This book raises some inconvenient truths about higher education, and it challenges several of its cherished assumptions. It then offers specific recommendation for fundamental changes in institutiona
In addition to high quality instructional strategies and evidence-based practices, this book looks at technology efforts, professional development initiatives, innovative instructional strategies, hom
In addition to high quality instructional strategies and evidence-based practices, this book looks at technology efforts, professional development initiatives, innovative instructional strategies, hom
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the development of educational policies and legislation in China, particularly following the introduction of Reform and Opening Up in 1978. The scope of
Frederick M. Hess and Michael Q. McShane have gathered a diverse group of scholars to examine the shifting federal role in education across the presidential administrations of George W. Bush and Barac
This book presents a comprehensive and cutting-edge overview of the educational governance reform trajectory and the latest issues in China, addressing several important topics such as administration,
Digital Governance of Education explores the multiple ways in which digital technologies are changing the experience of education. With much of the contemporary education practice either taking place
A challenge to narrow, profit-driven conceptions of school success and an argument for protecting public education to ensure that all students become competent citizens in a vibrant democracyIn These
Risk Society and School Educational Policy explores the impact of risk society on policy in the US, UK and Australia through both practical and theoretical perspectives. The book develops an in-depth
Principled Resistance: How Teachers Resolve Ethical Dilemmas brings together senior scholars and activist teachers to explore the concept of resistance as a necessary response to mandates that conflic
This book celebrates the rights of the child, through including student voice in educational matters that affect them directly. It focuses on the experiences of children and young people and explores
A bold proposal for new thinking on education: the formation of a National Education ServiceIt is time for a radical shake up of the purposes and practices of our education system. Melissa Benn is one
This book investigates the implementation of the education policy for migrant children, arguing that it has been selectively implemented: while some policy themes have been effectively implemented, ot
This volume revisits educational equality and equity issues, especially, in education finance-related topics consisting of 15 chapters and organized in two parts. The first part of the volume entitled
This book tells of the challenges faced by white and black school administrators, teachers, parents, and students as Alachua County, Florida, moved from segregated schools to a single, unitary school
Parents, young people, community organizers, and educators describe how they are fighting systemic racism in schools by building a new intersectional educational justice movement.Illuminating the stru
Education researchers describe a project they conducted in Sweden and Tanzania using Lesson and/or Learning Study as a model for research-based school developments to enhance teaching and learning
An insider’s account of teaching the most difficult kids inside America's most challenging schoolsOn his very first day of school as a substitute teacher, Cinque Henderson was cursed and yelled at by
African Proverbs as Epistemologies of Decolonization calls for a rethinking of education by engaging African proverbs as valuable and salient epistemologies for contemporary times. The book addresses
