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"When Joshua Steckel left his job as a private school college counselor on New York City's Upper East Side to work at a public high school in Brooklyn, he discovered that for low-income students the competitive game of college admissions has entirely different rules and much higher stakes"--Page 4 of cover.

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Originally published in 2014 under the title The homeschooling handbook.

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This revealing and balanced portrait of homeschooling today provides a full history of the movement, demographic insights, and extensive research on how homeschooled children fare in the United States.

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Originally published in 2010 by Corwin Press.

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Takes you into the classroom of Mrs Q who loves to teach with a generous dose of riddles to the delight of her third grade riddle masters. In this title, each chapter contains an engaging and entertaining view into the classroom where you will see how riddles come alive with children and how they are used as tools to sharpen the students' skills.

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These teaching tips help educators grab and maintain students' attention through engaging presentation techniques for tone of voice, body language, pacing, and graphic displays. Each tip includes an explanation of the strategy, an activity to help readers integrate the skill into their repertoire, a learning strategy, and a self-reflection prompt.

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An enchanting 1894 accoutn of Friedrich Froebel, the inventor of the kindergarten - and an important reminder of the essential role of play and creative exploration in the development of children.

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This text provides an explanation of what makes schools succeed or fail. It shows how an outside observer or a concerned parent can swiftly size up the performance of the school and lay the blame for any shortcomings squarely where it belongs.

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Originally published: How the brain influences behavior: management strategies for every classroom / David A. Sousa. Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press, A2009.

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Earth science comes alive for children 6 to 9 through 60 engrossing games, activities, and experiments. This title helps learn how heat changes rocks by seeing how separate ingredients disappear when they bake Rice Krispie Treats. It is suitable for ages 6-9.

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Originally published by Corwin Press in 2009.

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From the research experts at the American Library Association, here is aunique, practical guide to financing a college...

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Helps school districts meet the curriculum requirements of recently enacted bullying laws by fostering positive youth development around the concepts of respect, conflict resolution, and interpersonal relationships. This book also helps educators engage bullies, and bystanders at their own level and teach healthy behaviors to create safe schools.

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Hundreds of students share their hard-won wisdom, thoughts, strategies, struggles, and even failures. Filled with tips, tricks, humor, and horror stories, as well as practical advice on applications, interviews, and financial aid, the book is a lifeline for high school juniors and seniors.

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Originally published: Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Corwin, 2010.

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"Engage your community and help students achieve their full potential!" Americans see public schools as a critical community resource and rank education as a priority second only to the economy. How can educators harness this public interest in education to bring parents, families, and communities to action for our schools

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The field guide you need to become an effective teacher right from the start!

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What is a traditional liberal education, and what are the arguments for it in the twenty-first century This collection of essays by Anthony OHear sets out an alternative educational philosophy to the prevailing progressivist thinking on these issues, which tends to be either utilitarian or child-centred, or both, and often politically motivated.

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Previous edition published by Corwin Press in 2008.