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Watch many students in schools today and you see a range from total boredom to genuine fascination. Where does the apathy come from and could teachers make it disappear from their classrooms? Apathy...

Celebrating the One Hundredth Anniversary of Anita O'Day's Birth. Filled with vivid characters, including Gene Krupa, Stan Kenton, Roy Eldridge, Billie Holiday, and other jazz legends, this candid,...

This book studies high-poverty, high-performing schools to identify the common trends and reveal their secrets of success. The secrets include a unique combination of leadership, curriculum,...

Based upon the research of 45 interviews conducted in Texas and Arkansas, High-Stakes Teaching presents strategies that successfully blend child-centered and test-centered teaching into one focus,...

This fifth edition of Historical Dictionary of The Olympic Movement covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. This book is an...

In History and Imagination, elementary school social studies teachers will learn how to help their students break down the walls of their schools, more personally engage with history, and define...

This book examines Greek postmodernist fiction through the lens of history, national ideology and constructions of identity. It argues that postmodernist Greek writers question the idea of national...

Sloan explores the varied contours of the educational accountability movement that has swept the United States. He describes the historical origins and underlying assumptions of present day...

Holiness is divine ownership; holy objects belong to God. This book tests the hypothesized conception of holiness across an array of doctrinal loci include theology proper, the God-world relation,...

Through the lenses of geography, kinship, and priesthood, this book brings into focus varied biblical materials related to Israel's early priesthood. With the tools of Documentarian narrative...

Here is a concise handbook of trustworthy, research-based information about learning and teaching for those interested in homeschooling.Author: Andrea D. ClementsPublisher: Globe Pequot Publishing...

Though separated by only eleven years in age, Hemingway and Williams seem literary generations apart. Yet both authors bridged their modernist/postmodernist divide through mutual examinations of the...

Organizing his book according to the monastic hours of prayer, Chet Raymo examines the strength of scientific language to encounter the divine in the natural world.Author: Chet RaymoPublisher: Globe...

In 1982, Ronald Reagan invited Lenny Skutnick--the government employee who dove into the icy waters of the Potomac River to rescue passengers following the crash of Air Florida Flight 90-to sit with...

Fourteen writings by historians that show how, even though the New Deal's initiatives did not always work, FDR's program was a psychological and political success because it restored hope to a nation...

This book looks to the educational ideas of Horace Mann to offer guidance as to how this nation might preserve his original vision of a public school system that will offer a free and equal...

This book looks to the educational ideas of Horace Mann to offer guidance as to how this nation might preserve his original vision of a public school system that will offer a free and equal...

One of the tragedies of American education is that so many teachers do not understand or are unaware of educational issues and how they impact on their profession. There is a gap between teacher...

Now more than ever before, parents need to be informed so that they may become active, knowledgeable partners in the educational process. Here, the authors discuss contemporary educational issues of...

To learn more about Rowman & Littlefield titles please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com.Author: Paul RoazenPublisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/BloomsburyPublication Date: Jul 07,...

A battle now rages in the U.S. between crony capitalism and capitalism, with the future of liberal democracy at stake. This book argues that capitalism can--and should--prevail, but to do so...

In this collection of essays, the authors have brought together a group of peacemakers - Christian, Jewish, and Muslim - whose religious convictions compel them towards peace in Israel/Palestine...

Math is a subject many people find intimidating. But many don't understand the history of math and how it came to be what it is today. Here, G. Arnell Williams illuminates, in plain and simple terms,...

How Nonprofits Work looks at nonprofit organizations through a sociological lens, identifying characteristics that make some nonprofits successful and characteristics that cause challenges, focusing...

How Parents Can Help Kids Improve Test Scores: Taking the Stakes Out of Literacy TestingAuthor: Steven SchneiderPublisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/BloomsburyPublication Date: Jun 02,...

Steven Schneider's newly revised second edition of How Parents Can Help Kids Improve Test Scores: Taking the Stakes Out of Literacy Testing highlights the most recent literacy initiatives in America...

Steven Schneider's newly revised second edition of How Parents Can Help Kids Improve Test Scores: Taking the Stakes Out of Literacy Testing highlights the most recent literacy initiatives in America...

This book reveals the complex nature of power in schools and offers school leaders five actions that will help them more effectively manage power and better maximize students' learning. Author: Jacob...

Practical models and strategies presented in this book will help teachers address the important challenges facing schools today, including supporting disadvantaged learners, raising student...

Practical models and strategies presented in this book will help teachers address the important challenges facing schools today, including supporting disadvantaged learners, raising student...