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James, Amy – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2006
This new addition to the Knowledge Essentials series, "Kindergarten Success," shows parents how to enrich their children's classroom learning and take an active role in their kindergartners' educations by exploring: (1) What your children are learning at school and the educational standards to expect in math, language arts, science, and social…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Grade 1, Computer Software, Thinking Skills
Sacks, Peter – 1996
This book describes how a journalist turned college professor faces the students of Generation X at a community college in California. He discovers a culture war between generations--a culture wave between college teachers, typically Baby Boomers and members of Generation X. This cultural divide is between the modern and postmodern worlds and the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Age Differences, Baby Boomers, Beginning Teachers
Sindler, Allan P. – 1978
The public policy and legal issues surrounding preferential admissions of minorities in higher education and the politics and human drama of the controversy are reviewed and analyzed in this book. Focus is on the court cases of Marco DeFunis against the University of Washington law school and Allan Bakke against the University of California…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Admission Criteria, College Admission
Chambers, M. M. – 1976
Constant progress and change in the law of higher education have necessitated this update of the original 1972 edition of this document (the original appeared with the same title) and its first updated supplement. Approximately 60 court decisions are cited that deal with students and their relationship to their colleges. Specific areas discussed…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Admission (School)
Brown, Stephen I.; Walter, Marion I. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2005
The new edition of this classic book describes and provides a myriad of examples of the relationships between problem posing and problem solving, and explores the educational potential of integrating these two activities in classrooms at all levels. "The Art of Problem Posing, Third Edition" encourages readers to shift their thinking…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Computer Uses in Education, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Instruction
Moe, Terry M., Ed. – 2001
In this book, the 11 members of the Koret Task Force on K-12 Education provide a broad overview of the U.S. education system, examining its structure and operation, identifying key problems that hinder its performance, and offering perspectives on the requirements of genuine reform. The 11 chapters include: (1) "American Traditions of Education"…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Curriculum Development, Educational Finance

Ysseldyke, James E., Ed.; Thurlow, Martha L., Ed. – Special Services in the Schools, 1994
This book on the results of education for students with disabilities considers a number of issues, including what outcomes should be expected and how they should be measured and reported, school reform, the possible role of Goals 2000/Educate America Act, and alternative views on identifying outcomes and setting standards such as those of the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Data Collection, Disabilities
Spitzberg, Irving J., Jr.; Thorndike, Virginia V. – 1992
This book addresses the critical and difficult issues facing higher education in the 1990s including the need to improve the quality of teaching and learning, raise academic standards, protect freedom of expression, and enhance both the community of the whole and the individual and small groups that make up that community. The book also examines…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Academic Standards, Campuses, College Environment
Tierney, William G. – 1999
This book offers a critique of the current state of academe, focusing on such issues as what constitutes a well-rounded curriculum or an educated citizen, are business principles developed almost a century ago still viable, the public perception of college campus activities, and the "decline" of academia. The book's overall intent is to suggest…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Academic Standards, Access to Education, College Environment
Kreitlow, Burton W.; And Others – 1981
Controversies over adult education purposes, methods, audiences, and procedures are examined. After outlining a procedure for reviewing competing positions on controversial topics, the book pairs the contrasting views of two authors on each of 10 key issues facing adult education. Chapters cover: philosophies at issue (David L. Boggs); identifying…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Villaverde, Leila E. – 2003
This book attempts to serve as a compendium and a chronology of secondary education in the United States, taking a broad rather than a narrow approach and touching on a great many topics and issues. Chapters 1 and 2 present a history of secondary schools and a discussion of adolescence. Chapter 3 discusses curriculum in secondary schools,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adolescents, Curriculum, Educational Assessment
Page, Diane R. – 2001
This training module for inexperienced elementary classroom assistant teachers provides information on what their job consists of, what is occurring in American elementary schools, and possibilities for paraeducators. The 12 chapters are: (1) "Who Are You?"; (2) "Are You Qualified?"; (3) "What Can You Expect?"; (4) "What about Instruction?"; (5)…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, Collegiality
Perreault, George, Ed.; Lunenburg, Fred C., Ed. – 2002
The 26 essays in the volume compose the 10th annual yearbook of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration. The essays examine the pressing issues facing educational leaders from a variety of philosophical perspectives. The essays are as follows: "President's Message: Professors and Practitioners: Building Bridges…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrative Principles, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education
Snow, Marguerite Ann, Ed. – 2000
Written by English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teachers and teacher educators who played key roles in the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages' (TESOL) Standards and Assessment Project, this book is designed for preservice teachers in credential/licensure programs and master's programs at American universities and for practicing ESL…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Bilingual Education Programs, Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education
Henn-Reinke, Kathryn; Chesner, Geralyn A. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2006
This book shows prospective teachers how to use the language arts to connect diverse students to the world around them and help them develop their own literate voices. It considers the integrated nature of the primary language arts--reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing, and visually representing. The authors encourage preservice and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Preservice Teachers, Childrens Literature, Adolescent Literature