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2) One girl
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English
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Inspired by the idea of empowering girls around the world to demand their right to education, one girl lights a small spark which catches fire and eventually lights up the whole world.
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English
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"Loose parts capture children's curiosity, give free reign to their imagination, and encourage creativity. This form of play allows infants to be in control and recognize the power of their bodies and actions. A variety of new and innovative loose parts ideas are paired with beautiful photography to inspire safe loose parts play in your infant and toddler environments. Captivating classroom stories and proven science provide the context for how this...
5) Unplugged
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English
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Relates, in multiple voices, the adventures of a group of youngsters at an electronics-free wellness camp where wealthy, spoiled Jett, leads other campers in trying to stop a criminal.
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English
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The hugely popular New York Times "Your Money" columnist and author of the bestselling The Opposite of Spoiled offers a deeply reported and emotionally honest approach to the biggest financial decision families will ever make: what to pay for college. Sending a teenager to a flagship state university for four years of on-campus living costs more than $100,000 in many parts of the United States. Meanwhile, many families of freshmen attending selective...
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Questioneers volume 5
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English
Description
When Miss Greer asks each child in the class to write a story, second-grader Aaron, who loves to draw but struggles with reading, creates a story using pictures.
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Twelve
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
""The founder of the Khan Academy -- the world's most popular free online learning site -- tells the story of his school's astonishing success, and shares his revolutionary vision for the future of education."--Provided by the publisher"--
"A free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere: this is the goal of the Khan Academy, a passion project that grew from an ex-hedge funder's online tutoring sessions with his niece, who was struggling with...
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Currency
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"Diane Tavenner, founder of Summit Public Schools, offers a blueprint for a better way to educate our children, based on the revolutionary lessons, insights, and methodology she and her faculty developed over 15 years at their famously successful charter schools in California and Washington, which she is now introducing to public school systems across the country that Summit is partnering with to transform education and better prepare our children...
16) Space invaders
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Series
Alien in my pocket volume 8
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English
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Zack and Amp battle alien invaders-from Amp's own planet-in the eighth and final installment of this exciting chapter book series. Complete with an original do-it-yourself science experiment! Zack McGee has grown fond of his troublesome alien buddy, Amp, since he crash-landed his ship through Zack's bedroom window. They've gotten into more than their fair share of trouble together, but they've always found a way out of it. Until a fleet of ships from...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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Español
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La belleza de ser bueno es un libro revelador, dirigido a padres y educadores, centrado en la educación de valores y en un nuevo estilo de vida más altruista y consciente.
Un acercamiento transformador a los factores cerebrales, mentales y educativos de la bondad desde una mirada neurocientífica, por una de las mayores expertas del mundo en neurociencia de la bondad.
¿Qué significa «ser bueno»?
La neurociencia ha demostrado, en las últimas...
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Publisher
Teachers College Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Because many of our schools fail to address the health and well-being of both students and their communities, teachers and teacher educators are in need of a revised vision for teaching and schooling-one that is committed to civic and community engagement where we see school and community building as reciprocal, not separate, projects. This vision of schooling places the health and well-being of individuals and their communities at the center of...
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