Author: Anna Esaki-Smith
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538184117
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Find the college that’s best for you and your future. Much attention has been paid to helping students get into elite schools. Advice on how to ace those SATs and write a killer college application essay all aim to get students into the most prestigious university possible. It’s time to look beyond brand and focus on finding the school that is right for each individual instead. In Make College Your Superpower: It’s Not Where You Go, It’s What You Know, Anna Esaki-Smith advocates on behalf of students and offers them a guide to getting the most value out of their education. Using the latest data, personal anecdotes, and inspiration, Esaki-Smith shows students how to make informed decisions about where to apply to college, taking into consideration areas of job growth, personal finances, skill sets, potential salaries, geography, and more. In addition, Esaki-Smith explores the connection between majors and jobs and how, rather than relying on a university’s ranking, selecting the right program can more directly result in employability for graduates. With the mental health of students declining, the time is right for a book that encourages students to be resourceful, independent, and energized. Stories of those who found different paths to success provide students from a wider range of backgrounds and abilities incentive to feel optimistic about their futures, as well. With helpful insight and practical advice, Make College Your Superpower aims to get readers excited—rather than stressed—about the college admissions process.
Make College Your Superpower
Author: Anna Esaki-Smith
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538184117
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Find the college that’s best for you and your future. Much attention has been paid to helping students get into elite schools. Advice on how to ace those SATs and write a killer college application essay all aim to get students into the most prestigious university possible. It’s time to look beyond brand and focus on finding the school that is right for each individual instead. In Make College Your Superpower: It’s Not Where You Go, It’s What You Know, Anna Esaki-Smith advocates on behalf of students and offers them a guide to getting the most value out of their education. Using the latest data, personal anecdotes, and inspiration, Esaki-Smith shows students how to make informed decisions about where to apply to college, taking into consideration areas of job growth, personal finances, skill sets, potential salaries, geography, and more. In addition, Esaki-Smith explores the connection between majors and jobs and how, rather than relying on a university’s ranking, selecting the right program can more directly result in employability for graduates. With the mental health of students declining, the time is right for a book that encourages students to be resourceful, independent, and energized. Stories of those who found different paths to success provide students from a wider range of backgrounds and abilities incentive to feel optimistic about their futures, as well. With helpful insight and practical advice, Make College Your Superpower aims to get readers excited—rather than stressed—about the college admissions process.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538184117
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Find the college that’s best for you and your future. Much attention has been paid to helping students get into elite schools. Advice on how to ace those SATs and write a killer college application essay all aim to get students into the most prestigious university possible. It’s time to look beyond brand and focus on finding the school that is right for each individual instead. In Make College Your Superpower: It’s Not Where You Go, It’s What You Know, Anna Esaki-Smith advocates on behalf of students and offers them a guide to getting the most value out of their education. Using the latest data, personal anecdotes, and inspiration, Esaki-Smith shows students how to make informed decisions about where to apply to college, taking into consideration areas of job growth, personal finances, skill sets, potential salaries, geography, and more. In addition, Esaki-Smith explores the connection between majors and jobs and how, rather than relying on a university’s ranking, selecting the right program can more directly result in employability for graduates. With the mental health of students declining, the time is right for a book that encourages students to be resourceful, independent, and energized. Stories of those who found different paths to success provide students from a wider range of backgrounds and abilities incentive to feel optimistic about their futures, as well. With helpful insight and practical advice, Make College Your Superpower aims to get readers excited—rather than stressed—about the college admissions process.
Deadly Surrender
Author: Katie Reus
Publisher: KR Press, LLC
ISBN: 1635561388
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Getting too close could end their friendship… Good old-fashioned heartbreak sent Grace running to Las Vegas for a new start. There, she has the support of a college buddy and her social group, which includes Logan…funny, sexy, protective Logan MacNeil. They’ve become close friends, but that’s all Grace is willing to offer. Logan’s a known player, and Grace has been hurt enough for one lifetime, thanks. Getting left at the altar will do that to a woman. Being apart could end their lives… Logan’s reputation is more than a little exaggerated, and he’s never cared. Until Grace. She’s worth risking his heart again, if he can convince the brave, independent woman he’s not the playboy he seems. Right now she needs a friend…and a protector. Someone has already targeted them both—twice. Logan suspects he gained an enemy for his part in his boss’s recent failed business deal. But until he’s sure, he’s keeping Grace close. Achingly, torturously close… And when things turn deadly, he’ll lay everything on the line to make her his. Author note: This book is part of the Sin City Series but can be read as a stand-alone.
