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Teresa D. Hill – ASCD, 2024
Although it's easy to connect out-of-school factors such as poverty or the pandemic to achievement gaps in schools today, education leaders need to focus on what's within their school or district's control to ensure equitable learning outcomes for their students. In this practical guide for K-12 instructional leaders, superintendent Teresa D. Hill…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Evaluation Methods, Literacy Education, Experience
Quigley, Alex – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022
This book explains seven critical steps to improve children's writing. Though seemingly 'natural', writing proves devilishly difficult for far too many school pupils and closing this gap can have a lasting impact on their academic and life success. With the goal of giving every teacher the knowledge and skill to teach writing with confidence, it…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Achievement Gap, Writing Instruction, Teacher Competencies
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Teresa L. Sullivan; Kimberly McHugh; Laura Louko – Palgrave Macmillan, 2025
This book chronicles the challenges, truths, and lessons of teaching and leading in a traditional high school today: the bureaucratic red tape, the fight for inclusivity, the mental health and safety concerns, and the urgent need for teacher support and wellness. From active shooter drills to digital distractions, from closing achievement gaps to…
Descriptors: Empathy, Barriers, Teaching Methods, High School Students
Nani Teig, Editor; Trude Nilsen, Editor; Kajsa Yang Hansen, Editor – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2024
This open access book presents original research on effective and equitable teacher practice in mathematics and science education across Nordic countries. It focuses on three key aspects of teacher practice: what teachers teach, how teachers teach, and how teachers assess their students. To provide a comprehensive understanding of teacher…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Mathematics Education, Teaching Methods
Wepner, Shelley B., Ed.; Quatroche, Diana J., Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2021
This popular book addresses literacy leaders' eternal quest to prepare all students for the demands of the 21st century. This updated Sixth Edition will help prospective and current literacy professionals understand how to organize and supervise literacy programs within the context of current state and federal mandates. With a focus on providing…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Guidelines
Milner, H. Richard, IV – Harvard Education Press, 2020
In the thoroughly revised second edition of "Start Where You Are, But Don't Stay There," H. Richard Milner IV addresses the knowledge and insights required on the part of teachers and school leaders to serve students of color. Milner focuses on a crucial issue in teacher training and professional education: the need to prepare teachers…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Achievement Gap, Equal Education, Teacher Education
Sims, Jeremiah J.; Taylor-Mendoza, Jennifer; Hotep, Lasana O.; Wallace, Jeramy; Conaway, Tabitha – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2020
It is difficult to find justice-centered books geared specifically for community college practitioners interested in achieving campus wide educational equity. It is even more difficult to find a book in this vein written, exclusively, by community college practitioners. "Minding the Obligation Gap in Community Colleges and Beyond" is…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Equal Education, Minority Group Students, Two Year College Students
Sonju, Bob; Kramer, Sharon V.; Mattos, Mike; Buffum, Austin – Solution Tree, 2019
Research is conclusive: response to intervention (RTI) is the best way to intervene when students struggle in school. Also known as a multitiered system of support (MTSS), the RTI process ensures every student receives the additional time and support needed for academic success. A companion to Best Practices at Tier 1, this guide provides…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Response to Intervention, At Risk Students, Student Needs
Dorn, Linda J.; Soffos, Carla; Klein, Adria – Stenhouse Publishers, 2021
"The Comprehensive Intervention Model: Fostering Self-Regulated Readers Through Responsive Teaching" by Linda Dorn, Carla Soffos, and Adria Klein introduces educators to an innovative intervention model that puts theory to practice then gives that practice a framework. When implemented with fidelity, the framework has the potential to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Metacognition, Response to Intervention, Evidence Based Practice
Shelley, Mack, Ed.; Kiray, S. Ahmet, Ed. – Online Submission, 2018
"Research Highlights in STEM Education" is published from the selected papers invited by the editors. This edition includes 4 sections and 13 papers from the field of STEM Education. All submissions are reviewed by at least two international reviewers. The purpose of the book is to provide the readers with the opportunity of a scholarly…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Educational Research, Research Reports, Scholarship
Craig, Holly K. – Routledge Research in Education, 2016
Many African American children make use of African American English (AAE) in their everyday lives, and face academic barriers when introduced to Standard American English (SAE) in the classroom. Research has shown that students who can adapt and use SAE for academic purposes demonstrate significantly better test scores than their less adaptable…
Descriptors: African American Students, Black Dialects, Language Usage, Barriers
Pavešic, Barbara Japelj, Ed.; Koršnáková, Paulína, Ed.; Meinck, Sabine, Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2022
This open access book brings together national experts from across the Dinaric region to rigorously review IEA's Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2019 grade four data to develop a multidimensional and culturally sensitive perspective on their TIMSS 2019 primary-level results. The Dinaric region, named after the Dinaric…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Science Achievement, International Assessment
Kelley, Patrick – Free Spirit Publishing, 2015
This refreshingly frank handbook shows teachers how to close the achievement gap in their classrooms by teaching students innovative paths to academic success. Drawing on over 20 years' experience, Kelley presents straightforward strategies for helping learners improve their grades and test scores and experience greater school engagement--all…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Academic Achievement, Learning Strategies, Grades (Scholastic)
Jean Desravines; Jaime Aquino; Benjamin Fenton – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2016
"Breakthrough Principals" debunks the myth of the 'superhero' principal by detailing the common actions and practices of leaders at our nation's fastest-gaining public schools. Based on the authors' Transformational Leadership Framework, which they developed through in-depth study of more than 100 high-gaining, high-poverty schools, the…
Descriptors: Principals, School Administration, Transformational Leadership, Poverty
Luckin, Rosemary, Ed. – UCL IOE Press, 2018
The educational technology sector is growing fast, with schools, colleges and universities more than ever looking for the best ways to use technology in the classroom. At the same time, there is an increasing appetite for learning and teaching practices to be backed up by evidence. However, there are few resources that bring these two things…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Research
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