2014-2015 Faculty-Written Books on Education

by John Conroy

Summer Melt: Supporting Low-income Students Through the Transition to College
LINDSAY C. PAGE
Explores summer melt, which is the concept of high school students who plan to go to college but fail to matriculate in the fall


Rac(e)ing to Class: Confronting Poverty and Race in Schools and Classrooms
H. RICHARD MILNER IV
Provides educators with a crucial understanding of how to teach students of color who live in poverty



Bayesian Analysis of Item Response Theory Models Using SAS®
CLEMENT A. STONE
XIAOWEN ZHU*

For educators interested in applications of Bayesian estimation and model checking of item response theory models using SAS (Statistical Analysis System) software


Doing and Making Authentic Literacies
LAURA JANE ROOP
Focuses on educators who created classrooms and projects that help students to make connections between course work and their future lives and work


Early Child Development: From Theory to Practice
CHRISTINA J. GROARK
AFTON KIRK*
STEPHANIE McCARTHY*

An applied guide to child development for those who plan to work with children from birth through age 8

*Xiaowen Zhu earned a PhD in research methodology from Pitt’s School of Education. Stephanie McCarthy is director of applied initiatives and Afton Kirk is a graduate student researcher at Pitt’s Office of Child Development.