Writing for teachers, policy makers, and communities, Berry, a former teacher who runs a nonprofit that aims to improve student achievement in the US, is joined by American teachers and principals who
In addition to teaching education at Stanford U., Ball has also served as an academic specialist for the U.S. Information Services Program in South Africa. She reports findings from an action research
With more than 120,000 copies in print, this classic text has been widely acclaimed as a highly effective tool to help teachers better understand children's behavior. The thoroughly revised and update
In her new book, Valerie Kinloch, award-winning author of Harlem on Our Minds, sheds light on the ways urban youth engage in “meaning-making” experiences as a way to assert critical, creative, and hig
Thirty-three American academics and researchers in bilingual education contribute 13 chapters presenting new research on the impact of English-only policies on English learner (EL) students and their
As demands for accountability by national and state authorities increase in breadth and depth, educators are caught in the squeeze if they do not have sufficient skills in data gathering and interpret
In this book, Nathalie Sinclair makes a case for the inclusion of the aesthetic in the teaching and learning of mathematics. Using a provocative set of philosophical, psychological, mathematical, tech
Lee (educational policy, U. of Wisconsin-Madison) follows a group of first- and second-generation Hmong students as their school experiences cause them to create identities as "new Americans." She use
