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1	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 $15.89! new only from $16.09! \| SVS
2	The Quality School: Managing Students Without Coercion more books like this by William Glasser, M.D. add to wishlist The concept of "the quality school" is one that replaces "bossing" with a system of management that brings students and teachers together. Based on his work on choice theory, this text by William Glasser offers teaching techniques which emphasize co-operation and creativity. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.39! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Results Now: How We Can Achieve Unprecedented Improvements in Teaching and Learning more books like this by Michael J Schmoker add to wishlist see all copies from $5.08! new only from $12.90! \| SVS
4	Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work more books like this by Richard DuFour, Robert Eaker, Rebecca DuFour add to wishlist Learning by Doing is a guide to help educators take ACTION. After working with schools throughout the U.S. and Canada, the authors discovered that "schools that take the plunge and actually begin doing the work of a PLC develop their capacity to help all students learn at high levels far more effectively than schools that spend years preparing to ... see all copies from $19.48! new only from $20.57! \| SVS
5	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 $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
6	What Works in Schools: Translating Research Into Action more books like this by R Marzano add to wishlist see all copies from $9.00! new only from $17.99! \| SVS
7	The Principalship: A Reflective Practice Perspective more books like this by Dr. Thomas J Sergiovanni add to wishlist The Principalship focuses on how school leaders can create outstanding schools using reflective practice and moral authority. This book continues to emphasize school culture, standards, building community, and providing a moral basis for leadership as a means of navigating through contextual issues and constraints that principals routinely face. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.87! \| SVS
8	Failure Is Not an Option(tm): Six Principles That Guide Student Achievement in High-Performing Schools more books like this by Alan M Blankstein (Editor) add to wishlist 'Failure Is Not an Option is a deeply passionate call to arms, combined with an entire arsenal of information - from the worlds of research and classroom practice - to enable the reader to take systematic, continuous and effective action. This book is absolutely a must read for all those interested in reform because it is simultaneously inspiring ... see all copies from $3.89! new only from $10.69! \| SVS
9	Schools That Learn: A Fifth Discipline Fieldbook for Educators, Parents and Everyone Who Cares about Education more books like this by Peter M Senge, Dr. Nelda Cambron-McCabe, Timothy Lucas add to wishlist Written by bestselling author and MIT professor Senge and his Fifth Discipline team, this new addition to The Fifth Discipline Resource Book series offers practical advice for educators, administrators, and parents on how to apply learning organization principles to help strengthen and rebuild schools. see all copies from $14.99! new only from $22.09! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Leading Change in Your School: How to Conquer Myths, Build Commitment, and Get Results more books like this by Mr. Douglas B Reeves, PH.D. add to wishlist see all copies from $11.02! new only from $11.02! \| SVS
11 view cover	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
12 view cover	The Learning Leader: How to Focus School Improvement for Better Results more books like this by Mr. Douglas B Reeves, PH.D. add to wishlist see all copies from $2.00! new only from $5.50! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Transformative Assessment more books like this by W James Popham add to wishlist For a definitive guide to formative assessment???what it is, how it works, and why you want to use it in your school or classroom???look no further than this foundational book by a renowned expert. W. James Popham clarifies the unique ability of formative assessment to transform education into a more powerful and positive process. Get step-by-step ... see all copies from $7.51! new only from $10.10! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Recovering the Lost Tools more books like this by Douglas Wilson, Marvin Olasky (Editor) add to wishlist Douglas Wilson, director of the renowned Logos School, puts forth his ideas for the restoration in the curriculum of "Christian humanism"--as contrasted with what Christopher Dawson has called "secular humanism. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.56! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Working on the Work: An Action Plan for Teachers, Principals, and Superintendents more books like this by Phillip C Schlechty add to wishlist Is the work you give students engaging-enabling them to learn what they need to learn in order to succeed in the world? Maverick educator Phillip Schlechty believes that the key to improving education is to improve the quality of this student work. He calls this "Working the Work" (WOW), and he's developed a framework that allows educators to put ... see all copies from $6.75! new only from $23.86! \| SVS
16 view cover	Leadership Capacity for Lasting School Improvement more books like this by Linda Lambert add to wishlist This book is written for practising school leaders. It offers guidance in fine tuning whole-school cultural change, a topic that practitioners have handled intuitively and singularly for ages. see all copies from $3.72! new only from $16.32! \| SVS
17 view cover	Results: The Key to Continuous School Improvement more books like this by Michael J Schmoker add to wishlist see all copies from $2.52! new only from $11.64! \| SVS
18 view cover	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 $9.90! new only from $25.42! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Best Schools: How Human Development Research Should Inform Educational Practice more books like this by Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D., David Elkind (Foreword by) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Accountability for Learning: How Teachers and School Leaders Can Take Charge more books like this by Mr. Douglas B Reeves, PH.D. add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	School, family, and community partnerships your handbook for action more books like this by Epstein add to wishlist 'The Second Edition is full of advice, good examples, and information for leaders in primary and secondary schools-all based on research. This is an important resource for anyone trying to improve partnerships that support student achievement' - Wendy Harwin, School-Family-Community Partnerships Project Coordinator, Connecticut State Department ... see all copies from $10.93! new only from $41.75! \| first editions \| SVS
22	Under-Resourced Learners: 8 Strategies to Boost Student Achievement more books like this by Ruby K Payne, PhD add to wishlist see all copies from $26.04! new only from $41.16!
23 view cover	Turning Points: Educating Adolescents in the 21st Century, a Report of Carnegie Corporation of New York more books like this by Anthony Jackson, Gayle A Davis, Ph.D., Maud Abeel add to wishlist This volume aims to refine ideas contained in the Carnegie Corporation's 1989 report, "Turning Points: Preparing American Youth for the 21st Century". The topics covered include middle grades education improvement and differences between educational researchers and practitioners. see all copies from $3.51! new only from $12.50! \| SVS
24 view cover	Improving Schools from Within: Teachers, Parents, and Principals Can Make the Difference more books like this by Roland Sawyer Barth add to wishlist "A humane blueprint for school reform that--instead of starting with a 'deficiency' model of what teachers can't do and giving them 'inservice' workshops ad infinitum--would build on the educational staff's existing strengths."--The New York Times Book Review see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Guiding School Improvement with Action Research more books like this by Richard Sagor add to wishlist see all copies from $2.49! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS

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	Classroom Instruction That Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement by Dr. Robert J Marzano, Debra J Pickering, Jane E Pollock see all from $8.15! new only from $8.15!
	Control Theory in the Classroom by William Glasser, M.D. see all from $1.99! new only from $7.79!
	Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A'S, Praise and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn see all from $1.99! new only from $2.25!
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	The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom by James W Stigler, James Hiebert see all from $1.99! new only from $10.23!