Education and Study aids / Essays

Master the EMT-Basic Certification Exam: EMT_Basic Review: Part III of IV

by Peterson's

Part III of Peterson's Master the EMT-Basic Certification Exam: EMT-Basic Review is a coaching program that covers essential EMT exam topics. Chapter 3 provides an indispensable review of human anatomy and physiology...

In Search of Civility

by Kent M Weeks

Americans are clamoring about the growing incivility they see in public life and in their interpersonal relationships. Incivility--the lack of regard for others--is an increasing issue on college campuses, reflecting...

Dyslexia Wonders

by Jennifer Smith

A Child Knows More Than You Think. Written by a 12 Year Old Child With Dyslexia...Jennifer is struggling through school. Kids tease her, teachers question her ability. Her own family doesn't even understand...

Make Your Kid a Millionaire: 11 Easy Ways Anyone Can Secure a Child's Financial Future

by Kevin McKinley

A step-by-step program that shows parents what to do at each stage of a child’s life to provide wealth for the next generation.

If you're like most parents, you know that you should start saving for your children's...

Change the World with Service Learning: How to Create, Lead, and Assess Service Learning Projects

by Katy Farber

This book guides teachers from all content areas and grade levels to create outstanding Service Learning projects with students like no other book does.

Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools

by Jonathan Kozol

For two years, beginning in 1988, Jonathan Kozol visited schools in neighborhoods across the country, from Illinois to Washington D.C., and from New York to San Antonio. He spoke with teachers, principals, superintendents,...

Master the Civil Service Exams

by Peterson's

Approximately 20% of the hundreds of thousands of U.S. government job openings require successful candidates to pass a written exam. Peterson's Master the Civil Service Exams is a comprehensive, step-by-step...

Master the Police Officer Exam

by Peterson's

[Peterson's Master the Police Officer Exam prepares readers for the written exam, educates them on the physical skills they need, and gives them valuable tips to succeed during their interview and psychological...

Master the EMT-Basic Certification Exam: All About the EMT: Part I of IV

by Peterson's

Part I of Peterson's Master the EMT-Basic Certification Exam: All About the EMT provides general information about life as an EMT and how to prepare for the EMT-Basic Certification Exam. It contains what you...

Taking Measure of Charter Schools: Better Assessments, Better Policymaking, Better Schools

by HILL/BETTS

This book breaks new ground on how policymakers and journalists can fairly assess charter school performance. The editors and authors show how good approaches to charter school assessment would also work for...

Balancing Change and Tradition in Global Education Reform

by IRIS C. ROTBERG

Balancing Change and Tradition in Global Education Reform is an invaluable resource for policymakers, faculty, students, and anyone interested in how decisions made about the education system ultimately affect...

Inspirational Teachers Inspirational Learners

by Will Ryan & Ian Gilbert

What is it that Inspirational teachers do differently? In short, they plan for their pupils to be inspirational. Many teachers who join the teaching profession do so because they were taught by inadequate teachers...

High Performers

by Alistair Smith

Alistair Smith - trainer, author and consultant, and described as the UK’s leading trainer in modern learning methods - has identified and visited the top performing schools to find out what makes them successful....

College Rules!, 3rd Edition: How to Study, Survive, and Succeed in College

by Sherrie Nist-Olejnik & Jodi Patrick Holschuh

And You Thought Getting into College Was Hard . . .

Students who assume they can figure out college on the fly often learn things the hard way—they look back and think, “If only I’d known this from the...

The Sumner Story

by Wilma F Bonner, Sandra E Freelain & Dwight D Henderson

THE SUMNER STORY is to authenticate the school's illustrious history and track record in providing quality educational experiences.  Since the perspectives of generations of alumni are interwoven in the telling...

The College Dorm Survival Guide: How to Survive and Thrive in Your New Home Away from Home

by Julia Devillers

The Ultimate Guide to Surviving and Thriving in the Dorm

Dorm life offers you a great chance to meet new people and try new things. But leaving the comforts of home for the first time to enter the roommate-having,...

Understanding Teenage Girls: Culture, Identity and Schooling

by Horace R. Hall

This book focuses on social phenomenon that impact the lives of adolescent females of color. The authors highlight the daily challenges that African-American, Chicana, and Puerto Rican teenage girls face with...

Pledged

by Alexandra Robbins

The New York Times bestseller that takes you behind closed doors to see what really goes on in America's sororities. Ever wonder what sorority life is really like In Pledged, bestselling author Alexandra Robbins...

Assessing Student Threats: A Handbook for Implementing the Salem-Keizer System

by John Van Dreal

Assessing Student Threats is a manual for the implementation of a threat assessment system that follows the recommendations of the Safe Schools Initiative and the prescriptive outline provided by the FBI. This...

Six Steps to Preparing Exemplary Principals and Superintendents: Leadership Education at Its Best

by John Hoyle

This book includes a step-by-step guide to selecting the best students, creating a pre- and post-assessment of student learning, a well-designed procedure to pretest and assure that all masters degree students...