Education

Jonathan Kozol

Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools

Editura: Harper Perennial

Anul aparitiei: 1992

National Book Award-winning author Jonathan Kozol presents his shocking account of the American educational system in this stunning New York Times bestseller which has sold more than 85,000 hardcover copies. The book provides readers with an opportunity to get involved with a postcard they can sign and mail to the president at the White House. (Education)

Laura Brodie

Love in a Time of Homeschooling: A Mother and Daughter's Uncommon Year

Editura: HarperCollins

Anul aparitiei: 2010

Brodie presents a humorous and heartfelt memoir of a yearlong experiment in homeschooling her 10-year-old daughter.

Meier Dave, Dave Meier

The Accelerated Learning Handbook: A Creative Guide to Designing and Delivering Faster, More Effective Training Programs

Editura: Mcgraw Hill

Anul aparitiei: 2000

Discover how today's corporations are benefiting from accelerated learning to speed training time, improve results, and reduce costs. Accelerated learning is the use of music, color, emotion, play, and creativity to involve the whole student and enliven the learning experience. The Accelerated Learning Handbook is the first definitive book to explain state-of-the-art accelerated learning techniques to trainers and teachers, and features 40 techniques designed to save money while producing far better results. Leading expert Dave Meier provides an overview of the background and underlying principles of accelerated learning, and reviews the latest supporting research results. Training professionals will look to The Accelerated Learning Handbook to: Improve the long-term value of training Cut course development time by half Discover tips for music- and computer-based learning

Robert D. Ramsey

501 Tips for Teachers

Editura: McGraw-Hill Companies

Anul aparitiei: 2002

Newly revised and updated, this invaluable resource from esteemed educator Robert Ramsey is packed with practical and inspirational tips for teachers. 501 Tips for Teachers covers everything from classroom management, to student relations, to personal development and motivation, to working with parents, colleagues, and the community. Educators at all levels will appreciate the book's easy-to-follow advice and no-nonsense approach to teaching.

Baldacci Leslie, Leslie Baldacci

Inside Mrs. B.'s Classroom: Courage, Hope, and Learning on Chicago's South Side

Editura: Mcgraw Hill

Anul aparitiei: 2003

A respected journalist turned-teacher reveals what's really happening in America's schools In 1999, Chicago Sun-Times veteran Leslie Baldacci left her prestigious, twenty-five year career to teach at a public school in one of Chicago's roughest South Side neighborhoods. As she later commented, "I thought I knew rough. I thought I had answers. I didn't know jack." But Baldacci never looked back, and the result is Inside Mrs. B's Classroom, a compelling, first-hand narrative from the trenches of the inner-city school system that addresses one of society's most critical issues from gritty, daily personal experience. An expert on Chicago's massive education reform efforts even before she turned in her press credentials, Baldacci adds an informed, intellectual layer to this insightful, engaging work. In an era in which many people talk about wanting to make a difference, Baldacci has done so. Here she shares the whole picture, from the unrealistic expectations to the surprises--good and bad--that make up education today. Above all, she shows how an individual can, did--and continues to--make a difference in the lives of American children. ...

Steve Springer, Kimberly Persiani-Becker, Brandy Alexander

The Organized Teacher: A Hands-On Guide to Setting Up and Running a Terrific Classroom

