Because Teaching Matters

Because Teaching Matters
Author: Marleen C. Pugach
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 533
Release: 2009-01-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0470408200

Because Teaching Matters provides teachers with a realistic depiction of today s classrooms while highlighting the enormous impact they have on everyday lives. The second edition presents material around a framework of five professional commitments that allows them to make sense of what it means to be a teacher. A new critical-thinking framework helps them manage the content better and retain more of what they learn. Increased coverage of diversity and technology is integrated throughout the chapters. A new chapter has also been added on the history and philosophy of education. This book will help teachers make decisions and take responsibility for the consequences of those choices.

Creating Small Schools

Creating Small Schools
Author: Dan French
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2007-05-18
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1452297533

Offers school leaders lessons, case studies, practical tools, advice, vignettes, and step-by-step instructions for developing new schools or converting existing ones, plus guidance for forging partnerships with the community.

Digest of Education Statistics

Digest of Education Statistics
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 720
Release: 2007
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Contains information on a variety of subjects within the field of education statistics, including the number of schools and colleges, enrollments, teachers, graduates, educational attainment, finances, Federal funds for education, libraries, international education, and research and development.

Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States

Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States
Author: United States. Congress. House
Publisher:
Total Pages: 2264
Release: 1999
Genre: CD-ROMs
ISBN:

Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House".

Driven by Data

Driven by Data
Author: Paul Bambrick-Santoyo
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2010-04-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0470548746

Offers a practical guide for improving schools dramatically that will enable all students from all backgrounds to achieve at high levels. Includes assessment forms, an index, and a DVD.

U. S. News Ultimate Guide to Law Schools

U. S. News Ultimate Guide to Law Schools
Author: Anne McGrath
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 530
Release: 2008
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN: 1402229283

Choose the Right School and Get In! The U.S. News Ultimate Guide to Law Schools combines expert advice on how to get into the school of your choice with the most up-to-date information on the nation's accredited programs. This book gives you the information you need to make wise decisions about your future. This step-by-step guide covers: How to choose the right program A look inside the top five law schools The applications, test scores, essays, and recommendations that will get you in How to pay for it all, plus law schools with loan repayment assistance programs Comprehensive profiles of the country's American Bar Association-accredited law schools, including: Tuition and financial aid information LSAT scores and GPAs of students who enroll Acceptance rates Bar passage rates Salary ranges of recent graduates Plus, exclusive U.S. News lists that answer these questions: What are the hardest and easiest law schools to get into? Who's the priciest? Who's the cheapest? What schools award the most and the least financial aid? Whose graduates have the most debt? The least? Whose students are the most and least likely to drop out? Whose graduates earn the most money? The least? Where do graduates work?

Women and the Teaching Profession

Women and the Teaching Profession
Author: Fatimah Kelleher
Publisher: UNESCO
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1849290725

Examines how the teacher feminisation debate applies in developing countries. Drawing on the experiences of Dominica, Lesotho, Samoa, Sri Lanka and India, it provides a strong analytical understanding of the role of female teachers in the expansion of education systems, and the surrounding gender equality issues.