From Fear to Facebook

From Fear to Facebook

Author: Matt Levinson

Publisher: International Society for Technology in Education

Published: 2010-08-21

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 1564844196

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Matt Levinson shares his experience integrating a laptop program and how teachers, students, and parents discovered, dealt with, and overcame challenges. Honesty and insightful anecdotes make this an indispensible guide for everyone looking for a path away from fear and into the future of education.


Remember

Remember

Author: Toni Morrison

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13: 9780618397402

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The Pulitzer Prize winner presents a treasure chest of archival photographs that depict the historical events surrounding school desegregation.


School as a Journey

School as a Journey

Author: Torin M. Finser

Publisher: SteinerBooks

Published: 1995-10

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 0880109718

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This is a lively, colorful, and absorbing account of a class teacher's journey with his class, from first grade through the eighth grade in a Waldorf school. Straightforward and humorous, School as a Journey provides an excellent introduction to the daily activities of a Waldorf school classroom. Torin Finser --who is now Director of Waldorf Teacher Training at Antioch New England Graduate School --wrote this book especially for parents, prospective parents, and educators who are new to Waldorf education. Filled with pedagogical gems, tips, and resources, School as a Journey will also prove an invaluable resource for those who are currently Waldorf class teachers. For those who wish to delve more deeply into this revolutionary form of education, the author has also included extensive documentation, with references to the works of Rudolf Steiner and of others experienced in Waldorf education. Highly recommended for anyone interested in this revolutionary form of education.


Journey to a High-Achieving School

Journey to a High-Achieving School

Author: Fred J. Abbate

Publisher: R&L Education

Published: 2013-05-16

Total Pages: 139

ISBN-13: 1475800460

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Journey to a High-Achieving School: Eliminate Destructive Excuses examines the range of devastating excuses often expressed for failure to attain significant improvement in our schools. Using the methods of systems thinking and leadership practices that are employed in high-performing organizations of all kinds, this book shows concretely and specifically that what is at the root of these excuses can be overcome. The core ideas at work in the volume are based on the authors' well-regarded Academy for Education Leaders, an intensive course of seminars conducted for school superintendents, principals, and other educational leaders for the past several years. This is not a "quick fix" manual offering magic wands or silver bullets. It is a carefully-structured guidebook that can clearly and demonstrably help educational leaders at all levels of accountability begin to build a serious culture of excellence within their schools and school districts. Improvement will take time, but as the processes become familiar, school leaders can uncover and address the complex, but confused assumptions that keep standing in the way of the substantial and measurable improvements that must be made for our society's educational future.


Free School Teaching

Free School Teaching

Author: Kristan Accles Morrison

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2012-02-01

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 0791479870

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Free School Teaching is the personal and professional journey of one teacher within the American educational system. Faced with mounting frustrations in her own traditional, middle school classroom and having little success in resolving them, Kristan Accles Morrison decided to seek out answers, first by immersing herself in the academic literature of critical education theory and then by turning to the field. While the literature on progressive education gave her hope that things could be different and better for students locked into America's traditional education system, she wanted to find a firsthand example of how these ideas played out in practice. Morrison found a radical "free school" in Albany, New York, that embodied the ideas found in the literature, and over a period of three months she observed and documented differences between alternative and traditional schools. In trying to reconcile the gap between those systems, Morrison details the lessons she learned about teachers, students, curriculum, and the entire conception of why we educate our children.


Positive Education

Positive Education

Author: Jacolyn M. Norrish

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 0198702582

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This book provides an explanation of the key tenets of Positive Psychology and examines the practical application of this research to education. It balances academic findings from the thriving field of Positive Psychology, whilst exploring the adaptation of this science into an innovative radical new approach to teaching called Positive Education.


Enrique's Journey

Enrique's Journey

Author: Sonia Nazario

Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 0385743270

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The true story of a boy who sets out with absolutely nothing to find his mother who went to the US from Honduras to look for work.


Back to School

Back to School

Author: Maya Ajmera

Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing

Published: 2019-06-04

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1632897768

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BACK TO SCHOOL invites young minds to sit in the front row and share the exciting experience of learning with kids just like themselves all over the world. Whether they take a school bus, a boat, or a rickshaw to get there, kids around the globe are going to school and growing smarter and more curious every day. Beautiful, joy-filled, color photographs of children studying, learning, exploring, and having fun from nation to nation, will inspire readers of all ages with the excitement of discovery and sharing new ideas.


Journey

Journey

Author: Aaron Becker

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2020-12-01

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 153622071X

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The winner of the prestigious Caldecott Honor, and described by the New York Times as 'a masterwork', Aaron Becker's stunning, wordless picture book debut about self-determination and unexpected friendship follows a little girl who draws a magic door on her bedroom wall. Through it she escapes into a world where wonder, adventure and danger abound. Red marker pen in hand, she creates a boat, a balloon and a flying carpet which carry her on a spectacular journey ... who knows where? When she is captured by a sinister emperor, only an act of tremendous courage and kindness can set her free. Can it also guide her home and to happiness? In this exquisitely illustrated book, an ordinary child is launched on an extraordinary, magical journey towards her greatest and most rewarding adventure of all...


He Spoke at My School

He Spoke at My School

Author: Dennis Richmond, Jr

Publisher:

Published: 2020-06

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13:

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Dennis Richmond Jr. shares the story of how he went from a young boy from Yonkers, New York with a passion for history, to a powerhouse advocate for higher education. Dennis chronicles the highs and lows of his life, from suffering bullying at the hands of his peers throughout middle school to accumulating thousands of dollars in scholarships, grants, and sponsorships to live out his dreams. He paints the picture of how discovering his love for public speaking led to the development of his initiative championing for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. He Spoke at My School not only defines what it means to utilize education as a means for liberation but demonstrates the empowering act of lifting others while still climbing the ladder to success.