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Fautley, Martin; Hatcher, Richard; Millard, Elaine – Trentham Books Ltd, 2011
This book describes a model of innovative creative teaching and curriculum change that successfully engaged the students in creative learning and earned the secondary schools involved the Creative Partnerships award of Schools of Creativity status. It is based on an independent two-year research study in the two schools. It describes: (1) the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Creativity, Academic Education, Creative Teaching
Blum, Lawrence – Harvard Education Press, 2012
In "High Schools, Race, and America's Future", Lawrence Blum offers a lively account of a rigorous high school course on race and racism. Set in a racially, ethnically, and economically diverse high school, the book chronicles students' engagement with one another, with a rich and challenging academic curriculum, and with questions that relate…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Racial Attitudes, High Schools, Racial Bias
Langer, Judith A. – Teachers College Press, 2010
This book by Judith Langer--internationally known scholar in literacy learning--examines how people gain knowledge and become academically literate in the core subjects of English, mathematics, science, and social studies/history. Based on extensive research, it offers a new framework for conceptualizing knowledge development (rather than…
Descriptors: Literacy, High Stakes Tests, Creative Thinking, Learning Processes