Leaving Children Behind

Leaving Children Behind
Author: Angela Valenzuela
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780791462409

Argues for a more valid and democratic approach to assessment and accountability.

Balancing the School Calendar

Balancing the School Calendar
Author: Carolyn Kneese
Publisher: R&L Education
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2009-01-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1578869773

Today, educators are looking for ways to utilize classroom time more effectively. Many thoughtful and forward-looking educators have reorganized the school calendar from the traditional nine-month model to one which is more balanced, and they have experienced the effects of calendar modification in the classroom, school, district, and community. Balancing the School Calendar is a compilation of perspectives and research reports from those who have experienced the urgent necessity of reorganizing time to effectuate better learning situations for students. Chapter authors have implemented, studied, or contemplated school calendar change and the results of the change.

Education 02/03

Education 02/03
Author: Fred Schultz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2001-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780072506808

Selected articles from magazines, newspapers and journals covering educational topics.

Sharing the Journey: Literature for Young Children

Sharing the Journey: Literature for Young Children
Author: David Yellin
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2017-05-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1351812971

This wonderful resource from two authors with an infectious enthusiasm for children's literature will help readers select and share quality books for and with young children. Specifically focused on infants through the third grade, Sharing the Journey contains descriptive book annotations, instructive commentary, and creative teaching activities tailored for those important years. Extensive book lists throughout will help readers build a library of quality children's literature. Books representing other cultures are included to help celebrate diversity as well as cultural connection. Genre chapters include poetry, fantasy, and realistic and historical fiction. A chapter on informational books demonstrates how young children can be introduced to, and learn to enjoy, nonfiction.

Campus News

Campus News
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2003
Genre: Universities and colleges
ISBN: