Jossey Bass imprint: 1362 books
by Ted Sizer
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2013
The late Theodore Sizer's vision for a truly democratic public high school system
Our current high schools are ill-designed and inefficient. We have inherited a program of studies that in its overall structure has not changed in over a century. The question is What's next? Theodore Sizer, the...
Mission Possible
How the Secrets of the Success Academies Can Work in Any School
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
Strategies for making the schools we need that work for all kids
Eva Moskowitz (the founder and CEO of the Success Charter Network in Harlem) and Arin Lavinia offer practical, classroom-tested ideas for dramatically improving teaching and learning. Moskowitz and Lavinia reveal how a charter...
Prodigal Christianity
10 Signposts into the Missional Frontier
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
An engaging and thoughtful book that guides readers into the frontiers of being a missional Christian
Prodigal Christianity offers a down-to-earth, accessible, and yet provocative understanding of God's mission of redemption in the world, and how followers of Christ can participate in this...
The Problem with Math Is English
A Language-Focused Approach to Helping All Students Develop a Deeper Understanding of Mathematics
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2012
Teaching K-12 math becomes an easier task when everyone understands the language, symbolism, and representation of math concepts
Published in partnership with SEDL, The Problem with Math Is English illustrates how students often understand fundamental mathematical concepts at a superficial...
Algebra Teacher's Activities Kit
150 Activities that Support Algebra in the Common Core Math Standards, Grades 6-12
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Help your students succeed with classroom-ready, standards-based activities
The Algebra Teacher's Activities Kit: 150 Activities That Support Algebra in the Common Core Math Standards helps you bring the standards into your algebra classroom with a range of engaging activities that reinforce...
Missional Communities
The Rise of the Post-Congregational Church
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
The third book in the trilogy that explores the popular missional movement
From Reggie McNeal, the bestselling author of The Present Future and Missional Renaissance, comes the third book in the series that helps to define and illuminate the popular missional movement. This newest book in the...
Practicing Greatness
7 Disciplines of Extraordinary Spiritual Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2010
Based on his extensive experience as coach and mentor to many thousands of Christian leaders across a broad spectrum of ministry settings, Reggie McNeal helps spiritual leaders understand that they will self-select into or out of greatness. In this important book, McNeal shows how great spiritual...
The Elephant in the Boardroom
Speaking the Unspoken about Pastoral Transitions
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
Carolyn Weese and J. Russell Crabtree—experts in the field of church leadership—have written a nuts-and-bolts guide to developing a succession plan for smoothing pastoral transitions. Filled with strategies and solid advice, this handy resource is based in solid research and the authors’ many...
Viral Churches
Helping Church Planters Become Movement Makers
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
A groundbreaking guide for multiplying the impact of church plants
Based on a study that was commissioned by the Leadership Network, this book reveals the best practices in church planting and uncovers the common threads among them. A much-needed resource, this book will inform, guide, and...
The Scientific American Day in the Life of Your Brain
A 24 hour Journal of What's Happening in Your Brain as you Sleep, Dream, Wake Up, Eat, Work, Play, Fight, Love, Worry, Compete, Hope, Make Important Decisions, Age and Change
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2009
Have you ever wondered what’s happening in your brain as you go through a typical day and night? This fascinating book presents an hour-by-hour round-the-clock journal of your brain’s activities. Drawing on the treasure trove of information from Scientific American and Scientific American Mind...
Off-Road Disciplines
Spiritual Adventures of Missional Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2010
In Off-Road Disciplines, Earl Creps reveals that the on-road practices of prayer and Bible reading should be bolstered by the other kinds of encounters with God that occur unexpectedly—complete with the bumps and bruises that happen when you go “off-road.” Becoming an off-road leader requires...
God's Mechanics
How Scientists and Engineers Make Sense of Religion
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2010
In God's Mechanics, Brother Guy tells the stories of those who identify with the scientific mindset—so-called "techies"—while practicing religion. A full fledged techie himself, he relates some classic philosophical reflections, his interviews with dozens of fellow techies, and his own...
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health
A Practical Approach
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2016
The field's bestselling reference, updated with the latest tools, data, techniques, and the latest recommendations from the Second Panel on Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health is a practical introduction to the tools, methods, and procedures used...
Shaped By God's Heart
The Passion and Practices of Missional Churches
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Discover the tools to create a new kind of church and move from merely surviving to thriving.
Drawing on an extensive two-year field study of 200 churches from a variety of denominations and geographic regions, Milfred Minatrea--a missiologist, urban strategist and practioner in minister--presents...