Publisher: KR Press, LLC
ISBN: 1635561388
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Getting too close could end their friendship… Good old-fashioned heartbreak sent Grace running to Las Vegas for a new start. There, she has the support of a college buddy and her social group, which includes Logan…funny, sexy, protective Logan MacNeil. They’ve become close friends, but that’s all Grace is willing to offer. Logan’s a known player, and Grace has been hurt enough for one lifetime, thanks. Getting left at the altar will do that to a woman. Being apart could end their lives… Logan’s reputation is more than a little exaggerated, and he’s never cared. Until Grace. She’s worth risking his heart again, if he can convince the brave, independent woman he’s not the playboy he seems. Right now she needs a friend…and a protector. Someone has already targeted them both—twice. Logan suspects he gained an enemy for his part in his boss’s recent failed business deal. But until he’s sure, he’s keeping Grace close. Achingly, torturously close… And when things turn deadly, he’ll lay everything on the line to make her his. Author note: This book is part of the Sin City Series but can be read as a stand-alone.
Soul Success
Author: Megan McCann
Publisher: Gatekeeper Press
ISBN: 1662900120
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
From late night diaper changes to blueprints for how to succeed in business, Soul Success is a collection of memoirs from inspirational women who have overcome impossible circumstances to achieve success. Using irreverent humor and specific action steps, author Megan McCann introduces the battles she faced throughout her life as a little girl and woman who dared to dream. McCann takes you first through her journey bringing to light common themes of unhealthy female competition and why it's our duty now more than ever, as women, to lock arms. From being bullied in school by her teacher and her peers, to being at war with other women in business, you'll explore the common themes that led to failure in her career and personal life. After meeting the women highlighted in this book, you'll come to understand the mission behind the book is not just about women rising together, but after reading the memoirs, you'll also leave with a toolkit for how to turn sh*t into gold. Be ready to laugh, snort, cry, and feel good all at the same time. Contributing authors include: Sara Connell, Jennifer Ludington, Dr. Kathryn Guylay, Jamie Green, Leah Warshawski, Jaime Rivetts, Pirie Grossman, Barbara Kamba-Nyathi, Rose Jubb, Jesse Johnson, Kathy Haan, and Jaya Rose.
Publisher: Gatekeeper Press
ISBN: 1662900120
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
From late night diaper changes to blueprints for how to succeed in business, Soul Success is a collection of memoirs from inspirational women who have overcome impossible circumstances to achieve success. Using irreverent humor and specific action steps, author Megan McCann introduces the battles she faced throughout her life as a little girl and woman who dared to dream. McCann takes you first through her journey bringing to light common themes of unhealthy female competition and why it's our duty now more than ever, as women, to lock arms. From being bullied in school by her teacher and her peers, to being at war with other women in business, you'll explore the common themes that led to failure in her career and personal life. After meeting the women highlighted in this book, you'll come to understand the mission behind the book is not just about women rising together, but after reading the memoirs, you'll also leave with a toolkit for how to turn sh*t into gold. Be ready to laugh, snort, cry, and feel good all at the same time. Contributing authors include: Sara Connell, Jennifer Ludington, Dr. Kathryn Guylay, Jamie Green, Leah Warshawski, Jaime Rivetts, Pirie Grossman, Barbara Kamba-Nyathi, Rose Jubb, Jesse Johnson, Kathy Haan, and Jaya Rose.
