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  • Yes, We Are Stupid in America!

    A Former Principal’S Reality Check on Why Our Public Schools Are Failing

    by Dr. Vicky Wells ...
    Students in countries such as Finland, South Korea, and Singapore continue to outperform their peers in America. But that hasnt stopped the United States government from spending more money on education as achievement plummets.Dr. Vicky Wells, a former school principal, explores whats going on at the federal, state, and local levels so that members of the public can hold bureaucrats accountable. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • 21st Century Skills

    Learning for Life in Our Times

    by Bernie Trilling, Charles Fadel ...
    This important resource introduces a framework for 21st Century learning that maps out the skills needed to survive and thrive in a complex and connected world. 21st Century content includes the basic core subjects of reading, writing, and arithmetic-but also emphasizes global awareness, financial/economic literacy, and health issues. The skills fall into three categories: learning and innovations ... Read more

    $12.00 USD

  • The Global Achievement Gap

    Why Our Kids Don't Have the Skills They Need for College, Careers, and Citizenship -- and What We Can Do About It

    by Tony Wagner ...
    Despite the best efforts of educators, our nation's schools are dangerously obsolete. Instead of teaching students to be critical thinkers and problem-solvers, we are asking them to memorize facts for multiple choice tests. This problem isn't limited to low-income school districts: even our top schools aren't teaching or testing the skills that matter most in the global knowledge economy. Our ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Leading Change Step-by-Step

    Tactics, Tools, and Tales

    by Jody Spiro ...
    A practical, step-by-step guide to leading change efforts for sustainable resultsLeading Change Step-by-Step offers a comprehensive and tactical guide for change leaders. Spiro's approach has been field-tested for more than a decade and proven effective in a wide variety of public sector organizations including K-12 schools, universities, international agencies and non-profits. The book is filled ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

  • Results at the Top

    Using Gender Intelligence to Create Breakthrough Growth

    by Barbara Annis, Richard Nesbitt ...
    What if your company could gain a greater profit share of the market simply by promoting more women into its senior management team? Sounds like a no-brainer, and despite nearly every study done in the past three decades proving companies with women leaders deliver superior performance, the number of women in the C-suites of companies all over the world is noticeably low. Results at the Top is ... Read more

    $17.00 USD

  • Teaching 2030

    What We Must Do for Our Students and Our Public Schools--Now and in the Future

    by Barnett Berry, the TeacherSolutions 2030 Team ...
    In the raging controversy over how to fix the nation’s underperforming schools, the voices of America’s best teachers are seldom heard. Now, in a provocative book about the future of teaching and learning, 12 of America’s most accomplished classroom educators join a leading advocate for a 21st-century teaching profession to bring expert classroom know-how and fresh policy ideas to the school ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • Learning Transformed

    8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow’s Schools, Today

    by Eric C. Sheninger ...
    With all that we know about how students learn, the nature of the world they will face after graduation, and the educational inequities that have existed for centuries, maintaining a traditional, one-size-fits-all approach to teaching and learning is tantamount to instructional malpractice.International security, the success of global economies, and sustainability as a global society all depend on ... Read more

    $31.19 USD

  • Authentic Inclusion™

    Drives Disruptive Innovation

    by Frances West ...
    Authentic Inclusion™, an idea originated by Frances West, former IBM Chief Accessibility Officer, is defined as the institutional insight that human diversity is at the core of disruptive innovation. It calls for holistic actions across an institution to respect an individual's ability to make a difference despite being different. Frances describes how her personal and professional journey led her ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Do Good Well

    Your Guide to Leadership, Action, and Social Innovation

    by Nina Vasan, Jennifer Przybylo ...
    Written with a fresh voice and a dash of humor, Do Good Well is an exciting and readily adaptable guide to social innovation that not only captures the entrepreneurial and creative spirit of our time, but also harnesses the insights, wisdom, and down-to-earth experience of today’s most accomplished young leaders. Do Good Well offers a winning combination of theory, anecdote, and application, ... Read more

    $31.00 USD

  • Deeper Learning

    How Eight Innovative Public Schools Are Transforming Education in the Twenty-First Century

    by Monica R. Martinez, Dennis McGrath McGrath ...
    The acclaimed exploration of how public education can cultivate innovators—with a foreword by Russlynn Ali, a leading advocate for remaking schoolsDime-a-dozen ideas for reforming education seem to be everywhere these days but few actually transform the everyday experience of the 50-million-plus students who are regularly subjected to traditional lecturing, note-taking, and rote learning—often ... Read more

    $13.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Deeper Learning

    Beyond 21st Century Skills

    Edited by James A. Bellanca ...
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    Education authorities from around the globe explore deeper learning, a process that promotes higher-order thinking, reasoning, and problem solving to better educate students and prepare them for college and careers. Relying on research as well as their own experience, the authors show how to use intensive curriculum, instruction, assessment, and leadership practices to meet the needs of 21st ... Read more

    $34.59 USD

  • Too Important to Fail

    Saving Americas Boys

    by Tavis Smiley ...
    Too Important to Fail: Saving America’s Boys is the companion volume to TAVIS SMILEY REPORTS PBS special which is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting as part of its American Graduate: Let’s Make It Happen initiative.It examines an undeclared crisis in America—the staggering dropout rate among young black males. In countless urban schools the graduation rate has plummeted to less than ... Read more

    $1.99 USD