Both a quick-start guide and a practical resource that relates the essential skills and knowledge (setting up their classroom, behaviour management tips, etc.) that a new special educator needs as they progress throughout the novice years.
While educators, parents and policymakers are still debating the pros and cons of school choice, it is now possible to learn from choice experiments in public, private, and charter schools across the country.
Urban High Schools and the Failure of Market Reform
InLeft Behind, a team of education scholars led by Edward P. St. John argues that American cities have been engaged for the past three decades in a radicalbut failingeffort to transform general and vocational high schools into college preparatory institutions. By examining the educational reforms in four urban charter schools across the United ......
As attitudes to mental health shift, schools are taking the wellbeing of their pupils much more seriously. All schools in England are required to provide lessons on health and wellbeing; in addition, most now have a mental health leadership role.
Mind Mechanics provides activities, worksheets and lesson plans to empower children with the skills they need to manage their mental health throughout life. It can be used flexibly as a full programme or as a toolbox of activities to use as and when needed and is suitable for group or 1:1 work.
How can our education system be made fit for purpose in a rapidly changing world, where the norms are no longer capable of delivering the goods to the new generation? David Boddy argues that real change can take place when teachers and parents work together to create schools and homes of warm-heartedness.;In this compelling book, which draws on ......
Barnaby Lenon, a former schoolmaster and headmaster who is chair of the Independent Schools Council, takes an in-depth look at the elements that make up a successful school. He examines leading and latest research on school leadership and management; looks at how teachers, pupils, parents and governors can achieve results; and puts the spotlight ......
Education is a values-based experience. Consciously or not, we are highly attuned to one another's values. We see, time and again, that the 'best' schools are compelled and propelled by a strong values bedrock through which they create a meaningful context for learning and an aspirational ethos. However, values can be submerged, overlooked, or ......
