DeVos, Betsy
Summary: "In Hostages No More, DeVos unleashes her candid thoughts about working in the Trump administration, recounts her battles over the decades to put students first, hits back at "woke" curricula in our schools, and details the reforms America must pursue to fix its long and badly broken education system. And she has stories to tell: DeVos offers blunt insights on the people and politics that stand...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 370.973 DEVBoyack, 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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Summary: Drawing on nearly three decades in education--from his mother's after-school program on Chicago's South Side to his tenure as Secretary of Education in DC--How Schools Work follows Arne (as he insists you call him) as he takes on challenges at every turn: gangbangers in Chicago housing projects, parents who call him racist, teachers who insist they can't help poor kids, unions that refuse to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 379 DUNMeier, Deborah
Summary: "A challenge to narrow, profit-driven conceptions of school success and an argument for protecting public education to ensure that all students become competent citizens in a vibrant democracy MacArthur award-winning educator, reformer, and author Deborah Meier draws on her fifty-plus years of experience in education to argue that the purpose of universal education is to provide young people...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371 MEIRavitch, Diane
Summary: "An in-depth look at the failed efforts to privatize public schools and the victories of those who have fought to save America's public school system"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.01 RAVKozol, Jonathan
Summary: "An eloquent and passionate call for educational reparations, from the New York Times bestselling author"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 379.2 KOZBerkshire, Jennifer
Summary: "A guide to the core issues driving the education wars, offering essential information about issues, actors, and potential outcomes"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 371.01 BERSummary: Exposé of the power struggle inside the Texas State Board of Education, the government body that determines what students learn in Texas public schools and, due to the buying power of their system, often the entire country. Showcases how public education has become the latest battleground in a new wave of cultural, religious, and ideological clashes, with Texas education board members advancing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2013
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF REVSchneider, Jack
Summary: "A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door is about the right-wing agenda to dismantle public education, assessing the myriads of ways our education system is being eroded with privatization measures that exacerbate inequality"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 370.973 SCHRavitch, Diane.
Summary: "From the former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education, "whistleblower extraordinaire" (The Wall Street Journal), one of the foremost authorities on education and the history of education in the United States, author of the best-selling The Death and Life of the Great American School System; The Language Police ("Impassioned . . . Fiercely argued . . . Every bit as alarming as it is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2013
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Summary: China's widely acclaimed yet insular education system is held up as a model of academic and behavioral excellence. Chu, an American journalist of Chinese descent raising a young family in Shanghai, noticed how well-behaved Chinese children were compared to her boisterous toddler. Enrolling three-year-old Rainer in China's state-run public school system, the immediate results were positive. But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 370.951 CHUFriedman, Thomas L.
Summary: Makes recommendations for meeting four major challenges currently facing the United States, including globalization, the information technology revolution, chronic deficits, and unbalanced energy consumption.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.932 FRIUrbatsch, Kevin
Summary: Presents advice on setting up and managing a special needs trust, covering trust benefits, funding, duties of trustees, pooled trusts, taxes, wills, and death of beneficiaries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 346.05 URBMoskowitz, Eva S.
Summary: "Eva Moskowitz has built a national reputation as the founder and leader of Success Academy Charter Schools, one of the country's most highly regarded networks of schools, but while most people know Eva for her success in educating 20,000 mainly low-income students who are routinely accepted to our nation's best universities, she has also been responsible for raising three children of her own....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvest, an imprint of William Morrow 2023
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Newman, Katherine S.
Summary: "In No Shame in My Game, anthropologist Katherine Newman presents a view of inner-city poverty radically different from that commonly accepted. The all-too-prevalent picture we get of the poor today - in the media, in the political sphere, and in scholarly studies - is of alienated minorities living in big-city ghettos, lacking in values and family structure, criminally inclined, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.5 NEWSander, Richard Henry
Summary: Argues that affirmative action actually harms minority students and that the movement started in the late 1960s is only a symbolic change that has become mired in posturing, concealment, and pork-barrel earmarks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 379.26 SANSilverman, Robyn J. A.
Summary: "What do you do when your child comes to you with a question about anxiety, death, divorce, beauty, or race? Poised to become the quintessential conversation resource for parents, How to Talk to Kids About Anything provides powerful words, actionable steps, inspiring real-life stories, and pivotal advice to tackle these difficult conversations with kids. Dr. Robyn Silverman of the How to Talk...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 SILSummary: Provides parents with strategies and tips for helping their fourth grade student prepare for the Common Core assessment, offering easy-to-follow lessons, practice questions, and mini-quizzes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kaplan Publishing 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 372 PARSummary: Provides in-depth subject review of the reading, writing and language, and mathematics sections of the SAT, along with diagnostic tools, test-taking strategies, and full-length practice exams with detailed answer explanations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peterson's 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 378.1662 PETSummary: Practical and candid, this book offers actionable steps to help Black women leaders create meaningful success. The reflections and recommendations of the contributors forge a critical and transformative analysis of race, gender, and higher education leadership. With insights from humanities, social sciences, art, and STEM, this essential resource helps to redefine the academy to meet the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 378.1 DEASummary: Provides parents with strategies and tips for helping their fifth grade student prepare for the Common Core assessment, offering easy-to-follow lessons, practice questions, and mini-quizzes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kaplan Publishing 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 372 PARdeBoer, Fredrik
Summary: "In order to move toward a more egalitarian society, the American education system must be reformed to account for genetic differences between individual academic abilities. All groups, all races, and all genders are created equal. Not all individuals are. The Cult of Smart is a provocative and groundbreaking discussion of human potential, a topic which, in recent times, has been corrupted by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: All Points Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 370.11 DEBDanielson, Christopher
Summary: Danielson takes the intimidation out of Common Core math, so that you'll get a grasp on what your child is learning. You'll be able to help with homework and test-prep thanks to this friendly guide.
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wylie & Sons, Inc. 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Captivating and colorful, the Folkmanis® Small Chameleon puppet is a perfectly sized pet toy. High quality printed fabric and intricate design details along with a movable mouth bring this exquisite creature to life in your hands.
Format: three dimensional object
Publisher / Publication Date: Folkmanis 2019