In this firsthand look at school reform in Great Britain, John E. Chubb and Terry M. Moe show how the landmark Education Reform Act of 1988 imposed a radically new framework on British education - a framework built on the same types of reforms that American activists have been proposing for years: school-based management, choice, and ......
This Practical Guide seeks to illuminate the National Standards of Excellence for Headteachers, presenting a range of perspectives to bring the text alive for current and future school leaders and for those with the vital responsibilities of proper governance. Part Two of the book comprises the official Standards published by the DfE, by way of ......
Research-Based Lists and Strategies for Key Content Areas
Teach middle school students the academic vocabulary words they need to know to master the content in their textbooks. This book gives educators five extensive, research-based lists of vocabulary words frequently used in textbooks, plus guidance and activities to help them teach the words. Vocabulary knowledge plays a huge role in the academic ......
A criterion‐referenced, curriculum‐based measure, the AEPS®‐3 Test evaluates the developmental and early academic skills that children need to function independently and succeed in kindergarten.
For use with the Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System for Infants and Children, Third Edition (AEPS®‐3), the AEPS®‐3 Child Observation Data Form (CODF) helps professionals gather child assessment data in all 8 AEPS-3 developmental areas across 3 time periods.
For use after the AEPS®‐3 Test, the AEPS®‐3 Curriculum is an activity‐based, multitiered curriculum that helps professionals support every childs development with differentiated instruction in eight developmental areas: fine motor, gross motor, adaptive, social‐emotional, social‐communication, cognitive, literacy, and math.
For use after the AEPS®‐3 Test, the AEPS®‐3 Curriculum is an activity‐based, multitiered curriculum that helps professionals support every childs development with differentiated instruction in eight developmental areas: fine motor, gross motor, adaptive, social‐emotional, social‐communication, cognitive, literacy, and math.
A brilliant collection of essays by educators, psychologists and counsellors, highlighting the critical importance of mental health and wellbeing of students in our schools. The book has been collated and edited by James Hollinsley, Head of the Longwood Primary Academy in Essex, highly respected and awarded for their proactive approach to child ......
Streamlined and enhanced with user‐requested updates, the new AEPS®‐3 gives your early childhood program the most accurate, useful child data and a proven way to turn data into action across everything you do, from goal setting to teaching to progress monitoring. This Complete Kit contains everything you need to implement AEPS‐3.
This Family Report was developed for use in conjunction with the AEPS (R) for children 3 to 6 years to obtain information from parents and other caregivers about their childrens skills and abilities across major areas of development.
What is the state of education in America today? And where is it headed? What is the real state of education in America today? And where is it headed? The Brookings Institution, long noted for its pathbreaking work on education policy, introduces a series of annual volumes that provide the inside story on education's most important issues.
This second annual issue of the series focuses on the state of urban education in America. It provides in-depth, jargon-free analysis of the most important issues in education today -from some of the country's leading experts.
A systematic approach to school improvement and emotional well-being
Building belonging provides all the tools school leaders need to help unlock rapid school improvement by introducing The Emotional Wellbeing School Improvement Framework.Building on a robust evidence base it ensures everyone has a clear understanding of their collective destination by drawing on the views of all stakeholders.
At thirteen, Cassandra Romanelli thought she was wise beyond her years. Yet, life had been too easy. After being abused, she struggles to fit in with her friends and has to overcome bullying from her classmates. Her self-esteem plunges...
Changing Schools is a collection of essays by teachers, researchers and administrators who have been on the front line of the revolutionary changes taking place in state education over the last five years. Their chapters cover topics such as assessment, academy chains, use of educational research, free schools and social media, and will be ......
Charter schools are among the most debated and least understood phenomena in American education today. At the heart of these matters is a contested question of accountability.
We are all at our most effective when we can be ourselves at work, but more than half of LGBT teachers hide their sexual identity within their school workplace. For LGBT teachers, vigilance, concealment and assimilation, take a great deal of energy, on top of what is already a very demanding job. This book is essential reading for any LGBT teacher ......