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This book addresses the problems and recommends solutions to improving K-12 schools by examining the context for U.S. schooling, and the ways some schools are improving their teaching and learning.

This book presents a bold, unconventional plan to rescue our nation's schoolchildren from a failing public education system. The plan reflects the author's rare fusion of on-the-ground experience as school board member, public administrator and political activist and exhaustive policy research.

This book's question-and-answer format, as well as its analysis of court opinions and opinion letters of the United States Department of Education's Family Policy Compliance Office, provide educators with the resource they need to quickly and authoritatively address records issues.

This book's question-and-answer format, as well as its analysis of court opinions and opinion letters of the United States Department of Education's Family Policy Compliance Office, provide educators with the resource they need to quickly and authoritatively address records issues.

This book describes many of the subtle problems sabotaging children's educations and what parents can do to find solutions for a broken system.

This book draws upon resilience research and best practices to answer the question: 'How can leaders move ahead in the face of adversity?' and aims to help leaders thrive in the face of adversity.

Readers who want to be knowledgeable about health topics but can't get past the medical jargon or get a clear, understandable answer from their doctors, are empowered by this practical, easy-to-understand guide.

Plant interactions are an important set of processes that structure plant communities and regulate diversity. This book gives a summary of the understanding of the field, with an emphasis on positive interactions and spatial and temporal gradients. It addresses key issues in plant ecology and anthropogenic impacts through reviews and syntheses.

In August 2008 Andres D. Hortillosa entered the New England Masters. It was a brave choice for an unrated player to compete in such a tough event, but it proved to be an inspired decision, he exceeded all expectations and was rewarded with a FIDE international rating of 2199. This, however, was no overnight success, it was the result of systematic work. How did he achieve such outstanding improvement? The answer lies in this book.Hortillosa be...

Are you tired of playing the same old openings again and again? Perhaps it's time for a change and here's the answer: choose Dangerous Weapons and amaze your opponents with new and exciting opening ideas! In this book, three renowned opening experts get together to take a revolutionary look at the Dutch Defence, one of Black's most ambitious answers to 1 d4. In doing so they take the road less travelled and concentrate on fresh or little-explo...

Give your trustees the tools needed to translate their experiences and interests into strong results on behalf of their libraries. Current executive director of the Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF) and former public library director Sally Gardner Reed draws on her years of success leading Friends of Libraries USA to provide trustees with straightforward, easy-to-read guidance on how to make the most ...

Punishment for Sale is the definitive modern history of private prisons, told through social, economic and political frames. The authors explore the origin of the ideas of modern privatization, the establishment of private prisons, and the efforts to keep expanding in the face of problems and bad publicity. The book provides a balanced telling of the story of private prisons and the resistance they engendered within the context of criminology,...

Widely recognized as the expert on this 21-day fast inspired by the book of Daniel, Gregory has helped thousands of people discover a safe and healthy way to fast. "The Daniel Fast" will change the way readers view food, their bodies, and God.

Uniquely designed to help new Christians read, study, and understand the Bible, this edition includes features that help new believers develop and deepen their faith while providing a foundation for their new life in Christ.

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Some Assembly Required: A Networking Guide for Women is a practical guide packed with useful tips, creative techniques and real-world stories that are relevant for women today. It is written so that every woman will benefit from reading it regardless of profession, age, location or stage of life. It inspires women who are not active networkers to make it a part of their lives, and helps those who do currently network become even more effective...

Feeling that he can never meet with his family's approval, Daniel strikes out on his own and puts his trust in a man who promises him great wealth. But nothing is as it seems, and he finds his life in danger. Only when he has lost everything does he begin to truly understand his father's love.

Mystic and poet Abū al-Hasan al-Shushtarī (1212-1269) remains a towering figure in North African Sufism. His verses are still well loved and often recited, and his songs are arguably the most vibrant element of Islamic Spain's cultural legacy. He is crucial to an understanding of the history of mysticism in Islamic Spain and North Africa. Yet, he is overlooked by Western scholars and few of his poems have been translated. This book seeks to co...

This book provides a concise but comprehensive review of the full range of classic and contemporary theories of crime. With separate chapters on the nature and use of criminological theory as well as theoretical application, the authors render the difficult task of explaining crime more understandable to the introductory student. All of the main theories in criminology are reviewed including classical and rational choice, biological, psycholog...