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Teacher Well-Being in Early Childhood: A Resource for Early Care and Education Professionals. Early Childhood Education Series
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Angela C. Baum; Kerrie L. Schnake – Teachers College Press, 2024
A teacher's well-being has a powerful impact on their work with children, families, and colleagues, and can influence the overall quality of the program in which they are employed. With a specific focus on the unique factors related to the field of early childhood care and education, this book discusses the concept of well-being and how it applies…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Well Being, Preservice Teacher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Critical Leadership Praxis for Educational and Social Change
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Pak, Katie, Ed.; Ravitch, Sharon M., Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2021
Educational leaders confront instances of inequity every day, whether they are aware of it or not. Many find themselves inadequately reacting to such issues due in part to traditional preparation programs that fail to interrogate the existence and impact of systems of oppression. Why is naming and tackling inequity not at the forefront of every…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Praxis, Educational Change, Social Change
Dismantling Disproportionality: A Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Systems Approach. Disability, Culture, and Equity Series
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Hernández, María G.; Lopez, David M.; Swier, Reed – Teachers College Press, 2022
This book positions disproportionality as not solely a special education issue but, rather, a broader issue of educational inequality. Disproportionality in special education parallels a persistent history of chronic socioeconomic and racial inequalities relating to the country's history of denying educational opportunities to students of color,…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Equal Education, Special Education, Racism
Does Compliance Matter in Special Education? IDEA and the Hidden Inequities of Practice. Disability, Culture, and Equity Series
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Voulgarides, Catherine Kramarczuk – Teachers College Press, 2018
This book asks a question that many educators may think, but will not say out loud: Does compliance with IDEA legislation matter? The author acknowledges that, while compliance with IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) is important, it can also be an administrative burden that detracts from practitioners' capacity to adequately serve…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Disabilities, Equal Education, Federal Legislation
Rooted in Belonging: Critical Place-Based Learning in Early Childhood and Elementary Teacher Education. Early Childhood Education Series
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Sherfinski, Melissa – Teachers College Press, 2023
Most practitioners and scholars agree that critical and reflective early childhood and elementary teachers are foundational for children's holistic growth and development. Yet current policies focused on elevating testing and performativity are contributing to student and teacher anxiety and alienation. This book offers a counternarrative to…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Place Based Education, Preschool Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
Ability, Equity, and Culture: Sustaining Inclusive Urban Education Reform. Disability, Culture, and Equity Series
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Kozleski, Elizabeth B., Ed.; Thorius, Kathleen A. King, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2014
This comprehensive book is grounded in the authentic experiences of educators who have done, and continue to do, the messy everyday work of transformative school reform. The work of these contributors, in conjunction with research done under the aegis of the National Institute of Urban School Improvement (NIUSI), demonstrates how schools and…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Educational Change, Culturally Relevant Education, Change Strategies