secondary education

A history of secondary education in America describing centralized administrations, teacher certification, and how stumbling blocks developed.

The author writes about her experiences during a year spent at West Side High School in New York City, a facility populated by students who are fighting to stay in mainstream society while dealing with the problems of gangs, drugs, and violence.

A guide to creating online courses and orientations that offers media specialists a model online course designed to help them create similar courses in any secondary school.

Presents an introduction to differentiated instruction, a systematic approach to planning curriculum and instruction to meet the needs of academically diverse learners, and features annotated lesson plans for differentiated units in a variety of curriculum areas, geared toward students in themiddle grades.

Describes forty-nine strategies for effective teaching that can close the achievement gap and encourage and support college attendance, and includes a DVD-ROM.

The author recounts his year as a teacher in Japan, providing a look at the crucial role that education plays in the success of contemporary Japan.

Examines the backgrounds of young innovators to see how they developed the creative minds to produce those innovations and examines what teachers, parents, and employers must do to develop the capacities of young people to become innovators. Includes QR Codes within the text that can be accessed using a smart phone, linking the reader to videos and other information that expands on key ideas in the book.

Presents lesson plans in each of the Common Core State Standards strands, including reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language.

Describes the accomplishments of eleven teenagers who are self-taught or home schooled and presents a case for home schooling.