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Total Pages : 298 pages
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Download or read book A Profile of the American High School Sophomore in 2002 written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 312 pages
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Author : National Center for Education Statistics
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Total Pages : 168 pages
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Download or read book Programs and Plans of the National Center for Education Statistics written by National Center for Education Statistics and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gail L. Sunderman
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1623962730
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (239 download)
Download or read book Charting Reform, Achieving Equity in a Diverse Nation written by Gail L. Sunderman and published by IAP. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines what equity means in a nation where the schools are becoming more diverse. The authors consider how well our educational reform policies, often framed in the language of equity and opportunity, measure up to the challenges of achieving equity in a diverse nation. While there is growing awareness of the increasing racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity of the nation, there is little recognition of how these trends affect the schools, particularly in formerly homogeneous communities. At the same time, inequalities in student achievement between different racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups persist, even as educational policy has intensified the focus on the achievement gap. These two challenges make definitions of equity and opportunity as urban problems obsolete and call for a critical examination of educational policy and reform from an equity perspective. Central themes include the critical examination of how equity is conceived under the law and in policy, the experiences of minority students in suburban schools, and the impact of current reform policies and strategies for achieving greater educational opportunities for all students. This book is designed for graduate and undergraduate courses in educational policy and policy analysis, for policymakers interested in a critical examination of current reform policies and options, and educational leaders and administrators struggling with the implementation of reform mandates. From a policy perspective, it includes a survey of the evolution of educational policies and reforms since the 1960s and traces the mix of legal and legislative legacies that have informed educational policy and equity. It describes how trends in suburban diversification affect the schools, something that has largely escaped the attention of educational reformers. It provides school-based and non-school-based remedies for achieving equity in diversifying suburban communities and articulates alternatives to the current accountability for performance approach. It offers new and innovative analyses of current approaches to school reform, including an analysis of how accountability tests can create the illusion of reducing the achievement gap and an examination of the paradoxes of federally funded compensatory policies that incorporate market-based strategies. Novel approaches—such as social emotional learning and placed-based college access strategies—are examined through an equity lens.
Author : Harry J. Holzer
Publisher : The Urban Insitute
ISBN 13 : 9780877667353
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (673 download)
Download or read book Reshaping the American Workforce in a Changing Economy written by Harry J. Holzer and published by The Urban Insitute. This book was released on 2007 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What directions should workforce policy in the U.S. take over the next few decades in light of major labor market developments that will likely occur--such as the retirements of baby boomers and continuing globalization? This new volume edited by Harry J. Holzer and Demetra Smith Nightingale presents fresh thoughts on the topic. This book offers policy discussions that are firmly grounded in strong research and that address the critical workforce issues of the coming years.
Author : Stuart S. Yeh
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 161735404X
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (173 download)
Download or read book The Cost-Effectiveness of 22 Approaches for Raising Student Achievement written by Stuart S. Yeh and published by IAP. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a consequence of the federal "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) law, there is tremendous pressure on school principals, teachers, school superintendents, district staff, state departments of education and governors to maximize the increase in student achievement that is obtained with every dollar of expenditure. Currently, teachers are forced to rely on extremely inefficient approaches that take enormous amounts of time, both during the school day and throughout the K-12 learning years. This is experienced in terms of the reduced time that is available to teach subjects other than math and reading, as schools resort to double periods of math, double periods of reading, and enormous amounts of remedial instruction that directly reduce the time available for other subjects including science, art, and music. In contrast, this book suggests that student achievement may be increased in a way that is not only cost-effective in dollar terms, but efficient in the sense that it does not rely on unusual investments in the time required to obtain results. The book draws upon a wealth of cost-effectiveness data to dispel common notions about "what works" in addressing the achievement gap: increased expenditure per pupil, charter schools, voucher programs, increased educational accountability, class size reduction, comprehensive school reform, increased teacher salaries, more selective teacher recruitment, the use of "value-added" methods to measure and reward teacher performance, the use of National Board teacher certification to identify high-performing teachers, and a host of other approaches.
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Total Pages : 788 pages
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Download or read book Digest of Education Statistics written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains information on a variety of subjects within the field of education statistics, including the number of schools and colleges, enrollments, teachers, graduates, educational attainment, finances, Federal funds for education, libraries, international education, and research and development.
