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1	Teaching with Love and Logic: Taking Control of the Classroom more books like this by Jim Fay, David Funk add to wishlist Jim Fay and David Funk's truly positive approach and time-tested ideas and strategies will empower teachers to effectively manage classroom dynamics while bringing the joy back to teaching. see all copies from $6.75! new only from $13.22! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don't Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need--And What We Can Do about It more books like this by Tony Wagner add to wishlist Despite the best efforts of educators, our nations schools are dangerously obsolete. Instead of teaching students to be critical thinkers and problem-solvers, we are asking them to memorize facts for multiple choice tests. This problem isnt limited to low-income school districts: even our top schools arent teaching or testing the skills that ... see all copies from $16.09! new only from $16.09! \| SVS
3	The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards" more books like this by Alfie Kohn add to wishlist Author Alfie Kohn discusses why standardized testing is a dangerous practice--instead of helping students become active thinkers, the tests make students "walking repositories of knowledge;" they merely memorize and answer questions by rote. He also posits that standardized testing does not prepare students for the real world, nor does it allow ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.77! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Guiding School Improvement with Action Research more books like this by Richard Sagor add to wishlist see all copies from $2.42! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Policy Studies for Educational Leaders: An Introduction more books like this by Frances C Fowler add to wishlist Written by a leading name in the field of educational policy, the third edition of Policy Studies for Educational Leaders once again encourages future educational leaders to be proactive rather than reactive, and equips them with an understanding of educational policy and the important political theories upon which policy is based. Coverage not ... see all copies from $9.99! new only from $49.01! \| SVS
6	National Science Education Standards more books like this by National Committee on Science Education Standards and Assessment, National Research Council add to wishlist Americans agree that our students urgently need better science education. But what should they be expected to know and be able to do? And can the same expectations be applied across our diverse society? These and other fundamental issues are addressed in "National Science Education Standards" - a landmark development effort that reflects the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.95! \| SVS
7	Tinkering Toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reform more books like this by David B Tyack, Larry Cuban add to wishlist The aim of this book is to document the dynamic tension between Americans' faith in education as a panacea, and the moderate pace of change in educational practices. see all copies from $11.17! new only from $25.93! \| SVS
8	The Power of Their Ideas: Lessons for America from a Small School in Harlem more books like this by Deborah Meier add to wishlist The author writes about the success story of the school she founded in East Harlem from which 90 percent of the students graduate and go on to college. Meier shares her thoughts on why public education is vital to the future of America and its kids. She argues for radical innovation and is a proponent of breaking up huge schools into small schools ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.71! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Human Side of School Change: Reform, Resistance, and the Real-Life Problems of Innovation more books like this by Robert Evans add to wishlist In this insightful look at school reform, Robert Evans examines the real-life hurdles to implementing innovation and explains how the best-intended efforts can be stalled by educators who too often feel burdened and conflicted by the change process. He provides a new model of leadership along with practical management strategies for building a ... see all copies from $18.25! new only from $25.42! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Getting Started more books like this by Robert Eaker, Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.82! \| SVS
11 view cover	The Knowledge Deficit: Closing the Shocking Education Gap for American Children more books like this by E D Hirsch, Jr. add to wishlist An insightful thinker on what schools teach shows why American students are losing the global education race and performing worse than students in other industrialized countries. see all copies from $2.75! new only from $3.00! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality more books like this by Sir Charles Murray add to wishlist The controversial author of "The Bell Curve" returns with a groundbreaking manifesto to transform American education. He presents the four simple truths that parents and educators should confront to precipitate change. see all copies from $3.25! new only from $7.49! \| SVS
13 view cover	Developing and Administering a Child Care Education Program more books like this by Dorothy June Sciarra, Anne G Dorsey add to wishlist Developing and Administering a Child Care and Education Program, 6th Edition serves as a clear guide for new and experienced directors and emphasizes the directoras responsibility for being both a program maintenance and a people maintenance leader. In keeping with the current movement to standards-based programs, the text guides directors to ... see all copies from $23.45! new only from $91.60!
