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Walden Authors From school reform to macroeconomics, Walden students, graduates and faculty are sharing their expertise in new books.
Joan P. Gipe, faculty member in The Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership
Prentice Hall, 2009
Founded on the premise that education, especially literacy, should be accessible to all students in a democratic society, the seventh edition of Multiple Paths to Literacy is written to help teachers address the literacy needs of the diverse learners that populate today’s K–12 classrooms. To meet every student's literacy needs, teachers must learn to differentiate classroom instruction. According to Joan Gipe, differentiating instruction requires knowing where students are in their literacy development and using multiple forms of literacy to meet those needs, including text-based materials, technology, visual literacy and the performing arts. Multiple Paths to Literacy provides teachers with an analytical approach and practical strategies to recognize learners’ literacy strengths and needs, identify students with special needs, and plan and differentiate instruction that takes into account each student’s talents and multiple intelligences to tailor that instruction. California in a Time of Excellence: School Reform at the Crossroads of the American Dream
State University of New York Press, 2009
California in a Time of Excellence follows the Golden State's efforts to reform its public school system from 1983 to the present. Beginning with progressive curriculum reform initiatives that were launched even before the National Commission on Excellence in Education issued A Nation at Risk in 1983, James Andrew LaSpina traces these reform efforts through recurring culture wars, major clashes of personality, and a conflict between the state's tradition of progressive educational policy and a culture of conservatism that colored much of the so-called Left Coast's history since the sixties. While the battles over curriculum reform in California reflect those at the national level, the political world surrounding this conflict reveals the enormous significance of the conflict and its implications for our national future.
 Macroeconomic Issues: Their Relationship to Fiscal Policy Formulation, Forecasting, Prediction and Computer Simulation Modeling Nicholas Jewczyn, Ph.D. in Applied Management and Decision Sciences student iUniverse, 2009 Many consumers have been mystified by economics in general and the economy in particular. This book finally lifts the veil of economics and exposes the public to the foundational theory of economics by the primary theorists in the field. Current, cutting-edge research and some practical uses of the subject matter by businesspeople, the government and consumers are also discussed. Overall, there is an emphasis on the theoretical underpinnings of ideas and models and the results of forecasting. At the same time, one can relate these to both what has been observed to occur in our own economic world and what can be done to improve future efforts at economic forecasting and resulting policy making.
Fallacy or Truth: The State of American Education Today Dr. Malinda Daniel, Ph.D. in Education graduate Anomalos Publishing, 2009 Many Americans have questions about the quality of education in the United States and whether it will get worse before it gets better. Many newspapers report the dire circumstances of education and the struggles that schools are facing in meeting Adequate Yearly Progress requirements. Daniel asserts that we must restore faith in our educators and classrooms in order to support the challenges of society today. Teachers desire to provide the best support to learners, and the author believes that more time for professional development, better community support, increased financial resources, and innovative teaching will be the foundation for a solid society in the future.  Lost FOUNDation: From Foster Care to God’s Heir
Nina L. Wells, Doctor of Education student specializing in Higher Education and Adult Learning Kingdom Publishing Group, Inc., 2009
A ward of the state of Pennsylvania from the age of two, emancipated at the age of 18, Nina L. Wells shares her testimony of how, after being abandoned by her birth parents and the foster care system, she was forced to adapt and survive. Having no stable base of support, guidance or love, Wells learned the code of the streets and played the game well. Survival was her motive, by any means necessary. After struggling for years to be delivered from her past, evangelist Nina L. Wells emerges victorious as she presents Lost FOUNDation—her autobiography.
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Multiple Paths to Literacy: Assessment and Differentiated Instruction for Diverse Learners, K–12
Dr. James Andrew LaSpina, faculty member in