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God vs. Darwin

The War between Evolution and Creationism in the Classroom

by Mano Singham
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009

In God vs. Darwin, Mano Singham dissects the legal battle between evolution and creationism in the classroom beginning with the Scopes Monkey trial in 1925 and ending with an intelligent design trial in Dover, Pennsylvania, in 2005. A publicity stunt, the Scopes Monkey trial had less to do with legal...
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Standards-Based Leadership

A Case Study Book for the Superintendency

by Sandra Lowery, Sandra Harris
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004

Although there are several case study books for administrators, this one book, specifically for superintendents, is framed within the state and national standards. It offers a way for superintendents as well as those in training to combine best-practice theory with practice using everyday, realistic...
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Learning, the Hardest Job You'll Ever Love!

Helpful Ideas for Students and Parents

by Steve Sonntag
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010

Learning, the Hardest Job You'll Ever Love is a collage of ideas designed for eighth through twelfth grade students and their parents to have better relationships with one another and with the entire school community, to help and support their communities in different ways, and to appreciate the value...
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by Bob Kitchen
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2004

It's Your First Year Teaching, But You Don't Have to Act Like It is for anyone who is either studying to be a teacher or who has recently entered the teaching profession. This book includes sections on: How to find a job, How to prepare for the job, What to do and say on your first day, How to handle...
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Online Learning

A User-Friendly Approach for High School and College Students

by Leslie Bowman, Michael J. Tighe Jr., Sara Bender
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010

In every online class, some students are wildly successful, some earn average or slightly below-average grades, some barely pass, some fail, and some drop out. Whatever a student's age, situation, or lifestyle, everything needed for successfully completing an online class is right here in this book....
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Straight Talk to Teachers

Twenty Insane Ideas for a Better Classroom

by Bruce Gevirtzman
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009

In a no-holds-barred, candid delivery, Straight Talk to Teachers: Twenty Insane Ideas for a Better Classroom drives directly to the core of what makes an extraordinary teacher, and presents an honest appraisal of why some teachers fail. Bruce J. Gevirtzman speaks to teachers, about teachers, and for...
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by Harry Chaucer
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012

A Creative Approach to the Common Core Standards: The Da Vinci Curriculum challenges educators to design programs that boldly embrace the Common Core State Standards by imaginatively drawing from the genius of great men and women such as Leonardo da Vinci. A central figure in the High Renaissance,...
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by Mike Henry
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014

For the average person, most of the American history that he or she knows comes from facts taught to them in school to prepare them for their state mandated tests. That's not the fault of their teachers who were just carrying out the directives of their employers. But it's also a fact that a great...
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by Doug Eadie
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2003

This book draws on author Doug Eadie's work with hundreds of boards to provide detailed, hands-on guidance for building and managing a board-superintendent partnership that is close, positive, productive, and enduring. Eadie describes how the superintendent can wear the "chief partnership officer"...
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Using Humor to Maximize Living

Connecting With Humor

by Mary Kay Morrison, President, Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012

Humor gets very little respect! While references to the importance of having a sense of humor are liberally sprinkled throughout the popular media, and it is usually mentioned as one of the qualities of effective employees, it is rare to find purposeful humor practice. Humor is without a doubt the...
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Banishing Bullying Behavior

Transforming the Culture of Pain, Rage, and Revenge

by SuEllen Fried, ADTR, co-author
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009

Fried and Sosland bring their combined experiences together to present a blueprint to reduce the pain, rage and revenge cycle of bullying. Their strategies have been captured from hands-on interaction with educators, parents and students. Their premise comes from the apocryphal village that is being...
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TIPS

The Child Voice

by Terrence Bacon, Kristen Bugos, Shelley Cooper
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010

This second edition of TIPS: The Child Voice was prepared in response to demand for an updated and expanded version of the highly successful 1997 edition. This edition takes into account the broadening base of information regarding the nature of the singing voice. Now with strategies for the voice...
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by Anna J. Small Roseboro, Quentin J. Schultze
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2013

More than 670,000 middle school teachers (grades 6-8) are responsible for educating nearly 13 million students in public and private schools. Thousands more teachers join these ranks annually, especially in the South and West, where ethnic populations are ballooning. Teachers and administrators seek...
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Teaching Middle School Language Arts

Incorporating Twenty-first Century Literacies

by Anna J. Small Roseboro
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2010

Teaching Middle School Language Arts is the first book on teaching middle school language arts for multiple intelligences and related 21st century literacies in technologically and ethnically diverse communities. More than 670,000 middle school teachers (grades six through eight) are responsible for...
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