Exceptional learners is the term used in the United States to refer to students with disabilities
(as well as those who are gifted and talented). The majority of students with disabilities have …

Language policy is all about choices. If you are bilingual or plurilingual, you have to choose
which language to use. Even if you speak only one language, you have choices of dialects …

Many words and expressions are viewed as' taboo', such as those used to describe sex, our
bodies and their functions, and those used to insult other people. This 2006 book provides a …

Published in 1987, the first edition of The Struggle for the American Curriculum was a classic
in curriculum studies and in the history of education. This new third edition is thoroughly …

The fourth edition of the best-selling text, Ethical Leadership and Decision Making in
Education, continues to address the increasing interest in ethics and assists educational …

Special Education: What It Is and Why We Need It provides a thorough examination of the
basic concept of special education, a discussion of specific exceptionalities, and …

This popular text, now in its fourth edition,“unpacks” the various dimensions of literacy—
linguistic and other sign systems; cognitive; sociocultural; and developmental—and at the …

Language, this book argues, is political from top to bottom, whether considered at the level
of an individual speaker's choice of language or style of discourse with others (where …

Political Correctness “Geoffrey Hughes has brought together with great panache the very
many manifestations of political correctness, both absurd and vicious, and shown how they …

Engaging youth in civic life has become a central concern to a broad array of researchers in
a variety of academic fields as well to policy makers and practitioners globally. This book is …