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The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way
The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way
by Amanda Ripley
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Check your guesses at the door: only hard data earns respect as Time magazine's reporter Amanda Ripley offers up THE book on education. She cuts through myths and unsupported opinions, telling an engrossing story as she follows foreign exchange students... (read more)

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Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools
Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools
by Diane Ravitch
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Diane Ravitch was born in Houston, Texas, and graduated from the Houston public schools, Wellesley College, and Columbia University. She is a research professor of education at New York University. She was appointed to the National Assessment... (read more)

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Why Teach?: In Defense of a Real Education
Why Teach?: In Defense of a Real Education
by Mark Edmundson
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Mark Edmundson's essays reclaim college not as the province of high-priced tuition, career training, and interactive online courses, but as the place where serious people go to broaden their minds and learn to live the rest of their lives. A renowned... (read more)

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Trivium 21st Century: Preparing Young People for the Future with Lessons from the Past
Trivium 21st Century: Preparing Young People for the Future with Lessons from the Past
by Martin Robinson
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Education policy and practice is a battleground. Traditionalists argue for the teaching of a privileged type of hard knowledge and deride soft skills. Progressives deride learning about great works of the past, preferring soft 21st century skills such... (read more)

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How Drama Activates Learning: Contemporary Research and Practice
How Drama Activates Learning: Contemporary Research and Practice
by Michael (edt) Anderson
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How Drama Activates Learning: Contemporary Research and Practice draws together leaders in drama education and applied theatre from across the globe, including authors from Europe, North America and Australasia. It explores how learning can be activated... (read more)

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The Little Book of the Autism Spectrum (Little Book)
The Little Book of the Autism Spectrum (Little Book)
by Samantha Todd
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THE LITTLE BOOK OF THE AUTISM SPECTRUM allows anyone who lives or works with children with autism to understand their world through an ‘autism lens. The most positive step we can take with a child with autism is to understand the condition, and the... (read more)

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Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic Dishonesty
Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic Dishonesty
by James M. Lang
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Nearly three-quarters of college students cheat during their undergraduate careers, a startling number attributed variously to the laziness of today's students, their lack of a moral compass, or the demands of a hypercompetitive society. For James Lang... (read more)

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Ebony & Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities
Ebony & Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities
by Craig Steven Wilder
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A 2006 report commissioned by Brown University revealed that institution's complex and contested history of involvement in slavery-setting off a controversy that soon leapt outside of the academic circuit and made headlines across the country. The... (read more)

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The Confident Writing Teacher: Cultivating Meaningful Writing in Middle School
The Confident Writing Teacher: Cultivating Meaningful Writing in Middle School
by Shelley Barker
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"If you are currently a member of the teaching profession, it is very likely that you were never taught to write. Shocked? Think about it. Certainly, we wrote, but what did writing instruction look like when you were a kid? Do you remember receiving any?... (read more)

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The Bilingual Brain
The Bilingual Brain
by Arturo E. Hernandez
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Cases of language loss and recovery bring up an intriguing paradox. If two languages are stored in the brain, how can it be that a person can lose one of them, but not the other, and then gain one back without relearning it? The traditional models of how... (read more)

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Teaching That Changes Lives: 12 Mindset Tools for Igniting the Love of Learning
Teaching That Changes Lives: 12 Mindset Tools for Igniting the Love of Learning
by Marilee Adams
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Igniting the Love of Learning In response to educators who are already fans of her bestseller Change Your Questions, Change Your Life, Marilee Adams, the originator of Question Thinking, presents a compelling model for creating a classroom environment... (read more)

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The Neglected Child: How to Recognize, Respond, and Prevent
The Neglected Child: How to Recognize, Respond, and Prevent
by Ginger Welch, Ph.d.
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This educational resource provides the identifiers that every adult needs to know in order to intervene in neglectful situations, while also teaching them how to create a safe, nurturing, and protective environment for young children. From defining the... (read more)

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Behind the Academic Curtain: How to Find Success and Happiness with a PhD (Chicago Guides to Academic Life)
Behind the Academic Curtain: How to Find Success and Happiness with a PhD (Chicago Guides to Academic Life)
by Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr.
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More people than ever are going to graduate school to seek a PhD these days. When they get there, they discover a bewildering environment: a rapid immersion in their discipline, a keen competition for resources, and uncertain options for their future... (read more)

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The Little Book of Awe & Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities (Little Book)
The Little Book of Awe & Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities (Little Book)
by Matthew Mcfall, Dr.
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A CONSUMMATE CORNUCOPIA OF THE AWE-INSPIRING, THE JAW-DROPPING, THE VERY WEIRD AND THE MOST WONDERFUL “A feast of learning, wit and lateral thinking. Dr Allan Chapman, Wadham College, Oxford “… weaves wonder into every page. Like a... (read more)

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The Alumni Factor: A Revolution in College Rankings (2013-2014 Edition)
The Alumni Factor: A Revolution in College Rankings (2013-2014 Edition)
by The Alumni Factor
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This book began with a simple premise—that there is a better way to assess and rank colleges and universities in America than those currently being offered. The primary outcomes of most of today’s rankings are: 1.    To provide... (read more)

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Phonetics for Dummies
Phonetics for Dummies
by William Katz
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Learn to:Understand the science behind speechGrasp real-world applications of phoneticsTranscribe speech using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)Perform well in your phonetics course The clear and easy way to understand the science behind... (read more)

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Finding the Heart of Nonfiction: Teaching 7 Essential Craft Tools with Mentor Texts
Finding the Heart of Nonfiction: Teaching 7 Essential Craft Tools with Mentor Texts
by Georgia Heard
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"Good writing is good writing no matter what genre you're writing in, and I believe that there are only a handful of fundamental craft tools that are essential for any genre-including nonfiction." -Georgia Heard Humanity and warmth are the cornerstones... (read more)

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The University of Alabama: A Guide to the Campus and Its Architecture
The University of Alabama: A Guide to the Campus and Its Architecture
by Robert O. Mellown
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The University of Alabama: A Guide to the Campus and Its Architecture is a richly illustrated guidebook to the architecture and development of the University of Alabama’s campus as it has evolved over the last two centuries. In 1988 the University... (read more)

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Conning Harvard: The True Story of the Con Artist Who Faked His Way Into the Ivy League
Conning Harvard: The True Story of the Con Artist Who Faked His Way Into the Ivy League
by Julie Zauzmer
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Adam Wheelers plan was as audacious as it was illegal: He gained admission to Harvardthrough fraud. While countless students dreaming of an Ivy League education compete honestly,Wheeler resorted to faking SAT scores, transcripts, and letters of... (read more)

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Not So Fast: Parenting Your Teen Through the Dangers of Driving
Not So Fast: Parenting Your Teen Through the Dangers of Driving
by Tim Hollister
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Most driving literature for parents focuses on how to teach a teen to drive, without explaining why teen driving is so dangerous in the first place or giving parents a plan to preempt the hazards teens face. By contrast, Not So Fast empowers and guides... (read more)

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