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Direct linkRatcliffe, Martin J.A.; Harts, Melissa L. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2011
What turns a good school into a great school? With today's schools under enormous pressure to make adequate yearly progress (AYP), the answers are more important than ever--and this essential guidebook gives K-12 administrators and educators scores of proven, concrete strategies to help their school succeed. Authors Martin Ratcliffe and Melissa…
Descriptors: Expertise, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs
Agosto, Denise E., Ed.; Hughes-Hassell, Sandra, Ed. – ALA Editions, 2009
"Urban Teens in the Library" is the perfect solution for the concerns and uncertainty many librarians face when supporting this group of patrons and students. From a team of experts who have researched the information habits and preferences of urban teens to build better and more effective school and public library programs, this book will show…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Reading, Reading Programs, Adolescents
Odom, Samuel L., Ed. – 2002
Based on a groundbreaking 5-year research study conducted by the Early Childhood Research Institute on Inclusion, this book explores the barriers to and influences on inclusive education settings for young children. Topics covered include individualized instruction, family perceptions of inclusion, and cultural and linguistic diversity. The…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Cultural Relevance, Definitions, Disabilities
Download full textMokuau, Noreen; Kameoka, Velma A.; Kupuna, Abbie Napeahi; Kelly, Terry; Burgess, Paula-Ann; Kamiyama, David; Young, Kawen T.; Galea'i, Kenneth Elifasa; Natividad, Lisalinda; Dobbin, Jay; Oneisom, Innocente; Mason, Michael – 1998
This monograph addresses issues of concern to primary health care practitioners, policy makers, and evaluators wishing to broaden access to quality substance abuse prevention services for Pacific Islanders. It is devoted exclusively to health issues affecting Pacific Islanders, who often lack access to comprehensive health care because of…
Descriptors: Children, Cultural Influences, Cultural Relevance, Family Programs
Popkewitz, Thomas S., Ed. – 2000
This book explores the relation of state practices and educational knowledge to changes in culture and economics among nations. The 14 articles in the volume are organized around 4 themes: (1) conventional notions of the state that emphasize institutional structures and stability are inadequate for the task of assessing change in education; (2) an…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Relevance, Educational Change
Hautecoeur, Jean-Paul, Ed. – 1994
This book compiles 21 action research articles from 12 countries that describe community-based initiatives in adult literacy education in peripheral rural areas. These initiatives represent dynamic experiments in cultural action that explicitly link individual basic education and a collective change in the conditions of local life. The reports…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Community Action, Community Development
Trimble, Joseph E., Ed.; Beauvais, Fred, Ed. – 2001
Substance abuse continues to be one of the most damaging and chronic health problems faced by Indian people. American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) substance abuse prevention and treatment programs must be framed within the broader context of the widening health disparities between AI/AN communities and the general population. Successful…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Culture, American Indians, Community Health Services
Blankstein, Alan M., Ed.; Cole, Robert W., Ed.; Houston, Paul D., Ed. – Corwin Press, 2006
This concise volume offers educational leaders key concepts and strategies for framing discussions about closing the equity gap and ensuring high achievement for all learners. As the first volume in "The Soul of Educational Leadership" series, this unique collection presents: (1) Pedro Noguera and Alan Blankstein on essential questions and themes;…
Descriptors: Knowledge Base for Teaching, Leadership, Educational Change, Equal Education
Cook, Lenora, Ed.; Lodge, Helen C., Ed. – 1996
This book presents a collection of classroom practices that view the personal experiences of diverse student populations as valuable resources for instruction. It offers teachers various responses to the challenges posed by students' cultural, linguistic, and social group affiliations. The book contains essays arranged into three interwoven…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Cultural Relevance, English Curriculum, English Instruction
Levinson, Bradley A., Ed.; And Others – 1996
Around the world, schools are central to the social and cultural shaping of the young. They inculcate the skills, subjectivities, and disciplines that undergird the modern nation-state. The case studies in this volume demonstrate a new direction for critical educational research as they demonstrate social reproduction and cultural production and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citizenship Education, Cultural Relevance, Culture
Byram, Michael, Ed.; Grundy, Peter, Ed. – 2003
This collection of papers examines how the contexts in which language teaching occurs impact the aims and methods of language teaching. Ten papers focus on the following: "Introduction: Context and Culture in Language Teaching and Learning" (Mike Byram and Peter Grundy); "From Practice to Theory and Back Again" (Claire…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Biculturalism, Context Effect, Cultural Awareness
Walsh, W. Bruce, Ed.; Heppner, Mary, Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2006
The goal of this book is to give career counselors knowledge awareness, and skills to work with diverse girls and women to make their lives as authentic, meaningful, and rewarding as they can possibly be. It is designed to help career counselors work with diverse girls and women as they pursue the ever widening choices in their lives. In addition,…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Females, Career Development, History
Carmen, Raff, Ed.; Sobrado, Miguel, Ed. – 2000
This book, translated from Spanish, contains 20 chapters by various authors examining and expanding on the work of Clodomir Santos de Morais in educating and empowering the poor, mostly in Latin America, for entrepreneurship. One of the chapters is by de Morais. The following are included, organized in four sections: "Those Who Don't Eat and Those…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Business Administration, Cultural Relevance
Guerra, Nancy G., Ed.; Smith, Emilie Phillips, Ed. – APA Books, 2005
"Preventing Youth Violence in a Multicultural Society" highlights the importance of creating culturally compatible interventions to stop violence among the youngest members of diverse populations. Chapters explore how ethnicity and culture can increase or decrease risk for violence among youth depending on contextual factors such as a…
Descriptors: Youth, Violence, Prevention, Ethnicity
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