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A timely investigation of the history, legislation, and perpetrators of school violence, this guide debunks the myths and misconceptions about this terrible problem of national concern.

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Explore this controversial approach to education, its practical applications, successes, and failures in a straightforward guide that covers every facet of the issue, from for-profit schools to outsourcing of school management to vouchers.

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Big Brother Byron and Little Sister Jazzmin loves school! Byron is always excited and ready to go learn new things and play with his friends. Jazzmin has a few challenges, but her friends are very helpful. She is also able to learn and have fun.

Come along as the journey continues. See how everyone works together to overcome obstacles and make school an enjoyable educational experience!

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This book argues that schools must be prepared to engage the community actively, while undertaking self-appraisal and renewal. It outlines the decisions that need to be taken now, if the ideal of lifelong learning is not to be lost.

(Hardback, 2nd Revised edition)

Families need child care more in the 1990s than ever before. The concept of a child care professionalism which reflects respect, partnership, and caring, is sustained throughout this practical manual.

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Families need child care more in the 1990s than ever before. The concept of a child care professionalism which reflects respect, partnership, and caring, is sustained throughout this practical manual.

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After an opening section which summarizes the results of a national parent survey, there are separate chapters that profile home-based (family child care) models, public school-operated models, models operated in partnership between schools and other organizations, and community-based models.

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The book covers school shootings, physical violence, bullying and cyber-bullying, suicide, sexual harassment and violence, teen dating violence, gang violence, intruder violence and violence against teachers and staff.

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The book covers school shootings, physical violence, bullying and cyber-bullying, suicide, sexual harassment and violence, teen dating violence, gang violence, intruder violence and violence against teachers and staff.

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Spurred by court rulings requiring states to increase public-school funding, the US spends more per student on K-12 education than almost any other country. This work traces the history of reform efforts and concludes that the principal focus of both courts and legislatures on ever-increasing funding has done little to improve student achievement.

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Examines human rights education in India and offers key insights into larger international educational policy discussions. This title provides an in-depth study of the origins and effects of the Institute of Human Rights Education, a non-governmental program that operates in over 4,000 schools in India.

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James Albisetti provides the first comprehensive study in any language of the development of secondary schools for girls in the various German states during the nineteenth century, and of the struggles waged by women after 1865 to gain access to higher education and the liberal professions. Through comparisons with contemporaneous developments in o

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Davidson's contributors are prisoners or former prisoners who finished their schooling in prison, some taking advanced degrees, or social scientists who taught in prisons but are not professional correctional educators.

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Davidson's contributors are prisoners or former prisoners who finished their schooling in prison, some taking advanced degrees, or social scientists who taught in prisons but are not professional correctional educators.

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By combining history with sociology, Rothstein presents a new way of looking at state-supported schools. He describes the pauper schools of the early 1800s and shows how they became the foundation for the common schools that followed.

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Human relationships are fundamental to educational and social development and increasing importance is being attached to cooperation and collaboration between schools and the community. This book is rooted in the principle that every child and young person has a fundamental entitlement to equal educational opportunities.

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Schools and Public Health is the first academic book to offer a historically grounded critique of the way schools are used as a context for public health policy. The book argues that, contrary to conventional wisdom, schools are not a very effective place to pursue public health policies.