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This updated report is an essential tool for school leaders and practitioners alike, and is the single most authoritative source for effective K-12 teaching and learning practices across the content areas. This one volume brings together in readable, concise language the authoritative research on effective classroom practices in all major disciplines currently taught in elementary and secondary schools: the arts, foreign language, health, lang...

Brother's Blood a "Whydunit" A story of true crime! Of a legal system that works! Justice served. An author's relentless quest to tell the story of one town's horror. A real-life episode of CSI, of reality television! Mystery & nonfiction readers will applaud. This is not just a story about a town in Iowa. It is a story of intrique, of wonder, of frustration, and horror. It touches on our base human emotions. We all wonder: How could he do tha...

This ERS report, which spotlights research on successful school districts, provides districts with a road map to reach their destination of improved student achievement. This book presents the findings of four studies highlighting school districts -- most high poverty and at risk -- that have achieved academic progress. As the authors attest, "school districts can have a profound and positive impact on school improvement efforts". For improvem...

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Mystery, Violence, and Popular Culture is John G. Cawelti's discussion of American popular culture and violence, from its precursors in Homer and Shakespeare to the Lone Ranger and Superman. Cawelti deciphers the overt sexuality, detached violence, and political intrigue embedded within Batman and .007. He analyzes the work of such famous pop-culture icons as Alfred Hitchcock, the Beatles, and Andy Warhol, and looks at a range of films, from "...

The four novels of Leon Forrest are one of the major glories of contemporary African-American fiction. From the intense inwardness of T"here Is a Tree More Ancient than Eden" to the epic comedy of "Divine Days, " Forrest's work presents a vision of African-American culture which is unique in its complexity and depth.