Author: Kaplan Test Prep
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1506274404
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
Prepare for the SAT with confidence! With more than 75 years of experience and more than 95% of our students getting into their top-choice schools, Kaplan knows how to increase your score and get you into your top-choice college. Prep Smarter. Not Harder. Kaplan’s SAT Reading and Writing Prep provides everything you need to master the challenging Evidence-Based Reading and Writing sections on the SAT. This focused guide provides concise review of how to effectively and efficiently read passages to answer questions correctly and ample practice, from drills to mixed practice sets, to help you raise your score. Kaplan’s SAT Reading and Writing Prep contains many features to help improve test scores, including: * 19 Comprehensive Evidence-Based Reading and Writing Practice Sets with detailed explanations * More than 150 practice questions with expert explanations * Methods and strategies to improve your Evidence-Based Reading and Writing score * Full Reading and Writing and Language practice test sections Kaplan provides the practice you need to improve your Evidence-Based Reading and Writing score—guaranteed. Kaplan’s SAT Reading and Writing Prep is the must-have preparation tool for every student looking to score higher and get into their top-choice college. Best used with Kaplan’s SAT Prep Plus for comprehensive SAT prep.
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
Author: Dinaw Mengestu
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101217561
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Seventeen years ago, Sepha Stephanos fled the Ethiopian Revolution for a new start in the United States. Now he finds himself running a failing grocery store in a poor African-American section of Washington, D.C., his only companions two fellow African immigrants who share his bitter nostalgia and longing for his home continent. Years ago and worlds away Sepha could never have imagined a life of such isolation. As his environment begins to change, hope comes in the form of a friendship with new neighbors Judith and Naomi, a white woman and her biracial daughter. But when a series of racial incidents disturbs the community, Sepha may lose everything all over again. Watch a QuickTime interview with Dinaw Mengestu about this book.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101217561
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Seventeen years ago, Sepha Stephanos fled the Ethiopian Revolution for a new start in the United States. Now he finds himself running a failing grocery store in a poor African-American section of Washington, D.C., his only companions two fellow African immigrants who share his bitter nostalgia and longing for his home continent. Years ago and worlds away Sepha could never have imagined a life of such isolation. As his environment begins to change, hope comes in the form of a friendship with new neighbors Judith and Naomi, a white woman and her biracial daughter. But when a series of racial incidents disturbs the community, Sepha may lose everything all over again. Watch a QuickTime interview with Dinaw Mengestu about this book.
The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia: A Novel
Author: Mary Helen Stefaniak
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393080447
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A hidden history of the South emerges when a worldly teacher leads Threestep, GA, to reinvent itself, setting in motion events that lead to triumph and tragedy for the black teenager who happens to be the smartest person in Piedmont County, Georgia, in 1938–39. As an epigraph from The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois reminds us at the start of this novel, "Throughout history, the powers of single black men flash here and there like falling stars, and die sometimes before the world has rightly gauged their brightness." Protagonist Theo Boykin is a genius, an artist, an inventor, a Leonardo DaVinci–type, whose talents are sought after by local blacks and whites alike, but even this is not enough to save him. He falls victim to "the tragedy of ignorance and the damage caused by fear," in the words of poet Rita Dove—the first African American to serve as U.S. Poet Laureate and a member of the jury that conferred on The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia the 2011 Anisfield-Wolf Award for books that "make a significant contribution to our understanding of racism and our appreciation for the diversity of human cultures." You won't forget Theo Boykin, nor will you forget his friends the Cailiffs, especially Gladys, who tells this story with love and bewilderment, and the teacher, Miss Spivey, who changes all their lives.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393080447
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A hidden history of the South emerges when a worldly teacher leads Threestep, GA, to reinvent itself, setting in motion events that lead to triumph and tragedy for the black teenager who happens to be the smartest person in Piedmont County, Georgia, in 1938–39. As an epigraph from The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois reminds us at the start of this novel, "Throughout history, the powers of single black men flash here and there like falling stars, and die sometimes before the world has rightly gauged their brightness." Protagonist Theo Boykin is a genius, an artist, an inventor, a Leonardo DaVinci–type, whose talents are sought after by local blacks and whites alike, but even this is not enough to save him. He falls victim to "the tragedy of ignorance and the damage caused by fear," in the words of poet Rita Dove—the first African American to serve as U.S. Poet Laureate and a member of the jury that conferred on The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia the 2011 Anisfield-Wolf Award for books that "make a significant contribution to our understanding of racism and our appreciation for the diversity of human cultures." You won't forget Theo Boykin, nor will you forget his friends the Cailiffs, especially Gladys, who tells this story with love and bewilderment, and the teacher, Miss Spivey, who changes all their lives.
