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4) What do our 17-year-olds know?: a report on the first national assessment of history and literature
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What Do Our 17-Year-Olds Know? Gives the results of the first nationwide test of American high school students' knowledge of history and literature, as well as fascinating insight into what teenagers are reading, how much television they watch, what influence their home environment has on their academic achievement, and what historical topics and literary works are included in (or have been dropped from) the school curriculum.
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This handy guide to perspective drawing provides important information on such subjects as diminution, foreshortening, convergence, shade and shadow, and other visual principles of perspective drawing. Accompanying a concise and thoughtfully written text are more than 150 simply drawn illustrations that depict a sense of space and depth, demonstrate vanishing points and eye level, and explain such concepts as appearance versus reality, perspective...
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In a Los Angeles neighborhood plagued by guns, gangs, and drugs, there is a classroom known as Room 56. The fifth graders inside are first-generation immigrants who live in poverty and speak English as a second language. They also play Vivaldi, perform Shakespeare, score in the top 1% on standardized tests, and go on to attend Ivy League universities. Rafe Esquith is the teacher responsible for these accomplishments. Here, he reveals his techniques....
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Bob books volume set 2
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Stories and pictures to make learning alphabet sounds enjoyable.
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An introduction to leadership draws on a program developed for an elementary school to show how to apply the principles of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People to help everyone, including young children, identify their individual talents and find ways to use them in everyday life.
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My weirder school volume 8
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IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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A local college professor comes to Ella Mentry School to help students learn basic history and improve their scores on a standardized test, using some very unusual techniques.
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"Written is a transformative guide that anyone can use to overcome their blocks and build a successful writing habit. Many people think that there's only one "right" way to get the writing done - or that trying harder is the key. Award-winning writers, productivity coaches and co-founders of Prolifiko Bec Evans and Chris Smith know this isn't true. Having worked with over 10,000 writers, they've learned that productivity is personal. Their unique,...
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"To compete in our rapidly changing global marketplace, critical thinking is the essential tool for ensuring that students fulfill their promise. But, in reality, critical thinking is still a luxury good, and students with the greatest potential are too often challenged the least. To close this critical thinking gap, "Thinking Like a Lawyer" introduces a powerful but practical framework to give teachers the tools and knowledge to teach critical thinking...
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2004-2005.
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The Science Squad is a science outreach program of the Biological Sciences Initiative (BSI) at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The Science Squad is a group of graduate students from science and engineering departments who visit K-12 school classrooms to lead inquiry-based, hands-on science presentations for the K-12 students. Most of the presentations are aimed at secondary (middle and high school) levels, with a few available for elementary...
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"In a forceful but humane narrative, former soldier and head of the West Point history department Ty Seidule's Robert E. Lee and Me challenges the myths and lies of the Confederate legacy-and explores why some of this country's oldest wounds have never healed. Ty Seidule grew up revering Robert E. Lee. From his southern childhood to his service in the U.S. Army, every part of his life reinforced the Lost Cause myth: that Lee was the greatest man who...
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The advent of the 24-hour news cycle, citizen journalism and an increased reliance on social media as a trusted news source have had a profound effect not only on how we get our news, but also on how we evaluate sources of information, share that information and interact with others in online communities. When these issues are coupled with the "fake news" industry that intentionally spreads false stories designed to go viral, educators are left facing...