educational change

Presents a guide to school reform, focusing on how to prevent failure and ensure student success by using a research-based five-level hierarchy.

Learn all about education activism, from creating inclusive classrooms to ending school shootings. Get a global look at the history of the movement, meet the activists involved, and celebrate some of the legal victories! Each chapters end with a call to action, so kids can feel inspired to get involved in their own communities. This high-interest book is written at a lower reading level for struggling readers. Considerate text and engaging art and photographs are sure to grab even the most reluctant readers. Series includes a table of contents, sidebars, bibliography, glossary, index, and author biography.

Provides educators and school administrators with a guide to education equity, pedagogy, and school transformation that shifts away from big data such as standardized test scores, and towards "street data" that elevates the voices of marginalized students. Provides practical advice and tools on how to gather street data, and integrate it into a school or district's equity journey to achieve school transformation.

"Today's classroom demands teacher innovation and rejection of outdated practices, especially when someone tells you it's 'always been done' a certain way. In this book, Josh Stumpenhorst details his methods for improving student outcomes with unorthodox thinking [discussing] building relationships built on trust and respect, not fear and punishment; why you need to rethink homework and letter grades ... and how to leverage technology by not treating it as a 'shiny toy,' but rather fully understanding their power as tools for massive progress"--Amazon.com.

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.

"Drawing on personal stories, research, and historical events, an esteemed educator offers a vision of educational justice inspired by the rebellious spirit and methods of abolitionists"--Amazon.

"Readers will take a closer look at the issue of education and what it could mean for the future of our planet"--Provided by publisher.

"Drawing on personal stories, research, and historical events, an esteemed educator offers a vision of educational justice inspired by the rebellious spirit and methods of abolitionists"--Amazon.

Argues that smaller, more personalized schools offer high school students a better education and offers educators tips on how they can create similar personalized experiences for students in larger institutions.

Examines the philosophies and practices of the American education system, arguing that low student test scores result from a mistaken emphasis at the elementary level on context-free reading skills and strategies rather than content-rich curricula that give students knowledge about the world.