School Figures
School Figures

Author: Hanna Skandera

Publisher: Hoover Institution Press

Published: 2013-11-01

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 081792826X

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School Figures presents statistics, along with historical trends and cross-sectional comparisons, to provide a clear, factual picture of today's K&–12 education landscape, including information on school demographics, cost and finance, testing and achievement, public school reform, and other key areas.

School Figures
School Figures

Author: Cathy Song

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Published: 2020-02-24

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 0822980614

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In choosing Cathy Song's first book for the Yale Series of Younger Poets, Richard Hugo said that her poems are "bouquets to those moments in life that seemed minor but in retrospect count the most."In this, Song's third book, the poems are like the school figures an ice skater etches onto the ice - the pen moving silently and deliberately across a white expanse of paper and experience, bringing maximum pressure to bear upon the blade of language to unlock "the invisible fire beneath the ice."

Who Wins?
Who Wins?

Author: Clay Swartz

Publisher: Workman Publishing

Published: 2016-07-12

Total Pages: 107

ISBN-13: 0761185445

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Let’s say Charles Dickens challenges Mother Teresa to a lightsaber duel—they’re both equally fit, so will his superior artistry overcome her advantage in bravery and leadership? Or who wins karaoke—Nelson Mandela or Jane Austen? They certainly both have a way with words, but Mandela’s over-the-top courage might take the day. Mixing and matching 100 historical figures in 50 competitive categories, from Ping-Pong to climbing Mount Everest, Who Wins? turns history into a compelling game, which means kids learn while having fun in the process. Each of the famous people is given a short bio and ranked in six categories—bravery, leadership, artistry, wealth, wisdom, and fitness. And because there are no right answers, the reader decides, and in the very act of deciding and justifying the answer, real learning has taken place. A 2017 YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers.

Child Care Needs and Numbers
Child Care Needs and Numbers

Author: Jean Packman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-11-07

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 100043785X

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Originally published in 1968, the study described in this title began in a very small way in late 1960. At that time some Oxfordshire county councillors and children’s department officials were very conscious that the number of children in care in the county was high in comparison with the national average. This meant that expenditure was also high. The County’s position, however, was not unique. Oxford City was in a similar position, but other neighbours did not appear to have the same problem. A small research project was launched to investigate and it soon became apparent that there was a large and complex problem to be solved. The problem was of striking, persistent and puzzling variations in the proportion of children in care in the different local authority children’s departments of England and Wales. This seemed to warrant a larger investigation on a country-wide basis and this book outlines the findings of that project.