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This book is written to help high school students prepare for becoming successful college applicants. It is also written to help high school seniors and entering college students prepare for ongoing success once they arrive on campus. The book is written by Dr. Louis Hempel, who has practiced general pediatrics in Metro Atlanta for over 30 years. During his long career, he has interacted with thousands of high school and college students whose families...
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This book provides a non-technical but scientifically rigorous overview of climate change and the Scope of Climate Change. It is one atmosphere wrapping around the planet Earth, and our air needs tender, loving care.
The book explains the reasons for climate change, including the accumulation of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, and water vapor; these gases trap heat, resulting in a warmer Earth. It highlights the...
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Are you or a loved one on the exciting journey to college? The path to higher education can be both thrilling and daunting, but fear not! "Open the Gates! Your Essential Guide to College Admissions" is here to be your trusted companion on this life-changing adventure. In this comprehensive ebook, we provide you with a treasure trove of valuable insights, expert advice, and practical tips to help you navigate the intricate world of college admissions...
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My Silly Body is a fun book for any young reader. It's a book that will have you and your child interact together. It will get their imagination working while also getting out some of their wiggles. It gives a positive affirmation that will help their self-confidence blossom.
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Michael S. McPherson is President of Macalester College. Morton Owen Schapiro is Dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern California.
Student aid in higher education has recently become a hot-button issue. Parents trying to pay for their children's education, college administrators competing for students, and even President Bill Clinton, whose recently proposed tax breaks for college would change sharply the...
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This book is empirically grounded on Ignasio Malizani Jimu's firsthand experience of governance and quality control in Malawi higher education. Informed by the liberalisation of higher education and the quality turn in Africa, this book reflects on higher education policy, how higher education institutions manage their core business processes, the dynamic character of their stakeholdership and governance and management arrangements that are involved....
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The Chosen We elevates the oral histories of 105 accomplished, college-educated Black women who earned success despite experiencing reprehensible racist and sexist barriers. The central argument is that these women succeeded in and beyond college by developing a Chosen We-a community with one another. The book builds on their words and insights to offer a powerful rethinking of educational success that moves away from individualistic and competitive...
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The goal of this book is to explain the coronavirus to our children in a nonthreatening way. A child, Rodney, starts off by telling the reader that he has the COVID-19 virus. He discusses the symptoms and what it means to be asymptomatic. He also discusses ways to prevent getting the COVID-19 virus. Rodney talks about what COVID-19 is and the symptoms and current treatment options of the virus. He also talks about what people should do if they get...
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Evangeline Evershine is a bright and curious young girl who questions many things about space and heavenly bodies.
In the first book about Evangeline, she questioned the nightly disappearance of the Sun.
In this book, she shifts her curiosity and questions to the movement and the daily disappearance of the Moon.
Fortunately, her father is an astronaut, and so together they travel through space and learn much about these heavenly bodies.
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Eugene Y. Lowe, Jr., is Associate Provost of Northwestern University.
Issues of diversity and affirmative action have turned elite higher education in the United States into contested terrain. Rights revolutions in the country have raised hopes that have proved difficult to fulfill. Most particularly, expectations about access and opportunity--redressing the unfairness of the past--have collided with widely held beliefs: that educational institutions...
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With funding cuts well under way and many institutions already promising to charge the maximum 9,000 pounds yearly tuition fee, university education for the majority is under threat. This book exposes the true motives behind the government's programme and provides the analytical tools to fight it.
Widespread student protests and occupations, often supported by staff, unions and society at large, show the public's opposition to funding cuts and...
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Le Guide pratique pour une approche par ateliers au primaire est un livre s'adressant aux enseignant·e·s du primaire voulant tenter ou approfondir l'enseignement par ateliers dans leur classe. Ce livre rassemble plusieurs idées pour vous donner l'occasion de choisir et d'essayer différentes méthodes qui répondent à vos besoins et à ceux de vos élèves. Un chapitre entier est dédié à la mise en place de l'approche par ateliers. Ensuite,...
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Trois petites tirelires est une histoire qui enseigne les principes de base de la gestion financière personnelle.
Les jumeaux, Ella et André, reçoivent chacun trois tirelires pour leur 5e anniversaire alors qu'ils ont à cœur de recevoir un appareil photo et un vélo. Leurs parents expliquent qu'ils donneront aux jumeaux de l'argent de poche… trois dollars par semaine qu'ils répartiront entre trois tirelires appelées Économies, Partage et...
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Three Little Piggy Banks is a story that teaches the basic principles of personal financial management. The twins, Ella and Andy, receive three piggy banks each for their 5th birthday when they have their hearts set on a camera and a bike. Their parents explain that the twins will start to receive an allowance of three dollars a week that they will divide into three piggy banks called Saving, Sharing and Spending.
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When people sign up for doctoral study, they don't always realise that in the process they need to write a book. The doctoral thesis or dissertation is the length of an average paperback. Even people studying for a professional doctorate, or a PhD by publication, need to write the equivalent of a short literary novel. Writing so much can be a daunting prospect. This fully updated second edition e-book is filled with practical advice and tips to get...
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What else can we do other than vote? this is the question so many Americans ask today, and this is why We The People's Handbook was written. With the ever-growing and absolute purpose-driven lack of education about our American history, the very essence of E Pluribus Unum (from the many one) is being forgotten, eroded, and manipulated out of existence. This is no made-up theory, but a direct in-your-face disregard for the importance of our founder's...
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Create a more inspiring classroom with amazing anchor charts.
Filled with 100 ready-to-use, fun and helpful anchor charts, this handbook for elementary teachers is packed with examples for science, reading, math, classroom management, and so much more. There are easy-to-follow tips and time-saving tricks for taking your charts to the next level. Whether you're creating your very first chart or looking for fresh ideas, there's something for everyone,...
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You can't do research without data. But what kind of data will help you answer your research question? Where can you find that data? And how much data do you need? If you're doing doctoral research, particularly in the social sciences, arts, or humanities, this fully updated second edition will help you answer those questions. It offers an overview of traditional and innovative methods of gathering quantitative, qualitative, secondary and primary...
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"7 Lessons from an Unlikely Teacher" is the culmination of 15 years of early childhood experience. Each lesson was hard-won by the author and will resonate with everyone in the childcare industry. Each lesson will illustrate the simplicity and wisdom of our most precious gift: young children. The author's background as a psychotherapist is evident throughout the book as each lesson is evaluated and unpacked in an easily understandable way.
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A renowned academic leader identifies the ways America's great universities should evolve in the decades ahead to maintain their global preeminence and enhance their intellectual stature and social mission as higher education confronts the twenty-first-century developments in technology, humanities, culture, and economics.
Jonathan R. Cole, former provost and current University Professor at Columbia University, addresses some of the biggest challenges...
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