2018 SAT Reading
Author: Khalid Khashoggi
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781548225018
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Featuring the same U.S. and international authors present on the official SAT, this diverse collection of passages is your key to test-taking success! All 500 questions test you exactly as the SAT would, focusing on aspects such as characterization, theme, plot, and main idea. And our 2000 Detailed Answer Explanations will help you understand how to avoid the common traps found on the SAT. Control The Test!(R) now and achieve your goal score!
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781548225018
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Featuring the same U.S. and international authors present on the official SAT, this diverse collection of passages is your key to test-taking success! All 500 questions test you exactly as the SAT would, focusing on aspects such as characterization, theme, plot, and main idea. And our 2000 Detailed Answer Explanations will help you understand how to avoid the common traps found on the SAT. Control The Test!(R) now and achieve your goal score!
SAT Reading
Author: Arianna Astuni
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Recognizing students' widespread frustration with the SAT history passage (also known as "Global Conversation"), IES Test Prep hoped to provide a resource that matches the quality of material tested by the College Board. The SAT Reading: History Passages book contains 50 SAT reading comprehension passages that focus on the struggle for civil and human rights as seen from various points of view and within different political contexts. With these 50 passages, students (and tutors) will also find 500 SAT Reading questions along with 2000 detailed answer explanations! This book has been consulted by 8 teachers and tested on over 1,000 students, a process which has allowed IES to ensure consistency with the official SAT.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Recognizing students' widespread frustration with the SAT history passage (also known as "Global Conversation"), IES Test Prep hoped to provide a resource that matches the quality of material tested by the College Board. The SAT Reading: History Passages book contains 50 SAT reading comprehension passages that focus on the struggle for civil and human rights as seen from various points of view and within different political contexts. With these 50 passages, students (and tutors) will also find 500 SAT Reading questions along with 2000 detailed answer explanations! This book has been consulted by 8 teachers and tested on over 1,000 students, a process which has allowed IES to ensure consistency with the official SAT.
SAT Reading
Author: PrepVantage
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781981980932
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
To excel on the SAT Reading section, you will need to master two especially demanding passage types. The Literature and History selections involve supremely challenging material. Yet with this book, you can master any passage-from any era-in these especially high-stakes topic areas. Discover the power of the PrepVantage method, and triumph on the SAT Literature and History Passages!
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781981980932
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
To excel on the SAT Reading section, you will need to master two especially demanding passage types. The Literature and History selections involve supremely challenging material. Yet with this book, you can master any passage-from any era-in these especially high-stakes topic areas. Discover the power of the PrepVantage method, and triumph on the SAT Literature and History Passages!
SAT Reading & Writing Prep
Author: Kaplan Test Prep
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1506274404
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
Prepare for the SAT with confidence! With more than 75 years of experience and more than 95% of our students getting into their top-choice schools, Kaplan knows how to increase your score and get you into your top-choice college. Prep Smarter. Not Harder. Kaplan’s SAT Reading and Writing Prep provides everything you need to master the challenging Evidence-Based Reading and Writing sections on the SAT. This focused guide provides concise review of how to effectively and efficiently read passages to answer questions correctly and ample practice, from drills to mixed practice sets, to help you raise your score. Kaplan’s SAT Reading and Writing Prep contains many features to help improve test scores, including: * 19 Comprehensive Evidence-Based Reading and Writing Practice Sets with detailed explanations * More than 150 practice questions with expert explanations * Methods and strategies to improve your Evidence-Based Reading and Writing score * Full Reading and Writing and Language practice test sections Kaplan provides the practice you need to improve your Evidence-Based Reading and Writing score—guaranteed. Kaplan’s SAT Reading and Writing Prep is the must-have preparation tool for every student looking to score higher and get into their top-choice college. Best used with Kaplan’s SAT Prep Plus for comprehensive SAT prep.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1506274404
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
Prepare for the SAT with confidence! With more than 75 years of experience and more than 95% of our students getting into their top-choice schools, Kaplan knows how to increase your score and get you into your top-choice college. Prep Smarter. Not Harder. Kaplan’s SAT Reading and Writing Prep provides everything you need to master the challenging Evidence-Based Reading and Writing sections on the SAT. This focused guide provides concise review of how to effectively and efficiently read passages to answer questions correctly and ample practice, from drills to mixed practice sets, to help you raise your score. Kaplan’s SAT Reading and Writing Prep contains many features to help improve test scores, including: * 19 Comprehensive Evidence-Based Reading and Writing Practice Sets with detailed explanations * More than 150 practice questions with expert explanations * Methods and strategies to improve your Evidence-Based Reading and Writing score * Full Reading and Writing and Language practice test sections Kaplan provides the practice you need to improve your Evidence-Based Reading and Writing score—guaranteed. Kaplan’s SAT Reading and Writing Prep is the must-have preparation tool for every student looking to score higher and get into their top-choice college. Best used with Kaplan’s SAT Prep Plus for comprehensive SAT prep.
