In the extreme classroom, students and teachers together create learning experiences that connect students' knowledge, talents, and interests with what they need to learn in the school curriculum. Thi
Watch many students in schools today and you see a range from total boredom to genuine fascination. Where does the apathy come from and could teachers make it disappear from their classrooms? Apathy a
This book gives the reader a critique of the typical, bureaucratic, mandated education reform efforts which often fail and which often lead to another education reform effort which also is likely to f
This book identifies, through current research, what children and teenagers need to know about managing funds. It shows educators how to design instructional activities that enable students to learn a
Education works better when teachers can concentrate on teaching and on students instead of concentrating on meticulous implementation of ever-changing political reforms of education or on laborious i
This book explains realistic, practical, genuine ways to improve schools. This book also examines ways not to improve schools including some of the common political, bureaucratic, top-down efforts. Th
Full of activities, sample quizzes, charts and case studies, this is a practical guide for both teachers and parents in instructing students about economic principles and personal finance. Student lif
This book describes how teachers can build upon the eagerness and skills that students apply to recreational, social, and friendly writing, bringing enjoyment back into writing for students.
The middle school years are a maze of academic duties, human growth and self-development, discovering self identity, and increasing social interaction with other people. This maze can be an adventure
Babbage, a middle school associate principal at the Bryan Station Traditional Magnet School, inspires classroom teachers with "extreme" teaching strategies designed to make lessons worthwhile and inte
The middle school years are a maze of academic duties, human growth and self-development, discovering self identity, and increasing social interaction with other people. This maze can be an adventure
