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Shares the author's experience teaching a hip-hop centered English literature course in a Philadelphia high school where rap music, turntablism, breakdancing, graffiti culture, and other aspects of hip-hop were incorporated into the curriculum. This book shows that hip-hop culture is the opportunity to affect students' lives in extraordinary ways.

Brings to light the devastating consequences of an educational approach that values conformity over creativity, flattens students' interests, and dampens down differences among learners. Drawing on emotional stories, this book shows that institutional structures do not produce the kinds of minds and thinking that society really needs.

Using the experiences and words of seven public school principals who came to the field of administration committed to advancing social justice in their schools, this book presents a framework and 7 'keys' to social justice leadership (SJL).

A guide to reading across the content areas of math, science, and social studies in grades 6-12. It presents key information that addresses various types of 21st century literacy - visual, digital, and print.

Illuminates the useful work behind the scenes in building successful online communities and scaffolding site interactions, including content selection, creation and management, administrative structures, tools and interactive functionalities, the facilitation of discourse and emergent sub-communities, and the development of online leadership.

We should hold public schools accountable for effectively spending the vast funds with which they have been entrusted. This title describes a kind of accountability plan for public education, one that relies on higher-quality testing, focuses on professional evaluation, and builds on capacities we already possess.

Focusing on three diverse school districts (Arlington, Virginia; Denver, Colorado; and Oakland, California), this book offers a portrayal of how teachers teach. It looks at a range of workable pedagogical options educators are using to engage students while satisfying parents and policymakers - options that succeed by creating hybrid practices.

The United States is at a pivotal crossroads in determining the educational experiences of children ages 3 through 8. Helping educators set goals and design effective policies, this title provides a history of early education and care in the United States and invites readers to consider early schooling in a global perspective.

Helping students master a broad range of individual words is a vital part of effective vocabulary instruction. This book describes a practical program for teaching individual words in the K-8 classroom.

Looks at the state of character education. This book assesses its strengths and weaknesses and finds fault with leading advocates for failing to respond to sound critiques of their work. It argues that contemporary character education can be improved by using key principles from established theories and research on developmental psychology.

Examines federal K - 12 education policies. Discussing key policy debates, this title addresses the practical aspects of implementing and evaluating school and classroom reforms, drawing on the author's experiences working in the Department of Education during both the George H W Bush and Bill Clinton administrations.

Synthesizes research on the methods and models for designing coherent science instruction. Arising from the National Science Foundation-funded Delineating and Evaluating Coherent Instructional Designs for Education (DECIDE) project, this volume combines the insights of researchers from two Centers for Teaching and Learning.

Suitable for those looking to be more involved in the urgent and continuing efforts to restore America's public schools, this book brings together the experiences and insights of influential and progressive educational leaders, who share their personal stories of the challenges and triumphs they faced in the classroom.

Features reviews of 74 of New York City's best public middle schools. Providing things parents need to know in choosing a middle school that is just right for their child, this book features interviews with teachers, parents, and students to uncover the 'inside scoop' on schools - including atmosphere, homework, student stress, and competition.

Despite growing evidence that all students will benefit from engaging and challenging instruction, many struggling students continue to experience a circumscribed curriculum that emphasizes low-level skills. Featuring contributions from emerging and well-known researchers, this important volume is about the enactment of high-expectation curricula in everyday practice.

Focuses on how critical theories are manifested in language and literacy research. This book discusses critical consciousnesses in various places, at various times in the world, and at varying levels in language and literacy research.

Argues that the greatest source of variation in opportunity to learn is not between local communities, or even schools, but between classrooms. It zeroes in on one of the core elements of schooling - coverage of subject matter content - and examines how such opportunities are distributed across the millions of school children in the United States.

Drawing on perceptions, behaviours, and experiences of students at an urban high school, this demonstrates how urban youth can be meaningfully engaged in learning mathematics. The author presents a `potential' model rather than a `deficit' model, complete with teaching strategies and best practices for teaching mathematics in innovative and relevant ways.

A guide to coaching in a small school setting. It provides small school administrators and practitioners with a means to institute and facilitate coaching in their ranks, especially important in new small schools where many teachers are new to the system and the profession.

The Grow Your Own (GYO) teacher initiative involves collaboration between community-based organizations and colleges of education in preparing community members to teach for change in their local schools. Incorporating stories and the perspectives of foremost teacher educators, students, and community leaders, this book offers an alternative framework for teacher education that will provide urban students with the education they deserve. It will also provide adult community members with an example of higher education that can lead to a rewarding professional career. --from publisher description

A collection of essays that presents an overview of the origins and development of standards-based educational reform and assessment. It offers a description of the standards-based educational reform movement's essential elements, and an analysis of the means and ends of what is perhaps the most important reform effort US schools have experienced.

The negative consequences of school desegregation on Black communities in the United States are now well documented in education research. Learning in a Burning House is the first book to offer a historical look at the desegregation dilemma with clear recommendations for what must be done to ensure Black student success in today's schools.

How is compelling, exemplary curriculum created in schools in spite of the pressures to implement a standardized curriculum? This book presents stories which illustrate ways that early childhood values and practices have been sustained and promoted in elementary schools, exemplary teaching practice, and democratic participatory teaching.

Provides up-to-date syntheses of the research base for young English language learners on critical topics such as demographics, development of bilingualism, cognitive and neurological benefits of bilingualism, and family relationships, as well as classroom, assessment, and teacher-preparation practices.

Describes best practices for designing online programs and courses. This book provides a roadmap for those wishing to design and implement a distance learning program. It explains how to facilitate and moderate interactions using a constructivist approach, and presents strategies that respond to race- and gender-related challenges.

Offers information about the organization and administration of programs and the challenges to creating and sustaining viable research opportunities. This resource features a variety of perspectives, including those of external evaluators, longtime program directors, participants, and administrators.

The self-conscious use of education as an instrument of liberation among African Americans is as old as education among African Americans. This work is about those forms of education intended to help people think more critically about the social forces shaping their lives and think confidently about their ability to react against those forces.