Dastardly Discourse
Author: Meg Gorzycki
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1725262231
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Screaming at the television, compulsively firing off tart little tweets, and blogging until we are blue; these signal that we are feeling the effects of dastardly discourse. We live in a world where people feel entitled to use words to hurt, exploit, and publicly degrade humanity. We daily consume rhetoric that makes a mockery of decency and civility. Leaders of key social institutions, including government, news media, and religious organizations, who are supposed to be role models of reasoned and compassionate communication are often the ones with the loudest lies and the hardest hate. We can change the channel. We can unplug. We can even encourage others to do the same. We may not do so, however, until we grasp what is fundamentally at risk in our current norms of communication. Nasty words are just the tip of the dastardly discourse iceberg. What lies beneath is a steady flow of propaganda that aims to control our personal narratives. This book is about that propaganda, the importance of owning our own narratives, and improving our own rhetorical capital—the ability to analyze and evaluate information—for the sake of sustaining human dignity, decency, and civility.
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1725262231
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Screaming at the television, compulsively firing off tart little tweets, and blogging until we are blue; these signal that we are feeling the effects of dastardly discourse. We live in a world where people feel entitled to use words to hurt, exploit, and publicly degrade humanity. We daily consume rhetoric that makes a mockery of decency and civility. Leaders of key social institutions, including government, news media, and religious organizations, who are supposed to be role models of reasoned and compassionate communication are often the ones with the loudest lies and the hardest hate. We can change the channel. We can unplug. We can even encourage others to do the same. We may not do so, however, until we grasp what is fundamentally at risk in our current norms of communication. Nasty words are just the tip of the dastardly discourse iceberg. What lies beneath is a steady flow of propaganda that aims to control our personal narratives. This book is about that propaganda, the importance of owning our own narratives, and improving our own rhetorical capital—the ability to analyze and evaluate information—for the sake of sustaining human dignity, decency, and civility.
So Each May Soar
Author: Carol Ann Tomlinson
Publisher: ASCD
ISBN: 1416630317
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Use this book's curated collection of strategies to reconnect with professional and personal aspirations, build an energized and mutually respectful classroom community, and deliver instruction that feels alive to you and your students. Carol Ann Tomlinson's role in defining and popularizing differentiated instruction has made her one of the most influential voices in modern education. In So Each May Soar, she illuminates the next step forward: creating learner-centered classrooms to help all students gain a deeper understanding of themselves, others, and the world. Join Tomlinson as she explores principles and practices of learner-centered classrooms, including * What it means for teachers to honor themselves, each learner, and the content they teach. * How to assemble a curriculum that ignites students' imaginations and drives discovery. * How to guide classroom experiences that develop the mind of each learner in accordance with that learner's marvelous individuality. * How to shape curriculum, assessment, and instruction to support both equity and excellence. Examples from all kinds of learner-centered classrooms clarify what this approach looks like across grade levels and subject areas and confirm its viability in schools with budgets both big and small. A must-have touchstone for veterans, a beacon for middle-career educators, and a mission statement for those just beginning their careers, So Each May Soar celebrates the commitment of teachers and the opportunity they have to help each young person in their care build a better future and lead a wonderful life.
Publisher: ASCD
ISBN: 1416630317
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Use this book's curated collection of strategies to reconnect with professional and personal aspirations, build an energized and mutually respectful classroom community, and deliver instruction that feels alive to you and your students. Carol Ann Tomlinson's role in defining and popularizing differentiated instruction has made her one of the most influential voices in modern education. In So Each May Soar, she illuminates the next step forward: creating learner-centered classrooms to help all students gain a deeper understanding of themselves, others, and the world. Join Tomlinson as she explores principles and practices of learner-centered classrooms, including * What it means for teachers to honor themselves, each learner, and the content they teach. * How to assemble a curriculum that ignites students' imaginations and drives discovery. * How to guide classroom experiences that develop the mind of each learner in accordance with that learner's marvelous individuality. * How to shape curriculum, assessment, and instruction to support both equity and excellence. Examples from all kinds of learner-centered classrooms clarify what this approach looks like across grade levels and subject areas and confirm its viability in schools with budgets both big and small. A must-have touchstone for veterans, a beacon for middle-career educators, and a mission statement for those just beginning their careers, So Each May Soar celebrates the commitment of teachers and the opportunity they have to help each young person in their care build a better future and lead a wonderful life.
