Ripe for Change: Garden-Based Learning in Schools takes a big-picture view of the school garden movement and the state of garden-based learning in public K–8 education.
How the Common Core State Standards Can Change Classroom Practice
by Robert Rothman
Price: $28.00
ISBN: 9781612506197
Publisher: Harvard Education Press
Pub Date: October 2013
Format: Paperback
In clear and concise language, veteran education writer Robert Rothman identifies nine instructional “shifts” encouraged by the new Common Core State Standards and provides examples of how teachers and school districts are overcoming challenges in implementation.
The Common Core Standards and the Next Chapter in American Education
by Robert Rothman
Foreword by James B. Hunt
Price: $30.00
ISBN: 9781612501079
Publisher: Harvard Education Press
Pub Date: October 2011
Format: Paperback
The political and academic history of Common Core State Standards is thoroughly detailed in Something in Common. The book takes a look at what Common Core is, how it was created, and why many educators have mixed feelings about its standards.
Edited by Milbrey W. McLaughlin and Rebecca A. London
Foreword by Thomas W. Payzant
Price: $32.00
ISBN: 9781612505466
Publisher: Harvard Education Press
Pub Date: April 2013
Format: Paperback
This book is a welcome guide for educators, civic leaders, and researchers looking for ways to leverage data to identify the most effective policies, interventions, and use of resources for their communities.
Using the Science of Selection to Find the Best Teachers for Your School
by Dale S. Rose, Andrew English and Treena Gillespie Finney
Price: $34.00
ISBN: 9781612506395
Publisher: Harvard Education Press
Pub Date: February 2014
Format: Paperback
While it is clear that better teachers get better results with students, school leaders often put themselves at a disadvantage by not hiring the best teachers available.
Someday soon, like the pencil, projector, and word processor before them, the smart board and smartphone will simply be things that teachers and students use on the way to learning.
Twenty Leading Educatiors Reflect on the Work of School Reform
Edited by Richard F. Elmore
Price: $29.00
ISBN: 9781934742853
Publisher: Harvard Education Press
Pub Date: June 2011
Format: Paperback
This book’s title, I Used to Think . . . And Now I Think . . ., is borrowed from an exercise often used at the end of teacher professional development sessions, in which participants write down how what they’ve learned has changed their thinking.
Inside School Turnarounds uses on-the-ground reporting and up-to-the-minute research to provide a compelling and insightful exploration of the work of school turnarounds.
