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Highlights the myriad ways in which organised collegiate sport has both positively contributed to and negatively detracted from the educational experiences of Black male college athletes. Specifically, John Singer examines the experiences, opportunities, and outcomes of Black males who have played NCAA Division I football and/or basketball.

Details the profound social and emotional change that non-traditional and historically underserved students undergo when they enter community college. Drawing on case study material and student interviews, this book outlines the systematic supports that two-year institutions must put in place to help students achieve their goals.

Provides a much-needed blueprint for how school leaders can leverage the power of collaborative learning to create more culturally and linguistically responsive schools. The book describes an innovative network of twenty preK-8 schools located across the United States striving to address the barriers to inclusive education.

Provides a much-needed blueprint for how school leaders can leverage the power of collaborative learning to create more culturally and linguistically responsive schools. The book describes an innovative network of twenty preK-8 schools located across the United States striving to address the barriers to inclusive education.

Examines how language and culture matter for effective science teaching. Bryan Brown argues that, given the realities of our multilingual and multicultural society, teachers must truly understand how issues of culture intersect with the fundamental principles of learning.

Shows what is possible when schools and districts draw upon the talents of their counselors and put them at the centre of students' school experience. Mandy Savitz-Romer offers a strategic approach to school counselling that enables educational leaders to draw on existing staff to create supportive contexts and programs for students.

Makes a compelling case for a fundamental change in the way we view education. The authors argue for an expansion of community-school partnerships in order to provide integrated student supports from cradle to careers, including wraparound services like mental health, and early childhood education, enrichment programs, and family supports.

Offers a richly detailed study of public Montessori schools, which make up the largest group of progressive schools in the public sector. As public Montessori schools expand rapidly as alternatives to traditional public schools, the story of these schools, Mira Debs points out, is a microcosm of the broader conflicts around public school choice.

Distrust characterizes much of the current political discourse in the United States today. It shapes our feelings about teachers, schools, and policies. Katherine Schultz argues that distrust - and the failure to recognise and address it - significantly contributes to the failure of policies meant to improve educational systems.

Today teachers must prioritize problem-solving ability, adaptability, critical thinking, and the development of interpersonal and collaborative skills over the passive transmission of knowledge. This book examines what this means for teacher preparation and showcases programs that are educating for deeper learning, equity, and social justice.

Details the beliefs and practices that made the Alliance School of Milwaukee the first school to open with the mission of being bully-free. This book illustrates how creating a safe, inclusive, and academically challenging environment goes beyond a programming approach to a more holistic one in which building relationships takes centre stage.

A comprehensive resource for educators and policy makers seeking to understand the scope, impact, and causes of chronic student absenteeism. The editors present a series of studies that address which students are missing school and why, what roles schools play in contributing to patterns of absenteeism, and ways to assess student attendance.

Examines how variations in state governance determine how federal initiatives are implemented and makes recommendations for approaching reform from this perspective. The book defines the key ways in which state policy environments differ, illustrates how those differences matter, and encourages reformers to achieve more equitable improvement.

Offers a balanced perspective on how different countries approach key policies and what the United States can learn from those programs. Jason Delisle and Alex Usher have gathered a diverse group of experts to examine systems across the globe with a focus on the trade-offs between access, cost, and quality.

Offers a balanced perspective on how different countries approach key policies and what the United States can learn from those programs. Jason Delisle and Alex Usher have gathered a diverse group of experts to examine systems across the globe with a focus on the trade-offs between access, cost, and quality.

Documents and analyses the injection of external funding into local elections. Drawing on a detailed study of elections in five districts (Bridgeport, Connecticut, Denver, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, and New Orleans), the authors explore what happens when national issues percolate downward into local politics.

Offers a comprehensive and timely resource for educators and policy makers seeking to understand the scope, impact, and causes of chronic student absenteeism. This book provides the first critical, systematic look at research that can inform and guide those who are working to ensure that every child is in school and learning every day.

Features eight normative cases of complex dilemmas drawn from real events designed to help educators practice the type of collaborative problem solving and civil discourse needed to meet the challenges of democratic education. Each of the cases also features a set of six commentaries to spark reflection and conversation.

Based on lessons drawn from an experimental writing enrichment program, this book illustrates how teachers and students benefit from a well-sequenced writing curriculum with high expectations for a heterogeneous population of participants, including students who have often been poorly served by writing instruction in schools.

Shows how teachers in grades 5-8 can leverage the use of personalized learning plans (PLPs) to increase student agency and engagement, helping youth to establish learning goals aligned with their interests and assess their own learning - particularly around essential skills that cut across disciplines.

In districts from Chicago to New York to Washington, DC, neighbourhood public schools are being forced to compete with charter schools for students and resources, often under the threat of closure. In Compete or Close, Julia McWilliams provides a compelling ethnographic study of one such school, a neighborhood high school in Philadelphia.

Features eight normative cases of complex dilemmas drawn from real events designed to help educators practice the type of collaborative problem solving and civil discourse needed to meet the challenges of democratic education. Each of the cases also features a set of six commentaries to spark reflection and conversation.

Offers a detailed, on-the-ground exploration of the Pathways to Prosperity Network's efforts at state, regional, and local levels. This book describes a strikingly wide range of systems and efforts that the Pathways Network has helped establish in recent years, and provides a clear and detailed sense of promising ways forward.

Offers a detailed, on-the-ground exploration of the Pathways to Prosperity Network's efforts at state, regional, and local levels. This book describes a strikingly wide range of systems and efforts that the Pathways Network has helped establish in recent years, and provides a clear and detailed sense of promising ways forward.

Investigates the varying ways in which four countries - Singapore, Switzerland, China, and the US - prepare young people for the twenty-first-century workplace. A detailed and incisive look at VET systems, this book will be indispensable reading for all who are concerned with preparing youth for today's competitive and demanding modern workplace.

Introduces a new paradigm and framework for career development focused on teaching skills that all students need to set long-term goals and experience post-secondary success. This book shows how educators can leverage the use of individual learning plans to help students identify their interests and create their own career pathways.

Investigates the varying ways in which four countries - Singapore, Switzerland, China, and the US - prepare young people for the twenty-first-century workplace. A detailed and incisive look at VET systems, this book will be indispensable reading for all who are concerned with preparing youth for today's competitive and demanding modern workplace.

Examines the shifting federal role in education across the presidential administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama. While the administrations were vastly different, one thing remained constant: an ongoing and significant expansion of the federal role in education.

Examines the shifting federal role in education across the presidential administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama. While the administrations were vastly different, one thing remained constant: an ongoing and significant expansion of the federal role in education.

Building upon the theoretical and practical foundation outlined in their previous book, Educating English Learners, the authors show classroom teachers how to develop a repertoire of instructional techniques that address K-12 English learners at different English proficiency and grade levels, and across subject areas.