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...
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The Manhattan Directory of Private Nursery Schools, 7th Edition
Written by Victoria Goldman
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: May 8, 2012
Price: $30.00
The guide, now in its completely revised and updated seventh edition, is the accepted authority on nursery school options available to Manhattan parents. It describes more than 150 nursery and day care programs including information about admissions procedures, diversity, school size, tuition and schedules.
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The Unschooling Handbook
How to Use the Whole World As Your Child's Classroom
Written by Mary Griffith
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: April 29, 1998
Price: $16.95
To Unschoolers, Learning Is As Natural As BreathingDid you know that a growing percentage of home schoolers are becoming unschoolers? The unschooling movement is founded on the principle that children learn best when they pursue their own natural curiosities and interests. Without bells, schedules, and rules about what to do and...
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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...
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The Freedom Writers Diary Teacher's Guide
Written by Erin Gruwell and The Freedom Writers
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2007
Price: $21.95
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...
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All Work, No Pay
Finding an Internship, Building Your Resume, Making Connections, and Gaining Job Experience
Written by Lauren Berger
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: January 3, 2012
Price: $12.99
Land Killer Internships—and Make the Most of Them! These days, a college resume without internship experience is considered “naked.” Indeed, statistics show that internship experience leads to
more job offers with
higher salaries—and in this tough economy, college grads need all the help they can get.
Enter Lauren Berger, internships expert...
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Surviving Your Stupid, Stupid Decision to Go to Grad School
Written by Adam Ruben
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: April 13, 2010
Price: $12.00
This is a book for dedicated academics who consider spending years masochistically overworked and underappreciated as a laudable goal. They lead the lives of the impoverished, grade the exams of whiny undergrads, and spend lonely nights in the library or laboratory pursuing a transcendent truth that only six or seven people...
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