Boy @ the Window
Boy @ the Window

Author: Donald Earl Collins

Publisher:

Published: 2013-11

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9780989256131

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As a preteen Black male growing up in Mount Vernon, New York, there were a series of moments, incidents and wounds that caused me to retreat inward in despair and escape into a world of imagination. For five years I protected my family secrets from authority figures, affluent Whites and middle class Blacks while attending an unforgiving gifted-track magnet school program that itself was embroiled in suburban drama. It was my imagination that shielded me from the slights of others, that enabled my survival and academic success. It took everything I had to get myself into college and out to Pittsburgh, but more was in store before I could finally begin to break from my past. "Boy @ The Window" is a coming-of-age story about the universal search for understanding on how any one of us becomes the person they are despite-or because of-the odds. It's a memoir intertwined with my own search for redemption, trust, love, success-for a life worth living. "Boy @ The Window" is about one of the most important lessons of all: what it takes to overcome inhumanity in order to become whole and human again.

Read 180
Read 180

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780545076135

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READ 180 is a comprehensive reading intervention program designed to meet the needs of elementary to middle school students whose reading achievement is below the proficient level. The program directly addresses individual needs through differentiated instruction, adaptive and instructional software, high-interest literature, and direct instruction in reading, writing, and vocabulary skills. Stage A provides tools for young struggling readers in elementary school to develop critical literacy skills. Stage B provides middle school struggling readers with topics designed for their level of reading that hold their interest. System 44 was designed for the most challenged, older struggling readers, and helps these students understand that the English language is a finite system of 44 sounds and 26 letters that can be mastered. It uses validated assessment for screening and placement, research-based phonics instruction and highly motivating and age-appropriate adaptive technology.

Affirming Diversity
Affirming Diversity

Author: Sonia Nieto

Publisher: Pearson College Division

Published: 2012-08-17

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 9780133007558

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This best-selling text explores the meaning, necessity, and benefits of multicultural education-in a sociopolitical context-for students of all backgrounds. Sonia Nieto and Patty Bode look at how personal, social, political, cultural, and educational factors affect the success or failure of students in today's classroom. Expanding upon the popular case-study approach, Affirming Diversity: The Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education examines the lives of real students who are affected by multicultural education, or the lack of it. This social justice view of multicultural education encourages teachers to work for social change in their classrooms, schools, and communities.

Indonesia
Indonesia

Author: Edimon Ginting

Publisher: Asian Development Bank

Published: 2018-02-01

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 9292610791

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The book focuses on Indonesia's most pressing labor market challenges and associated policy options to achieve higher and more inclusive economic growth. The challenges consist of creating jobs for and the skills in a youthful and increasingly better educated workforce, and raising the productivity of less-educated workers to meet the demands of the digital age. The book deals with a range of interrelated topics---the changing supply and demand for labor in relation to the shift of workers out of agriculture; urbanization and the growth of megacities; raising the quality of schooling for new jobs in the digital economy; and labor market policies to improve both labor standards and productivity.

Careers in Teaching Handbook
Careers in Teaching Handbook

Author: David Haselkorn

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13:

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This handbook provides information and offers guidance and resources to help those who have expressed an interest in the teaching profession. The publication is organized into six chapters as follows: (1) "A Snapshot of the Profession" (why people choose to teach, the need for teachers, school reform and the nation's future, and what teachers like and don't like about their profession); (2) "Preparing To Be a Teacher" (the role of professional training, what's involved in teacher education, choosing a program that will suit one's needs, teacher demand by discipline and grade level, and financial aid for teacher education); (3) "Teacher Licensure and Certification Today" (why states license new teachers, teacher licensure vs. teacher certification, the licensure process, what to expect from standardized tests, and benefits and drawbacks of "alternative licensure" programs); (4) "Opportunities for Persons of Color" (the shortage of teachers of color, why diversity in the teaching profession is important, resources, scholarships, and contacts for persons of color); (5) "Finding a Job in Teaching" (where teacher demand is high, how to conduct a job search, what schools and districts look for, and working in nonpublic schools); and (6) "Making the Most of a Career in Teaching" (why most teachers are satisfied with their career, improving conditions for teachers, how good teachers retain their enthusiasm, and teachers' roles in local and national school reform). A closing essay "A Teacher's Story" by Janice Anderson Connolly is included. Each section provides useful information, resource lists, and/or address lists. (LL)

Vocational Special Needs
Vocational Special Needs

Author: Michelle Sarkees-Wircenski

Publisher:

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13:

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Abstract: This text discusses the planning and management of vocational training programs for handicapped and disadvantaged students who have special needs. The book is divided into 12 modules, each covering a specific area of vocational special needs education. Each module is self-contained and may be studied independently of other modules. Topics include: referral, identification, and placement of special needs learners; vocational assessment and individualized education programs for special needs learners; interagency collaboration and cooperative planning; applying rehabilitation technology to vocational programs; instructional techniques for special needs learners; learner evaluation and grading procedures; and transition, job placement, and follow-up for special needs learners.