Superpowered
Author: Renee Jain
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0593126408
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
This New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller is the perfect tool for children facing new social and emotional challenges in an increasingly disconnected world! This how-to book from two psychology experts--packed with fun graphics and quizzes--will help kids transform stress, worry, and anxiety. Give it to fans of The Confidence Code for Girls and Raina Telgemeier's Guts. Now more than ever, kids need to feel empowered as they work through anxiety, overwhelm, and uncertainty brought on by the world around them. With its helpful, hands-on suggestions and tips, SUPERPOWERED will be embraced by every kid with insecurities, worries, and anxious thoughts. Renee Jain (founder of GoZen!) and Dr. Shefali Tsabary (New York Times bestelling author and Oprah contributor) make readers the superheroes of their own stories. They introduce a toolkit of easy-to-understand methods for recognizing anxious behaviors, identifying the root causes of worried thinking, and realizing that strength can be found in reclaiming one's inner superpowers. With the help of humorous artwork and interactive elements, readers find their P.O.W.E.R. (an acronym that inspires mindfulness and resilience practices) and gain lasting mental strength.
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0593126408
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
This New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller is the perfect tool for children facing new social and emotional challenges in an increasingly disconnected world! This how-to book from two psychology experts--packed with fun graphics and quizzes--will help kids transform stress, worry, and anxiety. Give it to fans of The Confidence Code for Girls and Raina Telgemeier's Guts. Now more than ever, kids need to feel empowered as they work through anxiety, overwhelm, and uncertainty brought on by the world around them. With its helpful, hands-on suggestions and tips, SUPERPOWERED will be embraced by every kid with insecurities, worries, and anxious thoughts. Renee Jain (founder of GoZen!) and Dr. Shefali Tsabary (New York Times bestelling author and Oprah contributor) make readers the superheroes of their own stories. They introduce a toolkit of easy-to-understand methods for recognizing anxious behaviors, identifying the root causes of worried thinking, and realizing that strength can be found in reclaiming one's inner superpowers. With the help of humorous artwork and interactive elements, readers find their P.O.W.E.R. (an acronym that inspires mindfulness and resilience practices) and gain lasting mental strength.
Who Gets to Write Fiction?: Opening Doors to Imaginative Writing for All Students
Author: Ariel Sacks
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 132405249X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Writing and sharing fiction allows adolescents to glimpse other lives The current curricular emphasis on analytical writing can make it feel risky to teach creative writing in ELA classrooms. But the opportunity to write fiction in school opens many doors for young people: doors the author argues are critical to the development of our students, our education system, and even our democracy. This book will delight English teachers weary of focusing relentlessly on argument and information writing. Veteran teacher Ariel Sacks vividly describes the many academic, social–emotional, and community-building advantages of teaching imaginative writing in the classroom, not least of which is the impact it has on equity for marginalized students. Her book is a teacher-to-teacher text that folds in detailed, practical guidance about how to design lessons and meet standards, while presenting a powerful central argument: that the writing of fiction should be treated not as a luxury for some, but as a center of the English curriculum for all students.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 132405249X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Writing and sharing fiction allows adolescents to glimpse other lives The current curricular emphasis on analytical writing can make it feel risky to teach creative writing in ELA classrooms. But the opportunity to write fiction in school opens many doors for young people: doors the author argues are critical to the development of our students, our education system, and even our democracy. This book will delight English teachers weary of focusing relentlessly on argument and information writing. Veteran teacher Ariel Sacks vividly describes the many academic, social–emotional, and community-building advantages of teaching imaginative writing in the classroom, not least of which is the impact it has on equity for marginalized students. Her book is a teacher-to-teacher text that folds in detailed, practical guidance about how to design lessons and meet standards, while presenting a powerful central argument: that the writing of fiction should be treated not as a luxury for some, but as a center of the English curriculum for all students.
The Gatekeepers
Author: Jacques Steinberg
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780142003084
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
In the fall of 1999, New York Times education reporter Jacques Steinberg was given an unprecedented opportunity to observe the admissions process at prestigious Wesleyan University. Over the course of nearly a year, Steinberg accompanied admissions officer Ralph Figueroa on a tour to assess and recruit the most promising students in the country. The Gatekeepers follows a diverse group of prospective students as they compete for places in the nation's most elite colleges. The first book to reveal the college admission process in such behind-the-scenes detail, The Gatekeepers will be required reading for every parent of a high school-age child and for every student facing the arduous and anxious task of applying to college. "[The Gatekeepers] provides the deep insight that is missing from the myriad how-to books on admissions that try to identify the formula for getting into the best colleges...I really didn't want the book to end." —The New York Times
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780142003084
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
In the fall of 1999, New York Times education reporter Jacques Steinberg was given an unprecedented opportunity to observe the admissions process at prestigious Wesleyan University. Over the course of nearly a year, Steinberg accompanied admissions officer Ralph Figueroa on a tour to assess and recruit the most promising students in the country. The Gatekeepers follows a diverse group of prospective students as they compete for places in the nation's most elite colleges. The first book to reveal the college admission process in such behind-the-scenes detail, The Gatekeepers will be required reading for every parent of a high school-age child and for every student facing the arduous and anxious task of applying to college. "[The Gatekeepers] provides the deep insight that is missing from the myriad how-to books on admissions that try to identify the formula for getting into the best colleges...I really didn't want the book to end." —The New York Times
What's Under Your Cape?
