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Reinventing America's Schools
Creating a 21st Century Education System
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
**From David Osborne, the author of Reinventing Government--a biting analysis of the failure of America's public schools and a comprehensive plan for revitalizing American education.
In Reinventing America's Schools, David Osborne, one of the world's foremost experts on public sector reform,...
Planning in the Face of Conflict
The Surprising Possibilities of Facilitative Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2017
Bikers and hikers. Sex workers and social conservatives. Agencies and activists. The people involved in planning for a site—or a community—can be like the Hatfields and McCoys. And the process brings them together face to face and toe to toe.
How can planners take conflicted communities...
Padre Rico, Padre Pobre de Robert Kiyosaki (Análisis de la obra)
La riqueza al alcance de todos
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 19, 2017
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So, You're in Charge of Fundraising!
Fundraising Tips, Ideas, Checklists, Sample Letters and More to Help You Raise Money and Awareness for Your Group or Organization.
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
So, Youre in Charge of Fundraising! is an easy to follow guide to encourage and empower the seasoned fundraiser, as well as the beginner. It includes ideas, tips, checklists, sample flyers, letters and more on how to hold successful fundraising events. From Golf Tournaments and Banquets to Jail-a-thons...
by Linda G. Arntzenius
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2011
Founded in 1930, the Institute for Advanced Study was conceived of high ideals for the future of America and its system of higher education, and was made possible by sibling philanthropists Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. Guided by education expert Abraham Flexner, the Bambergers created...
by Chris Bonner, Jane Caro
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
School choice has become one of the most agonizing issues of parenthood; while schools boast of unsurpassed facilities, genius teachers, and stellar academic achievement, parents wonder whether the marketing hype is actually true. Drawing on the authors' experiences and knowledge—one as a school...
Principals
Faces of Change
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2010
For school principals, there are many different routes to success, and there just as many ways to measure that success in a school. Principals introduces five high school principals with their own stories to tell about success and the challenges of managing mandated change. These personal portraits...
The Reality of School Leadership
Coping with the Challenges, Reaping the Rewards
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2013
School leadership can be both immensely rewarding and deeply challenging. Headteachers are under intense pressure when dealing with issues that can range from dealing with difficult parents and the aftermath of tragedy or scandal, to the day-to-day challenges of juggling the many different priorities...
by Alan Ehrenhalt
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
In The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City we travel the nation with Alan Ehrenhalt, one of our leading urbanists, as he explains how America’s cities are changing, what makes them succeed or fail, and what this means for our future.
Just a couple of decades ago, we took it for granted...
The New College Reality
Make College Work For Your Career
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2012
College is the doorway to a golden future, right? But if you're not careful, it's also a path to a mountain of debt. Worst-case scenario: You struggle for years to pay for an education that you can't turn into a paying job.
But it doesn't have to be that way. In The New College Reality, Dr....
by Bob Mackin Jr
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2012
The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics ended with a bang, when the country that gave the game of hockey to the world was on top of the world. On home ice.
Canadians celebrated coast-to-coast-to-coast the record 14 gold medals won by their Olympians in Vancouver and Whistler. The politicians and sponsors...
by Stephen Kerber, Donna Yates Bardon
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2000
For many years the residents of Southwestern Illinois lacked convenient, affordable access to higher education. To address this situation, Southern Illinois University opened residence centers at the former Shurtleff College in Alton and in East St. Louis in 1957. Enrollment at the two residence centers...
160 Years of Samford University
For God, For Learning, Forever
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2001
Samford University, established in 1841 as Howard College, is a treasured institution of higher learning in Alabama, consistently ranked among the best regional universities in the nation. Well known for the quality of education it offers and for its stunning Georgian-Colonial campus, Samford boasts...
Obama on the Home Front
Domestic Policy Triumphs and Setbacks
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2016
The record of any American President attracts attention, but Barack Obama, the first African-American president in the nation’s 240-year history, is of special interest. Obama came into office as the economy was careening into the worst downturn since the Great Depression. On the political front,...