America Reads Challenge
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Page : 52 pages
File Size : 49,60 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Composition (Language arts)
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Page : 52 pages
File Size : 49,60 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Composition (Language arts)
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Page : 28 pages
File Size : 38,49 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Composition (Language arts)
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Page : 48 pages
File Size : 38,63 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Composition (Language arts)
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Author : American Library Association
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Page : 16 pages
File Size : 15,63 MB
Release : 1953
Category : Libraries
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Author : Jacqueline Edmondson
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,68 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Critical pedagogy
ISBN : 9780872072602
This book examines President Clinton's America Reads Challenge, a proposed solution to the political, social, and economic inequality in the United States and explains how the goals of America Reads and the program's implementation were not as straightforward as President Clinton imagined. By looking at the origins of the America Reads policy and analyzing a case study of the program at one university, the book provides a glimpse into the values that are behind literacy education policies. It demonstrates how values have clashed concerning the policy's goals, organization, and implementation, resulting in a literacy initiative that has served some, but not all, U.S. children. Through political knowledge and participation, it seems educators can do much to effect change in schools. The book is a call for readers to consider the political aspects of policy, rather than buying into policy because of a belief of an individual or group far removed from the classroom. Appendixes contain an explanation of data collection and analysis, the time line of America Reads, English language arts standards, and DeFord's Theoretical Orientation to Reading Profile. (Contains approximately 175 references.) (NKA)
Author : Francine R. Johnston
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 49,33 MB
Release : 2016-07-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1462529151
This book has been replaced by Book Buddies, Third Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-4549-0.
Author : Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber
Publisher : Versilio
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 28,97 MB
Release : 2014-05-28T00:00:00Z
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 2361321068
"The signs and instruments of power are no longer armed legions or raw materials or capital... The wealth we seek does not lie in the earth or in numbers of men or in machines, but in the human spirit. And particularly in the ability of men to think and to create.' -- Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber in his international bestseller, The American Challenge. The American Challenge was 50 years ahead of its time in its appraisal of Europe, industrialization, the global economy and digital future, and the sclerosis of French politics. A new generation of French and Europeans can now rediscover it and take measure of all that still remains to be accomplished to bring to fruition the post-war European dream. "The world we live in is very much the world Servan-Schreiber imagined,' Professor Paul Krugman writes in his preface to this ebook edition, further adding that "JJSS was an incredibly insightful prophet.' With its radically new economic and political vision, The American Challenge was a bestseller when first published in 1967. Selling over 2 million copies in France and more than 10 million throughout the world, the book was translated and published in 16 languages and 26 countries. This first ebook edition provides the original edition's text in its entirety. Available from all major online retailers, it includes a new preface by New York Times op-ed contributor and Nobel Prize winner in Economics, Paul Krugman, acclaiming a book that "marked a whole generation.' Praise for "The American Challenge": "The American Challenge, was not only a game changer for European–American relations, it also provided a new and innovative conception of national competitiveness. The book was a true catalyst in the creation of the World Economic Forum.'- Klaus Schwab, Founder and Chairman, The World Economic Forum "Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber first put forth his bold vision of accelerating American prosperity back in 1967. While this outcome seemed inevitable at the time, half a century later we have fallen far short of that future. The reissue of his landmark book serves as a clarion call for our stagnant civilization to find a way back to the optimistic future of the 1960s.' - Peter Thiel, Co-Founder of Paypal, Managing Partner of the Founders' Fund "Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber was a true humanist. He understood the importance of the sovereignty for the people in the wake of European colonialism, as well as the potential in federating resources in an increasingly multipolar world, exemplified by his support of the European integration. He also foresaw the possibilities and challenges of modern technology.' - Nicolas Berggruen, President, Berggruen Institute on Governance "The American Challenge is an excellent, vigorous and modern book – that is to say, one free of many of the usual shortcomings and repetitiveness of commonplace thinking.' - Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of France, 1974-1981 "The American Challenge is at the top of the best seller lists. For a tome rich in statistics and dealing with the world of economic and corporate development, computers, satellites and the rivalries of industrial power blocs, this is an astonishing success. If Marx had done as well with "Das Kapital', we might all be waving red flags and eating caviar.' - New York Times, May 19, 1968
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Page : 16 pages
File Size : 22,87 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Reading
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Author : Michael G. Long
Publisher : Presbyterian Publishing Corp
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,57 MB
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1646981960
One line straight down. One line to the right. One line to the left, then a circle. That was all—just three lines in a circle. This bold picture book tells the story of the peace symbol—designed in 1958 by a London activist protesting nuclear weapons—and how it inspired people all over the world. Depicting the symbol's travels from peace marches and liberation movements to the end of apartheid and the fall of the Berlin Wall, Three Lines in a Circle offers a message of inspiration to today's children and adults who are working to create social change. An author’s note provides historical background and a time line of late twentieth-century peace movements.
Author : P. C. Doherty
Publisher : Berkley Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,17 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Amerotke (Fictitious character)
ISBN : 9780425185810
After Egypt's victory over the Mitanni tribe, pharaoh-queen Hatshepsut begins peace negotiations. But when a sacrilegious theft and a murder violate the temple of Anubis, the jackal-god of the dead, Hatshepsut puts her chief advisor, Amerotke, on the case. Soon, more killings lead to a rumor that the slayer may be the angered god Anubis himself--and the god of the dead leaves no survivors. Martin's Press. (August)