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Hess, Frederick M., Ed.; McShane, Michael Q., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2014
In "Teacher Quality 2.0," American Enterprise Institute (AEI) education experts Frederick M. Hess and Michael Q. McShane convene a diverse array of contributors to examine fruitful innovations that promise to improve teacher quality in a more strategic way. Much of the cutting-edge work in teacher quality is happening in nontraditional…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Change, Innovation
Provenzo, Eugene F., Jr., Ed.; Goodwin, Amanda, Ed.; Lipsky, Miriam, Ed.; Sharpe, Sheree, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
Multiliteracies: Beyond Text and the Written Word emphasizes literacies which are, or have been, common in American culture, but which tend to be ignored in more traditional discussions of literacy--specifically textual literacy. By describing multiliteracies or alternative literacies, and how they function, the authors have tried to develop a…
Descriptors: Traditional Schools, Nonverbal Communication, Sign Language, Signs
Gregory, Thomas B.; Smith, Gerald R. – 1987
Urging new directions for American high school education, this book outlines problems with contemporary high schools and describes the experience of small high schools (those having approximately 200 students), designed in the past 15 years, that have developed excellent and diverse alternative programs within the constraints of existing district…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Demonstration Programs, Differences, Educational Change