Author: Sandeep Dutt
Publisher: Rupa Publications India Pvt Limited
ISBN: 9789390547401
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A BOOK FOR ANYONE AND EVERYONE ASSOCIATED WITH SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLING. This book is for parents to select the school for their child, as the choice can have a lifelong impact on the growth and personality of the child. A guide for you to look beyond that high-rise building and those perfectly manicured lawns-to go deeper in your search for your good school. It will encourage you to observe, question, and evaluate, and choose a school that will truly prepare your child for a life beyond the campus, a life beyond theory, a life beyond algebra. This book will help educators, school administrators and management to build and rebuild such institutions and change the future of learning. Enriched with the knowledge, experience and, most importantly, the wisdom of The Doon School alumnus and school improvement coach Sandeep Dutt, this book will encourage conversations around our education system and help shape the future of education in the world.
My Good School
Author: Sandeep Dutt
Publisher: Rupa Publications India Pvt Limited
ISBN: 9789390547401
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A BOOK FOR ANYONE AND EVERYONE ASSOCIATED WITH SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLING. This book is for parents to select the school for their child, as the choice can have a lifelong impact on the growth and personality of the child. A guide for you to look beyond that high-rise building and those perfectly manicured lawns-to go deeper in your search for your good school. It will encourage you to observe, question, and evaluate, and choose a school that will truly prepare your child for a life beyond the campus, a life beyond theory, a life beyond algebra. This book will help educators, school administrators and management to build and rebuild such institutions and change the future of learning. Enriched with the knowledge, experience and, most importantly, the wisdom of The Doon School alumnus and school improvement coach Sandeep Dutt, this book will encourage conversations around our education system and help shape the future of education in the world.
Publisher: Rupa Publications India Pvt Limited
ISBN: 9789390547401
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A BOOK FOR ANYONE AND EVERYONE ASSOCIATED WITH SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLING. This book is for parents to select the school for their child, as the choice can have a lifelong impact on the growth and personality of the child. A guide for you to look beyond that high-rise building and those perfectly manicured lawns-to go deeper in your search for your good school. It will encourage you to observe, question, and evaluate, and choose a school that will truly prepare your child for a life beyond the campus, a life beyond theory, a life beyond algebra. This book will help educators, school administrators and management to build and rebuild such institutions and change the future of learning. Enriched with the knowledge, experience and, most importantly, the wisdom of The Doon School alumnus and school improvement coach Sandeep Dutt, this book will encourage conversations around our education system and help shape the future of education in the world.
The Good School
Author: Peg Tyre
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1429996978
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Award-winning education journalist Peg Tyre mines up-to-the-minute research to equip parents with the tools and knowledge necessary to get their children the best education possible We all know that the quality of education served up to our children in U.S. schools ranges from outstanding to shockingly inadequate. How can parents tell the difference? And how do they make sure their kids get what's best? Even the most involved and informed parents can feel overwhelmed and confused when making important decisions about their child's education. And the scary truth is that evaluating a school based on test scores and college admissions data is like selecting a car based on the color of its paint. Synthesizing cutting-edge research and firsthand reporting, Peg Tyre offers parents far smarter and more sophisticated ways to assess a classroom and decide if the school and the teacher have the right stuff. Passionate and persuasive, The Good School empowers parents to make sense of headlines; constructively engage teachers, administrators, and school boards; and figure out the best option for their child—be that a local public school, a magnet program, a charter school, homeschooling, parochial, or private.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1429996978
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Award-winning education journalist Peg Tyre mines up-to-the-minute research to equip parents with the tools and knowledge necessary to get their children the best education possible We all know that the quality of education served up to our children in U.S. schools ranges from outstanding to shockingly inadequate. How can parents tell the difference? And how do they make sure their kids get what's best? Even the most involved and informed parents can feel overwhelmed and confused when making important decisions about their child's education. And the scary truth is that evaluating a school based on test scores and college admissions data is like selecting a car based on the color of its paint. Synthesizing cutting-edge research and firsthand reporting, Peg Tyre offers parents far smarter and more sophisticated ways to assess a classroom and decide if the school and the teacher have the right stuff. Passionate and persuasive, The Good School empowers parents to make sense of headlines; constructively engage teachers, administrators, and school boards; and figure out the best option for their child—be that a local public school, a magnet program, a charter school, homeschooling, parochial, or private.
