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23 produkter
Reforming Boston Schools, 1930 to the present
Overcoming Corruption and Racial Segregation
Av J. Cronin
Häftad, 2011
491 kr
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Boston s schools in 2006 won the Eli Broad Prize for the Most Improved Urban School System in America. But from the 1930s into the 1970s the city schools succumbed to scandals including the sale of jobs and racial segregation. This book describes the black voices before and after court decisions …
History of "Zero Tolerance" in American Public Schooling
Av J. Kafka
Inbunden, 2011
520 kr
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Through a case study of the Los Angeles city school district from the 1950s through the 1970s, Judith Kafka explores the intersection of race, politics, and the bureaucratic organization of schooling. Kafka argues that control over discipline became increasingly centralized in the second half of …
Reforming Boston Schools, 1930 to the present
Overcoming Corruption and Racial Segregation
Av J. Cronin
Inbunden, 2008
491 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Boston s schools in 2006 won the Eli Broad Prize for the Most Improved Urban School System in America. But from the 1930s into the 1970s the city schools succumbed to scandals including the sale of jobs and racial segregation. This book describes the black voices before and after court decisions …
Charter Schools
From Reform Imagery to Reform Reality
Av J. Powers
Inbunden, 2009
491 kr
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This book begins with the claims of policymakers and explores charter schools at each stage of the policymaking process, from legislation to implementation. Powers carefully and thoroughly examines how features of schools' policy contexts shape the ways that charter school reform unfolds at …
Becoming an Engineer in Public Universities
Pathways for Women and Minorities
Av K. Borman, R. Halperin
Inbunden, 2010
491 kr
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Based on research conducted in a three year, mixed-method, multi-site National Science Foundation, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program Project, this book offers a comprehensive look into how engineering department culture and climate impacts the successful …
Multiracial Urban High School
Fearing Peers and Trusting Friends
Inbunden, 2011
491 kr
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From 1996-2000, thirty minority teenagers (African American, Chinese American, Puerto Rican American, and Dominican American) were interviewed every year for four years to investigate how their experiences in high school shaped their social relationships.
Advisory in Urban High Schools
A Study of Expanded Teacher Roles
Av K. Phillippo
Inbunden, 2013
491 kr
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Kate Phillippo evaluates the practice of having teachers also serve as advisors, tasked with providing social-emotional support to students. Through an in-depth survey of teacher-advisors at three different urban high schools, she examines the different ways in which advisors interpret and carry …
History of "Zero Tolerance" in American Public Schooling
Av J. Kafka
Häftad, 2013
553 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Through a case study of the Los Angeles city school district from the 1950s through the 1970s, Judith Kafka explores the intersection of race, politics, and the bureaucratic organization of schooling. Kafka argues that control over discipline became increasingly centralized in the second half of …
Public Housing and School Choice in a Gentrified City
Youth Experiences of Uneven Opportunity
Av M. Makris
Inbunden, 2015
491 kr
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Winner of the 2016 AESA Critics' Choice Book Award Molly Makris uses an interdisciplinary approach to urban education policy to examine the formal education and physical environment of young people from low-income backgrounds and demonstrate how gentrification shapes these circumstances.
