Straight Talk to Teachers

Bruce GevirtzmanEducation
Straight Talk to Teachers

Author: Bruce Gevirtzman

Publisher: R&L Education

ISBN: 9781607090397

Category: Education

Page: 208

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In a no-holds-barred, candid delivery, this book drives directly to the core of what makes an extraordinary teacher, and presents an honest appraisal of why some teachers fail.

Straight Talk About Classroom Teaching

Patrice JosephEducation
Straight Talk About Classroom Teaching

Author: Patrice Joseph

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

ISBN: 9781426938184

Category: Education

Page: 54

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Straight Talk about Classroom Teaching offers straightforward, easy-to-follow techniques that will aid new and veteran teachers alike in creating and maintaining an effective classroom setting. Author Patrice Joseph believes that students learn better and faster when they are fully engaged through effective teaching practices. In Straight Talk about Classroom Teaching, she provides a clear path to becoming an (even more) exceptional teacher. She offers concrete examples and insightful advice to inspire and motivate teachers to adopt and incorporate her proven teaching methods. Josephs techniques are the product of more than twenty years of classroom teaching experience and have consistently yielded exceptional results. The techniques are presented clearly and succinctly, without the needless jargon and buzzwords that often litter the pages of instructional materials. Whether you have been teaching for years or are just beginning your teaching career, Straight Talk about Classroom Teaching will help you achieve the goal of every educatorto create an atmosphere where real teaching and learning takes place.

Straight Talk for Principals

Raymond LemleyEducation
Straight Talk for Principals

Author: Raymond Lemley

Publisher: R&L Education

ISBN: 9780585467115

Category: Education

Page: 200

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This guide addresses the ground level, more mundane issues that confound principals daily and offers simple yet provocative answers to the befuddling things that require the principal's attention and demand the principal's mindful responses.

Straight Talk from the Heartland

Ed SchultzComics & Graphic Novels
Straight Talk from the Heartland

Author: Ed Schultz

Publisher: Harper Collins

ISBN: 9780061752896

Category: Comics & Graphic Novels

Page: 256

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Ed Schultz is here to slay the "right-wing radio dragon" and revitalize the charge against Bush-era "conservative cruelty" with his own bold, irreverent truth-talk. When the self-described "gun-toting, meat-eating, drug-free liberal" from America's heartland came out swinging with his syndicated radio program, The Ed Schultz Show, listeners realized right away that this was no cookie-cutter liberal, but a tough-talking advocate for everything that's right about the left. "A free press is all that stands between you and a dictatorship," warns Schultz, in defiance of the Bush administration and ultra-conservative talking heads like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, whom he blames for quashing political debate just when America needs it most. While Big Ed has what it takes to "go bare-knuckle brawling" with his staunchest detractors, it is with a deep compassion and impeccable common sense that he describes how our "government by the rich and for the rich" is imperiling the lives of average hard-working Americans. In Straight Talk from the Heartland, Schultz rails against the havoc that our nation's leaders are wreaking on everything from international relations to homeland defense, from our skyrocketing federal deficit to the disenfranchised families of rural America who are struggling to make ends meet. With a heady mix of patriotism, outrage, humor, and hope, he makes an urgent appeal to universal virtues such as honesty and liberty, and reminds readers of what he calls the Four Pillars of a Great Nation: Defending America: "We have lost faith in our leaders. The world has lost faith in us. Our foray into Iraq, to disarm a nation of biological and nuclear weapons they did not have, has shrunk American credibility like a cheap sweater." A Sound Economy: "The Bushies are like street hustlers. While they show you a meager tax cut with one hand, they steal your wallet with the other." Feeding the Nation: "Bad farm policy and bad trade agreements are running the American farmer off the land. It's killing small towns, and small towns are the heart of this nation." Educating America: "Don't start counting your tax break just yet. Your state and local taxes are rising to support the unfunded mandate of the No Child Left Behind act." "I'm here to give it to you straight," Big Ed says. "I've got faith that, when Americans grasp what's going on around them, they'll start acting like a bear fresh out of hibernation -- famished, ill-tempered, and ready to start raising hell." Straight Talk from the Heartland is the wake-up call America has been waiting for.

