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School Tax Elections

Planning for Success in the New Normal

by Don E. Lifto, Barbara Nicol ...

Whether it is requests for bricks and mortar or more operating money, each election type and context is unique with no guarantee that a set of campaign strategies successful in one district will not fail in another community. If successful campaigns were not such a delicate balance of science and art, the key to success would have long since been discovered, resulting in significantly more school ... Read more

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Whether it is requests for bricks and mortar or more operating money, each election type and context is unique with no guarantee that a set of campaign strategies successful in one district will not fail in another community. If successful campaigns were not such a delicate balance of science and art, the key to success would have long since been discovered, resulting in significantly more school
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Blood and Other Cravings

by Kaaron Warren, Elizabeth Bear, Reggie Oliver, Richard Bowes, Steve Duffy, Melanie Tem, Lisa Tuttle, Bill Pronzini, Barry N. Malzberg, Barbara Roden, Nicole J. LeBoeuf, Kathe Koja, Steve Rasnic Tem, Carol Emshwiller, Michael Cisco, Margo Lanagan, John Langan, Laird Barron ...

A collection of "mesmerizing tales, each one creepier than the next" that go beyond the traditional vampire myths ( Library Journal).When we think of vampires, an image instantly arises: fangs sunk deep into the throat of the victim. But bloodsucking is merely one form of vampirism. For this brilliantly original anthology, multiple award-winning editor Ellen Datlow solicited stories from many of ... Read more

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A collection of "mesmerizing tales, each one creepier than the next" that go beyond the traditional vampire myths ( Library Journal).When we think of vampires, an image instantly arises: fangs sunk deep into the throat of the victim. But bloodsucking is merely one form of vampirism. For this brilliantly original anthology, multiple award-winning editor Ellen Datlow solicited stories from many of
... Read more
Irrepressible Hope Devotional

Devotions to Anchor Your Soul and Buoy Your Spirit (60 Daily Devotions)

by Women of Faith, Patsy Clairmont, Barbara Johnson, Nicole Johnson, Marilyn Meberg, Luci Swindoll, Thelma Wells, Sheila Walsh ...

Series series Women of Faith Devotionals and Stories
Always remember this: Regardless of what goes on in the world or our lives, we can have hope! In this dynamic collection of 60 straight-to-the-heart devotions, the Women of Faith speaker team shares how hope kept them afloat when life threatened to pull them under. Give the gift of hope - or keep yours alive - with this 60-day devotional. ... Read more

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Always remember this: Regardless of what goes on in the world or our lives, we can have hope! In this dynamic collection of 60 straight-to-the-heart devotions, the Women of Faith speaker team shares how hope kept them afloat when life threatened to pull them under. Give the gift of hope - or keep yours alive - with this 60-day devotional.
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Bad Moves

How decision making goes wrong, and the ethics of smart drugs

by Barbara Sahakian, Jamie Nicole LaBuzetta ...

Making decisions is such a regular activity that it is mostly taken for granted. However, damage or abnormality in the areas of the brain involved in decision-making can severely affect personality and the ability to manage even simple tasks. Here, Barbara Sahakian and Jamie Nicole LaBuzetta discuss the process of normal decision making - our strategies for making decisions, biases that affect us, ... Read more

$14.29 USD

Making decisions is such a regular activity that it is mostly taken for granted. However, damage or abnormality in the areas of the brain involved in decision-making can severely affect personality and the ability to manage even simple tasks. Here, Barbara Sahakian and Jamie Nicole LaBuzetta discuss the process of normal decision making - our strategies for making decisions, biases that affect us,
... Read more
Mathematics for Equity

A Framework for Successful Practice

by Na’ilah Suad Nasir, Carlos Cabana, Barbara Shreve, Estelle Woodbury, Nicole Louie ...

Series series Multicultural Education Series
In this book, nationally renowned scholars join classroom teachers to share equity-oriented approaches that have been successful with urban high school mathematics students. Compiling for the first time major research findings and practitioner experiences from Railside High School, the volume describes the evolution of a fundamentally different conception of learners and teaching. The chapters ... Read more

$42.29 USD

In this book, nationally renowned scholars join classroom teachers to share equity-oriented approaches that have been successful with urban high school mathematics students. Compiling for the first time major research findings and practitioner experiences from Railside High School, the volume describes the evolution of a fundamentally different conception of learners and teaching. The chapters
... Read more
Advancing Culturally Responsive and Socially Just Approaches to Multilingual Family-School Partnerships

by Eurydice Bouchereau Bauer, Susan Chambers Cantrell, Eileen Cardona Osieja, Rami Christophi, Nino Dzotsenidze, Wenyu Guo, Michelle Haj-Broussard, Ling Hao, Barbara Hoekje, Kyungjin Hwang, Nicole King0, Melissa Ledesma1, Clara Lee Brown2, Jacqueline Lynch3, Lorena Mancilla4, Brittany Manion5, Jennifer Mirabal6, John Mooneyham7, Liz Murray8, Christine Nganga9, Jael Ovalle0, Sara Saberimoghaddam1, Anu Sachdev2, Lenny Sánchez3, Stephanie Smith Budhai4, Kim Song5, Jen Stacy6, Yang Wang7, Natalia Ward8, Xiaoran Yu9, Xinwei Zhang0, Vera J. Lee2, Kristine S. Lewis Grant4, María Isolina Bravo-Ruiz5, Karena A. Escalante6, Peggy A. Kong7, Kristen H. Perry9, Amanda N. Spalter0 ...

