academic achievement

"... shows staff developers how to develop training for educators that examines the relationship between race and achievement and promotes academic parity"--Amazon.com.

"Education leaders from around the country share their thoughts through essays that explore topics such as: how to achieve equity for all students; creating equity awareness in teachers; working with families and communities to close the opportunity gap; setting high expectations to raise academic achievement; and more"--Provided by publisher.

Drawing on her over 25 years' experience as a school psychologist, educator and student coach, the author identifies the skill deficits and counterproductive behaviors of disintegrating students and provides a complete toolbox of techniques and strategies to combat them.

"How to handle the increasing academic demands of middle school, organizational skills and time management, how to be self-determined, have grit, and a sense of agency"--Provided by publisher.

Provides strategies and activities for learning, preparing to use, and practicing the sixty-three essential techniques of teaching like a champion.

Eleven teachers discuss their roles as assessment leaders in the American education system; offering tips and advice on strategies to design, use, and analyze assessments; and describing the importance of teacher collaboration, a four-step process to align assessments with learning targets, prepare alternative principles for English language learners, and more.

Explains the concept of "rachet" behavior in education, which are behaviors, actions, and ideas of minority students that often are dismissed and considered disruptive and ignorant. Explores the flaws of a White-centric education in the United States and advocates for a "ratchetdemic" mindset which allows both students and teachers to exercise the ability to express themselves in a way that feels natural and comfortable for them and that embraces differences in expression and learning.

Examines the debate over public and private education in the United States, and explores the topics of school choice, homeschooling, charter schools, education standards, and school environment. Includes additional resources.

"Explores academic anxiety and how it affects people both mentally and physically, examining the causes and symptoms of academic anxiety as well as strategies to overcome it"--Provided by publisher.

"This book investigates how various constructions of identity can influence educational achievement for African American students, both within and outside school. Unique in its attention to the challenges that social and educational stratification pose, as well as to the opportunities that extracurricular activities can offer for African American students' access to learning, this book brings a deeper understanding of the local and fluid aspects of academic, racial, and ethnic identities"--Provided by publisher.