Diversity, funding, and standardized testing in American education: causes of inequality (Martinez Jose)(Pevná vazba)

Inequality in Education: Comparative and International Perspectives (Holsinger Donald B.)(Pevná vazba)

Inequality in Education: Comparative and International Perspectives is a compilation of conceptual chapters and national case studies that includes a series of methods for measuring education

A Dubious Expediency: How Race Preferences Damage Higher Education (Heriot Gail)(Pevná vazba)

This book offers eight clear-sighted essays critical of racial 'diversity' preferences in American higher education. Unlike more conventional books on the subject, which are essentially apologies for racial reverse discrimination, this volume forthrightly exposes the corrosive effects of identity

Education and the American Workforce (Gaquin Deirdre A.)(Pevná vazba)

Education and the American Workforce contains a variety of information from the American Community Survey relating to education and workforce characteristics. Information includes detailed tables on school enrollment, educational attainment, employment status, occupation, industry, income,

The Making of the Modern World: 1945 to the Present: Education, Poverty, and Inequality (Perritano John)(Pevná vazba)

Education Technology and the Failure of American Schools (Stallard Charles K.)(Pevná vazba)

Education Technology and the Failure of American Schools offers a broad and penetrating look at the American educational system to determine why progress is so lacking. What is found is a system that has far outlived its functionality in terms of governance, organization, and professional

Sunday Best: A Celebration of Diversity (Waggett Katie)(Pevná vazba)

- A photographer's celebration of London's cultural and religious diversity In the wake of a terror attack and determined not to let the voices of separatism win out, photographer Katie Waggett embarked on an intimate survey of London's many religions. Her portraits, set alongside personal quotes,

End of the Patriarchy (Falk Gerhard)(Pevná vazba)

This book reviews the achievements of American women in the American economy, education, government, religion, the military, law enforcement, and communications. The author predicts the feminization of American life with particular reference to changes in the American family and the ever increasing

The Latin American Cookbook - Nicholas Gill, Virgilio Martínez

The most comprehensive and varied selection of recipes ever published from one of the most fascinating and diverse regions of the world – under the tutelage of globally renowned Peruvian chef, Virgilio Martínez Rarely has the incredible range of cuisines from Mexico's tropical coasts to the icy

Flashpoints in Science(Pevná vazba)

A vibrant and compelling look at the flashpoints in science, the causes and effects of events and discoveries and moments that shaped the lives of major scientific

Globalization and Higher Education in Albania (Rexhepi Jevdet)(Pevná vazba)

This book focuses on the impacts of global and transnational trends in higher education policy in Albania and provides a window into the variable interplay of local and global forces in an under-studied Balkan

The Fifth Wave: The Evolution of American Higher Education (Crow Michael M.)(Pevná vazba)

America's research universities lead the world in discovery, creativity, and innovation--but are captive to a set of design constraints that no longer aligns with the changing needs of society. Their commitment to discovery and innovation, which is carried out largely in isolation from the

Wealth: Nomos LVIII (Knight Jack)(Pevná vazba)

An in-depth political, legal, and philosophical study into the implications of wealth inequality in modern societies.Wealth, and specifically its distribution, has been a topic of great debate in recent years. Calls for justice against corporations implicated in the 2008 financial crash; populist

Call of the Blue (Hamilton Philip)(Pevná vazba)

Watching and recording the gradual dismantling of life, beauty, and diversity in our oceans is a torturous experience for scientists. Our oceans function as earth's organs and our survival depends on their health. Yet in the last fifty years half of coral reefs have disappeared, only 10% of large

Change and the politics of certainty (Edkins Jenny)(Pevná vazba)

The book engages with our desire to seek change in a world of increasing inequality, exclusion and violence. Deploying practical, academic and autobiographical illustrations, the book argues that although we might need to traverse the fantasy of certainty and security, we do not need to give up on

Expulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy (Sassen Saskia)(Pevná vazba)

Soaring income inequality and unemployment, expanding populations of the displaced and imprisoned, accelerating destruction of land and water bodies: today's socioeconomic and environmental dislocations cannot be fully understood in the usual terms of poverty and injustice, according to Saskia

Game On!: Gamification, Gameful Design, and the Rise of the Gamer Educator (Bell Kevin)(Pevná vazba)

The changing student body in American higher education demands a new approach to teaching, one that moves toward inclusive, hyperpersonalized learning environments that have much in common with games and social media. Kevin Bell's Game On presents dynamic case studies of gamer educators and

Sugar in Milk (Umrigar Thrity)(Pevná vazba)

A timely and timeless picture book about immigration that demonstrates the power of diversity, acceptance, and tolerance from a gifted storyteller. An ALSC Notable Children's Book of 2021 A Kirkus Best Books of 2020 A School Library Journal Best Books of 2020 'An engaging, beautiful, and memorable

Welfare and Inequality in Marketizing East Asia (London Jonathan D.)(Pevná vazba)

Develops a spirited defence of welfare regimes analysis through a constructive critique of recent comparative scholarship and an empirical analysis of the politics of wellbeing in VietnamExtends the analysis of welfare regimes from Northeast Asia, where the politics of social policy has advanced in

Adapted Physical Education and Sport (Winnick Joseph P.)(Pevná vazba)

The field of adapted physical education and sport has undergone numerous changes in recent years. This new edition of Adapted Physical Education and Sport will help you stay on top of those changes and, in doing so, provide the highest-quality physical education and sport opportunities for

Inequality, Mobility, and Segregation: Essays in Honor of Jacques Silber (Salas Rafael)(Pevná vazba)

This volume honors the lifetime and continuing contributions of Professor Jacques Silber. The book contains 15 papers, which were presented at the Fourth Meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, Catania, Sicily, July 2011. Theoretical topics covered in Volume 20 include

Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Reflection and Development (Albulescu Ion)(Pevná vazba)

The International Conference on Education, Reflection and Development took place in May 2013 at Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The event was organized by the Educational Sciences Department and the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, and brought together participants

Higher Education (Tight Malcolm)(Pevná vazba)

The recent, rapid, and massive expansion of higher education in the Western world has been such that in many developed countries it is now expected that close to--or more than--half of the population will have some significant engagement with a university at least once during their lives. More than

American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts (McGreal Chris)(Pevná vazba)

A comprehensive portrait of a uniquely American epidemic--devastating in its findings and damning in its conclusions The opioid epidemic has been described as 'one of the greatest mistakes of modern medicine.' But calling it a mistake is a generous rewriting of the history of greed, corruption, and

Delicioso: A History of Food in Spain (Sevilla Mara Jos)(Pevná vazba)

Spanish cuisine is a melting-pot of cultures, flavors, and ingredients: Greek and Roman; Jewish, Moorish, and Middle Eastern. It has been enriched by Spanish climate, geology, and spectacular topography, which have encouraged a variety of regional food traditions and 'Cocinas,' such as Basque,