Educational Research: A Guide to the Process emphasizes the process of research. That is, what researchers actually do as they go about designing and carrying out their research activities. Rather …
How can teachers and administrators be prepared to create partnerships with families and communities? Nationwide, rhetoric in favor of parent involvement is high, but the quality of most programs s…
Offers advice on dealing with and avoiding such school safety issues as guns, drugs, supervision, disaster preparation, sexual harassment, bullies, class trips, and school maintenance.
Howard Gardner's brilliant conception of individual competence is changing the face of education today. In the ten years since the publication of his seminal Frames of Mind , thousands of educators…
As we cross the threshold of a new century, which approaches are likely to improve public education? In this book, distinguished scholars discuss recent innovations―charter schools, contracting a…
Rewriting Literacy makes a profound contribution to the developing field of literacy studies as it is the first book which seeks to link such disciplines as linguistics, sociolinguistics, anthropol…