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This book examines the critical issues associated with the topic of social justice in primary and secondary education.

This monograph examines changes in the American public school population, showing how different historical periods have affected the composition of the student body and have posed important challenges to those involved in shaping educational policy.

This book examines the remarkable transformation of the American school system in the form and function of education and assesses the problems and possibilities for the future of schools and our nation.

This book examines the push and pull of factors contributing to and constraining conversion of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education programs into STEAM (science, technology, engineering, math and arts) education programs.

In this inspiring collection, 13 early childhood leaders take action to challenge and change inequitable educational practices in preschools and elementary schools.

This book explores emerging practices in distance education that have been facilitated by the development of educational technology.

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) has been steadily gaining traction in education. The author draws on qualitative classroom observations, teacher interviews, and analysis of prominent SEL program materials to offer a critique of SEL as a codified phenomenon.

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris was already known as a crusading physician delivering targeted care to vulnerable children. But it was Diego--a boy who had stopped growing after a sexual assault--who galvanized her journey to uncover the connections between toxic stress and lifelong illnesses.

This ground-breaking guide helps you identify and address diverse student needs within the flipped classroom environment.

Harnessing the insights and experience of renowned educators, this book applies the wisdom and evidence of VISIBLE LEARNING® research to understand what works best with distance learning.

This book reviews evidence-based, multi-tiered practices for promoting social-emotional learning (SEL) with typically developing students as well as those with special needs.

This is an essential resource for educators working to support emotional wellbeing in children and young people.

A practical, accessible, in-depth guide to reading assessment and intervention.

This new edition addresses changes in special education and revisits enduring ethical issues that are most salient and pressing to special education teachers and administrators.

Leading historians provide new insights into the founding generation's views on the place of public education in America.

A collection of innovative research on the applications of technology in online and blended learning environments in order to develop quality courses, explore how content is delivered across disciplines and settings, and support the formation of relationships and enrichment opportunities.

The burgeoning multidisciplinary field of social and emotional learning (SEL) now has a comprehensive and definitive handbook covering all aspects of research, practice, and policy.

The author examines methods for integrating evidence-based practices into online teaching environments, including think alouds, case-based instruction, peer feedback, and field experience.

The author brings together history, research, and compelling characters to pull back the curtain on the fundamental flaw in our education system--one that fellow reformers, journalists, and policymakers have long overlooked, and of which the general public, including many parents, remains unaware.

The author reveals the underexplored science of reading, which spans cognitive science, neurobiology, and linguistics.

"At the intersection of learning, technology, design, and organizational change in higher education lies the foundation of a new academic discipline of "digital learning." This is a book for those in higher education who work at the intersection of learning technology, design, and organizational change in roles related to digital and online education but who are motivated to use this work to advance both their institutions and the larger field of postsecondary education"-- Provided by publisher.

Using ideas borrowed from improvement science, the authors show how a process of disciplined inquiry can be combined with the use of networks to identify, adapt, and successfully scale up promising interventions in education.

Legal Issues in Special Education provides teachers and school administrators with a clearly written, well-organized, and understandable guide from the perspective of the practitioner without formal legal training.

A scholarly resource that provides empirical and theoretical research focused on the effective construction and management of advanced online educational environments.

Mindfulness can be used in the classroom as a method to increase overall teacher effectiveness, raise student achievement, and reignite the joy of teaching and learning.

An easy-to-use guide to incorporating social-emotional and character development (SECD) into your teaching practice.

This book addresses the models, support, cases, and delivery of K-12 online education.

From one of the world's leading experts on reading and dyslexia, the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and practical book yet to help us understand, identify, and overcome the reading problems that plague American children today.

This book argues that the structure of American public education is a key factor in its failure to fulfill the intellectual, civic, and moral aims for which it was created.

This practiced-based handbook describes postmodern career counseling models and methods designed to meet clients' diverse needs in today's challenging work environment. Readers will gain a solid understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of postmodern career counseling and learn practical approaches to counseling clients of various ages and backgrounds on occupational choice and other issues, such as coping with developmental tasks, career transitions, and work traumas.

The long-awaited follow-up to Making Thinking Visible provides new thinking routines, original research, and unique global case studies.

This book argues that integrating artistic contributions - with an emphasis on culture and language - can make Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects more accessible, and therefore promote creativity and innovation in teaching and learning at all levels of education.

This book provides an overview of current research on the development of reading skills as well as practices to assist educational professionals with assessment, prevention, and intervention for students with reading difficulties.

A renowned cognitive neuroscientist's fascinating and highly informative account of how the brain acquires reading.

An accessible exploration of arguably life's most important skill: reading.

This landmark volume lays out a meticulously researched case showing how--in a time of spiraling inequality--strategically targeted interventions and supports can help schools significantly improve the life chances of low-income children.

education expert Kim Marshall shows how to break away from the typical and often ineffective evaluation approaches in which principals use infrequent classroom visits or rely on standardized test scores to assess a teacher's performance.

This highly engaging, eminently practical book provides essential resources for implementing social and emotional learning (SEL) in any K-12 setting.

This book addresses foundational concerns at the interface of standardized testing and social justice in American schools.

This volume addresses the evolution of social presence with three distinct perspectives, outlines the relevant research, and focuses on practical strategies that can immediately impact the teaching and learning experience.

A bestselling, widely adopted textbook on explicit, high-quality literacy instruction.

A workbook of exercises addressing syntax and semantics.

The author shows how positive school culture is anchored in social and emotional learning as a way of being.

Artist and educator Tim Needles brings a fresh approach to STEAM topics, focusing on creativity, innovation, and collaboration.

This concise handbook helps educators write for the rhetorical situations they will face as students of education, and as preservice and practicing teachers.

Growing numbers of people recognize that social-emotional learning (SEL) is central to a well-rounded education and to success in life outside and beyond the school building. This highly practical and eminently readable book shows teachers, administrators, and other school staff how to integrate SEL into their school culture.

This book is a concise social history of teaching from the colonial period to the present.

This book opens doors of communication for all people willing to create a community, state, nation, or world of harmony.

A 16-lesson program targeting everyday social challenges faced by primary aged children, such as peer pressure and bullying style behaviors; competition and handling disappointment; feelings and wellbeing and self-awareness.

Make social and emotional learning a way of being--all day, every day, and in any setting.