School Effectiveness & Improvement Books

New and Published Books

1. Single Case Research in Schools

   Practical Guidelines for School-Based Professionals

   By Kimberly J. Vannest, John L. Davis, Richard I. Parker

   Series: School-Based Practice in Action

   Single Case Research in Schools addresses and examines the variety of cutting-edge issues in single case research (SCR) in educational settings. Featuring simple and practical techniques for aggregating data for evidence-based practices, the book delves into methods of selecting behaviors of...

   Published May 19th 2013 by Routledge
2. International Perspectives on Veteran Teachers

   Edited by Miriam Ben-Peretz, Gary McCulloch

   What is a veteran teacher, and how do veteran teachers contribute to schools and education? This international volume contributes to our understanding of veteran teachers with new conceptual studies and empirical research from different countries around the world. It is explores what we mean by a ‘...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
3. Human Development and Capabilities

   Re-imagining the university of the twenty-first century

   Edited by Alejandra Boni, Melanie Walker

   Globally, universities are the subject of public debate and disagreement about their private benefits or public good, and the key policy vehicle for driving human capital development for competitive knowledge economies. Yet what is increasingly lost in the disagreements about who should pay for...

   Published April 1st 2013 by Routledge
4. Creating Effective Community Partnerships for School Improvement

   A Guide for School Leaders

   By Hazel Carter

   Creating Effective Partnerships for School Improvement places the school within the community which is composed of a number of key players, including school leaders, classroom teachers, private foundations, higher education institutions, business and community based organizations, and government...

   Published March 25th 2013 by Routledge
5. Cyber Security for Educational Leaders

   A Guide to Understanding and Implementing Technology Policies

   By Richard Phillips, Rayton R. Sianjina

   As leaders are increasingly implementing technologies into their districts and schools, they need to understand the implications and risks of doing so. Cyber Security for Educational Leaders is a much-needed text on developing, integrating, and understanding technology policies that govern schools...

   Published February 18th 2013 by Routledge
6. Educational Leadership and Technology

   Preparing School Administrators for a Digital Age

   By Virginia E. Garland, Chester Tadeja

   Providing models of exemplary use and the latest research, Educational Leadership and Technology reveals the transformational power of emerging technologies to improve student learning, and explores how leaders can bring about this technology integration. This book provides an overview of roles and...

   Published January 3rd 2013 by Routledge
7. Comparative Perspectives on International School Leadership

   Policy, Preparation, and Practice

   By Cathryn Magno

   Through a multi-country study, Comparative Perspectives on International School Leadership examines the current global spread of educational leadership, occurring rapidly and widely. Exploring five international case studies of leadership policy, preparation, and practice under the framework of...

   Published December 20th 2012 by Routledge
8. Unifying Educational Systems

   Leadership and Policy Perspectives

   Edited by Leonard C. Burrello, Wayne Sailor, Jeannie Kleinhammer-Tramill

   Unifying Educational Systems encourages leaders to move beyond the traditional forms and rituals of leadership for special education that are caught within traditional definitions of a continuum of services. Grounded in public policy debates, research on teaching and learning, and an emerging...

   Published November 25th 2012 by Routledge
9. Cultivating an Ethical School

   By Robert J. Starratt

   Often the school is left as an institution seemingly ethically neutral, leaving untouched questions about whether the school itself is a site of injustice toward both educators and children. Springing from his well-known Building an Ethical School, Robert J. Starratt now looks more closely at the...

   Published April 17th 2012 by Routledge
10. Improving Quality in Education

    Dynamic Approaches to School Improvement

    By Bert P.M. Creemers, Leonidas Kyriakides

    This book explores an approach to school improvement that merges the traditions of educational effectiveness research and school improvement efforts. It displays how the dynamic model, which is theoretical and empirically validated, can be used in both traditions. Each chapter integrates evidence...

    Published December 6th 2011 by Routledge