Showing results for "Education" in Public Policy

When parents send their children off to college, Mom and Dad hope they'll return more cultivated, knowledgeable, and astute - able to see issues from all points of view. But, according to Ben Shapiro, there's only one view allowed on most college campuses: a rabid brand of liberalism that must be swallowed hook, line, and sinker.

NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER From two winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, “who have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity” “A wildly ambitious work that hopscotches through history and around the world...

“Can we survive this?” worried friends ask Lamar Alexander. A US senator who started in JFK’s Justice Department, worked in the Nixon White House, turned down serving as GOP Watergate counsel and as Ford’s campaign manager, walked for six months across Tennessee to become governor, lost...

'Francis is doing for teaching what This is Going to Hurt did for medicine. Brutal, honest and laugh-out-loud funny.' Jimmy Carr 'A great subject covered by a guy unafraid to tell it like it is' Geoff Norcott The class weren't laughing with me, they were laughing at me and there is no lonelier...

Quel visage a l’école québécoise au XXIe siècle? Dans cet essai clair et percutant, Simon Landry explore les rouages et angles morts du système: poids de la bureaucratie, syndicalisme enseignant, ordre professionnel, formation initiale et continue, définition des tâches, pénurie et rémunération, éducation à l’ère numérique, place du réseau privé, rôle des parents.

Despite being immensely popular - and immensely lucrative - education is grossly overrated. In this explosive book, Bryan Caplan argues that the primary function of education is not to enhance students' skill but to certify their intelligence, work ethic, and conformity - in other words, to signal the qualities of a good employee.

Qui est Pauline Marois? Chacun a probablement déjà une opinion formée de longue date sur cette femme au parcours – il faut bien l’admettre – d’exception. Est-elle cette travailleuse sociale qui, toute petite, se sentait mise à l’écart par les sœurs enseignantes à cause de ses origines modestes, au milieu des filles d’avocats, de médecins et de notaires?

Il problema dell'educazione appare oggi uno degli argomenti caldi e maggiormente discussi soprattutto fra i non addetti ai lavori. Esso riguarda infatti non solamente la scuola in generale ma, nel complesso, la persona e la società. Riguarda non solo la didattica ma tutte quelle situazioni nelle quali si verificano fenomeni che influiscono sull'apprendimento. Tali situazioni necessitano di interventi specifici, che vanno affidati a persone competenti e preparate, soprattutto quando si tratta di ambito scolastico.

In School Rethink 2.0, editors Frederick M. Hess, Michael B. Horn, and Juliet Squire gather leaders immersed in the nuts-and-bolts work of educational reinvention to present ten promising education improvements and ways to implement them. Contributors explain what it takes to reinvent schooling...

Author of the New York Times bestseller Useful Idiots and popular columnist Mona Charen takes a close, reasoned look at the aggressive feminist agenda undermining the success and happiness of men and women across the country In this smart, deeply necessary critique, Mona Charen unpacks the ways...

First published in 1987, this book brings together two renowned educators, Paulo Freire and Ira Shor, who describe their own experiences in liberating the classroom from its traditional constraints, including discussion of Freire's work in Guinea-Bissau and Shor's work in the USA. They...

This book summarizes the theoretical principles behind talk in school and briefly maps the research tradition in this field. It examines the evidence relating to a variety of forms of classroom talk, including whole school culture and oracy; classroom environments conducive to talk; whole class...

Joachim Bauer beleuchtet die Kluft zwischen digitaler Technik und den biologischen und sozialen Bedürfnissen des Menschen. Er zeigt, warum sich menschliche Begabungen nicht an der Fähigkeit zur Datenverarbeitung messen lassen, warum wahre Intelligenz ihren Ursprung in körperlichen Erfahrungen hat und welche Konsequenzen sich daraus für unsere Bildungseinrichtungen ergeben. Der Arzt, Neurowissenschaftler und Bestseller-Autor Joachim Bauer begründet die unverzichtbare Bedeutung der analogen Welt als einzigartigen Ort zwischenmenschlicher Zuwendung und sozialer Resonanz.

"Few people have the writing ability, education expertise, and thoughtfulness to write a book about the state of education. Jared is masterful in the classroom...and [his book] will change the landscape of education." —Dr. Christopher Emdin, New York Times best-selling author of For White...

A radical new approach to education for learners of any age How much information is forgotten almost immediately after it is taught? How many students graduate from high school unprepared for careers where lifelong learning is essential to succeed? These problems stem from an educational system...

Bloomsbury presents Tackling Poverty and Disadvantage in Schools: Understand more deeply and better address inequalities in your school by Sean Harris and Katrina Morley read by George Potts Actionable, road-tested approaches to understanding and tackling poverty in schools The stark reality of...

Das deutsche Schulsystem steht am Abgrund: marode Gebäude, veraltete Lehrpläne, ungleiche Chancen, überforderte Kinder und ausgebrannte Lehrer. Schonungslos zeigt Silke Müller in ihrem neuen Hörbuch, wie Schule Kindern die Lebenschancen raubt und fordert ein radikales Umdenken. Mit ihren visionären Ideen verlangt Silke Müller nach einer Reform, die Schulen endlich menschlich, gerecht und zukunftssicher macht.

One hundred and ten years ago, Maria Montessori, the first female physician in Italy, devised a very different method of educating children, based on her observations of how they naturally learn. In Montessori, Angeline Stoll Lillard shows that science has finally caught up with Maria Montessori. Lillard presents the research behind nine insights that are foundations of Montessori education, describing how each of these insights is applied in the Montessori classroom.  

This comprehensive guide navigates the complexities of AI in education, equipping educators with practical strategies, real-world applications, and ethical considerations. Imagine yourself as a tech-savvy, innovative educator, transforming your students' learning experience with the positive power of Artificial Intelligence.

Stefan Ruppaner hat eine Schule der Zukunft entwickelt: ein alternatives Raumkonzept ohne Klassenzimmer, Tests für Schüler:innen dann, wenn sie sich bereit dafür fühlen, ein Lernen voll Vertrauen in die Schüler:innen, kein Frontalunterricht, gegenseitige Hilfe und Wertschätzung, iPads als Standardarbeitsmittel, Schule ohne Stress und Versagensängste – was wie eine Utopie klingt, wird in Stefan Ruppaners Schule beeindruckend gelebt.