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Levinson, Meira, Ed.; Fay, Jacob, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2019
Teaching in a democracy is challenging and filled with dilemmas that have no easy answers. For example, how do educators meet their responsibilities of teaching civic norms and dispositions while remaining nonpartisan? "Democratic Discord in Schools" features eight normative cases of complex dilemmas drawn from real events designed to…
Descriptors: Democracy, Citizenship Education, Problem Solving, Cooperation
Hyatt, James A. – National Association of College and University Business Officers (NJ3), 2010
Is your campus primed for the next big emergency? The National Campus Safety and Security Project (NCSSP), led by NACUBO, sought to help colleges and universities develop comprehensive emergency management plans that address the four phases of emergency management: prevention/mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. A major component of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Campuses, School Safety, Risk Management
Williamson, Ron; Blackburn, Barbara R. – Eye on Education, 2009
Like the other books in the A-Z series, this book provides practical tools and activities that can be used immediately to improve your practice. This guide offers specific strategies that will help you become a more effective principal. There are 26 chapters in this book, one for each letter of the alphabet. Contents include: (1) Achievement is…
Descriptors: Discipline, School Culture, School Safety, Public Relations
Johnson, David W.; Johnson, Roger T. – 1995
Increasing violence and threats of violence in American schools have prompted many school districts to take aggressive action in providing greater security and more positive learning environments. This book presents an alternative approach--that of training students in conflict resolution and peer mediation. The book offers specific, practical…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Cooperation, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Walser, Nancy, Ed.; Chauncey, Caroline, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2007
Scratch the surface of a successful school and you will find a web of interactions that is the root of its success. Who is it that envisions, inspires, cajoles, and rallies all the various players in and around a school toward any improvement goal? Often it's a superintendent, a principal, a professor, a special teacher, or a parent. In a word,…
Descriptors: Homework, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Cooperation