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Five Dimensions of Quality: A Common Sense Guide to Accreditation and Accountability

Linda Suskie · Jossey-Bass; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Meet calls for increased quality and understand accreditation expectationsAuthor Linda Suskie is internationally recognized for her work in higher education assessment, and she is a former vice president of a major regional accreditor. In Five Dimensions of Quality: A Common Sense Guide...
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Help Your Kids with Study Skills

Carol Vorderman · DK Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Help Your Kids with Study Skills is a unique step-by-step visual guide with invaluable advice on how to support your child's classwork, homework, and revision, with effective study methods that suit a range of learning styles for the third grade level and beyond.From exploring your child's...
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SUV Service Manual 1998-2002 (Chilton's Professional Reference Series)

Chilton · Chilton; 1 edition
Pages: 1472
Format: Hardcover

Designed for today's Professional Technician, Chilton's Service Manuals on automotive repair are more comprehensive and technically detailed, offering TOTAL maintenance, service and repair information for the automotive professional. Information is provided in an easy-to-read format,...
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Burning the Page: The eBook Revolution and the Future of Reading

Jason Merkoski · Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback

A groundbreaking vision on the future of reading, from an early innovator on Amazon's Kindle team. Is digital the death knell for print? Or will it reinvigorate the written word? What will happen to bookstores, book browsing, libraries,...
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59 Reasons to Write: Mini-Lessons, Prompts, and Inspiration for Teachers

Kate Messner · Stenhouse Publishers
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback

In order to teach writing effectively, teachers must be writers themselves. They must experience the same uncertainty of starting a new draft and then struggling to revise. As they learn to move past the fear of failure, they discover the nervous rush and exhilaration of sharing work with...
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Mars: Our Future on the Red Planet

Leonard David · National Geographic Soc
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

The next frontier in space exploration is Mars, the red planet and human habitation of Mars isn t much farther off. In October 2015, NASA declared Mars an achievable goal; that same season, Ridley Scott and Matt Damon s"The Martian"drew crowds into theaters, signaled by its nearly...
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One Nation Under Taught: Solving America's Science, Technology, Engineering & Math Crisis

Dr. Vince M. Bertram · Beaufort Books
Format: Hardcover

America has been steadily sliding in global education rankings for decades. In particular, our students are increasingly unable to compete globally in STEM science, technology, engineering, and math fields. According to the National Assessment of Education Progress NAEP, in 2010 only 26 percent...
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Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Max Tegmark · Knopf
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

How will Artificial Intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology - and there's nobody better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark,...
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I Can't Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street

MATT TAIBBI · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A work of riveting literary journalism that explores the roots and repercussions of the infamous killing of Eric Garner by the New York City police - from the bestselling author of The Divide "[A] searing exposé . . . What emerges from the author's superb reporting and vivid writing...
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Cyberspies: The Secret History of Surveillance, Hacking, and Digital Espionage

Gordon Corera · Pegasus Books
Pages: 431
Format: Print book

The previously untold -- and previously highly classified -- story of the conflux of espionage and technology, with a compelling narrative rich with astonishing revelations taking readers from World War II to the internet age. As the digital era become increasingly pervasive, the intertwining...
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Everybody's Guide to Small Claims Court

Ralph Warner · Nolo
Pages: 424
Format: Paperback

Successfully present and win your small claims court case. Thorough preparation for your day in small claims court can make the difference between writing a check and receiving one, so get the only guide to small claims court that provides tips by former judges. Everybody's Guide...
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Help Your Kids with Language Arts

DK Publishing · DK ADULT
Format: Paperback

Reduce the stress of studying English and help your child with their homework! The perfect guide for parents who want to assist their children with schoolwork, Help Your Kids with Language Arts is designed to make all facets of studying the English language easy and interesting. Presenting...
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Reinventing Writing: The 9 Tools That Are Changing Writing, Teaching, and Learning Forever

Vicki Davis · Routledge; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

In this much-anticipated book from acclaimed blogger Vicki Davis (Cool Cat Teacher), you’ll learn the key shifts in writing instruction necessary to move students forward in today’s world. Vicki describes how the elements of traditional writing are being reinvented with cloud-based...
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In Brown's Wake: Legacies of America's Educational Landmark

Martha Minow · Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover

What is the legacy of Brown vs. Board of Education? While it is well known for establishing racial equality as a central commitment of American schools, the case also inspired social movements for equality in education across all lines of difference, including language, gender, disability,...
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Undocumented: A Dominican Boy's Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League

Dan-el Padilla Peralta · Penguin Press
Pages: 312
Format: Print book

An undocumented immigrant's journey from a New York City homeless shelter to the top of his Princeton classDan-el Padilla Peralta has lived the American dream. As a boy, he came here legally with his family. Together they left Santo Domingo behind, but life in New York City was harder than...
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