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Small Victories: The Real World of a Teacher, Her Students, and Their High School
ISBN: 9780060920876 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Small Victories is Samuel Freedman's remarkable story of life on the front lines in the sort of high school that seems like a disaster with walls--old, urban, overcrowded, and overwhelmingly minority. Seaward Park High School, on Manhattan's Lower East Side, has been ranked among the worst 10 percent of high schools in the state--yet 92 percent of its graduates go on to higher education. The reason is dedicated teachers, one of whom, English instructor Jessica Siegel, is the subject of Freedman's unforgettably dramatic humanization of the education crisis. Following Siegel through...
Small Victories is Samuel Freedman's remarkable story of life on the front lines in the sort of high school that seems like a disaster with...
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83,35 zł |
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The Respectful School: How Educators and Students Can Conquer Hate and Harassment
ISBN: 9780871207838 / Angielski / Miękka / 135 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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122,65 zł |
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Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom
ISBN: 9781595580740 / Angielski / Miękka / 223 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Winner of an American Educational Studies Association Critics Choice Award and Choice Magazine s Outstanding Academic Book Award, and voted one of Teacher Magazine s great books, Other People s Children has sold over 150,000 copies since its original hardcover publication. This anniversary paperback edition features a new introduction by Delpit as well as new framing essays by Herbert Kohl and Charles Payne.
In a radical analysis of contemporary classrooms, MacArthur Award winning author Lisa Delpit develops ideas about ways teachers can be better cultural transmitters in the... Winner of an American Educational Studies Association Critics Choice Award and Choice Magazine s Outstanding Academic Book Award, and voted one of Tea...
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78,78 zł |
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The American Suburb: The Basics
ISBN: 9780415951647 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The American Suburb: The Basics is a compact, readable introduction to the origins and contemporary realities of the American suburb. Teaford provides an account of contemporary American suburbia, examining its rise, its diversity, its commercial life, its government, and its housing issues. While offering a wide-ranging yet detailed account of the dominant way of life in America today, Teaford also explores current debates regarding suburbia's future. Americans live in suburbia, and this essential survey explains the all-important world in which they live, shop, play, and work.... The American Suburb: The Basics is a compact, readable introduction to the origins and contemporary realities of the American suburb. Teaf... |
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770,57 zł |
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Education Reform in New York City: Ambitious Change in the Nation's Most Complex School System
ISBN: 9781934742839 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written in an accessible style by highly respected scholars, the papers in this volume document and analyze particular components of the Children First reforms, including governance, community engagement, finance, accountability, and instruction.
The education reforms in New York City s public schools begun under the administration of Mayor Michael Bloomberg and School Chancellor Joel Klein have been among the most ambitious of any large urban system in the country. Aimed at instituting evidence-based practices to produce higher and more equitable outcomes for all students, the... Written in an accessible style by highly respected scholars, the papers in this volume document and analyze particular components of the Children Firs...
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145,73 zł |
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Saving the School: One Woman's Fight for the Kids That Education Reform Left Behind
ISBN: 9780143123613 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the race to save a failing public high school, one principal finds that making the numbers is only the beginning
Being principal of Reagan High in Austin, Texas, was no dream assignment. Test scores were low, dropout rates were high, and poverty was endemic. But when Anabel Garza took the job, she started something no one expected. Racing against a deadline just to make the numbers, she set out to rebuild the kind of school that once unified neighborhoods across America. By her side, a basketball coach showed kids they could be winners, a young science teacher showed... In the race to save a failing public high school, one principal finds that making the numbers is only the beginning
Being princ... |
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105,34 zł |
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Education Disrupted: Strategies for Saving Our Failing Schools
ISBN: 9781475800609 / Angielski / Twarda / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Failing schools have become the latest academic cottage industry, and they serve as lightning rods for the controversy that continues to surround the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Surprisingly, there are only a handful of books that address the topic of turning around failing schools and even fewer that provide a meaningful discussion on how individual schools should avoid failure from the outset. This book will help public school educators understand that turnaround efforts are based on sound leadership principles - nothing more, nothing less. It also provides school leaders with the...
Failing schools have become the latest academic cottage industry, and they serve as lightning rods for the controversy that continues to surround the ...
