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  • The Conspiracy of Deception and Trickery

    by Michael Renner ...
    The news is perplexing. Both the president and vice president of the United States have fallen ill with mysterious, flu-like symptoms. It is not long before both me receive the same devastating diagnosis: pancreatic cancer. But that is not the worst of it. Soon, many in Congress and the Supreme Court start to exhibit the same symptoms. In less than four months, the president is dead, the vice ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • State of the World 2014

    Governing for Sustainability

    by The Worldwatch Institute, David W. Orr, Tom Prugh, Michael Renner, John Gowdy, Robert Engelman, Michael L. Weber, Conor Seyle, Matthew Wilburn King, Matt Leighninger, Diana Lind, Monty Hempel, Peter Brown, Jeremy J. Schmidt, Cormac Cullinan, Isabel Hilton, Sam Geall, Shakuntala Makhijani, Aaron Sachs, Inge Kaul, Maria Ivanova, Rick Worthington, Sean Sweeney, Dr., Thomas Palley, Gar Alperovitz, Colleen Cordes, David Bollier, Burns Weston, Petra Bartosiewicz, Marissa Miley, Evan Musolino, Katie Auth, Nina Netzer, Judith Gouverneur, Josephine Mitschke, Ian Johnson, Yu Hongyuan ...
    Series series State of the World
    Citizens expect their governments to lead on sustainability. But from largely disappointing international conferences like Rio II to the U.S.’s failure to pass meaningful climate legislation, governments’ progress has been lackluster. That’s not to say leadership is absent; it just often comes from the bottom up rather than the top down. Action—on climate, species loss, inequity, and other ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • Vital Signs 2000-2001

    The Environmental Trends That Are Shaping Our Future

    by Lester R. Brown, Michael Renner, Brian Halweil ...
    This ninth annual edition of Vital Signs takes the world's pulse by compiling a wide-ranging collection of trends that identify both problems and progress in the quest for a sustainable society. It highlights both alarming situations and encouraging developments. Part One is a comprehensive presentation of the key indicators in areas such as food, agriculture, energy, atmosphere, economics, ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Vital Signs 1999-2000

    The Environmental Trends That Are Shaping Our Future

    by Lester R. Brown, Michael Renner ...
    This annual volume shows key trends that should be integrated into the planning of our global future. It enables readers to track key indicators that show social, economic and environmental progress, or the lack of it, into 45 vital signs of our time. Each trend is presented as an overview using both text and graphics. ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Charting the Course for Collaborative Teams

    Lessons From Priority Schools in a PLC at Work® (Strategies to Boost Student Achievement in Priority Schools)

    by Joe Cuddemii, Diane Kerr, Tammy Miller, Gerry Petersen-Incorvaia, Dana Renner, Michael Roberts, Tamie Sanders, Sarah Schuhl ...
    Develop the know-how to work collaboratively within the PLC at Work® process to overcome barriers and challenges in your priority school. Edited by Sharon V. Kramer, this must-read anthology brings together numerous contributors who share the strategies they used to successfully turn around underperforming schools. Rely on their specific suggestions and purposeful actions to guide the work of your ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Enriched and Impoverished Environments

    Effects on Brain and Behavior

    by Michael J. Renner, Mark R. Rosenzweig ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    Enriched and Impoverished Environments: Effects on Brain and Behaviour is the most recent review of the active area of neuronal plasticity. The question of how experience is recorded is fundamental to psychology; speculations and investigations concerning the role of the brain in this process have entered a particularly exciting phase as of the late 1980's. Manipulations of environmental ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

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  • Assessing 21st Century Skills

    A Guide to Evaluating Mastery and Authentic Learning

    by Laura M. Greenstein ...
    Go beyond traditional paper-and-pencil tests!The Common Core State Standards clearly define the skills students need for success in college and the 21st century workplace. The question is, how can you measure student mastery of skills like creativity, problem solving, and use of technology? Laura Greenstein demonstrates how teachers can teach and assess 21st century skills using authentic learning ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Schools for All Kinds of Minds

    Boosting Student Success by Embracing Learning Variation

    by Mary-Dean Barringer, Craig Pohlman, Michele Robinson ...
    This book shows how schools can--and must--develop expertise in "learning variation" (understanding how different kinds of minds learn) and apply this knowledge to classroom instruction in order to address the chronic learning challenges and achievement gap faced by millions of students. Barringer shows how using what we know about learning variation with a focus on discovering learning strengths, ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

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  • The End of Poverty

    Economic Possibilities for Our Time

    by Jeffrey D. Sachs ...
    **"Book and man are brilliant, passionate, optimistic and impatient . . . Outstanding." —The EconomistThe landmark exploration of economic prosperity and how the world can escape from extreme poverty for the world's poorest citizens, from one of the world's most renowned economists**Hailed by ***Time***as one of the world's hundred most influential people, Jeffrey D. Sachs is renowned for his work ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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  • Got Data? Now What?

    Creating and Leading Cultures of Inquiry

    by Laura Lipton, Bruce Wellman ...
    Explore three defining challenges that school teams face when gathering, interpreting, and utilizing school data. Complete with survey questions for efficient data collection, group work structures, strategies, and tools—along with essential definitions and descriptions of data types—this compelling guide will help you confront data obstacles and turn struggling committees into powerful ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Grand Transitions

    How the Modern World Was Made

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    From one of the world's leading experts on the history of energy, a rigorous examination of the transitions that structure our modern world--and the environmental reckoning that will mark its success or failure. What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in four "grand transitions" of civilization--in populations, agriculture, energy, and economics--which ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Balanced Assessment: From Formative to Summative

    From Formative to Summative

    by Kay Burke ...
    Series series Leading Edge
    Learn how to integrate formative and summative assessments seamlessly into instruction. The research, rationale, strategies, and examples provided in this book will help teachers develop their own repertoire of formative and summative assessments to monitor, grade, and make inferences about a student’s ability to meet standards and curriculum goals. Exercises at the end of each chapter provide ... Read more

    $28.99 USD