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The Day the World Stops Shopping

How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves

by J.B. MacKinnon ...

Consuming less is our best strategy for saving the planet—but can we do it? In this thoughtful and surprisingly optimistic book, journalist J. B. MacKinnon investigates how we may achieve a world without shopping.We can’t stop shopping. And yet we must. This is the consumer dilemma.The economy says we must always consume more: even the slightest drop in spending leads to widespread unemployment, ... Read more

$10.49 USD

Consuming less is our best strategy for saving the planet—but can we do it? In this thoughtful and surprisingly optimistic book, journalist J. B. MacKinnon investigates how we may achieve a world without shopping.We can’t stop shopping. And yet we must. This is the consumer dilemma.The economy says we must always consume more: even the slightest drop in spending leads to widespread unemployment,
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Organizational Ethics

A Practical Approach

by Craig E. Johnson ...

We are constantly faced with ethical decisions, no matter what organizations we join. The ethical choices we make determine the health of our businesses, schools, government agencies, religious congregations, charities, and other institutions. Our ethical decisions also determine our career success or failure. Bestselling author, Craig E. Johnson, shows how we can develop our ethical competence, ... Read more

$87.99 USD

We are constantly faced with ethical decisions, no matter what organizations we join. The ethical choices we make determine the health of our businesses, schools, government agencies, religious congregations, charities, and other institutions. Our ethical decisions also determine our career success or failure. Bestselling author, Craig E. Johnson, shows how we can develop our ethical competence,
... Read more
Applied Social Research

A Tool for Social Work and the Human Services

by Timothy P. Hilton, PhD, MSW, Peter R. Fawson, PhD, MSW, Thomas J. Sullivan, PhD, MA, Cornell R. DeJong, MSW ...

Praise for earlier editions:I have been using this textbook as a required reading for my research class since 2004 because I found the text’s coverage of research concepts to be in-depth, and easy to read without the technicalities.—Ziblim Abukari, PhD, MSW, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, Westfield State UniversityApplied Social Research. . . is thorough, well organized, and clear ... Read more

$121.99 USD

Praise for earlier editions:I have been using this textbook as a required reading for my research class since 2004 because I found the text’s coverage of research concepts to be in-depth, and easy to read without the technicalities.—Ziblim Abukari, PhD, MSW, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, Westfield State UniversityApplied Social Research. . . is thorough, well organized, and clear
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Degrees of Dignity

Arab Higher Education in the Global Era

by Elizabeth Buckner ...

Presenting an analysis of higher education in eight countries in the Arab Middle East and North Africa, Degrees of Dignity works to dismantle narratives of crisis and assert approaches to institutional reform. Drawing on policy documents, media narratives, interviews, and personal experiences, Elizabeth Buckner explores how apolitical external reform models become contested and modified by local ... Read more

$29.99 USD

Presenting an analysis of higher education in eight countries in the Arab Middle East and North Africa, Degrees of Dignity works to dismantle narratives of crisis and assert approaches to institutional reform. Drawing on policy documents, media narratives, interviews, and personal experiences, Elizabeth Buckner explores how apolitical external reform models become contested and modified by local
... Read more
What Happened to College?

How Politics Broke Higher Education and What We Can Do to Fix It

by Neil Gross ...

A sociologist who has been tracking the polarization of higher education for twenty years reveals how students are navigating the campus culture wars, what they wish their professors would do differently, and why they’re actually afraid of saying what they think.“Anyone who wants to understand the crisis in higher education—and help solve it—should read this book.” —Greg Lukianoff * “Everyone has ... Read more

$14.99 USD

A sociologist who has been tracking the polarization of higher education for twenty years reveals how students are navigating the campus culture wars, what they wish their professors would do differently, and why they’re actually afraid of saying what they think.“Anyone who wants to understand the crisis in higher education—and help solve it—should read this book.” —Greg Lukianoff * “Everyone has
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We Belong

50 Strategies to Create Community and Revolutionize Classroom Management

by Laurie Barron, Patti Kinney ...

The secret to every positive learning environment? Belonging. When students feel that they belong in their school and classroom, commitment to learning goes up and behavioral disruptions subside. And when teachers embrace an SEL-infused approach to classroom management that helps every student feel valued, safe, and competent, belonging soars.We Belong offers 50 targeted strategies to increase ... Read more

$27.99 USD

The secret to every positive learning environment? Belonging. When students feel that they belong in their school and classroom, commitment to learning goes up and behavioral disruptions subside. And when teachers embrace an SEL-infused approach to classroom management that helps every student feel valued, safe, and competent, belonging soars.We Belong offers 50 targeted strategies to increase
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Dilemmas of Educational Ethics

Cases and Commentaries

Edited by Meira Levinson, Jacob Fay ...

