Organization & Management of Education

This is a time of far-reaching change and debate in American education and social policy, spurred in part by a rediscovery that civil-society insti...

For almost two centuries, Americans expected that their public schools would cultivate the personal, moral, and social development of individual st...

The university today is under attack from all sides. Parents and students resent the escalating costs of education and wonder where the money is be...

The authors examine a broad range of Catholic high schools to determine whether or not students are better educated in these schools than they are ...

Head Start. Bilingual education. Small class size. Social promotion. School funding. Virtually every school system in America has had to face these...

A view of America's colleges and universities and how they are run, the challenges they face and the issues that affect their "owners" - students, ...

Mr. Califano proposes a greater role for the young in matters that affect them. He makes specific proposals about our draft boards, our educational...

The facilitator's guide brings to life the content of the survey text, Leadership Theory. It offers instructive advice on how to prepare for the us...

Tools and techniques from the trailblazers in data-based education reform Over a period of several years, Amanda Datnow and Vicki Park visited publ...

This groundbreaking book presents a new way of looking at leadership that is anchored in research on women leaders in education. The authors examin...

In The Four Cultures of the Academy, William H. Bergquist identified four different, yet interrelated, cultures found in North American higher educ...

Michael Gurian's blockbuster bestseller The Wonder of Boys is the bible for mothers, fathers, and educators on how to understand and raise boys. It...

Scarcely a day goes by without reports of school bullying or recommendations for quick fixes to the problem. Parents and educators are often left t...

Bullying is the most prevalent form of violence in American schools. In their new book Bullying Prevention, authors Pamela Orpinas and Andy Horne b...

The original edition of Truth and Indignation offered the first close and critical assessment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) as it ...

Offering answers to essential questions about student debt and many connected issues, this book examines student debt in the United States at every...

SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK “This book is well written and inclusive with a realistic approach to problems encountered in schools today. Practical and useab...

This is not a book about the school system as a whole or how governments can help or hinder school improvement. It is a book about supporting and i...

Add value to the student experience with purposeful residential programs Grounded in current research and practical experience, Student Learning i...

College tuition and student debt levels have been rising at an alarming pace for at least two decades. These trends, coupled with an economy weaken...

How much say should students have in shaping their schools' disciplinary cultures? Should they have the power to weigh in on contentious issues lik...