World Development Report 2018
Author: World Bank Group
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 1464810982
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Every year, the World Bank’s World Development Report (WDR) features a topic of central importance to global development. The 2018 WDR—LEARNING to Realize Education’s Promise—is the first ever devoted entirely to education. And the time is right: education has long been critical to human welfare, but it is even more so in a time of rapid economic and social change. The best way to equip children and youth for the future is to make their learning the center of all efforts to promote education. The 2018 WDR explores four main themes: First, education’s promise: education is a powerful instrument for eradicating poverty and promoting shared prosperity, but fulfilling its potential requires better policies—both within and outside the education system. Second, the need to shine a light on learning: despite gains in access to education, recent learning assessments reveal that many young people around the world, especially those who are poor or marginalized, are leaving school unequipped with even the foundational skills they need for life. At the same time, internationally comparable learning assessments show that skills in many middle-income countries lag far behind what those countries aspire to. And too often these shortcomings are hidden—so as a first step to tackling this learning crisis, it is essential to shine a light on it by assessing student learning better. Third, how to make schools work for all learners: research on areas such as brain science, pedagogical innovations, and school management has identified interventions that promote learning by ensuring that learners are prepared, teachers are both skilled and motivated, and other inputs support the teacher-learner relationship. Fourth, how to make systems work for learning: achieving learning throughout an education system requires more than just scaling up effective interventions. Countries must also overcome technical and political barriers by deploying salient metrics for mobilizing actors and tracking progress, building coalitions for learning, and taking an adaptive approach to reform.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 1464810982
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Every year, the World Bank’s World Development Report (WDR) features a topic of central importance to global development. The 2018 WDR—LEARNING to Realize Education’s Promise—is the first ever devoted entirely to education. And the time is right: education has long been critical to human welfare, but it is even more so in a time of rapid economic and social change. The best way to equip children and youth for the future is to make their learning the center of all efforts to promote education. The 2018 WDR explores four main themes: First, education’s promise: education is a powerful instrument for eradicating poverty and promoting shared prosperity, but fulfilling its potential requires better policies—both within and outside the education system. Second, the need to shine a light on learning: despite gains in access to education, recent learning assessments reveal that many young people around the world, especially those who are poor or marginalized, are leaving school unequipped with even the foundational skills they need for life. At the same time, internationally comparable learning assessments show that skills in many middle-income countries lag far behind what those countries aspire to. And too often these shortcomings are hidden—so as a first step to tackling this learning crisis, it is essential to shine a light on it by assessing student learning better. Third, how to make schools work for all learners: research on areas such as brain science, pedagogical innovations, and school management has identified interventions that promote learning by ensuring that learners are prepared, teachers are both skilled and motivated, and other inputs support the teacher-learner relationship. Fourth, how to make systems work for learning: achieving learning throughout an education system requires more than just scaling up effective interventions. Countries must also overcome technical and political barriers by deploying salient metrics for mobilizing actors and tracking progress, building coalitions for learning, and taking an adaptive approach to reform.
Open and Distance Learning in Secondary School Education in India
Author: Jyotsna Jha
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000735575
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
This book examines the state of the Open and Distance Learning (ODL)-based secondary education in India. ODL-based education has been a key resource for children in India who can neither cope with nor avail of regular schooling opportunities due to economic, health and disability, or other constraints. The volume uses large-scale empirical data collected from various Indian states and a sensitive theoretical framework to study the equity, efficiency, and effectiveness of the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) and the State Open School (SOS). Highlighting the roadblocks and barriers in terms of its reach, inclusion, and delivery, particularly to the marginalised, this book explores whether ODL has a potential of being a sustainable and effective option at the secondary and senior secondary level in India. Thus, it seeks to generate policy discourse around delivery mechanisms and effectiveness of ODL in developing countries. First of its kind, this comprehensive volume will be useful for scholars and researchers of education, education policy, public policy, and political studies.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000735575
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
This book examines the state of the Open and Distance Learning (ODL)-based secondary education in India. ODL-based education has been a key resource for children in India who can neither cope with nor avail of regular schooling opportunities due to economic, health and disability, or other constraints. The volume uses large-scale empirical data collected from various Indian states and a sensitive theoretical framework to study the equity, efficiency, and effectiveness of the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) and the State Open School (SOS). Highlighting the roadblocks and barriers in terms of its reach, inclusion, and delivery, particularly to the marginalised, this book explores whether ODL has a potential of being a sustainable and effective option at the secondary and senior secondary level in India. Thus, it seeks to generate policy discourse around delivery mechanisms and effectiveness of ODL in developing countries. First of its kind, this comprehensive volume will be useful for scholars and researchers of education, education policy, public policy, and political studies.