Education and Study aids

African Americans and Standardized Tests: The Real Reason for Low Test Scores

by Veda Jairrels

With a surprisingly honest and hard-hitting approach, this scathing indictment of the modern black family postulates that a lack of appreciation for literacy in the African American household is the true cause...

Reducing the Black Male Dropout Rate

by Jawanza Kunjufu

Outlining the 10 most significant reasons behind the high drop-out rate amongst black male students, this guide provides more than 30 solutions towards addressing this national crisis. Revealing that currently...

Changing School Culture for Black Males

by Jawanza Kunjufu

Addressing the many unique academic challenges that face black males—from low self-esteem, absenteeism, fatherlessness, and gangs to not accepting middle-class values, the impact of hip-hop culture, and drugs—this...

Kindergarten: Is Your Child Ready? (a Parent's Guide for Kindergarten Readiness)

by Dr. Kathy Lee Guajardo

This book is for parents and others who will have children entering kindergarten or teach pre-school-aged children. This book provides information that is researched based and by kindergarten teachers across...

GED Test Skill Builder: Language Arts, Reading

by LLC Learning Express

This book is for adult learners who wish to undertake a self-study program in preparation for the GED Reading exam. This guide offers a review of all tested topics on the Reading section of the GED and a brush...

Border Patrol Exam: Power Practice

by LLC Learning Express

Border Patrol Exam: Power Practice offers the most practice available for the CBP's Border Patrol Entrance Exam, and also coaches you through time management and essential study skills.

Veterinary Medical School Admission Requirements: 2013 Edition for 2014 Matriculation

by As American Veterinary Medical Colleges

This annually updated publication provides a comprehensive overview of the admission process for the national and international veterinary schools that are members of the Association of American Veterinary Medical...

The Guide to Getting In

by Harvard Student Agencies, Inc.

Getting into a college can be the most stressful ordeal a student can face, with endless planning, test-taking, competition, the torturous wait for an answer. . . .

Now six undergraduates at Harvard reveal the...

55 Successful Harvard Law School Application Essays

by The Staff of the Harvard Crimson

Separate yourself from the pack

Competition has never been more intense for admittance into the nation's top law schools. The application essay represents your only chance to plea your case to admissions officers....

The Scientific Handwriting Analysis Method for Stopping Gun Violence

by Raj Paode

One of the biggest challenges in preventing tragedies like Newtown is that there is still no way of predicting which individuals possibly have a potential for mindless violence, and need to be monitored, and...

Chords for Guitar

by Gareth Evans

Moveable chord shapes based on the C A G E D system. A reference of over 200 unique shapes for just over 60 different chord types from basic majors and minors to extended chords, altered chords and inversions....

Master the Civil Service Exams

by Peterson's

Master the Civil Service Exams offers complete test preparation for the written exam so you can pursue a government job. Math, verbal and clerical exercises, plus four full-length practice tests, build skills...

How to Crack the Cabin Crew Interview

by Melex Publishing

Imagine having the best career in the world

A career of high pay, travel, time off, amazing perks, fun and enjoyment.

Sounds great, right? Now the hard part: PASSING the INTERVIEW!

Cabin crew interviews are WIDELY...

The Student Leadership Challenge: Student Workbook and Personal Leadership Journal

by James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner & Beth High

Designed to be used with the The Student Leadership Challenge or the Student Leadership Practices Inventory, this workbook will help students go deeper into the actual practice of leadership, guiding them in...

Human Capitalism: How Economic Growth Has Made Us Smarter--and More Unequal

by Brink Lindsey

What explains the growing class divide between the well educated and everybody else? Noted author Brink Lindsey, a senior scholar at the Kauffman Foundation, argues that it's because economic expansion is creating...

The Secrets of College Success

by Lynn F. Jacobs & Jeremy S. Hyman

Heading off to college?  Or perhaps already there?  This book’s just for you.  Winner of the 2010 USA Book News Award for best book in the college category, The Secrets of College Success combines easy-to-follow...

Exploring Leadership: For College Students Who Want to Make a Difference, Student Workbook

by Wendy Wagner & Daniel T. Ostick

This workbook offers students an avenue for deeply applying the content of Exploring Leadership, Third Edition in their efforts to develop their leadership skills. Aligning with the Facilitation and Activity...

For the Love of Teachers: True Stories of Amazing Teachers and the People Who Love Them

by Todd Whitaker

For the Love of Teachers is a tribute to those who possess the remarkable ability to exercise patience and understanding and to offer guidance along an unfamiliar path. The influence these dedicated teachers...

Beyond the Education Wars: Evidence That Collaboration Builds Effective Schools

by Greg Anrig

Beyond the Education Wars: Evidence That Collaboration Builds Effective Schools presents the best available research examining the connections between student outcomes and organizational practices, as well as...

All Kinds Of Boats

by Valerie Beryl Grady

The Bear Chef Children's Books encourage young children to start cooking and to gain confidence in "food handling and understanding" with the support of an adult. They cover a range of early science concepts...