educational change

"Social Justice in the Hands of Educators, examines the critical pedagogy necessary to transform our systems, our schools, and our world by providing educators with concrete strategies to design and deliver a culturally responsive, sustainable and equitable education for all students. The framework of the book is built around the alignment of social justice and Universal Design for Learning (UDL). While UDL is fundamentally about providing students access to a quality education, an equally important component is valuing student voice. The authors use the Parkland High School (FL) survivors/student activists (Cameron Kasky, David Hogg, and others) as powerful exemplars of the concepts of choice and voice"--.

"[Examines how] real-world educators are creating schools where all students are able to thrive. In these schools, educators understand that equity is not about treating all children the same ... [and are] committed to ensuring that each student receives what he or she individually needs to develop their full potential--and succeed ... Blankstein and Noguera frame the book with five guiding principles"--Provided by publisher.

A comprehensive research text and accompanying DVD designed to help students achieve the skills necessary to succeed in the digital world, with strategies for developing critical thinking, communication, and information literacy skills.

"Complex times call for streamlined solutions--and leaders to pull them together. If initiative overload and fragmentation are keeping your best plans from becoming reality, it's time to lead with coherence"--Back cover.

" ... hands-on guide to the ... book, 'Coherence: The Right Drivers in Action for Schools, Districts and Systems, ' providing step-by-step protocols to help foster deep coherence for maximum student learning all within a reasonably short time frame"--Amazon.

Presents strategies for school leaders for developing effective professional learning communities (PLC) by implementing structures, creating policies and procedures, and developing leadership skills to foster a positive culture, develop accountability, and increase student achievement.

Stories of five students such as Emily, a Silicon Valley eighth-grader who is afraid of being labeled as unfit for college, and Francisco, a Bronx first-grader whose mom will do anything to give him a shot at a better life that helped launch a movement to change the educational system.

Chronicles the stories of several teens from low income communities as they compete in the 2008 "National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge" annual business plan competition.

Examines the ways in which curriculum is structured in the public school system, how it works, and where individual students are placed within it, and describes how this location effects student's college entry and career path.