This compilation of research and stories from the field about multilingual family-school partnerships explores where systemic inequities exist at the school, district, or community level, and consider strategies that disrupt normative ways in which multilingual families are included in educational decisions. The authors present family-school partnerships in educational and non-educational settings ... Read more

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This compilation of research and stories from the field about multilingual family-school partnerships explores where systemic inequities exist at the school, district, or community level, and consider strategies that disrupt normative ways in which multilingual families are included in educational decisions. The authors present family-school partnerships in educational and non-educational settings
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COUNCIL OF THE ANIMALS

How the Animals of the World Got Together to Send a Message to the Humans

by Barbara A. Nicol ...

Now, it's time for the animals to tell their side of the story about the environmental crisis. Three valiant birds, a pelican, a snipe and a spoonbill, are on their way to the Council of the Animals, the largest animal-only conference ever. Along the way, they encounter many different animals, like a cassowary, a quoll, a false water rat, a lemon shark, a pig-nosed turtle and more. The first book ... Read more

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Now, it's time for the animals to tell their side of the story about the environmental crisis. Three valiant birds, a pelican, a snipe and a spoonbill, are on their way to the Council of the Animals, the largest animal-only conference ever. Along the way, they encounter many different animals, like a cassowary, a quoll, a false water rat, a lemon shark, a pig-nosed turtle and more. The first book
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Heroes in Contemporary British Culture

Television Drama and Reflections of a Nation in Change

by Barbara Korte, Nicole Falkenhayner ...

Series series Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies
This book explores how British culture is negotiating heroes and heroisms in the twenty-first century. It posits a nexus between the heroic and the state of the nation and explores this idea through British television drama.Drawing on case studies including programmes such as The Last Kingdom, Spooks, Luther and Merlin, the book explores the aesthetic strategies of heroisation in television drama ... Read more

$52.99 USD

This book explores how British culture is negotiating heroes and heroisms in the twenty-first century. It posits a nexus between the heroic and the state of the nation and explores this idea through British television drama.Drawing on case studies including programmes such as The Last Kingdom, Spooks, Luther and Merlin, the book explores the aesthetic strategies of heroisation in television drama
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Nobody's Girl

A Memoir of Lost Innocence, Modern Day Slavery & Transformation

by Barbara Amaya ...

Narrated by Nicol Zanzarella ...

Unabridged

5 hours 2 min

Sexual abuse, human trafficking, drug addiction, rape, prison, and domestic violence—Barbara Amaya experienced it all on first on the streets of Washington D.C., and then New York City, most of it before her sixteenth birthday. In Nobody's Girl she shares her journey from trafficking victim to human rights advocate, weaving together a story of loss, pain, courage, and transformation.Contains ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Sexual abuse, human trafficking, drug addiction, rape, prison, and domestic violence—Barbara Amaya experienced it all on first on the streets of Washington D.C., and then New York City, most of it before her sixteenth birthday. In Nobody's Girl she shares her journey from trafficking victim to human rights advocate, weaving together a story of loss, pain, courage, and transformation.Contains
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The History of Love

by Nicole Krauss ...

Narrated by Barbara Caruso, Julia Gibson, Andy Paris, George Guidall ...

Unabridged

9 hours 53 min

Nicole Krauss' first novel, Man Walks Into a Room, was shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Award and her short fiction has been collected in Best American Short Stories. Now The History of Love proves Krauss is among our finest and freshest literary voices. It has been decades since Leo Gursky first surrendered his heart, then wrote a book about it, at the tender age of 10, and he's been in ... Read more

$25.99 USD

Nicole Krauss' first novel, Man Walks Into a Room, was shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Award and her short fiction has been collected in Best American Short Stories. Now The History of Love proves Krauss is among our finest and freshest literary voices. It has been decades since Leo Gursky first surrendered his heart, then wrote a book about it, at the tender age of 10, and he's been in
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Heroism as a Global Phenomenon in Contemporary Culture

Edited by Barbara Korte, Simon Wendt, Nicole Falkenhayner ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Cultural History
Heroes and heroic discourse have gained new visibility in the twenty-first century. This is noted in recent research on the heroic, but it has been largely ignored that heroism is increasingly a global phenomenon both in terms of production and consumption. This edited collection aims to bridge this research void and brings together case studies by scholars from different parts of the world and ... Read more

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Heroes and heroic discourse have gained new visibility in the twenty-first century. This is noted in recent research on the heroic, but it has been largely ignored that heroism is increasingly a global phenomenon both in terms of production and consumption. This edited collection aims to bridge this research void and brings together case studies by scholars from different parts of the world and
... Read more
Future Curricular Trends in School Algebra and Geometry

Proceedings of a Conference

by Barbara J. Dougherty ...

Series series Research in Mathematics Education
This volume contains papers from the Second International Curriculum Conference sponsored by the Center for the Study of Mathematics Curriculum (CSMC). The intended audience includes policy makers, curriculum developers, researchers, teachers, teacher trainers, and anyone else interested in school mathematics curricula. ... Read more

$50.09 USD

This volume contains papers from the Second International Curriculum Conference sponsored by the Center for the Study of Mathematics Curriculum (CSMC). The intended audience includes policy makers, curriculum developers, researchers, teachers, teacher trainers, and anyone else interested in school mathematics curricula.
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