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  • Katrina's Sandcastles

    New Hope From The Ruins of New Orleans Schools

    by Kaycee Eckhardt ...
    "The first thing I need you to know is that becoming a teacher was the most important thing that ever happened to me." With these words, Kaycee Eckhardt begins a journey both harrowing and hopeful: The story of becoming an effective teacher, of building a new school, and of changing the face of education in Post-Katrina New Orleans. Beginning as a first year teacher, barely out of six weeks of ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Battle for Room 314

    My Year of Hope and Despair in a New York City High School

    by Ed Boland ...
    In this insightfully honest and moving memoir about the realities of teaching in an inner-city school, Ed Boland "smashes the dangerous myth of the hero-teacher [and] shows us how high the stakes are for our most vulnerable students" (Piper Kerman, author of Orange is the New Black).In a fit of idealism, Ed Boland left a twenty-year career as a non-profit executive to teach in a tough New York ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Peak Performance

    The First Welsh Woman to Climb Everest

    by Tori James ...
    Series series Quick Reads
    'You fall you're dead,' the voice inside my head told me. I was balancing on a knife-edge ridge, sheer drops either side of me. The cold was chilling me to my core. But I could not give up. I had to focus, The summit was within reach.Everest: the highest mountain in the world and also one of the most dangerous.On May 24 2007, Tori James made history when she became the first Welsh woman, and ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Bridge to Brilliance

    How One Woman and One Community Are Inspiring the World

    by Rebecca Paley, Nadia Lopez ...
    Be inspired by the magnetic young principal who “stands on the front line of the fight to educate America's children." (Brandon Stanton, author of Humans of New York ) and the book that Essence calls "Essential reading."In 2010, Nadia Lopez started her middle-grade public school, Mott Hall Bridges Academy, in one of America’s poorest communities, in a record heat wave—and crime wave. Everything ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Transforming Angel - True Story of an Inner City Child - a bridge to something better

    Remarkable Child Memoir Series

    by Clair Hellen ...
    Series series Remarkable Child Memoir Series
    Encouraging words and meaningful spiritual quotes, everyone needs them. Discover their power and personal benefit in your life at: www.KingdomCompanions.comTransforming Angel - In this captivating true short story, become informed of the daily drama at an inner city middle school. Learn about a teacher's heart-felt conviction to go beyond the "usual" supportive environment within her classroom. ... Read more

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  • Children's Literature in the Classroom

    Engaging Lifelong Readers

    by Diane M. Barone, EdD ...
    Series series Solving Problems in the Teaching of Literacy
    Many reading programs today overlook an essential component of literacy instruction—helping children develop an enduring love of reading. This authoritative and accessible guide provides a wealth of ideas for incorporating high-quality children's books of all kinds into K–6 classrooms. Numerous practical strategies are presented for engaging students with picturebooks, fiction, nonfiction, and ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Our School

    Searching for Community in the Era of Choice

    by Sam Chaltain ...
    Almost every major American city is experimenting with school choice—a deeply controversial idea that is dramatically reshaping public education. Will the wider array of school options help parents and educators identify better strategies for helping all children learn? Or will the high stakes of the marketplace end up privatizing this most public of institutions? Education activist Sam Chaltain ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Teacher Talk, Books 1-4, Special Edition

    Teacher Talk, #5

    by Marsha Marie ...
    Series Book 5 - Teacher Talk
    A sweet combination of all four Teacher Talk books in one; with some additional fun material. ... Read more

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  • Raising the Curve

    Teachers, Students-a True Portrayal of Classroom Life

    by Ron Berler ...
    Brookside Elementary in Norwalk, Connecticut, is preparing for a new school year and another chance to improve its failing scores on the statewide standardized test known as the CMT. The challenges are many, and for the faculty—whose jobs may depend on their students’ ability to improve on the test—the stakes are high.Ten-year-old Hydea is about to start fifth grade with second-grade reading ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Failing at School

    Lessons for Redesigning Urban High Schools

    by Camille A. Farrington ...
    Series series series on school reform
    Roughly half of all incoming ninth graders across urban districts will fail classes and drop out of school without a diploma. Failing at School starts with the premise that urban American high schools generate such widespread student failure not because of some fault of the students who attend them but because high schools were designed to stratify achievement and let only the top performers ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Perspectives on Teaching and Learning English Literacy in China

    Edited by Jiening Ruan, Cynthia Leung ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This is one of two volumes by the same editors that explore historical, philosophical, and cultural perspectives on literacy in China. This volume focuses on English literacy in China, while the other volume is on Chinese literacy. In modern day China, English has enjoyed an increasingly important status in education, but not without challenges. The essays in this volume provide a comprehensive, ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Reading, Writing, and Literacy 2.0

    by Denise Johnson ...
    In today’s high-stakes testing environment, integrating technology into the curriculum is often seen as something “extra” or for use with a few special projects. With the growth in Internet use by even the youngest children, educators urgently need a practical introduction to online literacy and reading comprehension. Reading, Writing, and Literacy 2.0 offers that and more by providing tools and ... Read more

    $27.99 USD