Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
National Union Catalog
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 50,47 MB
Release : 1973
Category : American literature
ISBN :
First Lessons
Author : William John Bennett
Publisher :
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 29,93 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Education, Elementary
ISBN :
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Teaching Civic Engagement
Author : Alison Rios Millett McCartney
Publisher :
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 45,12 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781878147400
Book Description
Teaching Civic Engagement provides an exploration of key theoretical discussions, innovative ideas, and best practices in educating citizens in the 21st century. The book addresses theoretical debates over the place of civic engagement education in Political Science. It offers pedagogical examples in several sub-fields, including evidence of their effectiveness and models of appropriate assessment. Written by political scientists from a range of institutions and subfields, Teaching Civic Engagement makes the case that civic and political engagement should be a central part of our mission as a discipline.
Charter Schools in Action
Author : Chester E. Finn (Jr.)
Publisher :
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,81 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Education
ISBN :
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Proofreading, Revising & Editing Skills Success in 20 Minutes a Day
Author : Brady Smith
Publisher :
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 16,38 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Editing
ISBN :
Book Description
"In this eBook, you'll learn the principles of grammar and how to manipulate your words until they're just right. Strengthen your revising and editing skills and become a clear and consistent writer." --
Student Success in College
Author : George D. Kuh
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 22,79 MB
Release : 2011-01-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 1118046854
Book Description
Student Success in College describes policies, programs, and practices that a diverse set of institutions have used to enhance student achievement. This book clearly shows the benefits of student learning and educational effectiveness that can be realized when these conditions are present. Based on the Documenting Effective Educational Practice (DEEP) project from the Center for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University, this book provides concrete examples from twenty institutions that other colleges and universities can learn from and adapt to help create a success-oriented campus culture and learning environment.
How Not to be a Hypocrite
Author : Adam Swift
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 16,47 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780415311168
Book Description
Can parents send their children to private schools and still live up to their ideals? Can you be a good citizen and a good parent? These difficult questions, and many more, are raised and answered in this insightful and thought-provoking book.
Reason
Author : Robert B. Reich
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 42,15 MB
Release : 2005-03-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1400076609
Book Description
For anyone who believes that liberal isn’t a dirty word but a term of honor, this book will be as revitalizing as oxygen. For in the pages of Reason, one of our most incisive public thinkers, and a former secretary of labor mounts a defense of classical liberalism that’s also a guide for rolling back twenty years of radical conservative domination of our politics and political culture. To do so, Robert B. Reich shows how liberals can: .Shift the focus of the values debate from behavior in the bedroom to malfeasance in the boardroom .Remind Americans that real prosperity depends on fairness .Reclaim patriotism from those who equate it with pre-emptive war-making and the suppression of dissent If a single book has the potential to restore our country’s good name and common sense, it’s this one.
A Good Tax
Author : Joan Youngman
Publisher :
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 29,34 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Local finance
ISBN : 9781558443426
Book Description
In A Good Tax, tax expert Joan Youngman skillfully considers how to improve the operation of the property tax and supply the information that is often missing in public debate. She analyzes the legal, administrative, and political challenges to the property tax in the United States and offers recommendations for its improvement. The book is accessibly written for policy analysts and public officials who are dealing with specific property tax issues and for those concerned with property tax issues in general.
Journalism Kids Do Better
Author : Jack Dvorak
Publisher : Eric Clearinghouse on Reading
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 38,70 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780927516402
Book Description
Designed for and by high school journalism educators, this book provides practical information for secondary school teachers and media advisers so that they can solve the problems they confront daily and learn and grow in their jobs. Chapters in the book are: (1) What Are We Doing Here, Anyway?; (2) Grades, ACT Tests, Attitudes, and Involvement; (3) Advanced Placement; (4) Journalism Programs Involve Almost a Million Kids and Teachers; (5) Teachers Make It Work, But How? Certification, Satisfaction, Professional Life; (6) Who Pays the Piper? Sources of Newspaper Budgets; (7) Who Calls the Tune? Linking Budget Sources and Free Expression; (8) The Rugged Road to Scholastic Press Freedom; (9) "Hazelwood": The Supreme Court Sets Up a Detour; (10) Scholastic Press Freedom in the '90s: How Advisers and Students Are Coping with "Hazelwood"; and "Concluding Thoughts: We Don't Just Make It Up as We Go Along." An 80-page bibliography classified by subject and arranged in reverse chronological order is attached. Entries in the bibliography present ERIC accession numbers and annotations where available. (RS)