Straight Talk, Leadership in State and Community Education Reforms

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the WorkforceCommunity education
Straight Talk, Leadership in State and Community Education Reforms

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce

Publisher:

ISBN: PSU:000043006601

Category: Community education

Page: 80

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The Hearing before the Committee on Education and the Workforce was held January 27, 1999. It contains opening statements by the chairman of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, Ohio Senator Voinovich, Governor Ridge of the State of Pennsylvania, and the Committees' reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Appendices list opening statements of the chairman, Congressmen, Governor, and Senator. The hearing focuses on elementary and secondary education reform efforts that have been undertaken by certain states and communities. (DFR)

A Classroom of Her Own

Dana Haight CattaniEducation
A Classroom of Her Own

Author: Dana Haight Cattani

Publisher: Corwin Press

ISBN: 9780761945703

Category: Education

Page: 176

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This book, a commentary on becoming a teacher, presents a set of essays based on observations of a group of young, white, middle class female teachers learning what it means to be alone at the head of the classroom. It presents a textured picture of the development of competence. The picture is organized around the complications of ordinary life in a classroom for these new teachers. They have had little experience with exercising authority and are not sure how to do it. They have to learn how to act as teachers--how to speak, dress, think, manage themselves and their classrooms, confront emotions, deal with parents and administrators, and react to a role and to situations that are different in important ways from what they expected and from what their experience had been. Nine chapters focus on: (1) "Gender, Age, and Teacher Induction"; (2) "Stephanie: The Paradox of Authority"; (3) "Helen: Professional Identity"; (4) "Paula: School Culture"; (5) "Beth: School Administration"; (6) "Karen: Professional Judgment"; (7) "Julie: Affirmation and Attainment"; (8) "Unpredictable Outcomes: Race, Ethnicity, and Class"; and (9) "Classrooms of Their Own." (Contains 85 references.) (SM).

Retirement Straight Talk

Donald R. DraayerEducation
Retirement Straight Talk

Author: Donald R. Draayer

Publisher: R&L Education

ISBN: 9780585479477

Category: Education

Page: 208

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Adjusting or planning for retirement is made easier for educators with this handbook that highlights retirement issues and concerns and helps the reader through the choices, challenges, and new commitments. Personal accounts by other administrators, teachers, and support staff are incorporated throughout.

Teaching 2030

Barnett BerryEducation
Teaching 2030

Author: Barnett Berry

Publisher: Teachers College Press

ISBN: 9780807751541

Category: Education

Page: 273

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In the raging controversy over the purpose of public education and how to fix the nation's underperforming schools, the voices of America's best teachers are seldom heard. Now for the first time, 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 pedagogical know-how and fresh and provocative policy ideas to the national school reform debate. Together they identify four emergent realities that will shape the learning experience of children born in the New Millennium, and propose six levers of change that can ignite a bright future for students by ensuring they all have access to excellent teaching.

New Teachers in Urban Schools: Journeys Toward Social Equity Teaching

Althier M. LazarEducation
New Teachers in Urban Schools: Journeys Toward Social Equity Teaching

Author: Althier M. Lazar

Publisher: Springer

ISBN: 9783319266152

Category: Education

Page: 180

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This volume informs the reader about new teachers in urban underserved schools and their development as teachers for social equity. The accounts of five novice teachers who grew up outside the communities in which they teach lead to chapters that contain advice for teacher educators, future and current teachers, and school leaders. These early career teachers learned much about bridging the cultural divide between themselves and their students, confronted and resolved big challenges that may immobilize some who set out to teach in these communities. They brought to their classrooms strong social justice orientations, including a moral imperative to make a difference in the world, an awareness of social and educational inequalities, and a strong sense of responsibility to positively influence the life trajectories of students in their charge. Their narratives offer insights on the dispositions and contexts that will help early career teachers survive and thrive and make a difference in their students’ lives.

The Practical Side of Teaching

Margaret L. ThompsonEducation
The Practical Side of Teaching

Author: Margaret L. Thompson

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

ISBN: 9781462841622

Category: Education

Page: 58

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If you are looking for techniques for behavior management, transitional periods, first day of school, managing your time, parent-teacher conferences, and other issues, then The Practical Side of Teaching is for you. Its not about the academics. Its all about the topics that are often not discussed until you find yourself confronted with them head on in the classroom. It is a guide for new teachers, kindergarten thru second grade. Youll receive straight talk from a veteran teacher who has been there and understands the frustration that is often encountered in teaching, especially the first year.