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“alexandra baker”

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  • From the Desk Of

    by James Baker, Alexandra Baker ...
    From its inception in the early 1960's, Pajaro Valley Unified School District has experienced a plethora of tribulations and triumphs. As an educator and administrator for thirty years at Pajaro Valley, James S. Bake reflects on the different ventures and incidents that shaped the District and made it one of the biggest employers and advocates for education in the region.Intended to be a savory ... Read more

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  • Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire

    The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56

    by Rafe Esquith ...
    Read Rafe Esquith's posts on the Penguin Blog.From one of America’s most celebrated educators, an inspiring guide to transforming every child’s educationIn a Los Angeles neighborhood plagued by guns, gangs, and drugs, there is an exceptional 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 ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • The Secret Teacher

    Dispatches from the Classroom

    by Anon ...
    I will teach them literature, poetry, culture. I will teach them The Waste Land ! I will be the Best Teacher Who Has Ever Lived!Or so the Secret Teacher thinks. On his first day at an inner-city state school things don't quite go to plan . . .His students are an unruly mob stuffed with behavioural issues, but somehow, the Secret Teacher needs to enthuse them with a love of books. Or at least keep ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Autobiography of Sigmund Freud

    by Sigmund Freud ...
    Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Metaphoric Mind

    Selected Writings of Joseph Couture

    Edited by Ruth Couture, Virginia McGowan ...
    Dr. Joseph Couture (1930–2007), known affectionately as "Dr. Joe," stood at the centre of some of the greatest political, social, and intellectual struggles of Aboriginal peoples in contemporary Canada. A profound thinker and writer, as well as a gifted orator, he easily walked two paths, as a respected Elder and traditional healer and as an educational psychologist, one of the first Aboriginal ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • The Wrong Dog Dream

    A True Romance

    by Jane Vandenburgh ...
    The author calls this "a true romance," saying, it's the part of her personal history she, being superstitious, was almost afraid to write. She'd grown up accustomed to bad luck, but had – by accident or miracle – survived her own circumstances: being orphaned, her own misspent youth, the chaos of a broken marriage. She'd more than survived, she'd even triumphed and had awakened into a kind of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Chalkboards and Clipboards

    My Thirty-Five Years at the Montgomery Academy

    by Tommy Jones ...
    Some people would think twice before accepting the responsibility of educating twelve- and thirteen-year-old students, but for author Tommy Jones, teaching seventh-grade students would rate as one of the most rewarding aspects of his life. In this memoir, Jones recounts a thirty-five-year career at The Montgomery Academy in Montgomery, Alabama. In Chalkboards and Clipboards, Jones provides an ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • The Secondary Curriculum Design Handbook

    Preparing Young People for Their Futures

    by Mick Waters, Dr Brian Male ...
    Schools across the world are struggling to balance the statutory requirements of a national curriculum with their desire to provide the wide, engaging and exciting curriculum that they know children need. Concerns about standards often lead to a narrowing of the curriculum and many schools lack the confidence and approach to design that would enable them to resolve what seems like an impossible ... Read more

    $38.09 USD

  • Teaching and Learning in Japan: An English Teacher Abroad

    by Brian Schell ...
    "Anyone want to go to Japan and teach English for a half a year?"That's how it all started. I was 38 years old, and a returning student in a Master's Degree in English program.The bulk of this book is a daily journal/blog of my adventures while getting TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) certified and my trip to Japan, where I taught English to students of all ages.I did a lot of things ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Empowered Educators

    How High-Performing Systems Shape Teaching Quality Around the World

    by Linda Darling-Hammond, Dion Burns, Carol Campbell, A. Lin Goodwin, Karen Hammerness, Ann McIntyre, Mistilina Sato, Ken Zeichner, Ee-Ling Low ...
    Discover how high-performing systems shape teaching quality around the worldProducing highly skilled and committed teachers is not the work of a single innovative school or the aggregation of heroic individuals who succeed against the odds. In high-performing countries, the opportunities for teachers to learn sophisticated practices and continue to improve are embedded systemically in education ... Read more

    $35.00 USD

  • The Best of Pickering

    by Sam Pickering ...
    Praise for Sam Pickering:"Pickering has all of Thurber's humor, and he writes as well as E. B. White. He writes with passion, wit, and a strange personal note of self-mockery; he is humanely educated, wise, and capable of a wide range of stylistic effects."----Jay Parini". . . he writes in the tradition of Montaigne hammering together a ramshackle affair of surprising nooks, crannies and additions ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • From the Streets to the Skies No Limits

    Diary of a Boss Lady

    by Crystal Victoria ...
    "From the Streets to the Skies No Limits" is based on a true story and the diary of Crystal Victoria. The book addresses many obstacles facing our young generation, as they evolve into adulthood. Many times the author made decisions based on peer pressure and an immature mindset. In the end, she overcame her biggest problem, which was herself. This is the story of her failure, flight, and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD