Recommended by the Ontario Ministry of Education Routman takes a hard look at many societal issues and at teachers who need to be clear about their goal and beliefs
This book aims to explore and make visible the intersection of subject matter knowledge and teacher knowledge in the narratives of teachers. This complicated interaction between these two bodies of knowledge is often studied and little understood.
A supplement in language arts and reading methods courses. Courses in multicultural education, or a core book in an ESL or bilingual methods courses. Introduces readers to reader-response theory and practice and theoretical principles concerning how children acquire English as a second language and biliteracy development. Provides a model for teaching with literature in today's culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms.
In this innovative exploration of the interaction between economic processes and social relations, Lourdes Benería and Martha Roldán examine the effect of homework on gender and family dynamics. Their fieldwork in Mexico City during 1981-82 has enabled them to provide important new empirical data on industrial piecework performed by women as well as intimate glimpses of these women's lives which place that piecework in context. Tracing the stages of production from home to jobber, workshop, and manufacturer (often a multinational corporation), the authors demonstrate the way in which the work and lives of these women are connected through subcontracting to the national and often international system of production.
At last, a cure for the common core! New! Literature guide for teachers and librarians based on Common Core ELA Standards from classroom 6-9. Created by educators for educators. Ready for immediate classroom adoption. Suggested assignments, writing prompts, glossaries, extension activities and more! Education benefits: Reading comprehension and vocabulary development Engage readers with high-interest adventure tales Fluency and pronunciation skills dramatically improved Lexile: 950, Guided Reading:GRL Z+ Story: Farmer Eben Smith heads off to the big city to trade his wagonload of produce. But he barters a lot more than goods after he stumbles across a strange crossroads in time, bargains with different cultures in alternate realities, and accidentally wreaks havoc and chaos in each.
This document reports on a congressional subcommittee's review of the federal role in education. The review included visits to 15 states and testimony from more than 225 principals, teachers, and other education stakeholders. The committee's purpose was to identify the steps that lead in the direction of either excellence or failure. The subcommittee found that successful schools and school systems were not the product of federal funding but instead were characterized by parents involved in the education of their children, local control, emphasis on basic academics, and dollars spent on the classroom. The central theme of the findings is that the federal government cannot consistently replicate success stories in the form of federal programs. Rather, the government should empower parents by reducing the family federal tax burden; encourage parental choice in education; return federal elementary and secondary education funds to states and local school districts through flexible grants; use federally funded education programs only for methods backed by reliable, replicable research; streamline and consolidate federal education programs; and reform or eliminate ineffective and inefficient programs. In short, the federal government should serve education as a research and statistics- gathering agency, disseminating findings and enabling states to share best practices with each other. The report was adopted by the subcommittee by a vote along Republican-Democrat party lines of 5-2. The 17 page minority report, "Crossroads Hearings: A Republican Assault on Public Education," is printed as an appendix. (RJM)
Surviving The Crossroads ("Crossroads") is a comprehensive learning text that teaches students invaluable lessons inside and outside of the classroom. Using both a text and workbook, Crossroads uses case studies as a learning tool to engage students and facilitate the learning process. Crossroads is the only text on the market that inspires and motivates students to exceed at their best. Crossroads teaches life lessons such as: character development, cultural competence, diversity, empathy, tolerance, resiliency, decision-making and a host of other personality and cognitive traits. Some of the Subjects Covered in the Text and Workbook: -Teenage pregnancy -Bullying -Friendships and relationship boundaries -Cyber bullying Civil rights -Identity development -Substance and drugs use -Violence Death & dying -Decision making -Domestic violence -Philosophy: Plato, Socrates, Aristotle -College readiness -Poverty -Suicide awareness and education - Contemporary Political Movements: Black Lives Matter, Blue Lives Matter -School to prison pipeline -Tolerance and acceptance of different points of views, perspectives, -Fatherless homes -Character development -How to conduct a benefit/risk analysis -The effects of Trauma and stress