Schools That Learn (Updated and Revised)
A Fifth Discipline Fieldbook for Educators, Parents, and Everyone Who Cares About Education
Written by Peter M. Senge, Nelda Cambron-McCabe, Timothy Lucas, Bryan Smith and Janis Dutton
Format: Trade Paperback, 608 pages
On Sale: July 31, 2012
Price: $37.50
"A rich, much-needed remedy for the standardized institutions that comprise too much of our school system today… ideal for teachers and parents intent on resurrecting and fostering students' inherent drive to learn…An essential resource."
-Daniel H. Pink, author of DRIVE and A WHOLE NEW MIND
“Schools that Learn is a magnificent, grand...
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First Grade Super Math Success (Sylvan Super Workbooks)
Written by Sylvan Learning
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $18.99
**3 BOOKS IN 1!**
Building a strong foundation in math is essential for children in the first grade. The activities in this 3-in-1 Super Workbook are designed to help your student become familiar with math concepts like numbers and operations, solid and plane shapes, and graphs and charts. They will help your...
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College Cooking
Feed Yourself and Your Friends
Written by Megan Carle and Jill Carle
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2007
Price: $19.99
You have a midterm tomorrow and a fierce growl in your stomach. Your roommate just nabbed your last cup o' ramen. Do you: (A) Ignore your stomach and brew another pot of coffee? (B) Break out the PB&J? (C) Order pizza—again? (D) Make a quick trip to the grocery store? The...
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Feel-Bad Education
And Other Contrarian Essays on Children and Schooling
Written by Alfie Kohn
Format: Trade Paperback, 196 pages
On Sale: April 5, 2011
Price: $15.00
Mind-opening writing on what kids need from school, from one of education’s most outspoken voices Arguing that our schools are currently in the grip of a “cult of rigor”—a confusion of harder with better that threatens to banish both joy and meaningful intellectual inquiry from our classrooms—Alfie Kohn issues a...
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The Shame of the Nation
The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America
Written by Jonathan Kozol
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2006
Price: $16.00
Since the early 1980s, when the federal courts began dismantling the landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, segregation of black children has reverted to its highest level since 1968. In many inner-city schools, a stick-and-carrot method of behavioral control traditionally used in prisons is now used with students. Meanwhile, as...
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Sticks and Stones
Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy
Written by Emily Bazelon
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $13.99
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Being a teenager has never been easy, but in recent years, with the rise of the Internet and social media, it has become exponentially more challenging. Bullying, once thought of as the province of queen bees and goons, has taken on new, complex, and insidious forms, as parents and educators...
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