A Good School
Author: Richard Yates
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466853670
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Richard Yates, who died in 1992, is today ranked by many readers, scholars, and critics alongside such titans of modern American fiction as Updike, Roth, Irving, Vonnegut, and Mailer. In this work, he offers a spare and autumnal novel about a New England prep school. At once a meditation on the twilight of youth and an examination of America's entry into World War II, A Good School tells the stories of William Grove, the quiet boy who becomes an editor of the school newspaper; Jack Draper, a crippled chemistry teacher; and Edith Stone, the schoolmaster's young daughter, who falls in love with most celebrated boy in the class of 1943.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466853670
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Richard Yates, who died in 1992, is today ranked by many readers, scholars, and critics alongside such titans of modern American fiction as Updike, Roth, Irving, Vonnegut, and Mailer. In this work, he offers a spare and autumnal novel about a New England prep school. At once a meditation on the twilight of youth and an examination of America's entry into World War II, A Good School tells the stories of William Grove, the quiet boy who becomes an editor of the school newspaper; Jack Draper, a crippled chemistry teacher; and Edith Stone, the schoolmaster's young daughter, who falls in love with most celebrated boy in the class of 1943.
This Is My Home, This Is My School
Author: Jonathan Bean
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 1466894989
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
A must-have for all homeschooling families, this charming and funny picture book explores the special rhythms and routines of home education, inspired by award-winning author-illustrator Jonathan Bean’s own childhood. For young Jonathan and his sisters, home and school are one of the same. Mom is their teacher, and Dad is the best substitute a kid could ask for. From math, science, and field trips, to recess, show-and-tell, and art, an average school day with this lively, loving family is both completely familiar and totally unique. This Is My Home, This Is My School draws inspiration from Jonathan Bean’s own homeschooling experiences and includes a note from the author as well as a selection of real-life family photographs. “Sure to become a classic on homeschoolers' bookshelves all over the world.” —Sarah Mackenzie, Creator, Read-Aloud Revival and author of Teaching from Rest: A Homeschooler's Guide to Unshakable Peace Did you love This Is My Home, This Is My School? Then don’t miss Building Our House, another autobiographically inspired picture book from Jonathan Bean about a family building their new house from the ground up.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 1466894989
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
A must-have for all homeschooling families, this charming and funny picture book explores the special rhythms and routines of home education, inspired by award-winning author-illustrator Jonathan Bean’s own childhood. For young Jonathan and his sisters, home and school are one of the same. Mom is their teacher, and Dad is the best substitute a kid could ask for. From math, science, and field trips, to recess, show-and-tell, and art, an average school day with this lively, loving family is both completely familiar and totally unique. This Is My Home, This Is My School draws inspiration from Jonathan Bean’s own homeschooling experiences and includes a note from the author as well as a selection of real-life family photographs. “Sure to become a classic on homeschoolers' bookshelves all over the world.” —Sarah Mackenzie, Creator, Read-Aloud Revival and author of Teaching from Rest: A Homeschooler's Guide to Unshakable Peace Did you love This Is My Home, This Is My School? Then don’t miss Building Our House, another autobiographically inspired picture book from Jonathan Bean about a family building their new house from the ground up.
The School for Good and Evil (The School for Good and Evil, Book 1)
Author: Soman Chainani
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007492944
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL is now a major motion picture from Netflix, starring Academy Award winner Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeoh, Cate Blanchett, and many more! A dark and enchanting fantasy adventure for those who prefer fairytales with a twist. The first in the bestselling series.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007492944
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL is now a major motion picture from Netflix, starring Academy Award winner Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeoh, Cate Blanchett, and many more! A dark and enchanting fantasy adventure for those who prefer fairytales with a twist. The first in the bestselling series.
The Death and Life of the Great American School System
Author: Diane Ravitch
Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)
ISBN: 0465014917
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Discusses how school choice, misapplied standards of accountability, the No Child Left Behind mandate, and the use of a corporate model have all led to a decline in public education and presents arguments for a return to strong neighborhood schools and quality teaching.
Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)
ISBN: 0465014917
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Discusses how school choice, misapplied standards of accountability, the No Child Left Behind mandate, and the use of a corporate model have all led to a decline in public education and presents arguments for a return to strong neighborhood schools and quality teaching.
"I Love Learning; I Hate School"
Author: Susan D. Blum
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501703404
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Frustrated by her students’ performance, her relationships with them, and her own daughter’s problems in school, Susan D. Blum, a professor of anthropology, set out to understand why her students found their educational experience at a top-tier institution so profoundly difficult and unsatisfying. Through her research and in conversations with her students, she discovered a troubling mismatch between the goals of the university and the needs of students. In "I Love Learning; I Hate School," Blum tells two intertwined but inseparable stories: the results of her research into how students learn contrasted with the way conventional education works, and the personal narrative of how she herself was transformed by this understanding. Blum concludes that the dominant forms of higher education do not match the myriad forms of learning that help students—people in general—master meaningful and worthwhile skills and knowledge. Students are capable of learning huge amounts, but the ways higher education is structured often leads them to fail to learn. More than that, it leads to ill effects. In this critique of higher education, infused with anthropological insights, Blum explains why so much is going wrong and offers suggestions for how to bring classroom learning more in line with appropriate forms of engagement. She challenges our system of education and argues for a "reintegration of learning with life."
