Student category: 717 books
Hazing
Destroying Young Lives
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
For decades, hazing rituals–such as excessive drinking, drug use, paddling, and sexual abuse–have been required by many teams and organizations as a rite of passage, while administration and department heads have turned a blind eye. In recent years, several young men and women have lost their...
Schooled in Fear
Lessons Learned about Keeping Students and Staff Safe
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2017
School violence of all kinds continues to be a major concern today. Nearly a third of all parents report fear for their children’s safety in today’s schools. It provides a detailed overview nine types of school violence and also a detailed analysis of the research base on effective policies, approaches...
In Safe Hands
Bullying Prevention with Compassion for All
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
As suicide continues to be one of the leading causes of death among children under the age of fourteen, and as recent bullying statistics report a strong connection between bullying, being bullied, and suicide, it is time for society to set aside its obsession with grade-level benchmarks, test scores,...
Banishing Bullying Behavior
Transforming the Culture of Peer Abuse
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2011
Chapter 1Transforming the Culture
Chapter 2Dimensions and Overview of Bullying
Chapter 3Back to Bullying Basics
Chapter 4Getting Specific About Bullying
Chapter 5Cyberbullying: Unimagined Cruelty
Chapter 6Bully Free Summer Camps
Chapter 7Bullying from Pre-School through Adolescence
Chapter 8Helping...
Sent to the Assistant Principal's Office
The Door Is Always Open
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2010
As an assistant principal and former teacher in a large diverse K-8 public school, I deal daily with a multitude of issues that directly affect the scope and sequence of your childs education. Therefore, I have written a book entitled Sent to the Assistant Principals Office: The Door Is Always Open....
by Sam O Salau
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
The G.P., Grade Point as it is called, has become the cruel taskmaster on every campus. Most students are groaning under its grip. No matter how hard they try, they seem not to have yet discovered what to do to give it a rise as it keeps taking a downward surge at the end of every semester. This has...
Creating Positive Images for Professional Success
A Guide for Young People
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012
Creating Positive Personal Images for Professional Success is a book filled with guidelines for success in both private and public life. It is directed to young adults just entering the work world as well as to people who want to move up in their chosen profession. Guidelines are provided for projecting...
by Fondé Bridges
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2011
In late spring of 1999, Fondé wrote 101 Simple Suggestions for Better Living . The sayings in his book were written for his 6-month old daughter “Z”. It was written as a way to always provide positive influence for her, even if he was not there. Filled with a collection of personal goals, life lessons,...
Mentoring Magic
Pick The Card For Your Success
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
A Guidebook for Students in Higher Education who are American, International, or Studying Abroad. A wizard waves his wand, a magician produces a rabbit, a fairy godmother casts her spells; the magic of mentoring comes from connections! Ask a person you respect, “How did you get to where you are...
Digital Games: A Context for Cognitive Development
New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Number 139
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2013
In the United States and in many other countries around the world, digital games have become an integral part of children’s lives. Discussions of research on youth and digital games often focus solely on negative effects (e.g., of violent video games), but this is far from the whole story. As natural...
Asian American Education
Identities, Racial Issues, and Languages
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Asian American EducationAsian American Identities, Racial Issues, and Languages presents groundbreaking research that critically challenges the invisibility, stereotyping, and common misunderstandings of Asian Americans by disrupting "customary" discourse and disputing "familiar"...
The Education Doctorate (Ed.D.)
Issues of Access, Diversity, Social Justice, and Community Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2015
This first-of-its-kind text explores the Ed.D. program as a crucible for equitable higher education and community leadership. It was inspired in part by the Carnegie Project on the Educational Doctorate (CPED) and, more broadly, by widespread international interest in the power of the Ed.D. as a force...
Children, Home and School
Regulation, Autonomy or Connection?
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
In contemporary western societies, there are increasing emphases on children being the responsibility of their parents, contained within the home, and on their compartmentalisation into separate and protected organised educational settings. Thus 'home' and 'school' form a crucial part of children's...
Narrowing the Achievement Gap in a (Re) Segregated Urban School District
Research, Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
The interplay between sociopolitical forces and economic agendas becomes apparent when one examines the June 28, 2007 United States Supreme Court Decision, Parents Involved In Community Schools v. Seattle School District . In a reversal of the 1954 Brown Decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled...