Floors that generate power, the electronic wall, mix-‘n-match modular school buildings, along with the Education Congress of the States and the 622 Curriculum are among the suggestions offered by Ebert and Maxwell in this provocative view toward revolutionizing one of the oldest institutions in the United States: Public Education.
This book provides the framework for understanding dynamic relationships within a school culture and ensuring a positive environment that supports the changes necessary to improve learning for all students.
Robert Bulmans Hollywood Goes to High School takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the high school film genre.
This is an extensive, monograph–length revisiting.
Where are we going? : preparing our students for an uncertain future / Patricia A. Jennings, Anthony A. DeMauro, and Polina P. Mischenko -- A selective review of mindfulness training programs for children and adolescents in school settings ...
After reading this book, you'll see why culture makes the difference between a school that enables success for all students and a school that merely houses those students during the school day.
Culture Starts with You: Leading a Thriving School Community
... X , but goes to school and becomes fully absorbed in culture Y , which might mean , for example , learning to read and write in language Y , but not having these written language skills in language X. And eventually much if not all of ...
Rather than rely on stereotypical interpretations of student behavior, we need to understand their marginality and decode the fears that often drive their lives.” —Parker Palmer, author in Livesey & Palmer (1999), p.
In A School By Every Other Name Ebert and Studebaker suggest that the fundamental problem facing public education is that education is fundamentally an institution. The failure of school reform...
Written by educational consultant and former principal of two award-winning schools, Jeffrey Zoul, these memos focus on topics such as active learning, high expectations, gratitude, test preparation, and more.