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501703404
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Frustrated by her students’ performance, her relationships with them, and her own daughter’s problems in school, Susan D. Blum, a professor of anthropology, set out to understand why her students found their educational experience at a top-tier institution so profoundly difficult and unsatisfying. Through her research and in conversations with her students, she discovered a troubling mismatch between the goals of the university and the needs of students. In "I Love Learning; I Hate School," Blum tells two intertwined but inseparable stories: the results of her research into how students learn contrasted with the way conventional education works, and the personal narrative of how she herself was transformed by this understanding. Blum concludes that the dominant forms of higher education do not match the myriad forms of learning that help students—people in general—master meaningful and worthwhile skills and knowledge. Students are capable of learning huge amounts, but the ways higher education is structured often leads them to fail to learn. More than that, it leads to ill effects. In this critique of higher education, infused with anthropological insights, Blum explains why so much is going wrong and offers suggestions for how to bring classroom learning more in line with appropriate forms of engagement. She challenges our system of education and argues for a "reintegration of learning with life."
My School Musical and Other Punishments
Author: Catherine Wilkins
Publisher: Nosy Crow
ISBN: 0857633104
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
When Jessica gets roped into the school musical she finds herself strangely allied with arch-enemy Amelia when her best friend Natalie becomes crazed with stardom. Meanwhile, Jessica's dad is concerned at plans to build a new road through nearby parkland and is now living up a tree. So far, so normal
Publisher: Nosy Crow
ISBN: 0857633104
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
When Jessica gets roped into the school musical she finds herself strangely allied with arch-enemy Amelia when her best friend Natalie becomes crazed with stardom. Meanwhile, Jessica's dad is concerned at plans to build a new road through nearby parkland and is now living up a tree. So far, so normal
Could Do Better
Author: Catherine Hurley
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (UK)
ISBN: 9780684025735
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A collection of honest and often hilarious extracts from the school reports of some of the most favourite celebrities: A few examples: 'He is so regular in his irregularity that I really don't know what to do' (Winston Churchill)'Certainly on the road to failure ... hopeless ... rather a clown in class ... wasting other pupils' time' (John Lennon) 'She must try to be less emotional in her dealings with others' (Diana, Princess of Wales) 'I think he is just a teeny bit pleased with himself - or so I am prepared to hazard.' (Michael Palin)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (UK)
ISBN: 9780684025735
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A collection of honest and often hilarious extracts from the school reports of some of the most favourite celebrities: A few examples: 'He is so regular in his irregularity that I really don't know what to do' (Winston Churchill)'Certainly on the road to failure ... hopeless ... rather a clown in class ... wasting other pupils' time' (John Lennon) 'She must try to be less emotional in her dealings with others' (Diana, Princess of Wales) 'I think he is just a teeny bit pleased with himself - or so I am prepared to hazard.' (Michael Palin)
Catbug Says
Author: Jason James Johnson
Publisher: Frederator Books
ISBN: 1632952505
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
If you thought Simon Says was fun, wait until you play Catbug Says! Even King Congletard tries the kooky Catbug game. Find out what over 4 million people who watched the Catbug episode of Bravest Warriors are talking about. Bravest Warriors writer, Jason Johnson, wrote all new lines, while illustrator Angel An gave Catbug a dreamy makeover. Catbug is voiced by beloved Bravest Warriors voice actor, Sam Lavagnino. We can’t stop playing Catbug Says, so let’s go dress up as a barracuda. Everyone loves Catbug! Each of the 10 books in the series feature hilarious one liners that you can’t stop quoting. Collect them all! Frederator Loves You!
Publisher: Frederator Books
ISBN: 1632952505
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
If you thought Simon Says was fun, wait until you play Catbug Says! Even King Congletard tries the kooky Catbug game. Find out what over 4 million people who watched the Catbug episode of Bravest Warriors are talking about. Bravest Warriors writer, Jason Johnson, wrote all new lines, while illustrator Angel An gave Catbug a dreamy makeover. Catbug is voiced by beloved Bravest Warriors voice actor, Sam Lavagnino. We can’t stop playing Catbug Says, so let’s go dress up as a barracuda. Everyone loves Catbug! Each of the 10 books in the series feature hilarious one liners that you can’t stop quoting. Collect them all! Frederator Loves You!