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When we hear about highly successful people, we all assume these individuals have always been successful in life, or perhaps they were just "lucky." This is because we only see the finished product - we see what their life is like now...the triumph. Even if we read about their failures, we still think that these people easily overcame them because they are currently so successful.

Through the author's unique writing perspective, the reader creates his or her own image of the individuals within the chapters as they face insurmountable struggles and challenges. He or she will...

Why do things always get harder before they get easier? Why is foresight useful? What are the real megatrends? What does foresight really cost? Who should support it? These and other questions form the backbone of this strongly argued and thoroughly referenced work from the highly experienced educational futurist Richard A. Slaughter of the Futures Study Centre in Melbourne, Australia.

Closing the K-12 achievement gap is critical to the future welfare of African American individuals, families, and communities--and to the future of our nation as a whole. The black-white academic achievement gap--the significant statistical difference in academic performance between African American students and their white peers--is the single greatest impediment to achieving racial equality and social justice in America.

"Black Educational Choice" provides parents, citizens, educators, and policymakers the critical knowledge they need to leverage the national trend toward increasing...

First published in 1997. Considerable research has been done to identify neighbourhood influences on children s affective states, motivation, and behaviour. This population, along with the elderly, are the nation s largest dependent groups. In contrast, little research has been done to determine what impact living among poor neighbours has upon older Americans, specifically upon their psychological well-being and neighbourhood satisfaction. In this study the author has sought out to explore this deficit, using a sociological standpoint to examine quality-of-life issues relevant to elderly...