1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910818468003321

Autore

Yalden Max

Titolo

Transforming rights : reflections from the front lines / / Maxwell Yalden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, Ontario ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

1-4426-9733-4

1-4426-7016-9

1-4426-9798-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Disciplina

323.0971

Soggetti

Human rights - Canada

Language policy - Canada

Electronic books.

Canada Languages Law and legislation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Introduction -- 1. Personal file -- 2. School, university, graduate studies -- 3. A public service career -- pt. 2. Language rights -- 1. The background to language reform -- 2. The origins of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism -- 3. The Royal Commission recommendations and government reactions -- 4. Summary of commission proposals and government reactions -- pt. 3. Human rights -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The universality of human rights norms -- 3. Perspectives on human rights -- 4. The Canadian experience -- 5. Discrimination -- 6. Multiculturalism -- 7. Employment equity -- 8. Pay equity -- 9. Aboriginal rights -- pt. 4. Human rights and international relations -- Terminology -- 1. International human rights machinery -- 2. The High Commissioner for Human Rights -- 3. Regional human rights machinery -- 4. The Human rights covenants and the treaty bodies -- 5. Canada and international human rights machinery -- 6. Canada and human rights violations -- pt. 5. Summing up and conclusions -- 1. Language rights -- 2. Human rights -- Appendix. Official languages and human rights



commissioners.

Sommario/riassunto

Transforming Rights draws on Yalden's extensive experience in rights work to provide a personal assessment of how issues of human rights and language rights have evolved over the past forty years, both within Canada and internationally.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910810854103321

Autore

Blankstein Alan M. <1959->

Titolo

The answer is in the room : how effective schools scale up student success / / Alan M. Blankstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin, , [2011]

�2011

ISBN

1-4522-3893-6

1-5063-3528-4

1-4522-2466-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxii, 117 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Classificazione

EDU032000

Disciplina

371.207

Soggetti

School improvement programs

Educational leadership

Academic achievement

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tools to Help Answer the Question in the Room""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Dedication""; ""Chapter 1 - Why We Can't Wait to Scale Student Success""; ""Chapter 2 - A Process to CREATE Sustained Student Success""; ""Chapter 3 - The Courage to Commit to the Work""; ""Chapter 4 - Resources Are in the Room""; ""Chapter 5 - Taking Stock of the Excellence in the Room""; ""Chapter 6 - An Action Plan for Engaging the Entire Learning Community""

""Chapter 7 - Transference of Knowledge and Skills Throughout the Learning Community""""Chapter 8 - Embedding the New Learning in the Culture for Sustainability""; ""Tools to Help Answer the Questions in the



Room""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Citing wisdom from top educational experts and building on what is already working, Alan M. Blankstein offers tools for finding excellence in schools, scaling these practices across learning communities, and transforming low-performing schools into high-performing schools.