Author : Grace Kao
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0745664563
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Education and Immigration written by Grace Kao and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Education is a crucially important social institution, closely correlated with wealth, occupational prestige, psychological well-being, and health outcomes. Moreover, for children of immigrants – who account for almost one in four school-aged children in the U.S. – it is the primary means through which they become incorporated into American society. This insightful new book explores the educational outcomes of post-1965 immigrants and their children. Tracing the historical context and key contemporary scholarship on immigration, the authors examine issues such as structural versus cultural theories of education stratification, the overlap of immigrant status with race and ethnicity, and the role of language in educational outcomes. Throughout, the authors pay attention to the great diversity among immigrants: some arrive with PhDs to work as research professors, while others arrive with a primary school education and no English skills to work as migrant laborers. As immigrants come from an ever-increasing array of races, ethnicities, and national origins, immigrant assimilation is more complex than ever before, and education is central to their adaptation to American society. Shedding light on often misunderstood topics, this book will be invaluable for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate-level courses in sociology of education, immigration, and race and ethnicity.
Author : Dena Phillips Swanson
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0080922244
Total Pages : 569 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Adolescence written by Dena Phillips Swanson and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2010-01-04 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited textbook will be appropriate for use in advanced undergraduate and graduate level courses and will serve as a comprehensive and timely introduction to the field of adolescent development, providing students with a strong foundation for understanding the biological, cognitive and psychosocial transitions occurring during adolescence. While certain normative biological and cognitive processes are relevant for all youth, development varies dramatically based on a youth's position in society. The volume will focus on contextual factors such as culture, racial identity, socioeconomic position and sociopolitical and historical events, highlighting the impact such factors have on the physiological and psychological processes and treating them as key elements in understanding development during this life stage. The authors will cover the major theoretical positions (both historical and contemporary) about adolescence as well as the relevant research and application. Additionally, modern phenomena - the ever-increasing influence of pop culture (i.e. Hip Hop), mass media and technology (i.e., the internet, gaming) and the evolution of family, education and the church - will be explored in depth. Each chapter will be written by a known expert in the field. - More extensive analysis of cultural, political and socioeconomic factors impacting development than competing texts - Research-to-Practice section covers evidence-based research on practice implementation
Author : Elaine L. Chao
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Total Pages : 212 pages
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Download or read book The Quantum Opportunity Program Demonstration written by Elaine L. Chao and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lawrence Baines
Publisher : ASCD
ISBN 13 : 1416616578
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (166 download)
Download or read book A Teacher's Guide to Multisensory Learning written by Lawrence Baines and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2008-10-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can teachers help students develop the literacy skills that are necessary for learning and retaining information in any subject? Traditional memory tricks, mnemonic devices, graphic organizers, and role playing do little to turn bored or reluctant students into enthusiastic learners. In A Teacher's Guide to Multisensory Learning: Improving Literacy by Engaging the Senses, Lawrence Baines shows teachers how to engage students through hands-on, visual, auditory, and olfactory stimuli and link the activities to relevant academic objectives. Throughout the book, you'll find real classroom examples of how teachers use multisensory learning techniques to help students interact with material more intensely and retain what they learn for longer periods of time. Baines provides a wide variety of engaging lesson plans to keep students motivated, such as Paint-Write: encourages students to use spontaneous painting to interpret their thoughts Soundtrack of Your Life: allows students to use contemporary music to learn about narrative writing Candy Freak: helps students expand their descriptive vocabularies (as they eat their favorite treats!) Red Carpet Conversations: empowers students to create dialogue and act out scenarios about their favorite celebrities Seventeen additional lessons plans are complemented with practical assessments and strategies for engaging students' sense of play. For teachers who are ready to energize their classrooms, this book is an invaluable resource for expanding students' capacity to learn and helping them cultivate essential skills that will last a lifetime.
Author : Susan Pinker
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743284712
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)
Download or read book The Sexual Paradox written by Susan Pinker and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-08-18 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in paperback from psychologist and award- winningcolumnistSusanPinker, the groundbreaking and contro- versial book that is “lively, well- written...important and timely” (The Washington Post). In this “ringing salvo in the sex-difference wars” (The New York Times Book Review), Pinker examines how fundamental sex differences play out over the life span. By comparing fragile boys who succeed later in life with high- achieving women who opt out or plateau in their careers, Pinker turns several assumptions upside down: that women and men are biologically equivalent, that intelligence is all it takes to succeed, and that women are just versions of men, with identical interests and goals. In lively prose, Pinker guides readers through the latest findings in neuro- science and economics while addressing these questions: Are males the more fragile sex? Which sex is the happiest at work? Why do some male college dropouts earn more than the bright girls who sat beside them in third grade? The answers to these questions are the opposite of what we expect. A provocative and illuminating examination of how and why learning and behavioral gaps in the nursery are reversed in the boardroom, this fascinat- ing book reveals how sex differ- ences influence career choices and ambition. Through the stories of real men and women, science, and examples from popular culture, Susan Pinker takes a new look at the differences between women and men.
