |
OL15951594W |
|
Closing chapters
|
Thomas G. Welsh |
"Closing Chapters attempts to explain the disintegration of urban parochial schools in Youngstown, Ohio, a onetime industrial center that lost all but one of its eighteen Catholic parochial elementar… |
OL16134594W |
|
Self-study and inquiry into practice
|
Linda Kroll |
"One of the most important factors in making sure that all children achieve well is widely regarded to be a well-prepared teacher and this is particularly the case for those who teach in urban settin… |
OL16176074W |
|
Reading time
|
Catherine Compton-Lilly |
While teachers cannot travel back in time to visit their students at earlier ages, they can draw on the rich sets of experiences and knowledge that students bring to classrooms. In her latest book, C… |
OL16298978W |
|
Urban education
|
Karen S. Gallagher |
"Many factors complicate the education of urban students. Among them have been issues related to population density; racial, ethnic, cultural, and linguistic diversity; poverty; racism (individual an… |
OL16342131W |
|
Sketches in democracy
|
Lisa DeLorenzo |
""Sketches of Democracy" is a captivating book that chronicles the first year in the life of a new urban high school. Based on journal entries and educational literature, this book traces the author'… |
OL16361153W |
|
For White folks who teach in the hood ... and the rest of y'all too
|
Christopher Emdin |
"Merging real stories with theory, research, and practice, a prominent scholar offers a new approach to teaching and learning for every stakeholder in urban education. Drawing on his own experience o… |
OL19663716W |
|
Handbook of urban education
|
Kofi Lomotey,Milner, H. Richard IV |
"This volume brings together leading scholars in urban education to focus on inner city matters, specifically as they relate to educational research, theory, policy, and practice. Each chapter provid… |
OL20547984W |
|
Hope and healing in urban education
|
Shawn A. Ginwright |
"[This book] proposes a new movement of healing justice to repair the damage done by the erosion of hope resulting from structural violence in urban communities. Drawing on ethnographic case studies … |
OL20974517W |
|
Mr. Nomad
|
Webb, Dave (Teacher) |
In his memoir, veteran elementary school teacher Dave Webb recalls some of the most significant events from his nearly thirty years in education. His many travels as a teacher have taken him to doze… |
OL31212184W |
|
Diversity and the new teacher
|
Catherine Cornbleth |
In this extraordinary volume, veteran teacher educator and internationally respected scholar Catherine Cornbleth examines one of the most challenging issues for new teachers?ow to effectively teach a… |
OL3532697W |
|
Code-switching
|
Rebecca S. Wheeler |
xvi, 197 p. : 26 cm |
OL5838466W |
|
After America's midlife crisis
|
Michael Gecan |
For several decades Michael Gecan has worked with groups that serve their communities when conservative get-tough rhetoric and endless liberal programs do not cut it.
A Chicagoan by birth and a s… |
OL6037100W |
|
Making Schools Work
|
Marcus A. Foster,Alex Haley |
Marcus Foster first gained notoriety for his spectacularly successful transformation of two of Philadelphia’s worst schools. He brought new school pride and enthusiasm to the students and faculty, br… |
OL6833535W |
|
Our children are dying
|
Nat Hentoff |
"This is the story of Dr. Elliott Shapiro, the tireless and controversial former principal of P.S. 19 in central Harlem (now P.S. 92 in its new building on the same street), and his crusade in educat… |
OL87822W |
|
Relentless Pursuit
|
Donna Foote |
When Locke High School opened its doors in 1967, the residents of Watts celebrated it as a sign of the changes promised by Los Angeles. But four decades later, first-year Teach for America recruits R… |
OL9389707W |