Boden, Leah
Summary: "Modern Miss Mason is your invitation into an adventure, a call to turn a corner on your already incredible journey of parenting and let Leah Boden show you the fresh face of an age-old perspective on motherhood, childhood, and education. As a young mother and new home educator, Leah was overwhelmed by the breadth of available resources. How to know which to choose? What would best guide and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale Momentum, a Tyndale nonfiction imprint 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 371.04 BODBoyack, Connor
Summary: "Is school the best way to get an education? Ethan and Emily Tuttle have spent several yearrs in school beging graded on the quality of their work. But after hearing an award-winning teacher discuss some problems with schooling and share a vision for how children are bet educated, the Tuttle family decides to embarck on a new learning adventure. Long-time educator John Taylor Gatto shares...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Libertas Press 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE BOYGatto, John Taylor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Publishers 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 379.23 GATDeresiewicz, William
Summary: A sharp look at the high-pressure conveyor belt that begins with parents and counselors who demand perfect grades and culminates in the skewed applications Deresiewicz saw firsthand as a member of Yale's admissions committee. As schools shift focus from the humanities to 'practical' subjects like economics and computer science, students are losing the ability to think in innovative ways.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 378 DERMattson, Kristen
Summary: "For years, much of the available curricula for teaching digital citizenship focused on "don'ts." Don't share addresses or phone numbers. Don't give out passwords. Don't bully other students. But the conversation then shifted and had many asking, "Why aren't we teaching kids the power of social media?" Next, digital citizenship curriculum moved toward teaching students how to positively brand...
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Publisher / Publication Date: International Society for Technology in Education 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.3 MATDeresiewicz, William
Summary: "A groundbreaking manifesto for people searching for the kind of insight on leading, thinking, and living that elite schools should be--but aren't--providing"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378 DERDone, Phillip
Summary: "After more than thirty years in the classroom, award-winning teacher Phil Done decided that it was time to retire. His days of teaching schoolchildren may have come to an end, but a teacher's job is never truly done, and he set out to write the greatest lesson of his career: a book for educators and parents that would pass along everything he learned about working with kids. The result is this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.102 DONSummary: A Touch of Greatness is a feature-length documentary film focusing on the extraordinary work of Albert Cullum, an elementary school teacher for over twenty years and a pioneer in American education. Championing an unorthodox educational philosophy, Cullum regularly taught his elementary school children literary masterpieces, most notably the works of Shakespeare, Sophocles and Shaw. Combining...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Aubin Pictures 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TOUEsquith, Rafe.
Summary: In a Los Angeles neighborhood plagued by guns, gangs, and drugs, there is a classroom known as Room 56. The fifth graders inside are first-generation immigrants who live in poverty and speak English as a second language. They also play Vivaldi, perform Shakespeare, score in the top 1% on standardized tests, and go on to attend Ivy League universities. Rafe Esquith is the teacher responsible for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 370.1 ESQLindsay, James A.
Summary: "Education is in bad shape in America and beyond today. It's obvious. Everyone perceives it. Something is going badly wrong in our schools. Our children aren't learning as they should be. Their mastery of core academic curriculum like reading, writing, history, mathematics, science, and civics has declined to crisis levels and shows no signs of improvement. Meanwhile, they're all learning to be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Discourses, LLC 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 370.1 LINBloom, Allan David
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.92 BLOArmstrong, Benjamin
Summary: "Throughout the history of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, leading officers and strategists have advocated for formal colleges and schools for naval officers but have also made the case that true naval professionalism requires a career-long dedication to learning and to self-improvement. Developing the Naval Mind serves as a how-to manual and syllabus for leaders to create and lead wardroom,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Naval Institute Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 359.001 ARMSchulz, Charles M. (Charles Monroe)
Summary: Collects essays, speeches, and articles by the creator of "Peanuts," discussing his education, artwork, philosophy, and feelings about life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Mississippi 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SCHULZ, CHARLES SchulzStephens, Michael T.
Summary: A search for "librarians and empathy" won't get many hits, but empathy is key in collaboration among cross-cultural partners in a technological environment. Stephens believes that in order to create institutions that expand minds and craft futures-- especially in a time of falling budgets and rising use-- libraries must not be just hyperlinking establishments, but must also engage with the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 020.23 STESummary: In a philosophy-for-children session, a teacher uses a story, picture, news item, or piece of music to stimulate critical thinking and imagination. Children are encouraged to express themselves, to challenge what is being said, and to ask questions that intrigue them. This program explores the concept and supporting methodology of P4C at Gallions Primary School in East London, where such...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009