Since its beginning in 1965 as a part of the War on Poverty, Head Start's goal has been to boost the school readiness of low-income children. Based...

"It's the evening before your research paper is due, and you're staring at a big, empty white word document waiting to be filled on your computer s...

Learn about the sport of hockey, take an alphabet journey all about Canada's national game. More than just the letters of the alphabet, these books...

Middle school, the formative years in which students reach puberty and start the massive, life changing alterations that will determine who they ar...

The twentieth century was a time of great change in early years education. As the century opened, the use of Froebel's kindergarten methods infiltr...

Explore one of the most important challenges of childhood: learning to read. In this groundbreaking new work, Joyce Bainbridge and Sylvia Pantaleo ...

Early Childhood Education spans the human life from birth to age 8. Infants and toddlers experience life more holistically than any other age group...

Today, vast research evidence exists supporting the importance of social skills across the lifespan. Although no consensus of the definition of the...

Why would a student bring a weapon to school and without any explicable reason open fire on fellow students and teachers? Are school shooters angry...

Schools are entrusted with ensuring the safety of students and staff. One measure of the safety of America's public schools is the presence of viol...

Schools are entrusted with ensuring the safety of students and staff. One measure of the safety of America's public schools is the presence of viol...

In this book the authors examine ways to improve the school nutrition safety and the school food supply. Federal nutrition programs are intended to...

There is increasing interest among educators, policymakers, and researchers in understanding the factors that make some teachers more effective tha...

How can advisers best support their advisees as they progress through school? How do they really get to know their students, and make sure that mee...

Although its mission and centrality to teaching and research remain fundamentally unchanged, the University of Alberta Library of today bears scant...