secondary education

"[Presents a guide for teachers on writing] that teachers [the reader] how to move students step-by-step from ideas, to drafts, to finished works"--Amazon.

A guide to using Response to Intervention (RTI) for literacy at the secondary school level, explaining why and how RTI is a viable intervention model for adolescent readers and outlining structural, political, cultural, and teacher and student identity issues related to its use in secondary school settings.

Offers an in-depth look at six high schools that have pioneered the use of technology within urban school districts and discusses how student engagement and the potential for learning rise when technology becomes an integral part of classroom curriculum.

Discusses strategies for supporting literacy in students of color, covering classroom set up, scheduling independent reading time, how to support diverse families, and more.

[Presents ideas for teachers on how to create] a passionate reading environment ... Pernille opens up about her own trials and errors as a teacher and what she's learned along the way. She also shares a wide variety of practical tools ... [for teachers] including a reader profile sheet, conferring sheet, classroom library letter to parents [and more]"--Provided by publisher.

Documents the experiences of teachers, staff, and students at an alternative high school in Washington, D.C., which has an under twenty-five percent graduation rate, and looks how mandated, standardized test scores influence the futures of the students as well as teacher pay, school funding, and staff job security.

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

"This book provides secondary teachers with practical strategies to embed word study instruction in content area classes and support the needs of adolescent readers, particularly those with disabilities. The text includes ... teaching resources, such as sample lesson plans, reproducible teaching tools, web resource lists, and tips about technology-based learning tools"--Provided by publisher.

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.