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Change and Effectiveness in Schools
Rossman, Corbett, and Firestone examined three high schools in the midst of change. Teachers and administrators consented to grant the authors a year in each of their respective settings in order to understand better their unique system of norms, beliefs, and values as well as to track their reactions to events. The ensuing observations and interviews reveal a rich and detailed picture of the efforts to accommodate new policies and practices as well as some of the sources of resistance to change in the schools. The record of the authors' journeys with these schools provides educators, policy makers, and researchers--all those interested in school change and renewal as well as staff development in the schools--with a better understanding of the complex texture and meaning of educational refor
A New Agenda for Research in Educational Leadership
This book, the product of the task force on research co-sponsored by the American Educational Research Association Division A and the University Council on Educational Administration, sets an ambitious agenda for research in educational leadership. Prominent scholars in the field review current knowledge about leadership, frame new questions to generate important research in the field, and direct researchers and policymakers to rethink how educational administration, leadership, and policy should be understood. Covering a broad range of topics, from accountability systems and school?community relationships to the education of students from diverse backgrounds, the authors submit current research to critical scrutiny in order to develop frameworks for new research that can have a significant impact on policy and practice.
The Ambiguity of Teaching to the Test
Testing is one of the most controversial of all state and federal educational policies. The effects of testing are quite ambiguous. The same test may lead to different consequences in different circumstances, and teachers may use very different strategies to prepare students for tests. Although most experts agree that mandatory testing leads to teaching to the test, they disagree about whether it leads to meaningless drill, wasted time, de-professionalizing teachers, and demotivating students, or to more challenging and thoughtful curricula, more engaging teaching, increased student motivation, and increased accountability. To help sort through this ambiguity and provide a firmer basis for d...
Firestone
A richly illustrated centennial celebration of an American icon which also examines the company's influence on major events of the 20th century from Firestone innovations that accelerated the popular acceptance of the automobile to Harvey Firestone's famous camping trips with Edison and Ford.
Redesigning Teaching
Redesigning Teaching provides concrete case studies of school districts implementing teacher reforms. The cases describe the changes, give the history and dynamics of each project, examine how teachers respond to new policies and procedures, and tell how state policy affects local efforts to change teaching. The book also suggests that while short-term improvements can be accomplished through bureaucracy, serious reform requires professionalization. The authors identify challenges that state governments, school administrators, and teachers' associations must face if they really want to professionalize teaching.
From Cashbox to Classroom
This study focuses on the local impact of school finance reform in history. The text looks at issues such as low-income urban versus wealthy suburban income in New Jersey, tracking the impact of a major school finance reform.
Romeo and Juliet: Annotation-Friendly Edition
This Annotation-Friendly edition has: - Large spaces between lines for annotations - Large outer margins - Pages at the end of each chapter for note taking - Ariel font size 12 for ease of reading - An introduction - Author biography - Glossary of literary terms - Romeo and Juliet glossary - A useful guide to successful annotating For more on our growing collection of educational books, and bulk discounts for schools, visit: firestonebooks.com
