Summary: "Language is perhaps the most common issue that surfaces in debates over school reform, and plays a vital role in virtually everything we are involved. This edited volume will explore linguistic apartheid, or the disappearance of certain languages through cultural genocide by dominant European colonizers and American neoconservati

Subject(s): College attendance -- United States | College dropouts -- United States | Academic achievement -- United States Summary: "Drawing on studies funded by the Lumina Foundation, the nation's largest private foundation focused solely on increasing Americans' success in higher education, the authors revise current theories of

Subject(s): School principals | Educational leadership | Educational change | Educational innovations | School management and organization Summary: "The author of Six Secrets of Change describes how and why the principal's role must change to maximize student achievementPrincipals are often called the second most crucial in-school influ

Subject(s): Regenerative Medicine | Optical Imaging -- methods | Tissue Engineering Summary: "This book is focused on the optical techniques that can be applied to regenerative medicine, including optical coherence tomography, acousto-optic imaging, Raman spectroscopy, machine vision, polarized light imaging, fibre optic sensors, second har

Subject(s): Electric power systems Summary: "Since publication of the second edition, there have been extensive changes in the algorithms, methods, and assumptions in energy management systems that analyze and control power generation. This edition is updated to acquaint electrical engineering students and professionals with current power g

Subject(s): Diagnostic imaging | Physics Summary: "This easy-to-understand, handy portable format of Clark's Essential Physics in Imaging for Radiographers is an invaluable tool for students, assistant practitioners and radiographers. It provides an accessible guide to the subject in an easy-to-read style, with diagrams and photographs

Subject(s): Educational leadership | School improvement programs -- Data processing Summary: "School leaders must know how to analyze, interpret, and use data so that they can make informed decisions in all areas of education, ranging from professional development to student learning. This book offers strategies and tools to help launch or

Subject(s): Conduct of life -- Literary collections | Conduct of life -- Anecdotes | Life skills -- Anecdotes | Change (Psychology) -- Literary collections | Change (Psychology) -- Anecdotes Summary: A collection of 101 stories from real people about their past and present resolutions, whether for New Year's or any other time. Resolutions c

Subject(s): Optimism | Attitude (Psychology) | Conduct of life Summary: A collection of 101 true personal stories from regular people about the power of positive thinking in their lives and how they use positive thinking, count their blessings, and are grateful. Holdings: ,Book - General,Gombak Campus Library,General Collection,Ope

Subject(s): Teachers -- Rating of -- United States | Students -- Rating of -- United States | Teacher-student relationships -- United States Summary: Following the recent major school reform of Race to the Top, schools, teachers, and students are increasingly evaluated through high-stakes achievement test scores. In six concise chapters, Teache