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  • Susan and Her Mom

    by Jean Rolf ...
    Susan and her Mom is a true story, beginning in 1950. Jean and Bernie, newlyweds in their early twenties, found themselves dealing with doctors, grandparents and societies scorn of Down syndrome children (then called Mongoloid). This was an era of discarding imperfect children to institutions. Education was non-existent for developmentally disabled. With faith and perseverance Jean and Bernie ... Read more

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  • Susan and Her Mom

    by Jean Rolf ...
    Susan and her Mom is a true story, beginning in 1950. Jean and Bernie, newlyweds in their early twenties, found themselves dealing with doctors, grandparents and societies scorn of Down syndrome children (then called Mongoloid). This was an era of discarding imperfect children to institutions. Education was non-existent for developmentally disabled. With faith and perseverance Jean and Bernie ... Read more

    $6.54 USD

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  • The Smell of Coffee - Costa Rica

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  • Young, Gifted, and Black

    Promoting High Achievement among African-American Students

    by Theresa Perry, Claude Steele ...
    “An important and powerful book” that radically reframes the debates swirling around the academic achievement of African-American students (Boston Review)“The solutions offered by each essay are creative, inspirational, and good old common sense." —Los Angeles TimesIn 3 separate but allied essays, African-American scholars Theresa Perry, Claude Steele, and Asa Hilliard examine the alleged ... Read more

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  • Multicultural Teaching in the Early Childhood Classroom

    Approaches, Strategies, and Tools, Preschool2nd Grade

    by Mariana Souto-Manning ...
    Series series Early Childhood Education Series
    This unique book features an array of approaches, strategies, and tools for teaching multiculturally in the early years. The teachers and classrooms portrayed here provide young children with rich educational experiences that empower them to understand themselves in relation to others. You will see how amazing teachers engage in culturally responsive teaching that fosters educational equity while ... Read more

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  • Faith Ed

    Teaching About Religion in an Age of Intolerance

    by Linda K. Wertheimer ...
    An intimate cross-country look at the new debate over religion in the public schoolsA suburban Boston school unwittingly started a firestorm of controversy over a sixth-grade field trip. The class was visiting a mosque to learn about world religions when a handful of boys, unnoticed by their teachers, joined the line of worshippers and acted out the motions of the Muslim call to prayer. A video of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • City Schools and the American Dream

    Reclaiming the Promise of American Education

    by Pedro Noguera ...
    Series series Multicultural Education Series
    What will it take for urban schools to achieve the kind of academic performance required by new state and national educational standards? How can classroom teachers in city schools help to close the achievement gap? What can restore public confidence in public schools?Pedro Noguera argues that higher standards and more tests, by themselves, will not make low-income urban students any smarter and ... Read more

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  • White Teachers, Black Students

    In the Spirit of Yes to African American Student Achievement

    by Mack T. Hines III ...
    Can White teachers teach Black Students? This is the provocative and pointed inquiry that drives the creation of White Teachers, Black Students. The twin purpose of this book is how can White teachers consistently teach and reach Black students? Hines starts the book by framing these inquiries within the historical context of race, whiteness, and white people. He then carefully draws a line from ... Read more

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  • Governance of Educational Trajectories in Europe

    Pathways, Policy and Practice

    Edited by Andreas Walther, Marcelo Parreira do Amaral, Morena Cuconato, Roger Dale ...
    Drawing on findings from a large EU-funded research project that took place over three years, this book analyses educational trajectories of young people in eight European countries: Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia and the United Kingdom.Contributors explore interactions between structural and institutional contexts of educational trajectories, the individual ... Read more

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  • Warrior Kids: Warrior Training for Children

    by Tim Tipene ...
    Warrior Kids is a pioneering programme that over the past 17 years has empowered thousands of children across New Zealand, many of them from challenged backgrounds. Focusing on bringing out the warrior within, the programme draws upon Maori concepts of the warrior and Eastern martial arts in a non-aggressive way designed to instil confidence, respect and self-control, leading children to become ... Read more

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  • No Challenge Too Great

    Preparing Our Youth to Reach Their Potential

    by Mason West III ...
    No Challenge Too Great explores Mason West’s view of the challenges we face as a country preparing our children for the future. It also reveals the methods he has used in the classroom and in the community to meet these challenges and help our youth overcome whatever obstacles they face to realize their potential. Mason West has worked in under-resourced schools where teachers struggle to help ... Read more

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