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Over the past twenty years, educational policy has been characterized by top?down, market-focused policies combined with a push toward privatization and school choice. Has this approach been successful? Has learning improved? Have historically low-scoring schools `turned around' or have the reforms had little effect? This book presents the evidence.

Over the past twenty years, educational policy has been characterized by top?down, market-focused policies combined with a push toward privatization and school choice. Has this approach been successful? Has learning improved? Have historically low-scoring schools `turned around' or have the reforms had little effect? This book presents the evidence.

The teaching and learning of mathematics in British Columbia has a long and storied history. An integral part of the past 50 years of this history has been Vector: Journal of the British Columbia Association of Mathematics Teachers. This volume, which presents ten memorable articles from each of the past five decades provides an opportunity to share this rich history.

Focuses on practical and productive techniques that can be used in a variety of behaviour crisis situations that may occur in a classroom. While there are many different types of crisis situations that may occur, having the proper "tools" can prevent a situation from becoming even worse. This text provides a variety of crisis tools for all types of situations.

Volume 13 Issue 1 2016 of Distance Learning is for leaders, practitioners, and decision makers in the fields of distance learning, e-learning, telecommunications, and related areas. It is a professional journal with applicable information for those involved with providing instruction to all kinds of learners, of all ages, using telecommunications technologies of all types.

This book is written for K-12 teachers and educators to understand the school experiences and life journeys of the English Language Learners (ELLs) through four Chinese ELLs by documenting their transitional experiences into an American school.

Describes educational endeavors in various settings that use contemplative pedagogies to enable students to achieve deep learning, peace, tranquility, equanimity, and wisdom to gain new understanding about self and life, and to grow holistically.

Addresses the need for a practical, user-friendly resource for teaching civil liberties in K-12 social studies and teacher education. The book brings together chapter-length discussions about various issues, introduced first from historic perspectives and then compared and described in modern terms.

Describes educational endeavors in various settings that use contemplative pedagogies to enable students to achieve deep learning, peace, tranquility, equanimity, and wisdom to gain new understanding about self and life, and to grow holistically.

Addresses the need for a practical, user-friendly resource for teaching civil liberties in K-12 social studies and teacher education. The book brings together chapter-length discussions about various issues, introduced first from historic perspectives and then compared and described in modern terms.

Brings together insights from linguistic, socio-cultural, educational, cognitive, developmental perspectives of what it means for ELLs to learn both English and subject matter knowledge in English as a second language.

Situates the work of Professor J. Bradley Cousins within contemporary areas of evaluation research and practice. Each chapter describes how the study and practice of evaluation has weaved its way through our understanding of organisational learning, participatory evaluation, and evaluation capacity building.

Situates the work of Professor J. Bradley Cousins within contemporary areas of evaluation research and practice. Each chapter describes how the study and practice of evaluation has weaved its way through our understanding of organisational learning, participatory evaluation, and evaluation capacity building.

Through the sharing of their visions of success, lessons learned, and cautionary tales, contributors to this volume openly offer insights about how they have created a way to survive and thrive within higher education in spite of challenges and distractions.

Through the sharing of their visions of success, lessons learned, and cautionary tales, contributors to this volume openly offer insights about how they have created a way to survive and thrive within higher education in spite of challenges and distractions.

Through the sharing of their visions of success, lessons learned, and cautionary tales, contributors to this volume openly offer insights about how they have created a way to survive and thrive within higher education in spite of challenges and distractions.

Through the sharing of their visions of success, lessons learned, and cautionary tales, contributors to this volume openly offer insights about how they have created a way to survive and thrive within higher education in spite of challenges and distractions.

Through the sharing of their visions of success, lessons learned, and cautionary tales, contributors to this volume openly offer insights about how they have created a way to survive and thrive within higher education in spite of challenges and distractions.

Shares perspectives of diverse women doctoral students and how their cultural identities assist them with navigating the academic landscape. The book also provides insight for current female doctoral students about strategic positioning as a student within the doctoral program and personal necessary transformation in academia.

Through the sharing of their visions of success, lessons learned, and cautionary tales, contributors to this volume openly offer insights about how they have created a way to survive and thrive within higher education in spite of challenges and distractions.

Shares perspectives of diverse women doctoral students and how their cultural identities assist them with navigating the academic landscape. The book also provides insight for current female doctoral students about strategic positioning as a student within the doctoral program and personal necessary transformation in academia.

Whether you are a firm or sceptical believer in leadership development, the authors in this book, through their experiences and observations, illustrate how awareness, purpose, attitude, confidence, trust and mindset can play a critical role in overcoming the toughest of circumstances.

Provides much needed knowledge and best practice strategies to the community of researchers engaged in decolonizing methodologies. Additionally, this volume will allow readers to think of new imaginings of research design that deconstruct power and privilege to benefit knowledge, communities and participants.

Whether you are a firm or sceptical believer in leadership development, the authors in this book, through their experiences and observations, illustrate how awareness, purpose, attitude, confidence, trust and mindset can play a critical role in overcoming the toughest of circumstances.

The first book to fully explore deep racialized antagonisms in St. Louis, Missouri. It accomplishes this by addressing the white supremacist context and anti-Black policies that resulted. In addition, this work attends directly to community agitation and protest against racist school policies.

Brings together scholars from across the globe who are interested in improving the quality of early childhood teacher education. The chapters present their experiences, perspectives, and lessons learned as they addressed some of the challenging issues concerning the education and preparation of future early childhood teachers.

Brings together scholars from across the globe who are interested in improving the quality of early childhood teacher education. The chapters present their experiences, perspectives, and lessons learned as they addressed some of the challenging issues concerning the education and preparation of future early childhood teachers.

Provides a broad and in-depth look at career development as it applies to individuals involved in all areas of community counselling, school counselling, and higher education. The book examines the field's major theories, themes, approaches, and newest models incorporating chapters from national and international career counselling experts.