Educators and policy makers confront challenging questions of ethics, justice, and equity on a regular basis. Should teachers retain a struggling student if it means she will most certainly drop out? Should an assignment plan favor middle-class families if it means strengthening the school system for all? These everyday dilemmas are both utterly ordinary and immensely challenging, yet there are ... Read more

$27.99 USD

Educators and policy makers confront challenging questions of ethics, justice, and equity on a regular basis. Should teachers retain a struggling student if it means she will most certainly drop out? Should an assignment plan favor middle-class families if it means strengthening the school system for all? These everyday dilemmas are both utterly ordinary and immensely challenging, yet there are
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The Little Book of Restorative Justice in Education

Fostering Responsibility, Healing, and Hope in Schools

by Katherine Evans, Dorothy Vaandering ...

Series series Justice and Peacebuilding
A fully revised & updated handbook for teachers and administrators on creating just and equitable learning environments for students; building and maintaining healthy relationships; healing harm and transforming conflict.Much more than a response to harm, restorative justice nurtures relational, interconnected school cultures. The wisdom embedded within its principles and practices is being ... Read more

$9.99 USD

A fully revised & updated handbook for teachers and administrators on creating just and equitable learning environments for students; building and maintaining healthy relationships; healing harm and transforming conflict.Much more than a response to harm, restorative justice nurtures relational, interconnected school cultures. The wisdom embedded within its principles and practices is being
... Read more
The Spider Network

How a Math Genius and a Gang of Scheming Bankers Pulled Off One of the Greatest Scams in History

by David Enrich ...

SHORT-LISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEARThe term “Libor” is obscure, but it determines a good deal of our financial lives-the interest rate on our credit card; our student loans; our mortgages; our car payments. How did a math genius, a handful of outrageous confederates, and a deeply corrupt banking system conspire to pickpocket you? They were in your wallet to already.In ... Read more

$2.99 USD

SHORT-LISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEARThe term “Libor” is obscure, but it determines a good deal of our financial lives-the interest rate on our credit card; our student loans; our mortgages; our car payments. How did a math genius, a handful of outrageous confederates, and a deeply corrupt banking system conspire to pickpocket you? They were in your wallet to already.In
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Management in the Active Classroom

by Ron Berger, Dina Strasser, Libby Woodfin ...

About Management in the Active Classroom: A well-managed classroom almost runs itself. Students are focused and respectful, whether they are silent at their desks or active throughout the classroom—collaborating, experimenting, discovering, and creating. This book is a guide for teachers who want their classrooms to run well in all settings, where students are self-directed and self-disciplined ... Read more

$9.99 USD

About Management in the Active Classroom: A well-managed classroom almost runs itself. Students are focused and respectful, whether they are silent at their desks or active throughout the classroom—collaborating, experimenting, discovering, and creating. This book is a guide for teachers who want their classrooms to run well in all settings, where students are self-directed and self-disciplined
... Read more
Fixing American Elementary Education

A Parent's Guide

by Patrick M Dallabetta ...

Fixing American Elementary Education: A Parent's Guide is written to help parent's better understand the importance of elementary education for their children. It is designed to provide important recommendations for parents that will help them make sure they have enrolled their children in the best elementary schools. The book stresses the importance of parental involvement and provides strategies ... Read more

$3.99 USD

Fixing American Elementary Education: A Parent's Guide is written to help parent's better understand the importance of elementary education for their children. It is designed to provide important recommendations for parents that will help them make sure they have enrolled their children in the best elementary schools. The book stresses the importance of parental involvement and provides strategies
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A Place for Everything

The Curious History of Alphabetical Order

by Judith Flanders ...

From a New York Times bestselling historian, the “truly revelatory” (Wall Street Journal) story of how the alphabet ordered our worldA Place for Everything is the first-ever history of alphabetization, from the Library of Alexandria to Wikipedia. Once we’ve learned our ABCs as children, few of us ever think of them again, but alphabetical order plays a material role in our adult lives. From school ... Read more

$11.99 USD

From a New York Times bestselling historian, the “truly revelatory” (Wall Street Journal) story of how the alphabet ordered our worldA Place for Everything is the first-ever history of alphabetization, from the Library of Alexandria to Wikipedia. Once we’ve learned our ABCs as children, few of us ever think of them again, but alphabetical order plays a material role in our adult lives. From school
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Great by Choice

Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck--Why Some Thrive Despite Them All

by Jim Collins, Morten T. Hansen ...

