academic achievement

Collects eleven essays on music and young children, academic achievement, and the intrinsic value of music education, with information on print and online resources.

Examines the performance rate of African-American and Hispanic students compared to others, the reasons several programs including Head Start and Title I have not closed the gap, and possible solutions.

Denise Clark Pope reveals what she learned about today's over-achieving and overly stressed high school students while following five motivated and successful students through a school year.

Contains essays that offer varying perspectives on topics associated with academic achievement in the United States, discussing education equalization and related issues.

Presents a guide to learning for teachers, focusing on changing students' thinking about success and performance, how to build a growth mindset school culture, and developing students' conceptual understanding of learning and the brain.

Emphasizes collaborative leadership at the district, principal, team, and individual levels, and advocates the professional learning community (PLC) as the best environment for great teaching and leading; and gives suggestions for ongoing monitoring of student learning, ensuring effective instruction, responding when kids don't learn, and more.

Offers strategies for studying, learning, and staying motivated in high school and college, featuring advice on managing time, writing essays, taking tests, and maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

Analyzes issues related to classroom assessment in higher education, with advice on how educators can develop effective assessment strategies for their class.

Teach for America founder Wendy Kopp shares stories of educational leaders who have transformed the lives of their students despite their socioeconomic backgrounds and offers strategies for ending educational inequalities in the United States.

An exploration of the debate over the education of boys and sex difference in education that discusses reasons boys may be falling behind and examines what can be done to help them.