Education Philosophy

This book is for education leaders who do not accept that the underachievement of African American, Latino, Indigenous, low income and other vulnerable student groups is inevitable. Where Equity Lives: Eliminating Systemic Inequity in Schools and Districts is the result of 25 years of studying over 300 schools and districts struggling to overturn the longstanding pattern of under achievement of the same demographic groups. This book is a reveal of the five most common systemic inequity traps identified through the Study of Studies that help explain historic achievement patterns.

Medically Speaking, Who Connects Your Dots? builds on the foundation of the need to critically think about what is happening medically in the world around you and even to you! Your eyes will be open about what the media is now permitted to "medically propagate" to you and for how long this has been occurring. Critical thinking is an extremely vital process of analyzing information--from opposing sides! This method of thinking is based on asking questions from an unbiased perspective, equally weighing all the data.

Wie Schulen aussehen, die unsere Kinder stark machen für eine fordernde Welt. Der Physiker und leidenschaftliche Wissenschaftsvermittler Harald Lesch bemüht sich seit vielen Jahren darum, aktuelles naturwissenschaftliches Wissen etwa zum Klimawandel besonders auch in Schulen zu tragen, weil er das Verständnis naturwissenschaftlicher Zusammenhänge für gesellschaftlich wichtig hält. Dabei erlebt er oft frustrierte Lehrkräfte, Schülerinnen und Schüler, die an den Verhältnissen und starren Lehrplänen scheitern.

Die Schulen von heute entscheiden darüber, wie unsere Welt morgen aussieht, und ob unsere Kinder gut durch schwierige Zeiten kommen. Künstliche Intelligenz wird immer mehr Aufgaben übernehmen, zahlreiche Jobs werden wegfallen, andere neu entstehen. Verena Friederike Hasel widmet sich der Frage, was und wie Kinder im 21. Jahrhundert lernen sollten. Sie fährt an Orte in Finnland und Deutschland, wo die Zukunft schon begonnen hat.

“Who do you want to be?” We’ve all heard or asked this question before, yet few of us answer it because identity is not fixed, but ever-expanding as we move through life. Dr. LaNysha Tufuga Adams, Ivy-League educated linguist and founder of award-winning education consultancy Edlinguist Solutions, challenges others to not only answer this question, but to put the answer(s) into action.

これからますます求められる「主体的に学ぶ力」はどうすれば伸ばせるのだろう? 芸術鑑賞の手法としてニューヨーク近代美術館で生まれ、効果抜群の学習スタイルとして幅広い学年・教科、さらにはビジネス界にも広がり始めた「対話型鑑賞」の入門書。

¿Cuántas veces hemos escuchado un comentario racista en nuestro entorno? ¿Cuántas veces hemos repetido una frase hecha llena de prejuicios? ¿Cuántos casos de acoso, burlas y desigualdad conocemos en la escuela? Son situaciones que nos parecen lejanas e inofensivas pero que sin embargo dejan una huella significativa en la sociedad y forman parte de nuestro día a día. Como familias, como educadores y como personas que habitamos este mundo, nos preocupamos por la infancia. Sin embargo, no basta.

In All Clear, safety expert Chris Joffe shows district and school leaders how to create safety in school environments and develop a plan for responding effectively in the event of emergency—whether it be from an allergy attack or an active shooter. In our ever-changing educational and cultural landscape, this is a critical resource. A sought-after safety trainer and consultant for schools, Chris draws on decades of experience to guide and empower district and school leaders to prepare for and execute crucial next steps in the wake of a school emergency.

¿Es posible burlar el fracaso escolar cuando ya hemos dado pruebas de ser unos auténticos zoquetes? En Mal de escuela, Pennac comparte su experiencia escolar para poder responder en alto a varias preguntas.

Brian L. Murphy's first degree was in Business Management which led to an eighteen year career, performing as an individual contributor, then a supervisor, then as a manager. Now, having been a teacher for twenty years, and experiencing the educational process from the inside, including being a Mentor Teacher for a dozen Student Teachers, he says: "I have loved being a teacher. But my industry is in trouble even dying, and something needs to be done to repair the damage before it's too late.

Schulleiterin und Digitalexpertin Silke Müller warnt davor, Kinder mit künstlichen Intelligenzen allein zu lassen. In ihrem aufrüttelnden Buch analysiert sie, was die KI-Revolution für Bildung und Erziehung bedeutet und gibt praktischen Rat, wie Eltern ihre Kinder schützen und kompetent begleiten.

福岡県にある私立福岡女子商業高校が大きな話題になっている。２年前に赴任した国語科教員によって前年度は０人だった国公立大学合格者が一気に20人になった。

Teaching in middle schools is a dynamic environment that calls for more than just subject-matter expertise. Effective administration is the cornerstone of any successful classroom, and in "The Zen of Classroom Management," Nissan Dawn provides a revolutionary method for addressing middle school issues. This extensive manual provides thirty useful tactics that are based on the mindfulness and adaptation principles of Zen, specifically designed for the special energy and complexities of the middle school setting.

「走る哲学者」が半生をかけて考え抜き辿り着いた、人生を「極める」バイブル。基礎の習得から無我の境地まで、人間の成長には５つの段階がある。では、壁を越え、先に進むために必要なものは何か。

Education policy sentinel Frederick M. Hess offers a pithy and perceptive appraisal of American schooling and finds, in the uncertain period following pandemic disruption, an ideal moment to reimagine US education. Now is the time, he asserts, to ask hard questions about how schools use time and talent, how they work with parents, what they do with digital tools, and how they meet the needs of their communities.

In Navigating Social Justice, Martin Scanlan introduces a comprehensive social justice schema that melds organizational learning with leading for equity. Scanlan distills wisdom gleaned from the experiences of a variety of educational professionals as well as from his own more than three decades of work in equity-focused partnership with elementary schools.

As a field, education has largely failed to learn from experience. Time after time, promising education reforms fall short of their goals and are abandoned as other promising ideas take their place. In Learning to Improve, the authors argue for a new approach. Rather than "implementing fast and learning slow," they believe educators should adopt a more rigorous approach to improvement that allows the field to "learn fast to implement well.

Take a tour with author Tom Newkirk through eight big ideas in literacy instruction and their embodiment of democratic values. He explores ideas from the founders of the “writing renaissance,” 1975-1987, and the impact those ideas have had on teaching and learning.

Now, more than ever, we need to recognize HATS: Heartfelt Acts for Teachers, Students and Staff in our schools. Regardless of job title, you can implement these HATS—a wide array of strategies, programs, and events in your school to boost morale and make a positive impact on others. In HATS, Jay, Andrew, and Brian share real-life stories and experiences from their own schools that you can bring to yours.

The second edition of The Language Lens is designed for all teachers and all instructional leaders, now including guidance for coaches and principals.