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Democratic Schools : Lessons in Powerful Education
Michael W. Apple
Paperback - $43.95
Every once in a while, with the passage of time, a classic book takes on even greater relevance. The first edition of "Democratic Schools" was praised by legions of education professionals for showing how to create schools and classrooms with democra ...
Improving Schooling for Language Minority Children : A Research Agenda
Diane August
Hardcover - $129.95
The Bilingual Special Education Interface
Leonard Baca
Paperback - $153.95
This book offers an understanding of the major needs of bilingual children who also have disabilities. Chapters highlight the connections between the common knowledge base, programs, and methodologies of special education and those of bilingual educa ...
Multicultural Strategies for Education and Social Change : Carriers of the Torch in the United States and South Africa
Arnetha F. Ball
Paperback - $61.95
This book describes a different approach to teacher education designed to create "carriers of the torch"--teachers who have a sense of efficacy and the attitudes, dispositions, and skills necessary to teach students from diverse racial, ethnic, and l ...
Multicultural Strategies for Education and Social Change : Carriers of the Torch in the United States and South Africa
Arnetha F. Ball
Hardcover - $134.95
This book describes a different approach to teacher education designed to create "carriers of the torch"--teachers who have a sense of efficacy and the attitudes, dispositions, and skills necessary to teach students from diverse racial, ethnic, and l ...
Teaching Other People's Children : Literacy and Learning in a Bilingual Classroom
Cynthia Ballenger
Paperback - $44.95
What happens when a teacher does not share a cultural background with her students? In this thoroughly engaging account, one North American teacher describes her three years teaching Haitian children in an inner-city preschool. Focusing on classroom ...
Run School Run
Roland Sawyer Barth
Paperback - $52.95
Roland Barth believes that there is a way to create a school which, instead of insisting upon uniformity, builds upon diversity among students, teachers, and teaching styles. Unlike many educational theorists, Barth has had ample opportunity to test ...
Looking Ahead : Independent School Issues & Answers
Patrick Bassett
Paperback - $37.95
From the fundamentals of hiring faculty to the adept management of complex social issues -- gender bias in math class, meeting the needs of gay and lesbian students, discipline -- this book stimulates important discussion by profiling model programs ...
A Reason to Teach : Creating Classrooms of Dignity and Hope
James A. Beane
Paperback - $43.95
"I loved "A Reason to Teach. "It challenged me to think about how to infuse democratic principals into the intellectually charged reading and writing workshops that thrive in our best schools. Every thoughtful educator needs this book."
- Stephan ...