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454,23 zł |
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Education Disrupted: Strategies for Saving Our Failing Schools
ISBN: 9781475800616 / Angielski / Miękka / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Failing schools have become the latest academic cottage industry, and they serve as lightning rods for the controversy that continues to surround the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Surprisingly, there are only a handful of books that address the topic of turning around failing schools and even fewer that provide a meaningful discussion on how individual schools should avoid failure from the outset. This book will help public school educators understand that turnaround efforts are based on sound leadership principles - nothing more, nothing less. It also provides school leaders with the...
Failing schools have become the latest academic cottage industry, and they serve as lightning rods for the controversy that continues to surround the ...
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227,12 zł |
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We Live in the Shadow: Inner-City Kids Tell Their Stories Through Photographs
ISBN: 9781439907900 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The inner-city world of at-risk youth through their powerful photos and stories
The inner-city world of at-risk youth through their powerful photos and stories
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112,97 zł |
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The Prison School: Educational Inequality and School Discipline in the Age of Mass Incarceration
ISBN: 9780520281462 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Public schools across the nation have turned to the criminal justice system as a gold standard of discipline. As public schools and offices of justice have become collaborators in punishment, rates of African American suspension and expulsion have soared, dropout rates have accelerated, and prison populations have exploded. Nowhere, perhaps, has the War on Crime been more influential in broadening racialized academic and socioeconomic disparity than in New Orleans, Louisiana, where in 2002 the criminal sheriff opened his own public school at the Orleans Parish Prison. "The Prison School," as...
Public schools across the nation have turned to the criminal justice system as a gold standard of discipline. As public schools and offices of justice...
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190,33 zł |
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The Prison School: Educational Inequality and School Discipline in the Age of Mass Incarceration
ISBN: 9780520281455 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Public schools across the nation have turned to the criminal justice system as a gold standard of discipline. As public schools and offices of justice have become collaborators in punishment, rates of African American suspension and expulsion have soared, dropout rates have accelerated, and prison populations have exploded. Nowhere, perhaps, has the War on Crime been more influential in broadening racialized academic and socioeconomic disparity than in New Orleans, Louisiana, where in 2002 the criminal sheriff opened his own public school at the Orleans Parish Prison. "The Prison School," as...
Public schools across the nation have turned to the criminal justice system as a gold standard of discipline. As public schools and offices of justice...
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432,60 zł |
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So Much Reform, So Little Change: The Persistence of Failure in Urban Schools
ISBN: 9781891792885 / Angielski / Miękka / 273 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explores the persistence of failure in today's urban schools. At its heart is the argument that most education policy discussions are disconnected from the daily realities of urban schools, especially those in poor and beleaguered neighbourhoods.
Explores the persistence of failure in today's urban schools. At its heart is the argument that most education policy discussions are disconnected fro...
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151,14 zł |
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Organic Gardening The Beginner's Guide: How To Start Your Own Natural & Healthy Garden
ISBN: 9781499240023 / Angielski / Miękka / 42 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. So you've never gardened, but you want to eat organic produce. Well, this is the book for you Improve your health and save time and money by eating fresh veggies and fruit from your own back yard. Feel better about your footprint on the environment Who knows what is sprayed on all that commercial produce at the grocery store. If you're looking for a better way, this simple book will teach you how to do it yourself. Together, we'll cover such topics as: -Deciding where your garden should be located -Gardening supplies & equipment -Preparing your soil -Selecting the right plants & seeds -Your...
So you've never gardened, but you want to eat organic produce. Well, this is the book for you Improve your health and save time and money by eating f...
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29,90 zł |
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The Road Out: A Teacher's Odyssey in Poor America
ISBN: 9780520283916 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Can one teacher truly make a difference in her students lives when everything is working against them? Can a love for literature and learning save the most vulnerable of youth from a life of poverty? The Road Out is a gripping account of one teacher s journey of hope and discovery with her studentsgirls growing up poor in a neighborhood that was once home to white Appalachian workers, and is now a ghetto. Deborah Hicks, set out to give one group of girls something she never had: a first-rate education, and a chance to live their dreams. A contemporary tragedy is brought to life as she...
Can one teacher truly make a difference in her students lives when everything is working against them? Can a love for literature and learning save the...
