Why? Because this essential resource helps them not only face a vast array of challenges, but also to flourish within the vital elements of communication, collaboration, and decision making. Building School Communities helps principals learn to nurture themselves while creating a school that embraces the community. Helpful sidebars and checklists make perfect handouts and/or overheads for professional development seminars. ...

One of the most crucial controversies in educational circles today involves the practice of "tracking", or grouping students by ability from the early grades onward. Because the tests that are used to measure "ability" turn out to be a better measure of privilege or deprivation than of innate intelligence, underprivileged children are consistently relegated to the "slow track". Forced into a self-fulfilling and racist prophecy, they must contend ...

Here's a better way than a shiny apple to pay tribute to those favorite teachers. Teachers Have Class deserves an A for its stylish approach to appreciation.<P> ...

As the president of Notre Dame since 1986, Father Edward Malloy (affectionately known as Monk) holds a unique position in American society: He is at once a priest, a scholar, and the leader of the most high-profile Catholic institution in the country. In this paperback edition of Monk's Reflections, he shares his views on the world of higher education and provides insight into his own place in that world. The book falls into three parts: "The ...

Collaboration is interwoven in the writing process in both obvious and subtle ways--from a writer using the language that he or she inherited, to referring to the works of other writers both explicitly and implicitly, to writing together with a colleague. In this book, the author explains that collaborative writing can be a useful pedagogical tool professors can use to help students actively learn about the subject matter and about themselves. ...

The achievement gap between white students and African American and Hispanic students in the US has been debated by scholars and lamented by policymakers since it was first documented in 1966. The average black or Hispanic secondary school student currently achieves at about the same level as the average white student in the lowest quartile of white achievement. Black and Hispanic students are much less likely than white students to graduate ...

Now, with charter laws on the books in more than thirty states, Bryan Hassel investigates whether charter schools have been able to avoid the pitfalls that have tripped up so many other "revolutionary" school reforms. ...

Arguing that politics is essentially a contest for meaning and telling a story is an elemental political act, Richard A. Pride lays bare the history of school desegregation in Mobile, Alabama, to demonstrate the power of narrative in cultural and political change.<P>The Political Use of Racial Narratives describes the public, personal, and metanarratives of racial inequality that have competed for dominance in Mobile. Pride begins with a ...

In the last few years, higher education institutions have begun to transform their operations from an academic to a business model, justifying their existence much in the same way private businesses do--in terms of profit. Faculty compensation systems are an important academic tool academic administrators can use to control cost, ensure top quality faculty performance, and increase institutional quality as a whole. This book addresses the link ...

This provocative book asks a simple question: since we know that middle class schools tend to work best, why not give every child in America the opportunity to attend a public school in which the majority of students come from middle class households?
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