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This book brings readers into K-12 public school classrooms through case studies of four teachers.

Learn how to get results in math teaching and learning by working smarter not harder! A framework for math teaching that integrates the Common Core standards of mathematical practice as a natural part of teaching is provided. This researched based framework that address the process of teaching has been tested and refined by hundreds of teachers.

This is a thorough, understandable, and comprehensive guide to educational research.

The framework of this book is conceived to help teachers develop students' ability to evaluate, analyze, synthesize and interpret. The proposed activities seek to incite reflection and creativity in students, and can be used as a model for teachers in designing future lessons on other films.

This book is an interdisciplinary guide for middle grades (4th through 8th grade, though it can be adapted to lower and higher levels of learning), in social studies, language arts, mathematics and art production.

The book is intended to help new and veteran band directors develop an orchestra in their school.

This book provides teachers who have one or more gifted/accelerated or those who are "keenly interested" students in their class ways in which they can differentiate reading instruction that is equitable.

This book discusses the role the principal must play as an instructional leader in order to maximize the potential of the teachers and students on a campus.

This book offers readers innovative learning techniques that can easily be adapted in the home or classroom to facilitate the brain changing concept.

This book chronicles what an economic impact study is, is not, what the results mean, and why they are important.

This book is designed to help leaders better understand and effectively harness these forces in maximizing creative outcomes and overall success.

A comprehensive introduction to water ethics, this book explores the common thread between debates in the allocation of water resources, the human right to water and the commodification and privatisation of water services, and fills the gap for alternatives to the predominantly consequentialist approach to dealing with these issues.

This book provides a solid grounding in the scientific and political issues of climate change, which allows students to explore the important moral issues raised by climate change, and consider what our values are in climate policy.

This book serves as a comprehensive guide for educators looking to make informed decisions and navigate digital spaces with their students. The author sets the stage for educators who may not be familiar with the digital world that their students live in, including the complexities of online identities, digital communities and social media.

This book offers a rich collection of voices from diverse settings and illustrates ways in which lectio divina as a contemplative practice can transform teaching and learning. Drawing on holistic education and embodied learning, lectio divina empowers teachers and roots students in their own meaning making.

This new edition includes key political developments over the last few years and continues to look at the diverse and hyperpluralistic nature of the state itself, particularly its people and the groups to which they belong.The authors continue to explain California politics through the dual lenses of diversity and hyperpluralism.

This book exhibits a collection of proposals for how school curriculum may be conceived, designed, and realized.

Leaders impact the workplace via organizational climate. This is primarily done through the relationships created, leader to employee. In Leadership Intelligence - Navigating through Confidence and Humility the authors make the case for creating this ultimate climate. Specific empirical evidence to this end is shared in this the second edition.

This book compares and discusses a range of responses to managing global issues. The three channels that global issues flow through (public sector responses, private sector responses, and mixed public-private sectors) are explored in detail for undergraduate students, with lessons learned from the responses presented to enhance theory and practice.

This book reveals the journey to an optimistic, productive mindset that works in classrooms and businesses, and is intentional, seeking to bring out the best in others so that classrooms can be their collaborative finest at all levels. With 21 contributors, each chapter blends a unique leadership trait with classroom wisdom to benefit both spheres.

Race in Post-racial Europe offers an analysis of the intersectional logics of post-racial formations in Europe.

The scope of the book is confined to Asia: China, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines.

Igniting School Performance recognizes persuading stakeholders to commit to high levels of performance is essential. Shifting an organization's mindset requires courage. Only when the their leadership and its stakeholders fully commit to a mantra of equity and excellence for all students will real substantive change become transformational.

The purpose of this book is to oppose the up-and-coming phenomenon of "weak thought." It is a passionate plea for a new Age of Enlightenment.

This book covers topics from the early identification of talent, using demographic characteristics to make academic decisions, and the casting of a `gap' in mathematical performance as about the students themselves. Educators are making decisions about students that contribute to the very gaps in achievement we strive to overcome.

Is Your Organization Designed to Listen demonstrates that listening is an invaluable tool for strategic action that is essential to the success of contemporary organizations. Lewis gives organizations the tools to assess and improve their techniques for listening, including development of how they process and respond to what is heard.

To Explain it All analyzes seven of the foundational works in the field of World History from H.G. Wells in 1920 to Susan Wise Bauer's ongoing multi-volume work.

The book analyzes the characteristics of Standard Written American English sentences.

Dr. Carpenter provides parents, teachers and students with useful information for the prevention of school shootings

This is a book for those who are committed to seeing all boys grow and thrive while avoiding what has been termed as toxic male culture.