Editura: Mcgraw Hill

Anul aparitiei: 2005

@lt;p@gt;@lt;b@gt;A life-saving guide to maintaining your sanity during your rookie teacher year@lt;/b@gt;@lt;p@gt;@lt;p@gt;Nothing's more daunting for a first-year teacher than the moment when the cold, hard reality of classroom life strikes. It can come in many forms--from the unruly student to pesky state standards--but one thing's for certain: That moment will come, and more will follow. @lt;u@gt;The Organized Teacher@lt;/u@gt; takes you beyond theory and into hands-on classroom management.@lt;/p@gt;@lt;p@gt;Designed for use from Day 1, this blueprint for classroom success sees you through your first year by getting right down to the nitty-gritty of "in the trenches" teaching. Among hundreds of valuable tips, @lt;u@gt;The Organized Teacher@lt;/u@gt; provides: @lt;/p@gt;@lt;ul@gt;@lt;li@gt;Advice on everything from desk arrangement to unit planning@lt;li@gt;Sample room setups, from kindergarten to fifth grade@lt;li@gt;Tried-and-true behavior-management strategies@lt;li@gt;Practical advice on creating student portfolios@lt;li@gt;Checklists and signs in reproducible 8-1/2-by-11-inch format@lt;li@gt;Templates and samples of math and writing rubrics@lt;/ul@gt;@lt;p@gt;As a new ...

Jean Yates

English Vocabulary for Beginning ESL Learners

Editura: McGraw-Hill Companies

Anul aparitiei: 2006

@lt;p@gt;@lt;b@gt;Speak English as if it were your first language!@lt;/b@gt;@lt;/p@gt;@lt;p@gt;Gain the confidence to talk with native English speakers with @lt;i@gt;Practice Makes Perfect English Vocabulary for Beginning ESL Learners@lt;/i@gt;. Inside you will find more than 1,500 commonly used words you hear at work, at school, and on the street.@lt;/p@gt;@lt;p@gt;This guidebook/workbook explains nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs--and how they will help you learn new vocabulary. Once you master the words in this book, you will find it easier than ever to add new ones to your expanding vocabulary in the future. And with plenty of exercises inside to practice what you learn, you will become comfortable using English in everyday situations.@lt;/p@gt;@lt;p@gt;You will learn: @lt;br@gt;Names for people, places, and things * Adjectives that describe people * Verbs used for household activities * Nouns and verbs used as adjectives * Adjectives that describe the weather * How to ask questions * Verbs used for shopping * How to give directions * Adverbs that describe verbs@lt;/p@gt;

Brandy Alexander, Steve Springer, Kimberly Persiani-Becker

The Creative Teacher: An Encyclopedia of Ideas to Energize Your Curriculum

Editura: Mcgraw Hill

Anul aparitiei: 2006

@lt;p@gt;@lt;b@gt;Give your lesson plans a jolt of creativity and get better results from your students.@lt;/b@gt;@lt;/p@gt;@lt;p@gt;To keep your students engaged in the classroom, you have to get them excited about learning. From the authors of @lt;i@gt;The Organized Teacher@lt;/i@gt;, this indispensable volume offers hundreds of creative ideas to reenergize your lesson plans for any subject, across all grades--from waking up the tired book report to making math fun.@lt;/p@gt;@lt;p@gt;Just a few of the ideas inside @lt;i@gt;The Creative Teacher@lt;/i@gt; @lt;/p@gt;@lt;ul@gt;@lt;li@gt;"I woke up five inches tall" and other quick-start creative-writing prompts @lt;li@gt;Larger writing projects, such as classroom newspapers, minibooks, autobiographies, and storyboards @lt;li@gt;Do-it-themselves student cutouts for 3-D geometry @lt;li@gt;How-it-works science experiments with electricity, ice cream, volcanoes--even how to make flubber @lt;li@gt;Enthusiasm-generating math tools--from clock and fraction templates to creating your own money @lt;li@gt;Cultural, historic, and family-tree ideas for social studies reports . . . and more! @lt;/ul@gt;@lt;p@gt;INCLUDES DOZENS OF REPRODUCIBLE ...

