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Direct linkMonzo, Lilia D., Ed.; Merz, Alice, Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2012
"The Hope for Audacity: Public Identity and Equity Action in Education" calls for audacious action from the president and his administration as they attempt to guide educators, policymakers, as well as the general public in thinking critically about education. This book also discusses the role of education faculties in becoming more active agents…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Race, Role, College Faculty
Shen, Jianping, Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2012
The vital role of principalship in improving schools in general and enhancing student achievement in particular has been well documented. Given its importance, there is a need for tools to improve principalship, particularly ones emphasizing those dimensions associated with student achievement. Given the accountability movement, with its…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Principals, Educational Change, Instructional Leadership
Nash, Robert J., Ed.; Johnson, Richard Greggory, III, Ed.; Murray, Michele C., Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2012
The book deals concretely with the most effective ways for educators to be social justice advocates, with questions about what it means to be a social justice advocate, and with the best communication strategies to advocate for a particular social justice view that might start and sustain an open dialogue. The book presents a number of practical…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Educational Strategies, Communication Strategies, Black Studies
Rappleye, Jeremy – Peter Lang Frankfurt, 2012
As education becomes increasingly global, the processes and politics of transfer have become a central focus of research. This study provides a comprehensive analysis of contemporary theoretical and analytical work aimed at exploring international educational reform and reveals the myriad ways that globalization is now fundamentally altering our…
Descriptors: Policy Formation, Educational Research, Global Approach, Educational Change
Swim, Terri Jo, Ed.; Howard, Keith, Ed.; Kim, Il-Hee, Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2012
For far too long, public education had been under the shadow of terms such as failing schools, achievement gaps, and poor classroom management. While many publications have outlined these issues, the goal of this book is not to resonate despair but to illuminate individuals' hopes and dreams for public education. For the authors of this book,…
Descriptors: Public Education, Educational Change, Teacher Education, Childrens Rights
Epstein, Kitty Kelly – Peter Lang New York, 2012
The revised edition of "A Different View of Urban Schools" updates a unique story about the realities of urban education in America and provides new insights on the origin of urban education issues; the route to a diverse and effective teaching force; and the impact of federal legislation and corporate involvement on urban schools. Dr. Epstein's…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Urban Schools, Civil Rights, Critical Theory
Walsh, Thomas – Peter Lang Oxford, 2012
This book critically examines the context, origins, development and implementation of successive primary school curricula in Ireland between 1897 and 1990. It focuses on three particular policy changes during the period: the "Revised Programme of Instruction" introduced in 1900, the curricular provisions implemented following the achievement of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Curriculum Development, Time
Ahlquist, Roberta, Ed.; Gorski, Paul C., Ed.; Montano, Theresa, Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2011
Hyper-accountability, corporatization, deficit ideology, and Ruby Payne's preparation of teachers to comply with these and other atrocities are not merely markers of philosophical shifts in education. They are manifestations of a neoliberal remaking of public schooling into a private and corporate enterprise. Collectively, these trends are seen…
Descriptors: Accountability, Ideology, Political Attitudes, Economic Development
Sanjakdar, Fida – Peter Lang New York, 2011
Sexuality education has been the cause of much dissension in the Western Muslim community. Delivering sexuality education that is both Islamically inclusive and reflective of the real world of Muslim youth remains a challenge for many school communities. Through the eyes of Muslim teachers, students, and members of wider Islamic communities, this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Muslims, Sex Education, Western Civilization
Millei, Zsuzsa, Ed.; Griffiths, Tom G., Ed.; Parkes, Robert John, Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2010
For over a century, teachers, parents, and school leaders have lamented a loss of "discipline" in classrooms. Caught between guidance approaches on the one hand and a call for zero tolerance on the other, current debates rarely venture beyond the terrain of implementation strategies. This book aims to reinvigorate thinking on "discipline" in…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Discipline, Zero Tolerance Policy, Administrators
Epstein, Kitty Kelly – Peter Lang New York, 2006
This book tells a fascinating story about the realities of urban education in America. It provides new insights on teacher selection and preparation, curriculum, school takeovers, federal legislation, the role of business, and the impact of the civil rights movement on urban schools. The result is a new perspective on what educational reform…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Urban Schools, Civil Rights, Critical Theory
Tierney, William G., Ed.; Colyar, Julia E., Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2006
This book documents a year in the life of five adolescents preparing for college. The text examines the different pathways that brought these students to where they are: living in poverty, attending overcrowded schools, and the pressure to be the first in their families to attend college are just a few of the challenges these students must battle…
Descriptors: High School Students, Access to Education, Student Characteristics, Higher Education