Series Book 5 - Good to Great
Ten years after the worldwide bestseller Good to Great, Jim Collins returns withanother groundbreaking work, this time to ask: why do some companies thrive inuncertainty, even chaos, and others do not? Based on nine years of research,buttressed by rigorous analysis and infused with engaging stories, Collins andhis colleague Morten Hansen enumerate the principles for building a truly ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Ten years after the worldwide bestseller Good to Great, Jim Collins returns withanother groundbreaking work, this time to ask: why do some companies thrive inuncertainty, even chaos, and others do not? Based on nine years of research,buttressed by rigorous analysis and infused with engaging stories, Collins andhis colleague Morten Hansen enumerate the principles for building a truly
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Rebuilding Students′ Learning Power

Teaching for Instructional Equity and Cognitive Justice

by Zaretta L. Hammond ...

Ensure all your students are ready to tackle rigorous contentTo understand the achievement gaps that persist in our schools despite years of equity initiatives, we must look to the insidious legacy of segregated schools and the deliberate underdevelopment of diverse students’ cognitive abilities. Uprooting this "cognitive redlining" requires we reimagine instruction for our most vulnerable ... Read more

$35.99 USD

Ensure all your students are ready to tackle rigorous contentTo understand the achievement gaps that persist in our schools despite years of equity initiatives, we must look to the insidious legacy of segregated schools and the deliberate underdevelopment of diverse students’ cognitive abilities. Uprooting this "cognitive redlining" requires we reimagine instruction for our most vulnerable
... Read more
Mental Health in Schools

Engaging Learners, Preventing Problems, and Improving Schools

Edited by Linda Taylor, Howard S. Adelman ...

"This resource gives the reader everything needed to design and implement a successful mental health program to benefit a diverse student population. The authors present a strong case for planning and delivering comprehensive integrated services. I commend the authors for their willingness to tackle the tough issues surrounding mental health services for all students."—Marian White-Hood, Director ... Read more

$38.99 USD

"This resource gives the reader everything needed to design and implement a successful mental health program to benefit a diverse student population. The authors present a strong case for planning and delivering comprehensive integrated services. I commend the authors for their willingness to tackle the tough issues surrounding mental health services for all students."—Marian White-Hood, Director
... Read more
Schooling by Design

Mission, Action, and Achievement

by Grant Wiggins, Jay McTighe ...

Why, despite years of trying, have efforts to achieve lasting, effective school reform fallen short? What curricular and policy elements must be in place to move forward? How should the roles of teachers and education leaders be defined to best support the point of school?Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe answer these and other questions in Schooling by Design: Mission, Action, and Achievement. ... Read more

$32.99 USD

Why, despite years of trying, have efforts to achieve lasting, effective school reform fallen short? What curricular and policy elements must be in place to move forward? How should the roles of teachers and education leaders be defined to best support the point of school?Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe answer these and other questions in Schooling by Design: Mission, Action, and Achievement.
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Zen and the Art of Public School Teaching

by John Perricone ...

This book is based upon two assumptions. The first is that "we teach who we are," and the second is that one's philosophy of life is intimately tied to one's identity, and that it is one's "philosophical identity" (conscious or otherwise) that ultimately dictates one's teaching style and also what distinguishes those who find joy and passion in the teaching profession from those who find drudgery ... Read more

$11.99 USD

This book is based upon two assumptions. The first is that "we teach who we are," and the second is that one's philosophy of life is intimately tied to one's identity, and that it is one's "philosophical identity" (conscious or otherwise) that ultimately dictates one's teaching style and also what distinguishes those who find joy and passion in the teaching profession from those who find drudgery
... Read more
Electronic Shorthand: An Easy-To-Learn Method Of Rapid Digital Note-Taking

The Digital Note-taking Series, #1

by Michelle Campbell-Scott ...

Series Book 1 - The Digital Note-taking Series
If you can never find a pen but always have an electronic device, Electronic Shorthand might be for you!If you need to take notes for study, work, hobbies, or due to memory problems, Electronic Shorthand could be a great help to you.It's a quick and easy-to-learn method of taking notes on an electronic device - a smartphone, tablet, or computer. Unlike traditional shorthand, it doesn't involve ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

If you can never find a pen but always have an electronic device, Electronic Shorthand might be for you!If you need to take notes for study, work, hobbies, or due to memory problems, Electronic Shorthand could be a great help to you.It's a quick and easy-to-learn method of taking notes on an electronic device - a smartphone, tablet, or computer. Unlike traditional shorthand, it doesn't involve
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Reimagining Special Education

Using Inclusion as a Framework to Build Equity and Support All Students

by Dr. Jenna Mancini Rufo, Ed.D., Julie Causton Ph.D. ...