14 view cover	Teaching as a Subversive Activity more books like this by Postman N Postman, Neil Postman add to wishlist see all copies from $2.66! new only from $7.99! \| SVS
15 view cover	Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect more books like this by David W Orr add to wishlist The author argues that much of what has gone wrong with the world is the result of inadequate and misdirected education that alienates us from life in the name of human domination, overemphasizes success and careers, and deadens our sense of wonder at the world. see all copies from $2.74! new only from $12.90! \| SVS
16 view cover	In Schools We Trust: Creating Communities of Learning in an Era of Testing and Standardization more books like this by Deborah Meier add to wishlist Drawing on her experiences in running schools that work, educator Deborah Meier lays out a blueprint for reform that includes: smaller educational settings, family involvement, teacher collaboration, and the fostering of "communities of learning," in which students and adults build mutual trust by working together in real world settings. Meier ... see all copies from $4.43! new only from $9.76!
17 view cover	Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling more books like this by John Taylor Gatto add to wishlist This book focuses on mechanisms of familiar schooling that cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as a by-product of rote-memorisation drills. Gatto's earlier book, "Dumbing Us Down", put that now-famous expression of the title into common use worldwide. This book promises to add another chilling ... see all copies from $11.44! new only from $15.95! \| SVS
18 view cover	Because Teaching Matters more books like this by Marleen C Pugach add to wishlist The concept of making choices as a teacher and taking responsibility for the consequences of those choices is a central theme of this book. It is organized around five professional commitments that, taken together, are essential if teaching is going to make a difference in the lives of students. This innovative organizing structure uses the five ... see all copies from $6.90! new only from $88.44!
19 view cover	The New Meaning of Educational Change more books like this by Michael G Fullan add to wishlist Over the last 30 years there have been numerous attempts at planned educational change. It is widely accepted that the benefits have not equalled the cost, and all too often the situation has seemed to worsen. In this book, Michael Fullan distils from these experiences the most powerful lessons about how to cope with, and influence, educational ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.34! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Manufactured Crisis: Myths, Fraud, and the Attack on America's Public Schools more books like this by David C Berliner, Bruce J Biddle add to wishlist The Manufactured Crisis debunks the myths that test scores in Americas schools are falling, that illiteracy is rising, and that better funding has no benefit. It shares the good news about public education. Disputing conventional wisdom, this book ignited debate in Newsweek, The New York Times, and the entire teaching profession. Winner of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work: New Insights for Improving Schools more books like this by Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker add to wishlist Celebrating its tenth anniversary, this sequel to "Professional Learning Communities at Work" offers new insight on the collaborative work that drives PLCs and the challenges of deep implementation. see all copies from $18.60! new only from $18.98! \| SVS
22 view cover	What's Worth Fighting for in Your School? more books like this by Michael G Fullan, Andy Hargreaves (Editor) add to wishlist In addition to its outstanding analysis of "total teachers" and school culture, this book provides action guidelines for teachers and for principals that are filled with insight that will help school educators take responsibility for reform. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| SVS
23 view cover	Implementing Change: Patterns, Principles and Potholes more books like this by Gene E Hall, Shirley M Horde add to wishlist This book focuses on understanding, evaluating and facilitating the change process by presenting a number of research-based constructs and tools along with examples of how each can be used by leaders of change efforts. The change process in schools and other organizations is made complex by the wide array of innovations and the different ways ... see all copies from $20.59! new only from $68.72! \| SVS
24 view cover	The Conspiracy of Ignorance: The Failure of American Public Schools more books like this by Martin L Gross add to wishlist From the bestselling author of "The Government Racket" comes a penetrating expos of what ails the American public education system--from watered-down curriculums to over-psychologized schools--and advice on how to repair it. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Class and Schools: Using Social, Economic, and Educational Reform to Close the Black-White Achievement Gap more books like this by Richard Rothstein add to wishlist Contemporary public policy assumes that the achievement gap between black and white students could be closed if only schools would do a better job. In this book, Rothstein points the way toward social and economic reforms that would give all children a more equal chance to succeed in school. see all copies from $8.29! new only from $18.95! \| SVS

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