Author: Barbara Gruener
Publisher: Ferne Press
ISBN: 9781938326332
Category : Moral education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
What if students in your clasroom could excel in academics and character education? What kind of impact would they make on the world? Through stories and activities, learn how Barbara Gruener uses the word SUPERHEROES to define positive character traits. This powerful handbook will change the way you look at character education.
Publisher: Ferne Press
ISBN: 9781938326332
Category : Moral education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
What if students in your clasroom could excel in academics and character education? What kind of impact would they make on the world? Through stories and activities, learn how Barbara Gruener uses the word SUPERHEROES to define positive character traits. This powerful handbook will change the way you look at character education.
How to Have a Birthday
Author: Mary Lyn Ray
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536207411
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
"This picture book celebrates, through words and images, the best birthday gift of all--a whole day that is yours to unwrap"--
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536207411
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
"This picture book celebrates, through words and images, the best birthday gift of all--a whole day that is yours to unwrap"--
What's My Superpower?
Author: Aviaq Johnston
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781772273250
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Nalvana feels like all of her friends have some type of superpower. But when her mom shows Nalvana that she is unique and special, she realizes that her superpower was right in front of her all along.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781772273250
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Nalvana feels like all of her friends have some type of superpower. But when her mom shows Nalvana that she is unique and special, she realizes that her superpower was right in front of her all along.
Middle School Matters
Author: Phyllis L. Fagell
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
ISBN: 0738235091
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
A counselor and popular Washington Post contributor offers a new take on grades 6-8 as a distinct developmental phase--and the perfect time to set up kids to thrive. Middle school is its own important, distinct territory, and yet it's either written off as an uncomfortable rite of passage or lumped in with other developmental phases. Based on her many years working in schools, professional counselor Phyllis Fagell sees these years instead as a critical stage that parents can't afford to ignore (and though "middle school" includes different grades in various regions, Fagell maintains that the ages make more of a difference than the setting). Though the transition from childhood to adolescence can be tough for kids, this time of rapid physical, intellectual, moral, social, and emotional change is a unique opportunity to proactively build character and confidence. Fagell helps parents use the middle school years as a low-stakes training ground to teach kids the key skills they'll need to thrive now and in the future, including making good friend choices, negotiating conflict, regulating their own emotions, be their own advocates, and more. To answer parents' most common questions and struggles with middle school-aged children, Fagell combines her professional and personal expertise with stories and advice from prominent psychologists, doctors, parents, educators, school professionals, and middle schoolers themselves.
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
ISBN: 0738235091
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
A counselor and popular Washington Post contributor offers a new take on grades 6-8 as a distinct developmental phase--and the perfect time to set up kids to thrive. Middle school is its own important, distinct territory, and yet it's either written off as an uncomfortable rite of passage or lumped in with other developmental phases. Based on her many years working in schools, professional counselor Phyllis Fagell sees these years instead as a critical stage that parents can't afford to ignore (and though "middle school" includes different grades in various regions, Fagell maintains that the ages make more of a difference than the setting). Though the transition from childhood to adolescence can be tough for kids, this time of rapid physical, intellectual, moral, social, and emotional change is a unique opportunity to proactively build character and confidence. Fagell helps parents use the middle school years as a low-stakes training ground to teach kids the key skills they'll need to thrive now and in the future, including making good friend choices, negotiating conflict, regulating their own emotions, be their own advocates, and more. To answer parents' most common questions and struggles with middle school-aged children, Fagell combines her professional and personal expertise with stories and advice from prominent psychologists, doctors, parents, educators, school professionals, and middle schoolers themselves.