They Shoot School Kids, Don't They?

They Shoot School Kids, Don't They?

Author: Peter Gumbel

Publisher: Grasset

Published: 2011-08-03

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 2246791626

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71% of French school children “regularly suffer from irritability.” 63% are nervous. One in four has stomach or headaches once a week or more. 40% complain of frequent insomnia. Why is France the only nation in the world that discourages its children for what they aren’t, rather than encouraging them to be who they are?


Why Don't Students Like School?

Why Don't Students Like School?

Author: Daniel T. Willingham

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2009-06-10

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 0470730455

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Easy-to-apply, scientifically-based approaches for engaging students in the classroom Cognitive scientist Dan Willingham focuses his acclaimed research on the biological and cognitive basis of learning. His book will help teachers improve their practice by explaining how they and their students think and learn. It reveals-the importance of story, emotion, memory, context, and routine in building knowledge and creating lasting learning experiences. Nine, easy-to-understand principles with clear applications for the classroom Includes surprising findings, such as that intelligence is malleable, and that you cannot develop "thinking skills" without facts How an understanding of the brain's workings can help teachers hone their teaching skills "Mr. Willingham's answers apply just as well outside the classroom. Corporate trainers, marketers and, not least, parents -anyone who cares about how we learn-should find his book valuable reading." —Wall Street Journal


The Rabbit Listened

The Rabbit Listened

Author: Cori Doerrfeld

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2018-02-20

Total Pages: 21

ISBN-13: 0735231133

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A moving and universal picture book about empathy and kindness, sure to soothe heartaches big and small—now a New York Times bestseller and a perfect gift for any special occasion When something sad happens, Taylor doesn't know where to turn. All the animals are sure they have the answer. The chicken wants to talk it out, but Taylor doesn't feel like chatting. The bear thinks Taylor should get angry, but that's not quite right either. One by one, the animals try to tell Taylor how to act, and one by one they fail to offer comfort. Then the rabbit arrives. All the rabbit does is listen . . . which is just what Taylor needs. With its spare, poignant text and irresistibly sweet illustration, The Rabbit Listened is about how to comfort and heal the people in your life, by taking the time to carefully, lovingly, gently listen.


The Schools Our Children Deserve

The Schools Our Children Deserve

Author: Alfie Kohn

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780618083459

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Arguing against the tougher standards rhetoric that marks the current education debate, the author of No Contest and Punished by Rewards writes that such tactics squeeze the pleasure out of learning. Reprint.


Why Kids Kill

Why Kids Kill

Author: Peter Langman, PhD

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2009-01-06

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 0230618286

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Ten years after the school massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado, school shootings are a new and alarming epidemic. While sociologists have attributed the trigger of violence to peer pressure, such as bullying and social isolation, prominent psychologist Peter Langman, argues here that psychological causes are responsible. Drawing on 20 years of clinical experience, Langman offers surprising reasons for why some teens become violent. Langman divides shooters into three categories, and he discusses the role of personality, trauma, and psychosis among school shooters. From examining the material evidence of notorious school shooters at Columbine and Virginia Tech to addressing the mental states of the violent youths he treats, Langman shows how to identify early signs of homicide-prone youth and what preventive measures educators, parents and communities can take to protect themselves from the tragedy.


Lunch Money Can't Shoot

Lunch Money Can't Shoot

Author: Michael Levin

Publisher: Morgan James Publishing

Published: 2017-05-02

Total Pages: 103

ISBN-13: 1683501128

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When the urban neighborhood where William Lunch Money Barnes lives becomes too rough, his mother moves his family in the middle of the school year to an all-white suburb 50 miles away. The good-natured Barnes runs into one problem: everyone, including the middle school’s basketball coach, assumes that since he is African American and from the inner city, he must be great at basketball and can save the school team’s season. Unfortunately, Barnes is not an athlete, and contrary to assumptions about black kids, he’s terrible at basketball! Trouble arises when the school discovers that Lunch Money Can’t Shoot!


50 Rules Kids Won't Learn in School

50 Rules Kids Won't Learn in School

Author: Charles J. Sykes

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Published: 2007-08-21

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1466831278

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Charles J. Sykes offers fifty life lessons not included in the self-esteem-laden, reality-light curriculum of most schools. Here are truths about what kids will encounter in the world post-schooling, and ideas for how parents can reclaim lost ground---not with pep talks and touchy-feely negotiations, but with honesty and respect. Sykes's rules are frank, funny, and tough minded, including: #1 Life is not fair. Get used to it. #7 If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure, so he tends to be a bit edgier. When you screw up, he's not going to ask you how you FEEL about it. #15 Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping. They called it "opportunity." #42 Change the oil. #43 Don't let the success of others depress you. #48 Tell yourself the story of your life. Have a point. Each rule is explored with wise, pithy examples that parents, grandparents, and teachers can use to help children help themselves succeed---in school and out of it. A few rules kids won't learn in school: #9 Your school may have done away with winners and losers. Life hasn't. #14 Looking like a slut does not empower you. #29 Learn to deal with hypocrisy. #32 Television is not real life. #38 Look people in the eye when you meet them. #47 You are not perfect, and you don't have to be. #50 Enjoy this while you can.


Vampires Don't Wear Polka Dots (The Bailey School Kids #1)

Vampires Don't Wear Polka Dots (The Bailey School Kids #1)

Author: Debbie Dadey

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2021-12-07

Total Pages: 62

ISBN-13: 1338829130

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The hugely popular early chapter book series re-emerges -- now in e-book! The kids in the third grade at Bailey Elementary are so hard to handle that all of their teachers have quit. But their new teacher, Mrs. Jeepers, is different to say the least. She's just moved from the Transylvanian Alps and she seems to have some strange powers that help her deal with these mischief-makers. Her methods may be a little unconventional, but, then again, Mrs. Jeepers may be just what the Bailey School kids need.


David Goes to School

David Goes to School

Author: David Shannon

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2016-07-26

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 0545529999

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David's teacher has her hands full. From running in the halls to chewing gum in class, David's high-energy antics fill each schoolday with trouble-and are sure to bring a smile to even the best-behaved reader.