Gary Robert Muschla

Teach Terrific Grammar, Grades 6-8

Editura: McGraw-Hill Companies

Anul aparitiei: 2006

Help your students develop their grammar skills If you are looking for supplemental material for your grammar program or are in search of practical exercises that will boost your pupils' language confidence, this invaluable resource has it all! Teach Terrific Grammar, Grades 6-8 features more than 160 self-correcting grammar lessons in a fun puzzle format--complete with answer key--versatile enough to be adapted to any existing program or approach. It also has thirty reproducible "Tip Sheets" to share with your students that review the parts of speech and other important grammar rules so they can learn how to: Recognize types of sentences Understand sentence structure Identify parts of speech Avoid fragments and run-ons Use punctuation and capitalization together Find grammar mistakes and much more Soon your students will become masters at using language correctly and spotting grammar mistakes easily.

Alexis Ludewig, Amy Swan

101 Great Classroom Games: Easy Ways to Get Your Students Playing, Laughing, and Learning

Editura: McGraw-Hill Companies

Anul aparitiei: 2007

101 ways to energize any ho-hum day Created by award-winning educators, these easy-to-learn, giggle-as-you-go games are designed to be both fun and educational. These activities in reading, logic, science, measuring, listening, social studies, and math are the perfect complement to your K-5 curriculum. Get the fun and the learning started with games such as: Bug Bite: Players flip over vocabulary word cards and slap the table when a bug card comes up. Whoever slaps first reads all the words and then keeps the card. The child with the most cards wins Bull's-Eye Feather Math: Children blow feathers around a bull's-eye game board with straws as they sharpen their multiplication skills. Geography Baseball: Players find map locations that are "pitched" to them. The more "hits" they get, the faster they score runs. Fishy Facts: Players snag paper fish with a fishing pole and hook. If they can answer the question on the side of the fish, they score. . . . and many more BONUS: Games are ranked for noise levels

Moyer Robert, Robert Moyer

McGraw-Hill's Conquering the New GRE Math: McGraw-Hill's Conquering the New GRE Math

Editura: Mcgraw Hill

Anul aparitiei: 2011

The ideal resource for GRE-takers who need some extra help to get higher scores.

Barbara Pressman

Substitute Teaching from A to Z

Editura: Mcgraw Hill

Anul aparitiei: 2007

Become the go-to substitute teacher that every school district is searching for. Ask any school administrator: a top-notch substitute teacher is golden, and this book gives you the Midas touch. Substitute Teaching from A to Z is a one-stop resource, whether you're a full-timer, just breaking in, or starting out as a career educator. Reinforced with true life tales from real substitute teachers and the stories of how they solved their biggest challenges, this book is a comprehensive guide written by a veteran teaching expert who specializes in training subs. You'll learn insider tricks on how to: Show school administrators you have the right stuff for the job Choose the most appropriate grades, subjects, and school districts for you Forge great relationships with everyone you work with Land the best classroom assignments Face a new class with confidence Maintain discipline, work without a lesson plan, and much more

Curtis W. Johnson, Michael B. Horn, Clayton M. Christensen

Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns

Editura: Mcgraw Hill

Anul aparitiei: 2008

@lt;p@gt;@lt;b@gt;WARNING: THIS BOOK WILL CHALLENGE@lt;/p@gt; @lt;p@gt;EVERYTHING YOU EVER LEARNED-ABOUT LEARNING@lt;/b@gt;@lt;/p@gt;@lt;p@gt;"After a barrage of business books that purport to 'fix' American education, at last a book that speaks thoughtfully and imaginatively about what genuinely individualized education can be like and how to bring it about."@lt;br@gt;@lt;b@gt;-Howard Gardner, author of @lt;i@gt;Five Minds for the Future@lt;/i@gt;@lt;/b@gt;@lt;/br@gt;@lt;/p@gt;@lt;p@gt;"A decade ago, Clayton Christensen wrote a masterpiece, @lt;i@gt;The Innovator's Dilemma@lt;/i@gt;, that transformed the way business looks at innovation. Now, he and two collaborators, Michael B. Horn and Curtis W. Johnson, have come up with another, focusing his groundbreaking theories of disruptive innovation on education."@lt;br@gt;@lt;b@gt;-David Gergen, US Presidential Advisor@lt;/b@gt;@lt;/br@gt;@lt;/p@gt;@lt;p@gt;"Clayton Christensen's insights just might shake many of us in education out of our complacency and into a long needed @lt;i@gt;disruptive@lt;/i@gt; discourse about really fixing our schools. This will be a welcome change after decades in which powerful calls to action have resulted ...