As schools reopen their doors and students return to the classroom, what will the “new normal” of special education look like? The pandemic exposed educational inequities and areas of urgent need—and now, schools have a unique opportunity to press pause and reimagine their practices. This book helps K–12 school leaders and educators take the lessons of the COVID-19 era and turn them into action: ... Read more

$21.99 USD

As schools reopen their doors and students return to the classroom, what will the “new normal” of special education look like? The pandemic exposed educational inequities and areas of urgent need—and now, schools have a unique opportunity to press pause and reimagine their practices. This book helps K–12 school leaders and educators take the lessons of the COVID-19 era and turn them into action:
... Read more
17,000 Classroom Visits Can't Be Wrong

Strategies That Engage Students, Promote Active Learning, and Boost Achievement

by John V. Antonetti, James R. Garver ...

Most educators are skilled at planning instruction and determining what they will do during the course of a lesson. However, to truly engage students in worthwhile, rigorous cognition, a profound shift is necessary: a shift in emphasis from teaching to learning. Put another way, we know that whoever is doing the work is also doing the learning—and in most classrooms, teachers are working much too ... Read more

$27.99 USD

Most educators are skilled at planning instruction and determining what they will do during the course of a lesson. However, to truly engage students in worthwhile, rigorous cognition, a profound shift is necessary: a shift in emphasis from teaching to learning. Put another way, we know that whoever is doing the work is also doing the learning—and in most classrooms, teachers are working much too
... Read more
Bitcoin en Español: Guía Completa para Comenzar a ganar dinero con las Criptomonedas, dominar el Trading y entender los conceptos del Blockchain

by Javi Fons ...

Bienvenido a esta época, al nacimiento de una tecnología que, más allá de transformar el dinero que tenemos hoy en día. Estamos frente a una Revolución y estoy seguro que quieres ser parte de ella.Bitcoin nos propone nuevas formas de libertad financiera, tener el control de tu dinero por sobre entidades gubernamentales y bancarias. Nos ofrece un control sobre nuestros activos que no existía antes ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Bienvenido a esta época, al nacimiento de una tecnología que, más allá de transformar el dinero que tenemos hoy en día. Estamos frente a una Revolución y estoy seguro que quieres ser parte de ella.Bitcoin nos propone nuevas formas de libertad financiera, tener el control de tu dinero por sobre entidades gubernamentales y bancarias. Nos ofrece un control sobre nuestros activos que no existía antes
... Read more
From Surviving to Thriving

Classroom Accommodations for Students on the Autism Spectrum

by Jonathan Chase ...

This guide for teachers provides a new look at classroom systems to support students on the autism spectrum. The easily adaptable accommodations in From Surviving to Thriving address common areas of need for students on the spectrum who are capable of participating in standard classrooms but need specific supports. Educators will learn not only what works but also why it works and how to implement ... Read more

$9.99 USD

This guide for teachers provides a new look at classroom systems to support students on the autism spectrum. The easily adaptable accommodations in From Surviving to Thriving address common areas of need for students on the spectrum who are capable of participating in standard classrooms but need specific supports. Educators will learn not only what works but also why it works and how to implement
... Read more
Culturally Responsive Standards-Based Teaching

Classroom to Community and Back

by Steffen Saifer, Keisha Edwards, Debbie Ellis, Lena Ko, Amy Stuczynski ...

"This book integrates a self-evaluative framework for making changes and includes tools for improving one′s own learning environment."—Rachel Mederios, ELL Teacher and Building Program SupervisorJefferson Elementary School, Boise, ID"This book is relevant to anyone who acknowledges the diversity within any group of people. The steps are clearly outlined so the practitioner can implement them and ... Read more

$35.99 USD

"This book integrates a self-evaluative framework for making changes and includes tools for improving one′s own learning environment."—Rachel Mederios, ELL Teacher and Building Program SupervisorJefferson Elementary School, Boise, ID"This book is relevant to anyone who acknowledges the diversity within any group of people. The steps are clearly outlined so the practitioner can implement them and
... Read more
Leadership Theory

Cultivating Critical Perspectives

by John P. Dugan ...

A comprehensive volume on leadership theories and their applications—with an emphasis on social justiceLeadership Theory: Cultivating Critical Perspectives is an interdisciplinary survey text designed for use in undergraduate or graduate classrooms. This trusted book provides an overview of essential theories in leadership studies, infusing critical commentary to enhance readers’ understanding and ... Read more

$63.00 USD

A comprehensive volume on leadership theories and their applications—with an emphasis on social justiceLeadership Theory: Cultivating Critical Perspectives is an interdisciplinary survey text designed for use in undergraduate or graduate classrooms. This trusted book provides an overview of essential theories in leadership studies, infusing critical commentary to enhance readers’ understanding and
... Read more

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