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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 16
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It's the mid-1980s. Julia Scheeres and her adopted brother David are sixteen years old and have just moved to rural Indiana, a landscape of cottonwood trees and trailer parks--and a racism neither of them is prepared for. While Julia is white, her close relationship with David, who is black, makes them both outcasts. At home, a distant mother--more involved with her church's missionaries than with her own children--and a violent father only compound...
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Alpha, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
The Common Core State Standards are a set of criteria for kindergarten through grade 12 designed to prepare all students for college and beyond. Bigham offers a clear look at what the standards really are and how they affect your child.
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Author of the extremely popular "Dear Economist" column in Financial Times, Tim Harford reveals the economics behind everyday phenomena in this highly entertaining and informative book. Can a book about economics be fun to read? It can when Harford takes the reins, using his trademark wit to explain why it costs an arm and a leg to buy a cappuccino and why it's nearly impossible to purchase a decent used car. Supermarkets, coffee houses, airlines,...
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Tyndale Momentum
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, more families than ever before are considering or reevaluating homeschooling. Lea Ann Garfias, homeschooling mom of six and herself a homeschool graduate, has all the information you need to succeed. This complete reference guide will provide you with everything you need to successfully tackle homeschooling in your own style, filling your experience with confidence, grace, and the joy of learning"--
Garfias...
85) The safe side
Publisher
The Safe Side Company
Pub. Date
2005
Description
The Safe Side gives parents simple, fun and interesting ways to discuss difficult information with their children how to make smart decisions in potentially harmful situations.
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St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
""I am an eighties baby who grew to hate school. I never fully understood why. Until now. Until Bettina Love unapologetically and painstakingly chronicled the last forty years of education 'reform' in this landmark book. I hated school because it warred on me. I hated school because I loved to dream." -Ibram X. Kendi, New York Times bestselling author of How to be an Antiracist. In the tradition of Michelle Alexander, an unflinching reckoning with...
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Corwin, a SAGE Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Ron Nash’s bestseller has helped thousands of teachers to transform their classroom environments by energizing and engaging their students. In this newly revise edition, Nash offers proven strategies to involve students as active participants in their own learning. Teachers of all levels will benefit from:
The latest research on exercise, learning, and brain development
New chapters on the value of empathy and the use of feedback versus praise
Even...
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Ulysses Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Introduction to Teaching with Zoom will help teachers of all grade levels master the basics of communication and education using the Zoom video conferencing service. With step-by-step instructions paired with helpful screenshots, teachers will learn how to connect with students, record your Zoom meetings, control access to lessons, contribute to live chat streams, and conduct webinars. Zoom newbie? No worries! Experienced educator and author Madison...
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Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Drawing on her life's work of teaching and researching in urban schools, Bettina Love persuasively argues that educators must teach students about racial violence, oppression, and how to make sustainable change in their communities through radical civic initiatives and movements. She argues that the US educational system is maintained by and profits from the suffering of children of color. Instead of trying to repair a flawed system, educational reformers...
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