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135,19 zł |
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More Mirrors in the Classroom: Using Urban Children's Literature to Increase Literacy
ISBN: 9781475802153 / Angielski / Twarda / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nearly 30% of all public school children attend school in large or mid-size cities, totaling more than 16 million students in 22,000 schools. For schools serving culturally and linguistically diverse populations and large numbers of children living in poverty, a significant achievement gap persists. Proponents of multicultural education often advocate for instruction with culturally relevant texts to promote inclusion, compassion, and understanding of our increasingly diverse society. Less discussion has focused on the significant body of research that suggests that culturally relevant texts...
Nearly 30% of all public school children attend school in large or mid-size cities, totaling more than 16 million students in 22,000 schools. For scho...
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405,56 zł |
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More Mirrors in the Classroom: Using Urban Children's Literature to Increase Literacy
ISBN: 9781475802160 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nearly 30% of all public school children attend school in large or mid-size cities, totaling more than 16 million students in 22,000 schools. For schools serving culturally and linguistically diverse populations and large numbers of children living in poverty, a significant achievement gap persists. Proponents of multicultural education often advocate for instruction with culturally relevant texts to promote inclusion, compassion, and understanding of our increasingly diverse society. Less discussion has focused on the significant body of research that suggests that culturally relevant texts...
Nearly 30% of all public school children attend school in large or mid-size cities, totaling more than 16 million students in 22,000 schools. For scho...
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162,23 zł |
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Existence: Addressing Urban Skepticism & the Purpose of Life
ISBN: 9780990837206 / Angielski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As old as the world is, we die young even if we live a long life. Some of the most brilliant minds over the years have seen life and its purpose as one and the same. Perhaps the purpose of life is only to live it and live it to its fullest, yet so often we miss out on the chance to fulfill our life's purpose in the end, whatever it may be, as we become stricken by tragedy and pain. The story always ends with the age-old enemy, death, winning - and we lose every time. Is this all there is to life, purpose, and the existence of human beings? Buddha said, "Do not believe in anything simply...
As old as the world is, we die young even if we live a long life. Some of the most brilliant minds over the years have seen life and its purpose as on...
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63,64 zł |
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Unique Challenges in Urban Schools: The Involvement of African American Parents
ISBN: 9781610480086 / Angielski / Twarda / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study explores the various ways in which parental involvement can help to increase student academic success. More specifically, this analysis is based on the notions that: 1) parent involvement in inner city schools presents unique challenges that is different for the traditional middle class perspective; 2) to highlight a cooperation approach between parents, teachers, and administrators that places the student at the center of each major discussion and decision; and 3) to illustrate that parental involvement is real perspective and not just rhetorical jargon. Although the focus of this...
This study explores the various ways in which parental involvement can help to increase student academic success. More specifically, this analysis is ...
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313,64 zł |
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Unique Challenges in Urban Schools: The Involvement of African American Parents
ISBN: 9781610480093 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study explores the various ways in which parental involvement can help to increase student academic success. More specifically, this analysis is based on the notions that: 1) parent involvement in inner city schools presents unique challenges that is different for the traditional middle class perspective; 2) to highlight a cooperation approach between parents, teachers, and administrators that places the student at the center of each major discussion and decision; and 3) to illustrate that parental involvement is real perspective and not just rhetorical jargon. Although the focus of this...
This study explores the various ways in which parental involvement can help to increase student academic success. More specifically, this analysis is ...
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162,23 zł |
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Hope and Healing in Urban Education: How Urban Activists and Teachers Are Reclaiming Matters of the Heart
ISBN: 9781138797567 / Angielski / Twarda / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hope and Healing in Urban Education proposes a new movement of healing justice to repair the damage done by the erosion of hope resulting from structural violence in urban communities. Drawing on ethnographic case studies from around the country, this book chronicles how teacher activists employ healing strategies in stressed schools and community organizations, and work to reverse negative impacts on academic achievement and civic engagement, supporting their students to become powerful civic actors. The book argues that healing a community is a form of political action, and... Hope and Healing in Urban Education proposes a new movement of healing justice to repair the damage done by the erosion of hope resulting ... |
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796,26 zł |
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