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  • What Comes After Lunch?

    Alternative Measures of Economic and Social Disadvantage and Their Implications for Education Research

    Edited by Thomas Downes, Kieran M. Killeen ...
    Series series Research in Education Fiscal Policy and Practice
    Faced with the problem of how to measure the magnitude of economic disadvantage in the populations served by schools or districts, researchers addressing school finance topics have invariably turned to the fraction of students eligible for free- or reduced-lunches (FRPL). But the facile dependence on FRPL may be problematic. A large and growing literature in learning sciences and in the field of ... Read more

    $44.29 USD

  • The Rural Blind Spot

    Bridging the Knowledge Gap in Education Finance and Policy​

    Edited by Thomas Downes, Kieran M. Killeen ...
    Series series Research in Education Fiscal Policy and Practice
    Despite comprising nearly one-fifth of the U.S. student population, rural schoolchildren remain underrepresented in education policy discourse. The Rural Blind Spot: Bridging the Knowledge Gap in Education Finance and Policy confronts the persistent marginalization of rural education in state and local policy debates, where the dominant urban-suburban lens often obscures the distinct needs and ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Recent Advancements in Education Finance and Policy

    Edited by Thomas Downes, Kieran M. Killeen ...
    Series series Research in Education Fiscal Policy and Practice
    The past decade has seen a steady flow of important and innovative papers documenting the short- and long-term effects of finance reforms and the heterogeneity of the effects of reforms, exemplified by papers like Jackson, Johnson, & Persico (2016), Lafortune, Rothstein, & Schanzenbach (2018), Hyman (2017), and Candelaria and Shores (2019). Those papers have reinvigorated research on the effects ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Climate, Change and Risk

    Edited by Thomas Downing, A. Olsthoorn, R.S.J. Tol ...
    Climate, Change and Risk presents an overview of 'extreme' weather related events and our ability to cope with them. It focuses on society's responses, insurance matters and methodologies for the analysis of climatic hazards. Drawing on worldwide research from the leading names in the field this volume explores the changes in weather hazards that might be expected as the global climate changes. ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • The Atlas of Climate Change

    Mapping the World's Greatest Challenge

    by Kirstin Dow, Thomas E. Downing ...
    This highly acclaimed atlas distills the vast science of climate change, providing a reliable and insightful guide to this rapidly growing field. Since the 2006 publication of the first edition, climate change has climbed even higher up the global agenda. This new edition reflects the latest developments in research and the impact of climate change, and in current efforts to mitigate and adapt to ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Where Did TJ Go?

    A Book for Kids on Grief and Loss

    by Tatum Green, David Thomas, Annie Downs ...
    Illustrated by Jennie Poh ...
    You can bring comfort and hope to your child in times of griefLosing a baby is hard on everyone--especially young children who wonder what happened to the brother or sister they were waiting for. Where are they now? Are they safe? What about all the wonderful things they would have done if they had lived? Will they get to do them in heaven?Where Did TJ Go? helps grieving families explain what ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Freedom of the City

    by Charles Downing Lay ...
    “Congestion is the life of the city . . . it is what we came for, what we stay for, what we hunger for”, wrote Charles Downing Lay, prominent American landscape architect and planner of the early 1920s. These words are relevant today as density and congestion are once again under siege, especially in our most productive and thriving cities.Published in 1926, The Freedom of the City by Charles ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

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    The Inconvenient Gospel

    A Southern Prophet Tackles War, Wealth, Race, and Religion

    by Clarence Jordan ...
    Narrated by Bob Souer ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 44 min

    On 440 depleted acres in Sumter County, Georgia, a young Baptist preacher and farmer named Clarence Jordan gathered a few families and set out to show that Jesus intended more than spiritual fellowship. Like the first Christians, they would share their land, money, and possessions. Working together to rejuvenate the soil and the local economy, they would demonstrate racial and social justice with ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Darko

    by Kenny G Down ...
    Narrated by JB Thomas ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 53 min

    The girl’s birth was a gift from God……and her life might change the world.Will King Dylan be able to help her survive New Orleans? In a poor neighborhood rife with drugs, gangs, and crime, two children set out to make a difference. King loves the little girl from the moment he sees her. He knows she’s special and knows what he must do - become a father, brother, provider, protector, student, ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sexuality and Slavery

    Reclaiming Intimate Histories in the Americas

    by Trevor Burnard, Stephanie M. H. Camp, David Doddington, Jim Downs, Thomas A. Foster, Marisa Fuentes, Stephanie Jones-Rogers, Jessica Millward, Bianca Premo, Brenda Stevenson ...
    Series series
    In this groundbreaking collection, editors Daina Ramey Berry and Leslie M. Harris place sexuality at the center of slavery studies in the Americas (the United States, the Caribbean, and South America). While scholars have marginalized or simply overlooked the importance of sexual practices in most mainstream studies of slavery, Berry and Harris argue here that sexual intimacy constituted a core ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

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  • Handbook On Poverty And Inequality

    by Khandker Shahidur; Haughton Jonathan ...
    For anyone wanting to learn, in practical terms, how to measure, describe, monitor, evaluate, and analyze poverty, the Handbook is the place to start. Designed initially to support training courses on poverty analysis, it consists of explanatory text with numerous examples, interspersed with multiple-choice questions (to ensure active learning) and combined with extensive practical exercises using ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • From Welfare to Childcare

    What Happens to Young Children When Mothers Exchange Welfare for Work?

    Edited by Natasha Cabrera, Robert Hutchens, H. Elizabeth Peters ...
    Although federal and state support for childcare has increased dramatically in response to welfare work requirements, low-income families are still facing difficulties balancing work and family obligations. There is wide variation across states in the strictness of welfare work requirements and in the generosity of childcare support. In addition, the level of co-payments required and the ... Read more

    $73.99 USD