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Becoming a Great High School
ASCD 2009; US$ 22.95This book provides comprehensive research on high school reform from leading education experts, candid examples from the author's 26 years as a principal, and valuable insights from other leaders who have answered the call to make their schools better. more...
Private Secondary Schools 2012-13
Peterson's 2012; US$ 17.99Peterson's Private Secondary Schools 2012-13 is everything parents need to find the right private secondary school for their child. Students and parents can compare and select from over 1,500 schools in the U.S. and Canada, and around the world. Schools featured include independent day, special needs, and boarding schools (including junior boarding... more...
Updraft Downdraft
R&L Education 2003; US$ 36.99Ever wonder why there is such a big gap in the number of students who succeed in comparison to those who do not? The authors recognize this problem and offer suggestions on how to improve this phenomenon. This book provides a set of tools to assist schools and communities in reallocating their resources more effectively to help bridge the gap. more...
Changing Schools from the Inside Out
R&L Education 2011; US$ 29.95Failure to meet test-based standards can produce consequences such as school closure or staff replacement. With this real-world challenge to education foremost, this book presents pertinent research and instructive case studies of two 'good' high schools. It advocates a proven strategy of small-scale, incremental change_small wins_which increases the... more...
Meeting Special Needs in Citzenship
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 57.50Teachers are meeting more pupils with special needs in mainstream classrooms and although there are general issues to be aware of, subject specialists will always want specific guidance and examples. This series combines SEN expertise with subject knowledge to produce practical and immediate support including: Policy writing and how to do it; Simple... more...
Learning and Teaching in Secondary Schools
SAGE Publications 2013; Not AvailableNew edition of this essential text for secondary teacher trainees covering all the key issues for learning and teaching in secondary schools. Linked to the new Teachers' Standards. more...
Doing Collective Biography
McGraw-Hill Education 2006; US$ 231.00Describes how to set up collective biography workshops in which participants examine how discursive structures and power relations have both enabled and limited the conditions of possibility for their lived experience. This book introduces the reader to collective biography, a research methodology for use in education and the social sciences. more...
Teacher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2007; US$ 15.00In 1969, Mark Edmundson was a typical high school senior in working-class Medford, Massachusetts. He loved football, disdained schoolwork, and seemed headed for a factory job in his hometown?until a maverick philosophy teacher turned his life around. When Frank Lears, a small, nervous man wearing a moth-eaten suit, arrived at Medford fresh from Harvard... more...
It's OK if You're Clueless
Penguin Group US 2006; US$ 12.95When her son Solomon graduated from high school, Terry McMillan was asked to be the guest speaker at the commencement ceremony. Determined not to be dull or redundant, Terry thought back to when she was stepping out into the world for the first time and the things she wished people had told her. Printing up what she thought were the most important... more...
Teaching Middle Years
Allen & Unwin 2010; US$ 50.00An updated edition of the comprehensive introduction to the rapidly growing area of middle schooling, for teachers, teacher education students and school administrators. more...









