State Assessment Policy and Practice for English Language Learners

A National Perspective

Edited by Charlene Rivera, Eric Collum

State Assessment Policy and Practice for English Language Learners presents three significant studies, each examining a different aspect of states' strategies for including English language...

Published March 14th 2006 by Routledge.

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Pedagogies of Globalization

The Rise of the Educational Security State

By Joel Spring

In this ground-breaking book, Joel Spring examines globalization and its worldwide effects on education. A central thesis is that industrial-consumerism is the dominant paradigm in...

Published March 13th 2006 by Routledge.

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Principled Practices for Adolescent Literacy

A Framework for Instruction and Policy

By Elizabeth G. Sturtevant, Fenice B. Boyd, William G. Brozo, Kathleen A. Hinchman, David W. Moore

This book presents an evidence-based framework for understanding the literacy needs of adolescents. The premise is that educators and other critical stakeholders need to understand...

Published February 23rd 2006 by Routledge.

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Childcare, Choice and Class Practices

Middle Class Parents and their Children

By Carol Vincent, Stephen J. Ball

Childcare is a topic that is frequently in the media spotlight and continues to spark heated debate in the UK and around the world. This...

Published February 23rd 2006 by Routledge.

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One Size Does Not Fit All

Traditional and Innovative Models of Student Affairs Practice

By Kathleen Manning, Jillian Kinzie, John H. Schuh

In the day-to-day work of higher education administration, student affairs professionals know that different institutional types - whether a small liberal arts college, a doctoral intensive...

Published February 22nd 2006 by Routledge.

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Learning Cities, Learning Regions, Learning Communities

Lifelong Learning and Local Government

By Norman Longworth

This book explores the mental and social landscape of the city of today and tomorrow; the way in which people think, interact, work together, learn...

Published February 2nd 2006 by Routledge.

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Assessing Media Education

A Resource Handbook for Educators and Administrators

Edited by William G. Christ

Assessing Media Education provides guidelines for media educators and administrators in higher education media programs who are creating or improving student-learning assessment strategies. Covering the...

Published January 27th 2006 by Routledge.

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Selling Us the Fortress

The Promotion of Techno-Security Equipment for Schools

By Ronnie Casella

In the wake of school shootings and the more recent threats of terrorism, schools - like many public institutions - have begun installing techno-security equipment...

Published January 26th 2006 by Routledge.

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Educating the "Right" Way

Markets, Standards, God, and Inequality

By Michael W. Apple

In this book Apple explores the 'conservative restoration' - the rightward turn of a broad-based coalition that is making successful inroads in determining American and...

Published January 26th 2006 by Routledge.

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World Yearbook of Education 2006

Education Research and Policy: Steering the Knowledge-Based Economy

Edited by Jenny Ozga, Terri Seddon, Thomas S. Popkewitz

This volume considers the ways in which educational research is being shaped by policy across the globe. Policy effects on research are increasingly influential, as...

Published January 19th 2006 by Routledge.

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