Against Race- and Class-Based Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education
Inbunden, 2015
535 kr
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This book examines differing classroom pedagogies in two early childhood programs serving vulnerable populations in Chicago, one program Reggio Emilia-inspired, while the other uses a more didactic pedagogy. The structure of classroom pedagogies is defined using Basil Bernstein's theories of …
History of "Zero Tolerance" in American Public Schooling
Av J. Kafka
Häftad, 2011
608 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Through a case study of the Los Angeles city school district from the 1950s through the 1970s, Judith Kafka explores the intersection of race, politics, and the bureaucratic organization of schooling. Kafka argues that control over discipline became increasingly centralized in the second half of …
Charter Schools
From Reform Imagery to Reform Reality
Av J. Powers
Häftad, 2009
491 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book begins with the claims of policymakers and explores charter schools at each stage of the policymaking process, from legislation to implementation. Powers carefully and thoroughly examines how features of schools' policy contexts shape the ways that charter school reform unfolds at …
Becoming an Engineer in Public Universities
Pathways for Women and Minorities
Av K. Borman, R. Halperin
Häftad, 2010
505 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Based on research conducted in a three year, mixed-method, multi-site National Science Foundation, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program Project, this book offers a comprehensive look into how engineering department culture and climate impacts the successful …
Multiracial Urban High School
Fearing Peers and Trusting Friends
Häftad, 2011
505 kr
Lägg i varukorg
From 1996-2000, thirty minority teenagers (African American, Chinese American, Puerto Rican American, and Dominican American) were interviewed every year for four years to investigate how their experiences in high school shaped their social relationships.
Advisory in Urban High Schools
A Study of Expanded Teacher Roles
Av K. Phillippo
Häftad, 2013
491 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Kate Phillippo evaluates the practice of having teachers also serve as advisors, tasked with providing social-emotional support to students. Through an in-depth survey of teacher-advisors at three different urban high schools, she examines the different ways in which advisors interpret and carry …
Public Housing and School Choice in a Gentrified City
Youth Experiences of Uneven Opportunity
Av M. Makris
Häftad, 2015
491 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Winner of the 2016 AESA Critics' Choice Book Award Molly Makris uses an interdisciplinary approach to urban education policy to examine the formal education and physical environment of young people from low-income backgrounds and demonstrate how gentrification shapes these circumstances.
Inequality in Gifted and Talented Programs
Parental Choices about Status, School Opportunity, and Second-Generation Segregation
Av Allison Roda
Häftad, 2016
271 kr
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Inequality in Gifted and Talented Programs examines the relationship between gifted and talented (G&T) education, school choice, and racialized tracking within New York City elementary schools. Roda examines parental attitudes around placing their children in a racially diverse elementary school …
Power of Anticipatory Images in Student Achievement
Inbunden, 2020
957 kr
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This book features ten high academically achieving, low-income, inner city students from Newark, New Jersey, who graduated from public high schools at or near the top of their class and continued to excel in college. Using a qualitative research design, the author interviewed the ten students and …
Power of Anticipatory Images in Student Achievement
Häftad, 2021
957 kr
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This book features ten high academically achieving, low-income, inner city students from Newark, New Jersey, who graduated from public high schools at or near the top of their class and continued to excel in college. Using a qualitative research design, the author interviewed the ten students and …
Teaching and Learning Employability Skills in Career and Technical Education
Industry, Educator, and Student Perspectives
Av Will Tyson
Inbunden, 2020
1636 kr
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This book examines how industry-desired employability skills—or “soft skills”—are taught and learned in high school career and technical education (CTE) engineering and engineering technology programs. Identifying, recruiting, and keeping workers with strong personal and interpersonal skills is a …
Teaching and Learning Employability Skills in Career and Technical Education
Industry, Educator, and Student Perspectives
Av Will Tyson
Häftad, 2021
1636 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book examines how industry-desired employability skills—or “soft skills”—are taught and learned in high school career and technical education (CTE) engineering and engineering technology programs. Identifying, recruiting, and keeping workers with strong personal and interpersonal skills is a …
Classroom Management in Teacher Education Programs
Inbunden, 2017
1062 kr
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This book investigates the impact of integrating culturally relevant and pedagogically dynamic classroom management strategies into the curriculum of an urban secondary education pre-service methods course. The book begins by framing the problem of integrating classroom management into the lives of …
Classroom Management in Teacher Education Programs
Häftad, 2018
271 kr
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This book investigates the impact of integrating culturally relevant and pedagogically dynamic classroom management strategies into the curriculum of an urban secondary education pre-service methods course. The book begins by framing the problem of integrating classroom management into the lives of …
