Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=3295&browse=true&N=3+4020 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696095 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738311 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738333 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738946 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696378 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738897 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742007 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1654222 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1377180 Step by step detailed directions provide anyone with the necessary tools to easily teach someone to read. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1368821 Looks at why many of Americas schools are failing and relates how parents, activists, and education reformers are joining together to fix a system that works for adults but consistently fails the children it is meant to educate. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1558290 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1382912 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1279409 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1090799 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1293880 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=966264 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1042140 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1679434 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1001544 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1037895 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1004403 Fertig tells the inspiring, heartbreaking stories of three young people as they struggle to learn to read before it is too late. At the same time, the author tells a story of great change in schools as teachers and parents question the meaning of education as never before. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1004449 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1024275 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1645356 A collection of anecdotes from the more than 150 teachers trained by the Freedom Writers Foundation. The teachers share uplifting, devastating, and poignant stories from their classrooms. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=939077 In Brain Rules, Dr. John Medina, a molecular biologist, shares his lifelong interest in how the brain sciences might influence the way we teach our children and the way we work. In each chapter, he describes a brain rule--what scientists know for sure about how our brains work--and then offers transformative ideas for our daily lives. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=726657 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=672535 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=712194 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=735577 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=726663 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1128463 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644949 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=720109 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=724778 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=636765 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=634343 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1278506 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=617937 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=596102 In this practical book, Michael Gurian and Kathy Stevens show parents and teachers how to help our boys overcome their current classroom obstacles and failures. They offer clear-cut step-by-step guidance to help boys fulfill themselves, use their intelligence, work with their unique natural gifts, expand every bit of their potential, and ultimately succeed in life.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=580880 In this collection, scholars for Europe, South America, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the United States examine other countries experiences with school choice and draw out critical lessons for America. What school choice policies are most effective? How well do private schools serve the poor? What policies are necessary to promote the widest selection of educational opportunities for the largest number of children? Also, what controls and regulations are most harmful to the development of a competitive education industry? Has school choice in other countries led to a free education market, or has it, at least in some cases, led instead to increased regulations, regimentation, and uniformity among private and pubic schools? The wealth of information and insights contained in this volume will aid policymakers and reformers as they search for the best ways to improve American education.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=606863 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=609859 For twenty years Penny Kittle has woven together artful teaching and a love of language, celebrating the written word with classes from elementary school through graduate school. Now, she shares the stories of students with whom shes celebrated, struggled, and learned. More than a teaching memoir, The Greatest Catch is a close-up look at how to teach powerful lessons and how to learn powerful lessons from teaching - especially from teaching writing. Kittle teaches her students that writing is a tool for developing their intellectual, academic, and emotional selves, and in these essays, she shows how both she and her students lives have been profoundly influenced by writing. Youll look over her shoulder as she tries to win over a mischievous third grader, works with a fifth-grade alcoholic, and attempts to make sense of her profession as she watches secondary students drop out of school. And in each instance, youll see how writing can provide an outlet for difficult feelings, build connections and community, or foster resiliency in writers of any age. Best of all, The Greatest Catch is a model for your own professional development. In addition to her inspirational and pragmatic stories, Kittle includes Craft Notes that demonstrate how she composed her essays so that you can use the same strategies for your classroom life. Youll find these tools immediately useful for structuring reflective writing that helps you uncover the many layers of meaning in your work, just as Kittle herself has. Join Penny Kittle in the journey of a teaching lifetime and learn from her experience. Begin with any essay in The Greatest Catch or read it cover to cover. Youll find that no matter where you start youll end up at the same place: inspired to teach, write, and learn.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=602804 In this informative volume, Patricia Graham offers a history of American education in the last century. Drawing on a wide array of sources, from government reports to colorful anecdotes, Graham illustrates Americans changing demands for our schools, and how schools have responded by providing what critics want, though never as completely or as quickly as they would like. Throughout the narrative, we meet the passionate educators, scholars, and journalists who drove particular agendas. We also meet Grahams own family, starting with her immigrant fathers first day of school and moving through her experiences as a teacher. The book provides invaluable background to the ongoing debate on education in the United States, an insightful look at what the public has sought from its educational institutions, what educators have delivered, and what remains to be done.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=593790 In this book, Jay P. Greene examines eighteen widely held beliefs about American education and finds that they just arent true. In addition to myths about class size and teacher pay, he debunks common views about special education, certification, graduation, draining, segregation, and a host of other hotly debated issues. Greenes reasoned and accessible approach refutes each myth with relevant and reliable facts and figures, including a broad review of the research. He believes our schools can be fixed and concludes the book with important recommendations that, once implemented, will help our schools achieve measurable and affordable success. This landmark book provides a vital frame of reference for education reformers - and a wake-up call for undemanding taxpayers.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=547467 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=596219 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=473294 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=486799 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=290078 In 1879 eighty-four Sioux boys and girls became the inaugural group of students to be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania. Carlisle was the first institution opened by the federal government for the education of Native American children. The brainchild of former Indian fighter Captain Richard Pratt, Carlisle, like other schools that followed, was established to teach Indian children the white mans way. For some, like Olympian Jim Thorpe, Indian School led to success and prosperity, but for many others it was an education in alienation and isolation. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=290686 Now, with charter laws on the books in more than thirty states, Bryan Hassel investigates whether charter schools have been able to avoid the pitfalls that have tripped up so many other revolutionary school reforms. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=293431 Social scientists, policy makers, and practitioners offer the first published accounts of the Arizona charter school experience. Topics include education as public versus private good; why Arizona embarked on school reform (and Nevada did not); curricula in Arizona charter schools; how Arizona teachers view school reform; the empowerment of market-based school reform; a voice from the state legislature (dont do what Arizona did!); public schools and the charter movement; and tentative lessons from a contested frontier. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=288710 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=84597 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=258813 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=87474 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=68655 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=237462 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=119368 The Bell Curve by Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray has generated a firestorm of debate, confirming for some their secret belief in the innate inferiority of certain races or ethnic groups, angering many who view the book as an ill-concealed racist manifesto, and worrying untold others who fear the further racial polarization of American society. In The Bell Curve Wars, a group of our countrys most distinguished intellectuals dismantles the alleged scientific foundations and criticizes the alarming public policy conclusions of this incendiary book.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=82817 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=153659 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=708955 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=253377 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=88341 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=590016 Remedial, illiterate, intellectually deficient-these are the stigmas that define Americas educational underclass. As a child in a Los Angeles ghetto, Mike Rose shared these labels; today he works with educationally underprepared children and adults in order to give them a fair chance at learning. In Lives on the Boundary, Rose describes his innovative methods of awakening untapped potential and initiating problem students into the world of language, literature, and expression. Challenging educators, policymakers, and parents to re-examine their assumptions about the capacities of students, Rose offers a truly democratic vision, one that should be heeded by anyone concerned with Americas future. 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