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Money for Good Grades and Other Myths About Motivating Kids
Strategies for Parents and Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2019
In this helpful resource, the author guides parents through the top eight myths about motivation and reveals what really works for kids. Each chapter is filled with practical information and stories that help you understand how to handle a variety of situations related to your child’s success...
The Power of Integrated Learning
Higher Education for Success in Life, Work, and Society
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Students and their parents wonder if college is worth the investment. Employers want graduates with the skills they need. The public wonders if higher education is preparing future generations for an era of dynamic change. In his latest book, William Sullivan offers a model of higher education that answers...
Civility, Compassion, and Courage in Schools Today
Strategies for Implementing in K-12 Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2015
Over the past two decades, and perhaps even before the “No Child Left Behind Act,” policy makers and others have managed to drain civility, compassion, and courage from everyday classroom instruction. We have grown to become an educational system that is almost solely focused on academics at the...
by Angela Stone
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Confidence is so essential for a teenage girl. Renowned fashion stylist, television personality, business woman, and author Angela Stone understands this even better than most. Now Angela wants to share her vast experience and expertise with the young women so they can start looking and feeling great!...
War or Common Cause?
A Critical Ethnography of Language Education Policy, Race, and Cultural Citizenship
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
This book on bilingual education policy represents a multidimensional and longitudinal study of “policy processes” as they play out on the ground (a single school in Los Angeles), and over time (both within the same school, and also within the state of Georgia). In order to reconstruct this complex...
by H. E. Holliday
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
One of America's greatest challenges is to reverse the steep decline of the intellectual performance of its young men. The dramatic increase in violent acts and the downward spiral of high stakes testing in our schools has confirmed that many of our young men have lost hope or simply given up. Reconnecting,...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
This new book emphasizes the introduction of a new blueprint, called TPS-Lean Six Sigma, for addressing the primary concerns of manufacturing and service in a more sustainable and humanized way. It leads to a High Performance Culture and allows employees to realize their full potential and contribute...
Urban Dreams
Stories of Hope, Resilience and Character
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2007
Urban Dreams: Stories of Hope, Resilience, and Character is a collection of essays written by students in an urban community in New Jersey. The essays are the encapsulated life stories of their authors, writers from urban elementary, middle, and high schools were given a chance to reflect on their...
Educating Adolescent Girls Around the Globe
Challenges and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
While many initial education benchmarks are being met, new and continuing challenges exist for adolescent girls in the developing world. Discrimination, violence, marginalization, and health-related issues prevail, making proper education at the middle school level crucial during this unique development...
Inspiration is Key
Unconventional Strategies to Motivate and Support Students
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2016
Would you like to encourage greater academic passion in your students, interact with them more influentially, and be extraordinarily effective in inspiring them on a daily basis?
Then this is the book for you!
This book is a collection of unconventional classroom approaches, lessons,...
The Death Class
A True Story About Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
The poignant, “powerful” (The Boston Globe) look at how to appreciate life from an extraordinary professor who teaches about death: “Poetic passages and assorted revelations you’ll likely not forget” (Chicago Tribune).
Why does a college course on death have a three-year waiting list?...
Bullying from Streets to Schools
Information for Those Who Care
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2017
Bullies don’t discriminate. They are equal opportunity abusers. In Bullying from streets to schools: Practical information for those who care, authors Smith and Kearney guide their readers through multiple facets of this growing and pervasive problem. Far beyond other books that simply explore the...
Pocket Guide / EU University Guide
Basic Information About European Universties
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2017
Why You Should Read This Book? Universities in Eurоре hаvе lоng been knоwn for their high асаdеmiс ѕtаndаrdѕ, thеir сutting-еdgе rеѕеаrсh аnd their value for money. Thirtу-оnе оf the wоrld'ѕ tор 100 univеrѕitiеѕ, аѕ listed by Thе Timеѕ in itѕ 2012 Wоrld Univеrѕitу...
by Tiffany Tang
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2012
Very soon your child will be going to college or university. Not knowing good money management skills will cause them to be at risk of excessive spending and debt. Financial literacy is the most important skill that your child will ever acquire.
The knowledge and interactive tools in this book...