Author : John DeLamater
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400767722
Total Pages : 644 pages
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Download or read book Handbook of Social Psychology written by John DeLamater and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook provides a broad overview of the field of social psychology and up-to-date coverage of current social psychological topics. It reflects the recent and substantial development of the field, both with regard to theory and empirical research. It starts out by covering major theoretical perspectives, including the inter actionist, identity, social exchange, social structure and the person perspectives. Next, it discusses development and socialization in childhood, adolescence and adulthood. In addition to updated discussions of topics that were included in the first edition, the part examining personal processes includes entirely new topics, such as social psychology and the body and individual agency and social motivation. Interpersonal processes are discussed from a contemporary perspective with a focus on stress and health. The final section examines the person in sociocultural context and includes another topic new to the second edition, the social psychology of race and gender and intersectionality.
Author : Michael Simonson
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1623962765
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (239 download)
Download or read book Distance Education written by Michael Simonson and published by IAP. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distance Learning journal is a premiere outlet for articles featuring practical applications of distance education in states, institutions, and countries. Distance Education Around the World is a collection of readings from Distance Learning journal written by practitioners for practitioners.
Author : Jill M. Sullivan
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810881632
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Bands of Sisters written by Jill M. Sullivan and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Saturday, November 14, 1944, radio listeners heard an enthusiastic broadcast announcer describe something they had never heard before: Women singing the "Marines' Hymn" instead of the traditional all-male United States Marine Band. The singers were actually members of its sister organization, The Marine Corps Women's Reserve Band of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Today, few remember these all-female military bands because only a small number of their performances were broadcast or pressed to vinyl. But, as Jill Sullivan argues in Bands of Sisters: U.S. Women's Military Bands during World War II, these gaps in the historical record can hardly be treated as the measure of their success. The novelty of these bands—initially employed by the U.S. military to support bond drives—drew enough spectators for the bands to be placed on tour, raising money for the war and boosting morale. The women, once discharged at the war's end, refused to fade into post-war domesticity. Instead, the strong bond fostered by youthful enthusiasm and the rare opportunity to serve in the military while making professional caliber music would come to last some 60 years. Based on interviews with over 70 surviving band members, Bands of Sisters tells the tale of this remarkable period in the history of American women. Sullivan covers the history of these ensembles, tracing accounts such as the female music teachers who would leave their positions to become professional musicians—no easy matter for female instrumentalists of the pre-war era. Sullivan further traces how some band members would later be among the first post-war music therapists based on their experience working with medical personnel in hospitals to treat injured soldiers. The opportunities presented by military service inevitably promoted new perspectives on what women could accomplish outside of the home, resulting in a lifetime of lasting relationships that would inspire future generations of musicians.
Author : Tom Loveless
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815753292
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (532 download)
Download or read book The 2004 Brown Center Report on American Education written by Tom Loveless and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This year the Brown Center analyzes individual math items from the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), attempting to gauge the countrys computation skills.
Author : Jo Rogers
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 144015922X
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Educating, Not Babysitting! written by Jo Rogers and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-10-08 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The majority of our public school graduates are ill-prepared for both college and the working world. How does this betrayal of public trust happen? What can be done about it? Why is it that some public schools are effective and others are not? In Educating, Not Babysitting! veteran teachers Jon Ryker and Jo Rogers delve into the dilemma and recommend a set of principles for improving schools without spending additional money. Educating, Not Babysitting! explains how schools lose their way under competing priorities, a lack of leadership, and a lack of oversight. It also recommends how taxpayers, parents, students, teachers, and administrators can drive the process of refocusing a district on its sole critical missionmaximizing student learning. It explains that: Taxpayers must not write blank checks Students must seek to learn Teachers must believe in their students Parents must join in Administrators must be everyones role model Based on personal experience and presented in an informal, friendly format, Educating, Not Babysitting! demonstrates that education is everyones concern. Together, these groups can rescue school districts from the malaise of at-riskness and get back to the business at handmaximizing learning.
