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  • Talented Teachers

    The Essential Force for Improving Student Achievement

    by Lewis C. Solmon, Tamara W. Schiff ...
    Series series The Milken Family Foundation Series on Education Policy
    This book provides readers with the opportunity to hear what experts in the educational community think about the myriad issues involved in improving the quality of all teachers in our nation’s classrooms. ... Read more

    $67.09 CAD

  • Improving Student Achievement

    Reforms That Work

    Edited by Lewis C. Solmon, Kimberly Firetag Agam, Tamara W. Schiff ...
    Series series The Milken Family Foundation Series on Education Policy
    Improving Student Achievement: Reforms that Work expands on the first volume in the Milken Family Foundation series on education policy, Talented Teachers: The Essential Force for Improving Student Achievement. The series explains to policymakers, parents, business leaders, and teachers the importance of teacher quality in increasing student achievement. This volume is based primarily on the ... Read more

    $73.69 CAD

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    Why Our Schools are Obsessed with Standardized Testing–But You Don't Have to Be

    by Anya Kamenetz ...
    "[The anti-testing] movement now has a guidebook. . . . Kamenetz shows how fundamentally American it would be to move toward a more holistic system." -- New York Times Book ReviewThe Test is an essential and critically acclaimed book for any parent confounded by our national obsession with standardized testing. It recounts the shocking history and tempestuous politics of testing and borrows ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Teaching 2030

    What We Must Do for Our Students and Our Public Schools--Now and in the Future

    by Barnett Berry, the TeacherSolutions 2030 Team ...
    In the raging controversy over how to fix the nation’s underperforming schools, the voices of America’s best teachers are seldom heard. Now, in a provocative book about the future of teaching and learning, 12 of America’s most accomplished classroom educators join a leading advocate for a 21st-century teaching profession to bring expert classroom know-how and fresh policy ideas to the school ... Read more

    $33.89 CAD

  • The Flat World and Education

    How America's Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future

    by Linda Darling-Hammond ...
    Series series Multicultural Education Series
    Linda Darling-Hammond is the 2023 National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) Policy Leader of the YearIn this bestseller and Grawemeyer Award winner, Linda Darling-Hammond offers an eye-opening wake-up call concerning America’s future and vividly illustrates what the United States needs to do in order to build a system of high-achieving and equitable schools that ensures every child ... Read more

    $45.49 CAD

  • The Testing Charade

    Pretending to Make Schools Better

    by Daniel Koretz ...
    For decades we've been studying, experimenting with, and wrangling over different approaches to improving public education, and there's still little consensus on what works, and what to do. The one thing people seem to agree on, however, is that schools need to be held accountable—we need to know whether what they're doing is actually working. But what does that mean in practice?High-stakes tests. ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Working for Kids

    Educational Leadership as Inquiry and Invention

    by James H. Lytle ...
    Series series New Frontiers in Education
    Much of the current discourse on improving school leadership, and particularly the performance of principals, is misguided. There is much too much emphasis on evaluation and standards as determined by policy makers and professors and not nearly enough attention to how one provides performance-driven leadership in the context of day-to-day practice.As an administrator, academic, consultant and ... Read more

    $55.79 CAD

  • More Than a Score

    The New Uprising Against High-Stakes Testing

    by Diane Ravitch ...
    "Jesse Hagopian brought a rare moment of truth to the corporate-dominated Education Nation show when he spoke on behalf of his colleagues at Garfield High in Seattle. He instantly became the voice and face of the movement to stop pointless and punitive high-stakes testing."—Diane Ravitch, author of Reign of TerrorIn cities across the country, students are walking out, parents are opting their ... Read more

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  • Negotiation

    Communication for Diverse Settings

    by Michael L. Spangle, Myra Warren Isenhart ...
    Negotiation is not formulaic. How we negotiate is determined largely by the context in which the negotiation process takes place. Negotiation: Communication for Diverse Settings provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of the negotiation process as it applies to a wide variety of contexts. Skillfully weaving practitioner interviews and real world examples throughout the book, Michael ... Read more

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  • Negotiation Excellence: Successful Deal Making

    by Michael Benoliel ...
    Negotiation Excellence: Successful Deal Making was written by leading negotiation experts from top-rated universities in the USA and in Asia and its objective is to introduce the readers to the theory and best practices of effective negotiation. The book includes chapters ranging from: preparing and planning well for successful negotiations; building relationships and establishing trust between ... Read more

    $25.29 CAD

  • Improving Schools through Community Engagement

    A Practical Guide for Educators

    by Kathy Gardner Chadwick ...
    Engage your community and help students achieve their full potential!Americans see public schools as a critical community resource and rank education as a priority second only to the economy. How can educators harness this public interest in education to bring parents, families, and communities to action for our schools? Improving Schools Through Community Engagement addresses these questions and ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Urban School Leadership

    by Tom Payzant ...
    Series Book 9 - Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education
    This important book, written by educational expert and urban school leader, Tom Payzant, offers a realistic understanding of what urban school leadership looks like from the inside. Payzant shares his first-hand knowledge of the unique managerial, instructional, and political tasks of this role. Effectively combining practical lessons and research, Urban School Leadership includes in-depth ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD