Subject: Education
The battle for Room 314 : my year of hope and despair in a New York City high school
“In the tradition of the classic Up The Down Staircase comes an unforgettable book about a year inside a troubled New York City school. In […]
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In the face of inequality : how Black colleges adapt
A quarter of black Americans earn college degrees from black colleges, yet questions about the necessity of black colleges abound. In the Face of Inequality […]
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Revolution in higher education : how a small band of innovators will make college accessible and affordable
Contents: Part I. Revolution — Map of the world — Shifting landscape — Levity, brevity, and repitition — Technology curves — Internet scale — Part […]
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The prize : who’s in charge of America’s schools?
“Mark Zuckerberg, Chris Christie, and Cory Booker were ready to reform our failing schools. They got an education. When Mark Zuckerberg announced in front of […]
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Evaluating online teaching
Evaluating online teaching : implementing best practices Evaluating Online Teaching is the first comprehensive book to outline strategies for effectively measuring the quality of online […]
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Designing for learning
Designing for learning : creating campus environments for student success Contents: Components and impacts of campus environments — Physical environments : the role of place […]
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The digital revolution in higher education
The digital revolution in higher education : how and why the internet of everything is changing everything “This book provides an optimistic vision through a […]
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Assessment in online and blended learning environments
“Online and blended learning require the reconstruction of instructor and learner roles, relations, and practices. Assessment becomes an important issue in a non-traditional learning environment. […]
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