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  • Leap of Faith

    An Astronaut's Journey Into the Unknown

    by Gordon Cooper, Bruce Henderson ...
    "An exciting insider's look at Projects Mercury, Gemini and Apollo . . . NASA's internal politics, disasters, glitches and close calls" by a pioneering astronaut ( Publishers Weekly).Gordon "Gordo" Cooper was one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts, pilot for Apollo X, head of flight crew operations for the United States' first orbiting space station, and the last American to venture into ... Read more

    $15.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fixing Truancy Now

    Inviting Students Back to Class

    by Jonathan Shute, Bruce S. Cooper ...
    Truancy is a complex issue that continues to plague schools, and many blame truancy problems on students, parents, and socioeconomic factors. However, truancy is more than juvenile delinquents skipping school to have fun or be with friends.In Fixing Truancy Now: Inviting Students Back to Class, author Bruce S. Cooperposits that truancy is an indication that school curricula and pedagogy are not ... Read more

    $38.89 USD

  • Screwed-Up School Reform

    Fixing America’s Broken Promise

    by Richard G. Shear, Bruce S. Cooper ...
    The unspoken American promise is that each generation will lead a better, more successful life than the previous one. In earlier times, it was an education that provided the next generations a better life. For today’s children, though, decades of failed school reform have left a generation wondering if this promise has been broken. Despite policies, programs, and resources, American education does ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Moving from Teacher Isolation to Collaboration

    Enhancing Professionalism and School Quality

    by Sharon Conley, Bruce S. Cooper ...
    Teaching embodies many roles -- in the classroom through teacher-student interactions, and beyond the classroom through teacher-adult interactions. This book explains and demonstrates how collaboration and teamwork can help enhance professionalism and school quality by overcoming teachers' isolation in the classroom, in the school, and in their work. The contributing authors address: historic ... Read more

    $42.89 USD

  • Creating a Successful Leadership Style

    Principles of Personal Strategic Planning

    by Charles A. Bonnici, Bruce S. Cooper ...
    Creating a Successful Leadership Style gives practical applications supported by real experiences. It presents the actual situations a principal or assistant principal faces on a day-to-day basis and provides strategies to address them. These strategies derive from a leadership style that is people oriented and designed to elicit positive outcomes and responses.Charles A. Bonnici presents several ... Read more

    $42.09 USD

  • Kids in the Middle

    The Micro Politics of Special Education

    by Marshall Strax, Carol Strax, Bruce S. Cooper ...
    Kids in the Middle: The Micro-Politics of Special Education takes the reader on a fascinating journey through special education in the past, present, and future. On this journey, the micro-politics of special education are seen through the eyes and experiences of children with disabilities, their parents and advocates, adult educators, and school administrators. Supplementing these perspectives to ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • Sound School Finance for Educational Excellence

    by Stephen V. Coffin, Bruce S. Cooper ...
    Sound school finance is integral to the provision of a quality education. Indeed, a school district’s budget is the financial representation of its educational plan. Thus, a clarion alert for all teachers: “if it’s not in your budget, it won’t be in your classroom.” However, sound school finance is increasingly challenging in an era of scarce resources. This book provides an in-depth understanding ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

  • District Financial Leadership Today

    Educational Excellence Tomorrow

    by Stephen V. Coffin, Bruce S. Cooper ...
    Sound district finance is increasingly challenging in an era of scarce resources and increasing pressure on schools and districts to improve. Therefore, this book provides an in-depth understanding of fundamental practices, processes, and lessons learned will benefit all school administrators, personnel, parents, students, and other stakeholders. This book will focus on key building blocks ... Read more

    $28.19 USD

  • Keeping and Improving Today's School Leaders

    Retaining and Sustaining the Best

    by Sharon Conley, Margaret Christensen, Ernestine K. Enomoto, Rick Ginsberg, Kenneth R. Magdaleno, Karen D. Multon, Robert Roelle, Michelle D. Young, Bruce S. Cooper, Terrence E. Deal ...
    With dwindling funds and resources, tougher state and federal standards, and fatigue from more regulations and testing, many school administrators are giving up_or 'crashing' and leaving their posts. This book examines the process of sustaining and retaining quality leaders at the school and district levels. Beginning with a foreword by Michelle D. Young on the importance of administrative ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Finding, Preparing, and Supporting School Leaders

    Critical Issues, Useful Solutions

    by Sharon Conley, Naftaly S. Glasman, William H. Marinell, George J. Petersen, Roberta Trachtman, Scott C. Bauer, David F. Leach, Diana G. Pounder, Bruce S. Cooper, S. David Brazer, Margaret Terry Orr ...
    With dwindling funds and resources, tougher state and federal standards, and fatigue from more regulations and testing, many school administrators are giving up _or 'crashing' and leaving their posts. This book examines the process of preparing, encouraging, and retaining quality leaders at the school and district levels. Beginning with a chapter outlining six steps of critical organizational ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

  • Keeping School Children Safe and Alive

    Strategies to Stop Bullying and Prevent Suicide

    by Phyllis E. Gillians, Bruce S. Cooper ...
    To raise awareness of all members of the community - children, parents and school staff about the harm that bullying causes and how children & young people can be protected, including solutions to the problem of rising incidents of bullying and cyber bullying in connection with the use of social networks.This book will improve strategies and responses to incidences of bullying that will address ... Read more

    $39.39 USD

  • Action Research in the Classroom

    Helping Teachers Assess and Improve their Work

    by Mary Ann Jacobs, Bruce S. Cooper ...
    Action Research in the Classroom: Helping Teachers Assess and Improve their Work guides teacher-researchers through the process of using action research in their practice to improve students’ learning and teachers’ teaching. The book uses actual classroom examples to assist aspiring, new, and veteran teachers and those who support them (administrators, department chairpersons, and mentors) in ... Read more

    $39.69 USD