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A selection of contemporary, cutting edge articles designed to get students thinking critically about and really engaging with issues central to childhood and adolescence in society today.

Best-selling author Samuel Casey Carter showcases a dozen mainstream schools that focus on a culture of character as their foundation and have achieved extraordinary results.

Capture students' attention with this collection of mathematics, language arts, science, and classroom management strategies for experiential learners. Included are examples, visuals, and reproducibles.

Award-winning author details a clear, research-based process for implementing PLCs to improve student learning. Included are practical strategies, activities, exercises, and troubleshooting tips for coaches.

This practical guide connects research and application with over 40 strategies for today's inclusive classroom, including methods for differentiating instruction for children with special needs.

A clear, concise, and easy-to-use compilation of multi-item, self-report measures developed and/or frequently used in consumer behaviour and marketing research.

Fenwick W English and 30 renowned authors offer an unflinching and comprehensive overview of a full range of practical and theoretical issues faced by educational leadership today.

This practical guidebook's 10 components for success helps teachers close the achievement gap with a professional development programme that advances learning for EL students.

Including 425 signed entries in a two-volume set presented in A-to-Z format, and drawing contributors from varied academic disciplines, entries examine disaster response and relief in a manner that is authoritative yet accessible, jargon-free, and balanced to help readers better understand issues from varied perspectives.

Now available in paperback: This book brings together the most innovative contemporary ideas in method and methodology from global experts

Now available in paperback, this is a cutting edge, detailed and comprehensive exploration of architectural theory. Its focus on interdisplinarity and cross-cultural ties ensures the discipline's relationship with the social sciences is fully explored.

The book is a supplement to core courses in entitled Corporate Social Responsibility, Environment of Business, Business Ethics, and Business Policy.

Do carbon offsets slow climate change? Will the growing competition for energy trigger new international conflicts? Should water be privatized? Will global warming increase species losses? And can individual action significantly reduce global climate change? Tis title takes up these and other compelling questions.

This book shows how to create a school improvement plan that will lead to the doubling of student performance

Do international treaties improve women's rights? Is China's human rights record improving? Was Obama right to have the US join the UN Human Rights Council? This title takes up these and other questions. It explores who the key players are and what's at stake, covering the range of opinion surrounding an issue.

Introduces students to the US intelligence community, the functions of intelligence, and the mechanisms that are to provide public control of intelligence. This book includes chapters on collection, analysis, counterintelligence, and covert action that illuminate the choices and tradeoffs involved in making decisions about intelligence.

Exposes the various manifestations of mistreatment and offers solutions for its prevention and correction.

Guide to the White House Staff is an insightful new work examining the evolution and current role of the White House staff.

Formerly published by Peytral PublicationsApply these 180 practical activities to foster meaningful communication and collaboration. Covers developing expectations, listening, preparing ahead, understanding perspectives, asking questions, and speaking clearly.

No Child Left Behind and accountability to stakeholders require the up-to-date coverage found here on topics such as the politics of teaching and the changing the face of education.

Helping educational leaders to use the ideas put forward in The Fourth Way, this book will allow readers to achieve positive and sustainable reform in their schools.

Dana Keller's informal presentation style brings about an understanding of research without the stress normally associated with the subject.

Helps teachers develop a clear understanding of the the Common Core State Standards for Reading and Writing in History/Social Studies, Science, and the Technical Subjects

This edition of How to Measure Attitudes draws on examples from a broader range of disciplines and professions than the first edition. It helps novice evaluators with the difficult task of assessing whether the affective and attitude objectives of a programme have been met. The most commonly used attitude measures are described and sources of existing measurement instruments are listed. If no existing instrument is appropriate, step-by-step instructions are given enabling readers to construct their own. Methods for analysing and reporting attitude data are also included.

Formerly published by Peytral PublicationsThese whimsical books capture the rewards and realities of working with students with special needs. The witty and insightful cartoons are perfect for presentations, communication, and personal reflection.

A groundbreaking handbook which evaluates the role of social work research in the context of national and international societies

This text provides a thorough study of President Obama's character in relation to his leadership, and uses this as a basis from which to explore the wider question of the connection between behaviour and politics, and the place of presidential leadership in democratic society.

Use the Schoolwide Enrichment Model to support enriching learning opportunities for all learners and to develop students' talent, raise achievement, honor diversity, and foster a growth-oriented staff.

Is ethanol production from corn a recipe for famine? Is "clean coal" a viable option or is it simply polluting the energy dilemma? Are genetically modified foods helpful or harmful? This volume includes 150 articles examining these and other green issues and debates.