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The New College Reality: Make College Work for Your Career by Bonnie Kerrigan Snyder Publisher Comments College is the doorway to a golden future, right? But if you're not careful, it's also a path to a mountain of debt. Worst-case scenario: You struggle for years to pay for an education that you can't turn into a paying job. But it doesn't have to be that... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper 
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Compelling Conversations: Connecting Leadership to Achievement by Thomasina De Piercy Publisher Comments Compelling Conversations is a direct leadership model based on conditional knowledge research that increases individual teacher capacity. The process uses data and backwards mapping to cut through barriers of norms hidden within traditional isolated... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Future of Test-Based Educational Accountability by Katherine E. Ryan Synopsis In recent decades testing has become a much more visible and high-stakes accountability mechanism that is now seen as a powerful tool that can be used to drive school improvement. The purpose of this book is to identify and analyze the key issues... (read more) List Price $105.00 Your price: $58.95 New - Trade Paper
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High-Stakes Reform: The Politics of Educational Accountability (Public Management and Change) by Kathryn A. Mcdermott Publisher Comments Performance accountability has been the dominant trend in education policy reform since the 1970s. State and federal policies set standards for what students should learn; require students to take high-stakes tests to measure what they have learned; and... (read more) Your price: $36.75 New - Trade Paper
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Teen Money 101 by Stacia Morris Publisher Comments Teen Money 101, a timely educational book on teen financing and money management. A compelling, teen friendly, informative book, Teen Money 101 teaches practical every day money management skills to young people in a manner that is easy to understand and... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $8.87 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Directory of Grants in the Humanities 2010 by Ed S. Louis S. Schafer Synopsis 21st Edition. Grants are supposed to enable work, not create more of it. You need a guide, a map, and the right tools for the job. Helping you from your earliest brainstorming sessions to fully funded projects, this essential directory offers countless... (read more) Your price: $177.95 New - Trade Paper
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Self Evaluation in the Global Classroom by Hidinori Sugimine Publisher Comments Self-evaluation is going global. This book describes what happened when teams of school students from across the world embarked on the trip of a lifetime to explore the school lives of their international contemporaries. The students involved in The... (read more) List Price $64.95 Your price: $34.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Facing Accountablity in Education (07 Edition) by Sleeter Publisher Comments In this authoritative volume, leading educators and scholars examine the current accountability movement and the extent to which it supports equity and democracy. They address how it was constructed, who it actually benefits, as well as how genuine... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $22.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Funding Strategies for Institutional Advancement of Private Universities in the United States: Applications for African/Congolese Universities by Jean-Pierre K. Bongila Publisher Comments This study examined the institutional advancement programs of successful American private/Catholic universities, two private universities in the United Sates, and two institutions in the Congo. Funding strategies constitute the backbone of advancement... (read more) Your price: $12.00 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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School Bond Success: A Strategy for Building America's Schools by Carleton R. Holt Publisher Comments Many school buildings across America are falling apart due to age or lack of maintenance. Others are outmoded and do not meet the needs of modern educational programs and curricula. Unfortunately, school administrators and boards of education have found... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $38.45 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Accountability in Action by Douglas B. Reeves Publisher Comments Elements of an accountability system that results in improved student... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $16.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The School Governors' Handbook by J A Partington Publisher Comments The pace of change in education has continued to accelerate since the 1988 Education Act, and even experienced school governors are often bewildered about their duties and responsibilities, as well as what is actually happening in primary and secondary... (read more) List Price $64.95 Your price: $62.51 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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The Foundations of Educational Effectiveness by J. Scheerens Publisher Comments How much do schools really matter? How sure are we on "what works" in education and why? Why is it that certain educational practices work better than others in improving educational effectiveness?<BR><P>In this book recent research and... (read more) Your price: $140.25 New - Hardcover
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The Debtclear Roadmap: A Comprehensive Guide to Debt Relief, Credit Repair, Asset Protection, and Creditor Lawsuits by Michael Croix Publisher Comments Debt collection isn t personal, it 's business and no business is going to spend their limited time and resources chasing their most difficult clients. Michael Croix, President, DebtClear.comThe DebtClear Roadmap will teach you how to clear you debt for... (read more) Your price: $20.95 New - Trade Paper
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Researching Education Policy: Ethical & Methodological Issues by David Halpin Synopsis The methodology researching of educational policy is the subject of this book. It takes a behind the scenes look at the conducting, the analysis and the interpretation of research carried out into educational policy issues revolving around the 1988... (read more) Your price: $67.50 New - Trade Paper
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Adequacy, Accountability, and the Future of Public Education Funding by Dennis Patrick Leyden Publisher Comments This volume assesses the impact of the decade-old move in public education reform away from funding equalization and toward adequacy and accountability. In six chapters, the author provides a detailed introduction, the theoretical and empirical... (read more) Your price: $109.00 New - Hardcover
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Contradictions of Reform by Linda McNeil Publisher Comments Parents and community activists around the country complain that the education system is failing our children. They point to students' failure to master basic skills, even as standardized testing is widely employed in efforts to improve the educational... (read more) Your price: $42.95 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Fundraising: 50 Proven Strategies for Successful School Fundraisers by Frank Sennett Publisher Comments 'Since the publication of the first edition, there have been major developments in our understanding of how the human brain develops and functions. New technologies, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation, have emerged to investigate cerebral... (read more) Your price: $30.25 New - Trade Paper
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National Standards in American Education: A Citizen's Guide by Diane Ravitch Publisher Comments Updating her highly acclaimed book, Diane Ravitch presents the latest information on the debate over national standards and assessments."Ensuring a rigorous liberal education for all is asking a lot in a contentious democracy like ours. Is it possible to... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $20.37 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Evaluating Educaitonal Reforms: Scandinavian Perspectives (PB) (Evaluation and Society) by Peder (edt) Haug Book News Annotation This volume presents reworked and revised versions of papers delivered at an October 2001 conference held in Oslo to evaluate the most recent comprehensive set of educational reforms in Norway. Eleven academics from Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and... (read more) Your price: $54.50 New - Trade Paper
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