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Foxfire 8
Written by Foxfire Fund, Inc.
Edited by Eliot Wigginton
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: March 20, 1984
Price: $19.95
Southern folk pottery from pug mills, ash glazes, and groundhog kilns to face jugs, churns and roosters; mule swapping, chicken fighting, and more are included in this eighth volume. Read more >
Written by Foxfire Fund, Inc.
Edited by Eliot Wigginton
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: March 20, 1984
Price: $19.95
Southern folk pottery from pug mills, ash glazes, and groundhog kilns to face jugs, churns and roosters; mule swapping, chicken fighting, and more are included in this eighth volume. Read more >
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Games for Math
Written by Peggy Kaye
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 12, 1988
Price: $16.95
At a time when the poor math performance of American school children has labeled us a "nation of underachievers," what can parents--often themselves daunted by the mysteries of mathematics--do to help their children? In Games for Math, Peggy Kaye--teacher extraordinaire and author of the highly praised Games for Reading--gives parents more... Read more >
Written by Peggy Kaye
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 12, 1988
Price: $16.95
At a time when the poor math performance of American school children has labeled us a "nation of underachievers," what can parents--often themselves daunted by the mysteries of mathematics--do to help their children? In Games for Math, Peggy Kaye--teacher extraordinaire and author of the highly praised Games for Reading--gives parents more... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Push Has Come to Shove
Getting Our Kids the Education They Deserve--Even If It Means Picking a Fight
Written by Dr. Steve Perry
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $15.00
Getting Our Kids the Education They Deserve--Even If It Means Picking a Fight
Written by Dr. Steve Perry
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $15.00
When we ask our kids, “What’d you do in school today?” and they mumble, “Nothin',” they’re telling the truth.
Steve Perry gets it. He understands why some parents are panicked about what’s going on in their kids’ classrooms, and how other parents, whose kids supposedly attend the “good” schools, still fear that...
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Young, Gifted, and Black
Promoting High Achievement among African-American Students
Written by Theresa Perry and Claude Steele
Edited by Asa Hilliard, III
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: February 2, 2004
Price: $16.00
Young, Gifted, and Black is a unique joint effort by three leading African-American scholars to radically reframe the debates swirling around the achievement of African-American students in school.
In three separate but allied essays, Theresa Perry, Claude Steele, and Asa Hilliard place students' social identity as African-Americans at the very center of... Read more >
Promoting High Achievement among African-American Students
Written by Theresa Perry and Claude Steele
Edited by Asa Hilliard, III
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: February 2, 2004
Price: $16.00
Young, Gifted, and Black is a unique joint effort by three leading African-American scholars to radically reframe the debates swirling around the achievement of African-American students in school.
In three separate but allied essays, Theresa Perry, Claude Steele, and Asa Hilliard place students' social identity as African-Americans at the very center of... Read more >
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The Shame of the Nation
The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America
Written by Jonathan Kozol
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 13, 2005
Price: $13.99
“The nation needs to be confronted with the crime that we’re committing and the promises we are betraying. This is a book about betrayal of the young, who have no power to defend themselves. It is not intended to make readers comfortable.”
Over the past several years, Jonathan Kozol has visited nearly... Read more >
The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America
Written by Jonathan Kozol
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 13, 2005
Price: $13.99
“The nation needs to be confronted with the crime that we’re committing and the promises we are betraying. This is a book about betrayal of the young, who have no power to defend themselves. It is not intended to make readers comfortable.”
Over the past several years, Jonathan Kozol has visited nearly... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
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Educational Courage
Resisting the Ambush of Public Education
Written by Mara Sapon-Shevin and Nancy Schniedewind
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2012
Price: $19.00
Lost amid the debate over educational policies are the stories of the educators, parents, and students who are most affected by legislation such as No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top. In Educational Courage, veteran educators and activists Nancy Schniedewind and Mara Sapon-Shevin bring together the voices of those... Read more >
Resisting the Ambush of Public Education
Written by Mara Sapon-Shevin and Nancy Schniedewind
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2012
Price: $19.00
Lost amid the debate over educational policies are the stories of the educators, parents, and students who are most affected by legislation such as No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top. In Educational Courage, veteran educators and activists Nancy Schniedewind and Mara Sapon-Shevin bring together the voices of those... Read more >
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The Freedom Writers Diary Teacher's Guide
Written by Erin Gruwell and The Freedom Writers
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: September 16, 2008
Price: $18.99
Designed for educators by the teacher who nurtured and created the Freedom Writers, this standards-based teachers’ guide includes innovative teaching techniques that will engage, empower, and enlighten.
In response to thousands of letters and e-mails from teachers across the country who learned about Erin Gruwell and her amazing students in The Freedom... Read more >
Written by Erin Gruwell and The Freedom Writers
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: September 16, 2008
Price: $18.99
Designed for educators by the teacher who nurtured and created the Freedom Writers, this standards-based teachers’ guide includes innovative teaching techniques that will engage, empower, and enlighten.
In response to thousands of letters and e-mails from teachers across the country who learned about Erin Gruwell and her amazing students in The Freedom... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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School
The Story of American Public Education
Edited by Sarah Mondale
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: August 16, 2002
Price: $25.00
Esteemed historians of education David Tyack, Carl Kaestle, Diane Ravitch, James Anderson, and Larry Cuban journey through history and across the nation to recapture the idealism of our education pioneers, Thomas Jefferson and Horace Mann. We learn how, in the first quarter of the twentieth century, massive immigration, child labor laws... Read more >
The Story of American Public Education
Edited by Sarah Mondale
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: August 16, 2002
Price: $25.00
Esteemed historians of education David Tyack, Carl Kaestle, Diane Ravitch, James Anderson, and Larry Cuban journey through history and across the nation to recapture the idealism of our education pioneers, Thomas Jefferson and Horace Mann. We learn how, in the first quarter of the twentieth century, massive immigration, child labor laws... Read more >
Fraternity
In 1968, a visionary priest recruited 20 black men to the College of the Holy Cross and changed their lives and the course of history.
Written by Diane Brady
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: January 3, 2012
Price: $12.99
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
San Francisco Chronicle • The Plain Dealer
The inspiring true story of a group of young men whose lives were changed by a visionary mentor
On April 4, 1968, the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., shocked the nation. Later that month... Read more >
In 1968, a visionary priest recruited 20 black men to the College of the Holy Cross and changed their lives and the course of history.
Written by Diane Brady
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: January 3, 2012
Price: $12.99
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
San Francisco Chronicle • The Plain Dealer
The inspiring true story of a group of young men whose lives were changed by a visionary mentor
On April 4, 1968, the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., shocked the nation. Later that month... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
hardcover.
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Your First Year As an Elementary School Teacher
Making the Transition from Total Novice to Successful Professional
Written by Lynne Marie Rominger, Karen Heisinger and Natalie Elkin
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: March 29, 2001
Price: $19.95
Real Solutions and Advice from the Teaching Trenches
Many begin teaching because of a desire to make a difference. But faced with everyday challenges of the classroom, this idealism is often lost. The fact is, teaching is not easy. While there are many personal rewards, teachers must satisfy many constituencies, including students... Read more >
Making the Transition from Total Novice to Successful Professional
Written by Lynne Marie Rominger, Karen Heisinger and Natalie Elkin
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: March 29, 2001
Price: $19.95
Real Solutions and Advice from the Teaching Trenches
Many begin teaching because of a desire to make a difference. But faced with everyday challenges of the classroom, this idealism is often lost. The fact is, teaching is not easy. While there are many personal rewards, teachers must satisfy many constituencies, including students... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
