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Author
Publisher
Fulcrum Pub
Pub. Date
©2001
Physical Desc
vii, 168 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Formal Indian education in America stretches all the way from reservation preschools to prestigious urban universities. Examine the issues facing Native American students as they progress through schools, colleges, and on into professions. This collection of 16 essays is at once philosophic, practical, and visionary. A concise reference for administrators, educators, students, and community leaders involved with Indian education.
Author
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Lexile measure
1080L
Physical Desc
64 pages ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the history of the Department of Education, and how it has evolved, what the pressing issues are today, and what lies ahead in the near future. Takes a potentially dry topic and makes it accessible for the younger reader. Sidebars highlight important issues and figures in history.
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xxii, 234 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Innovation expert Ted Dintersmith took a trip across America, visiting all fifty states in a single school year. He originally set out to raise awareness about the urgent need to reimagine education to prepare students for a world marked by innovation -- but America's teachers one-upped him. All across the country, he met teachers in ordinary settings doing extraordinary things, creating innovative classrooms where children learn deeply and joyously...
Author
Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 254 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The secrets behind China's extraordinary educational system - good, bad, and ugly, Chinese students' consistently stunning performance on the international PISA exams-- where they outscore students of all other nations in math, reading, and science--have positioned China as a world education leader. American educators and pundits have declared this a "Sputnik Moment," saying that we must learn from China's education system in order to maintain our...
Author
Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
206 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
The issues and arguments surrounding school choice are sometimes hijacked to make political points about government control, democratic ideals, the public good, and privatization. In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, David Garcia avoids partisan arguments to offer an accessible, objective, and comprehensive guide to school choice. He first outlines the different types of school choice, including home schooling, private schools,...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Harper paperbacks edition.
Physical Desc
x, 347 pages : map ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice; Real Simple Best of the Month; Library Journal Editors' Pick
In the spirit of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Bringing up Bébé, and The Smartest Kids in the World, a hard-hitting exploration of China's widely acclaimed yet insular education system that raises important questions for the future of American parenting and education
When students in Shanghai rose to the top of international rankings in...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Makes recommendations for meeting four major challenges currently facing the United States, including globalization, the information technology revolution, chronic deficits, and unbalanced energy consumption.
Author
Pub. Date
1984
Physical Desc
xxiv, 280 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Using the Kennedy and Johnson archives to analyze the evolution of educational policy from the perspective of the executive branch, Graham finds that the central theme was executive planning through presidential task forces. Mission agencies, clientele groups, and congressional committees produced a cascade of education programs in the 1960s as the administration was collapsing under the weight of the Vietnam war, inflation, and collective violence,...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
ix, 250 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Warlords are individuals who control small territories within weak states, using a combination of force and patronage. In this book, Kimberly Marten shows why and how warlords undermine state sovereignty. Unlike the feudal lords of a previous era, warlords today are not state-builders. Instead they collude with cost-conscious, corrupt, or frightened state officials to flout and undermine state capacity. They thrive on illegality, relying on private...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 262 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In many public schools, students are spending up to 28 percent of instructional time on testing and test prep. Starting this year, the introduction of the Common Core State Standards Initiative in 45 states will bring an unprecedented level of new, more difficult, and longer mandatory tests to nearly every classroom in the nation up to five times a year--forcing our national testing obsession to a crisis point. Taxpayers are spending extravagant...
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
xiv, 297 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Distinguished historian and policy analyst Maris Vinovskis examines federal K-12 education policies, beginning with the publication of A Nation at Risk and focusing on the National Education Goals, America 2000, Goals 2000, and No Child Left Behind. In addition to discussing key policy debates, he also addresses the practical aspects of implementing and evaluating school and classroom reforms, drawing on his unique experiences working in the Department...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1993
Physical Desc
ix, 350 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
American schools are in a state of crisis.At the root of our current perplexity, beneath the difficulties with funding, social problems, and low test scores, festers a serious uncertainty as to what the focus and goals of education should be. We are increasingly haunted by the suspicion that our educational theories and institutions have lost sight of the need to perpetuate a core of moral and civic knowledge that is essential for any citizen's education,...