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Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"Can you teach a child to be kind? This vital question is taking on a new urgency as our culture grows ever more abrasive and divided. We all want our kids to be kind. But that is not the same as knowing what to do when you catch your son being unkind. A world-renowned developmental psychologist, Dr. Thomas Lickona has led the character education movement in schools for forty years. Now he shares with parents the vital tools they need to bring...
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Publisher
Broadleaf Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"A first-of-its-kind compelling exploration of what it means to be a Black woman in higher education. Black women are heading to college in record numbers, and more and more Black women are teaching in higher education. But increasing numbers in college don't guarantee our safety there. Willpower and grit may improve achievement for Black people in school, but they don't secure our belonging. In fact, the very structure of higher education ensures...
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"Mark Zuckerberg, Chris Christie, and Cory Booker were ready to reform our failing schools. They got an education. When Mark Zuckerberg announced in front of a cheering Oprah audience his $100 million pledge to transform the Newark Schools -- and to solve the education crisis in every city in America -- it looked like a huge win for then-mayor Cory Booker and governor Chris Christie. But their plans soon ran into a constituency not so easily moved...
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Authored by a seasoned diversity educator, Trans Children in Today's Schools provides a pragmatic and thorough approach to creating inclusive, safe, and flexible environments for gender-diverse young people. The primary audience for this text is parentsand K-12 educators, as well as the extended support network in a child's life. This book goes well beyond the what and why of gender diversity and answers the questions of how - how do we create inclusive...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Shares recommendations for providing a child with an academically rigorous, comprehensive education from preschool through high school, in a guide that incorporates resource listings, contact information, and Internet links
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Language
English
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"John Taylor Gatto's radical treatise on public education, a New Society Publishers bestseller for 25 years, continues to advocate for the unshackling of children and learning from formal schooling. Now, in an ever-more-rapidly changing world with an explosion of alternative routes to learning, it's poised to continue to shake the world of institutional education for many more years."--
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Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Opposing Viewpoints: High School Alternative Programs: Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected sources and publications"--
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English
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Louv talks with parents, children, teachers, scientists, religious leaders, child-development researchers, and environmentalists to find ways for children to experience the natural world more deeply.
Directly links the lack of nature in the lives of today's children to some disturbing childhood trends, such as rises in obesity, Attention Deficit Disorder, and depression, arguing that children's obsession with the latest technology have led them to...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
In a Los Angeles neighborhood plagued by guns, gangs, and drugs, there is a classroom known as Room 56. The fifth graders inside are first-generation immigrants who live in poverty and speak English as a second language. They also play Vivaldi, perform Shakespeare, score in the top 1% on standardized tests, and go on to attend Ivy League universities. Rafe Esquith is the teacher responsible for these accomplishments. Here, he reveals his techniques....
Author
Publisher
Avery
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"An eye-opening look inside pre-K in America and what it will take to give all children the best start in school possible. At the heart of this groundbreaking book are two urgent questions: What do our young children need in the earliest years of school, and how do we ensure that they all get it? Cutting-edge research has proven that early childhood education is crucial for all children to gain the academic and emotional skills they need to succeed...
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Publisher
Schocken Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
What can parents do to help their youngest children in their task of self-formation? How does the Montessori method of hands-on learning and self-discovery relate to the youngest infants? This authoritative and accessible book answers these and many other questions. Based on Dr. Maria Montessori's instructions for raising infants, its comprehensive exploration of the first three years incorporates the furnishings and tools she created for the care...
58) The state must provide: why America's colleges have always been unequal--and how to set them right
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Presents a definitive chronicle of the pervasiveness of racial inequality in American higher education, weaving through the legal, social, and political obstacles erected to block equitable education in the United States.
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In many countries around the world, universal access to education is a seemingly unattainable dream; however, determined individuals with vision and drive have made this dream come true for many. This book highlights people such as Okello, a former child soldier in Uganda, who founded a school for children like himself whose education was derailed by war; Julia Bolton Holloway who realized that the only effective way to educate Roma children was to...
Author
Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
Más de 80 actividades para practicar el método Montessori desde casa con tus hijos. Tras el éxito de ventas de Montessorízate, Beatriz M. Muñoz y Nitdia Aznárez presentan Montessorízate. Libro de actividades para disfrutar y conectar en familia, la guía definitiva para aplicar el método Montessori en casa. Siguiendo la base teórica de esta pedagogía y del desarrollo del niño, estas actividades te ayudarán a acompañar a tu hijo para que...
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