Christine Canning Wilson

Perfect Phrases for Classroom Teachers: Hundreds of Ready-To-Use Phrases for Parent-Teacher Conferences, Report Cards, IEPs and Other School

Editura: Mcgraw Hill

Anul aparitiei: 2009

Find the right words for report cards, parent-teacher conferences, and more Written for teachers grades K through 12, Perfect Phrases for Classroom Teachers helps you find the right words that will communicate a student's progress effectively and reveal his or her weaknesses without sounding negative. This book provides lists of words and phrases that convey difficult messages tactfully and with appropriate professionalism, and words and phrases that follow state standards and guidelines for permanent records.

Professional McGraw-Hill

McGraw-Hill's Pre-GED [With CDROM]

Editura: Mcgraw Hill

Anul aparitiei: 2011

Chase's Calendar of Events

Chase's Calendar of Events: The Ultimate Go-To Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months

Editura: Mcgraw Hill

Anul aparitiei: 2010

"Chase's Calendar of Events 2011" is the ultimate go-to guide for special days, weeks, and months, along with holidays, birthdays, or to find out the significance of any day in 2011.

Kimberly Persiani-Becker, Steve Springer, Brandy Alexander

The Organized Teacher's Guide to Your First Year of Teaching [With CDROM]

Editura: Mcgraw Hill

Anul aparitiei: 2010

Featuring a series of lists, checklists, charts and diagrams, this handbook can be read quickly and referred to over and over by new teachers. It includes a CD-ROM of all checklists and any matter that is reproducible.

The Teachers Calendar: The Day-By-Day Almanac of Historic Events, Holidays, Famous Birthdays and More!

Editura: Mcgraw Hill

Anul aparitiei: 2010

Offers you ideas for lessons, bulletin boards, reports, and school calendars. This title contains a blog that helps you find timely tributes or newsworthy updates, and recommendations of fresh children's books or art activities. It also includes a podcast that features what's happening in the week to come. Page dim. 274 x 211 x 16 Weight: 667 grams

Michael Becker, Steve Springer, Kimberly Persiani-Becker

The Organized Teacher's Guide to Building Character: An Encylopedia of Ideas to Bring Character Education Into Your Curriculum [With CDROM]

Editura: Mcgraw Hill

Anul aparitiei: 2010

Helps you implement character education into your lesson plans. This book features ten plans (one for each month of the school year) that focus on different character traits, including Respect and Responsibility, Honesty, Courage, Fairness and Self-Discipline, include ideas that can be adapted into regular curriculum. Page dim. 274 x 216 x 17 Weight: 692 grams

Gary Robert Muschla

Mastering Grammar

Editura: Mcgraw Hill

Anul aparitiei: 2010

Helpful instruction and plenty of practice for your child to understand the basics of grammar and vocabulary Understanding grammar is essential for your child to speak and write with competence and clarity. Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Grammar gives your child bite-sized explanations of grammar and vocabulary, with engaging exercises that keep her or him motivated and excited to learn. They can practice the grammar skills that are challenging, polish skills they've mastered, and stretch themselves to explore skills they have not yet attempted. This title features 170 activities (plus answer key) that increase in difficulty as your child proceeds through the book. This book is appropriate for a 6th grade student working above his or her grade level, or as a great review and practice for a struggling 7th or 8th grader. Your student will learn how to: Recognize types of sentences Understand sentence structure Identify parts of speech Use punctuation and capitalization together Find her or his own grammar mistakes Topics include: Sentences, Nouns, Verbs, Pronouns, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions and Interjections, Punctuation and Capitalization, Usage and ...