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Subject Guide: Educational Leadership: Reference Sources

Reference Books

Education Week Guide to K-12 Terminology
Provides definitions of education terms
Accessibility and Diversity in Education: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice
Handbook of research on teacher education : enduring questions in changing contexts
Teachers -- Training of -- United States
The Special Education Almanac
Provides extensive information in the field of special education.

Youth Sports in America by Skye Arthur-Banning (Editor)
ISBN: 9781440843013

Publication Date: 2018

This book examines youth sports in America today, analyzing how organized sports influence communities, discussing the potential emotional and physical benefits as well as drawbacks of youth sports, and profiling the industry's key participants, ranging from parent coaches to club sports owners to personal trainers.
Encyclopedia of Education, 2nd Ed. by James W. Guthrie
ISBN: 9780028658827

Publication Date: 2004

Offers a complete view of the institutions, people, processes, roles, and philosophies in educational practice in the United States and throughout the world. Features biographies of influential educators; profiles of historic colleges and universities and of organizations active in the field; and an appendix of full text source documents, including education related legislation, international treaties, and testing methods. 8 volumes.

Digest of Education Statistics
The primary purpose of the Digest of Education Statistics is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school.
Condition of Education
This website is an integrated collection of the indicators and analyses published in The Condition of Education 2000–2009. Some indicators may have been updated since they appeared in print.

Comparative Guide to American Elementary and Secondary Schools, 6th Ed. by Laura Mars-Proietti; David Garoogian (Editors)
ISBN: 9781592374366

Publication Date: 2009

A comprehensive compilation with more details, more test scores, and more ranking data than the previous edition. The text is arranged by state and each state section is broken down alphabetically by county. Within each county, listings for each school district are arranged alphabetically by city in which the school district headquarters is located.