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"When the Light Goes On helps us dig through the discord and fragmentation of school politics and policy to reclaim the mind and heart of education. Through various students' stories and his own, Rose provides an urgent reminder of the core purpose of education: to learn about ourselves and the world around us, to spark new interests, and to experience with guidance both the fulfillment and the uncertainty of exploring our limits-all in the service...
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"I Am Malala. This is my story. Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. They said music was a crime. They said women weren't allowed to go to the market. They said girls couldn't go to school. Raised in a once-peaceful area of Pakistan transformed by terrorism, Malala was taught to stand up for what she believes. So she fought for her right to be educated. And on October 9, 2012, she nearly lost her life...
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Nancy thinks she may be able to read the future, and all signs point to her being a true clairvoyant (that's fancy for a fortune-teller). Nancy tries her hand at fortune-telling but quickly learns it's a bit more complicated than she thought. Does Nancy really have special powers, or is it all just a coincidence?
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My weird school daze volume 3
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English
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New third grade teacher Mr. Granite has so many strange ideas about how to make Ella Mentary School environmentally friendly that the students are sure he must be an alien.
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"Over the past decade, educational instruction has become increasingly digitized as districts rush to dole out laptops and iPads to every student. Yet the most important question, "Is this what is best for students?" is glossed over. Veteran teachers Joe Clement and Matt Miles have seen firsthand how damaging technology overuse and misuse has been to our kids. On a mission to educate and empower parents, they show how screen saturation at home and...
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[2021]
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"We don't need books about teaching so much as books that teach." Considering Jesus himself taught in a variety of ways--parable, discussion, miracle performance, ritual observance--it seems that there can be no single, definitive, Christian method of teaching. How then should Christian teaching happen, especially in this time of significant change to theological education as an institution? Mark Jordan addresses this question by first allowing...
47) On Education
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[2019]
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"Kuyper on the Divine Purpose for Education Among Abraham Kuyper's many accomplishments was his founding of the Free University of Amsterdam, where he also served as president and professor of theology. This collection of essays and speeches presents Kuyper's theology and philosophy of education, and his understanding of the divine purpose of scholarship for human culture. Included are convocation addresses given at the Free University, parliamentary...
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[2021]
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"Faith left on rocky soil withers. But faith nurtured in the good soil of Christian teaching, formation, and mentorship grows to maturity and yields thriving community. Educational ministries are so often where this happens -- where the desires of the human heart are shaped toward a love for God, a love for one's neighbor, and a love for the world. In this comprehensive guide to educational ministries in the twenty-first century, Fred Edie and Mark...
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When high school student Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing thirteen cassette tapes recorded by his classmate Hannah, who committed suicide, he spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death.
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My weirdest school volume 10
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[2018]
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English
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When Miss Newman, a local television meteorologist, visits the students of Ella Mentry School, their lessons on weather become a real adventure when a hurricane comes to school.
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[2021]
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"Management is a service. If it is not oriented to the needs and benefits of our employees, they will not let us manage them. Read how management style can be designed to be employee-oriented, need-based and useful. Background information and more specifics for a better understanding of management, as well as 35 preparation, procedure and discussion guides. This is the easiest way to "motivate" - achieving the company's goals becomes the way to achieve...
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My weirdest school volume 7
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[2017]
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English
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On picture day at Ella Mentry School, the strange new photographer wants to turn A.J. into a supermodel and the Picture Day Zombie makes an appearance.
56) The scandal
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Theodore Boone volume 6
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Lawyer-in-training Theodore Boone returns to dispense more legal advice to friends and strangers.
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Very short introductions volume 347
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English
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From the schools of ancient times to the present day, Gary Thomas looks at how and why education evolved as it has. By exploring some of the big questions, he examines the ways in which schools work, considers the differences around the world, and concludes by considering the future of education worldwide.
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Maria Montessori was an Italian physician and educator best known for the philosophy of education that bears her name, and her writing on scientific pedagogy. Her educational method is in use today in public and private schools throughout the world. In 1947 she returned to India and gave courses in Adyar and Ahmedabad. These courses led to the book The Absorbent Mind, in which Montessori described the development of the child from birth onwards and...
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[1998-]
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"Helps navigate the complicated process of creating and maintaining an Individualized Education Program (IEP) by providing explanations of the law and guidance and tools for parents. The 7th edition covers recent court cases, plus has an expanded section about "appropriate" education measures and eligibility details"--Provided by publisher.
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1996.
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Paula Lillard, director of a Montessori school ranging in age from eighteen months to fifteen years, provides a clear and cogent introduction to the Montessori program for the elementary and later years. In detailed accounts, Lillard shows how children acquire the skills to answer their own questions, learn to manage freedom with responsibility, and maintain a high level of intellectual stimulation by using the Montessori method. This is an essential...
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