Bruce E Cooper

The Gambler - A Kenny Rogers Fable

Kenny Rogers has a problem!It's not the evil Christmas pig in the back seat.It's not his omnipresent alter ego - The Gambler.It's not the skinny detective that hates him for his success, or the fat detective that keeps eating his rolls.It's not even the cocaine ... or the Jim Beam.Kenny's problems, ...

Deep East Texas

***Frank Barkhurst and his family flee Houston as the hurricane of the century approaches, and their lake-house in East Texas seems the perfect refuge.It would appear however; that Frank has more to outrun than the hurricane.As the storm turns and follows his harried flight; it traps him with his na...

Better Policies, Better Schools: Theories and Applications

This book brings together the latest research on the policy-making process and theories of policy studies, and applies them to key policy areas. Policies are examined using 4 frameworks or “policy lenses”—normative, structural, constituent and technical—are used to enable students to view policy in ...

Errors in Evidence-Based Decision Making: Improving and Applying Research Literacy

Existing research methods textbooks emphasize the mechanics of HOW to conduct research studies. However, many students fail to see WHY it is important to learn about research because they will never conduct research studies. These students do not become engaged in learning and believe that research ...

Fixing Truancy Now: Inviting Students Back to Class

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, aut...

Action Research in the Classroom: Helping Teachers Assess and Improve their Work

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 vetera...

Moving from Teacher Isolation to Collaboration: Enhancing Professionalism and School Quality

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...

Handbook of Education Politics and Policy

This revised edition of the Handbook of Education Politics and Policy presents the latest research and theory on the most important topics within the field of the politics of education. Well-known scholars in the fields of school leadership, politics, policy, law, finance, and educational reform exa...

Diptera Types in the National Collection of Insects Pt. 2: Brachycera

Diptera Types in the Canadian National Collection of Insects: Types De Dipteres De La Collection Nationale Des Insectes Du Canada

Conditioning for Ice Hockey, Year Round

The School As a Work Environment: Implications for Reform

On Moral Grounds: The Search for Practical Morality

Career Crisis in the School Superintendency?: The Results of a National Survey

The Hockey Trivia Book

Better Policies, Better Schools: Theories and Applications