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The Urban Challenge in Education was written to share the lessons learned by seventeen highly successful charter schools in Los Angeles, CA. It provides readers with a list of characteristics that are common among these outstanding charter schools and can be used as a guide for all schools as they attempt to meet the needs of their students.

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Most recognize that play is good for children yet we are confused by the dangers we see in the wider environment and so often restrict children's natural opportunities to play. This is a coursebook for those engaged in playwork and those on Childhood Studies programmes.

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Suitable for those specifically engaged in playwork and those on Childhood Studies programmes, this work shows why playing is valuable to our bodies, our minds, and culturally and socially.It features examples of how play can be supported both informally and formally, at home and in children's settings.

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Super Chef Mary and The Vita Gang (Vitamins A, C, D, E and K) are having another delicious dinner in Chef Mary's Mystic Kitchen with all their favorite colorful foods while Franco Fry lurks in the bushes, plotting to end their happy healthy days. After dinner, Vita D is grabbed by a candy rope and whisked away into the dark night! What happens to Vita D

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Transform your library into a "think tank" by helping teachers create an active learning environment in which students question, investigate, synthesize, conclude, and present information based on Common Core standards.

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This text presents a comprehensive view of the challenges facing society, the realities of work and leisure for children in the 21st century, and the implications of these analyses and predictions for schools today as they prepare children for the future.

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Delivers a comprehensive coverage of local and overseas research on transition to school.

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This book presents six different charter schools that explicitly embrace a compelling civic mission and that foster an excellent academic environment.

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This book presents six different charter schools that explicitly embrace a compelling civic mission and that foster an excellent academic environment.

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Understanding the Power and Politics of Public Education examines statistical studies that demonstrate the impact of environmental issues on cognitive development. Through documented research in areas of health care, nutrition, pollution, community and family experiences, it i...

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Understanding the Power and Politics of Public Education examines statistical studies that demonstrate the impact of environmental issues on cognitive development. Through documented research in areas of health care, nutrition, pollution, community and family experiences, it i...

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Unexplored Conditions of Charter School Principals: An Examination of the Issues and Challenges for Leaders, examines contemporary policy issues confronting charter school principals. By drawing on leadership and policy experts and researchers, we offer an in-depth examination of what current issues charter school principals face.

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Unexplored Conditions of Charter School Principals: An Examination of the Issues and Challenges for Leaders, examines contemporary policy issues confronting charter school principals. By drawing on leadership and policy experts and researchers, we offer an in-depth examination of what current issues charter school principals face.

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A comprehensive look at urban schools, using history as a lens for coming to grips with present-day social, political, legal, and economic realities reflected in our urban education system.

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The third volume of Using Picture Storybooks to Teach Literary Devices joins volumes 1 and 2 of this best-selling series to give teachers and librarians the perfect tool to teach literary devices to students in grades K-12.

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People come from all walks of life. This is a story about how everyone is different in their own way.

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There is universal interest in the 'good school'. Parents want to find one, teachers seek to teach in one and children deserve to attend one. This book assumes that success is possible in every school and proivdes ideas on school improvement.

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Featuring scripts for well known classical fantasy stories, as well as more current entries into the genre, Wings of Fancy addresses subgenres such as: Fairies and Enchanted Creatures;

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Improve your students' writing skills to meet state benchmarks and standards with these eight writing workshops designed especially for students in kindergarten through second grade.