The School Reform Landscape: Fraud, Myth, and Lies (Tienken Christopher H.)(Pevná vazba)

The School Reform Landscape: Fraud, Myth, and Lies (Tienken Christopher H.)(Pevná vazba)

In The School Reform Landscape: Fear, Mythologies, and Lies, the authors take an in-depth and controversial look at school reform since the launch of Sputnik. They scrutinize school reform events, proposals, and policies from the last 60 years through the lens of critical social theory and examine

Cracking the Code of Education Reform: Creative Compliance and Ethical Leadership (Tienken Christopher H.)(Paperback)

Reform your evaluation methods to enact education reform policies effectively! Although educational reform is intended for positive change, sometimes it misses the mark. With this indispensable guide, stakeholders focused on improving student outcomes - from parents to policy-makers to school

Lisa Yuskavage: Wilderness (Yuskavage Lisa)(Pevná vazba)

A new focus on the sublime landscapes in Lisa Yuskavage's voluptuous figure paintingsThough she is arguably best known for the voluptuous female nudes that populate her paintings, Lisa Yuskavage's work is just as focused on the ethereal settings in which these subjects appear. Yuskavage creates

Legal History of the English Landscape (Jessel Christopher)(Pevná vazba)

A Legal History of the English Landscape is an engaging account of how the law has played a pivotal role in shaping the English landscape through the concepts of security, inheritance, dispute resolution and transfer of

Grievous (Cross H. S.)(Pevná vazba)

H. S. Cross returns to 'a school as nuanced and secretive as J. K. Rowling's Hogwarts' (The Rumpus) in Age of Grace, the sequel to her coming-of-age novel Wilberforce.St. Stephen's Academy, Yorkshire, 1931. A world unto itself, populated by boys reveling in life's first big mistakes and men still

Ineptitude, Conformity, and Obfuscation: The Fraud of Teacher Evaluation in the Public Schools (Giordano Richard J.)(Pevná vazba)

This book tells the story of teacher evaluation from the perspective of a high school principal, one who has been an active participant in the process. Teacher evaluation is a fraud and this book explains why and how it can be fixed. This book begins with a historical perspective, followed by a

Seven and a Half Lessons about the Brain (Barrett Lisa Feldman)(Pevná vazba)

From the author of How Emotions Are Made, a myth-busting primer on the brain in the tradition of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. Have you ever wondered why you have a brain? Let renowned neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett demystify that big gray blob

Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain (Feldman Barrett Lisa)(Pevná vazba)

From the author of How Emotions Are Made, a myth-busting primer on the brain in the tradition of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a

Racing with the Clock - Making Time for Teaching and Learning in School Reform (USA) Nancy E. Adelman (Senior Research Associate Policy Studies Associates Washington DC)(Pevná vazba)

In this volume, ten teachers write about time-related frustrations growing out of school reform efforts and how the problems were (or were not) resolved. Each case includes a commentary prepared by school representatives (principals, other teachers) and is preceded by a contextual

Beneath the Killing Fields: Exploring the Subterranean Landscapes of the Western Front (Leonard Matthew)(Pevná vazba)

Beneath the Killing Fields of the Western Front still lies a hidden landscape of industrialized conflict virtually untouched since 1918. This subterranean world is an ambiguous environment filled with material culture that that objectifies the scope and depth of human interaction with the diverse

Corporate Fraud Handbook: Prevention and Detection (Wells Joseph T.)(Pevná vazba)

Delve into the mind of a fraudster to beat them at their own game Corporate Fraud Handbook details the many forms of fraud to help you identify red flags and prevent fraud before it occurs. Written by the founder and chairman of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), this book

Desert Insurgency: Archaeology, T. E. Lawrence, and the Arab Revolt (Saunders Nicholas J.)(Pevná vazba)

In the desert sands of southern Jordan lies a once-hidden conflict landscape along the Hejaz Railway. Built at the beginning of the twentieth-century, this narrow-gauge 1,320 km track stretched from Damascus to Medina and served to facilitate participation in the annual Muslim Hajj to Mecca. The

Curious George Votes (Rey H. A.)(Pevná vazba)

It's election day at the elementary school, and Curious George gets to join in the vote on the new school mascot It's election day, and Curious George is ready to cast his vote On election day at the elementary school, Curious George and his friend the Man with the Yellow Hat are visiting just

Past Landscapes: The Dynamics of Interaction Between Society, Landscape, and Culture (Haug Annette)(Pevná vazba)

The book presents multi-faceted theories, concepts and practices on past landscapes: from events, processes and structures in environmental and produced spaces to theories, concepts and practices concerning past

Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (Landscape Institute)(Pevná vazba)

Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) can be key to planning decisions by identifying the effects of new developments on views and on the landscape itself. This fully revised edition of the industry standard work on LVIA presents an authoritative statement of the principles of assessment

The Inflation Myth and the Wonderful World of Deflation (Mobius Mark)(Pevná vazba)

What if everything you've learned about inflation is wrong? The Inflation Myth and the Wonderful World of Deflation illustrates our rapidly changing world where constant technological innovation leads to cheaper and better products. These changes are no longer reflected in the ways we measure

Picasso and the Art of Drawing (Lloyd Christopher)(Pevná vazba)

In this generously illustrated and lively book, Christopher Lloyd sets out and interprets the lifelong achievement of Picasso (1881-1973) as a draftsman. Although there have been many publications about his drawings that have tended to focus on particular periods of his career, this stunning volume

Maine Sublime: Frederic Edwin Church's Landscapes of Mount Desert and Mount Katahdin (Wilmerding John)(Pevná vazba)

Frederic Church, the acclaimed Hudson River School artist, first traveled to Maine in 1850. Over the next decades Church ventured repeatedly from his New York State home, Olana, to explore the Maine coast and its rocky islands. He also frequently trekked inland to visit Mount Katahdin. Maine

Reviving Arab Reform: Development Challenges and Opportunities (Abdelbary Islam)(Pevná vazba)

Reviving Arab Reform offers a unique consideration of the links between economic, political and social development in the Arab region and offers tangible hope for the future. Islam Abdelbary evaluates the reform programmes in the last three decades in the Middle East North Africa region, and

Sustainable Development Goals: Harnessing Business to Achieve the Sdgs Through Finance, Technology and Law Reform (Walker Julia)(Pevná vazba)

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals through Finance, Technology and Law Reform Achieving the SDGs requires a fundamental rethink from businesses and governments across the globe. To make the ambitious goals a reality, trillions of dollars need to be harnessed to mobilise finance and

Running Book - A Journey through Memory, Landscape and History (Connell John)(Pevná vazba)

A book about the joys and pleasures of running, the highs and lows of life, the history and landscape of Ireland, and so much

The Doctor Who Fooled the World: Science, Deception, and the War on Vaccines (Deer Brian)(Pevná vazba)

Investigative reporter Brian Deer exposes a conspiracy of fraud and betrayal behind attacks on a mainstay of medicine: vaccinations.2021 IPPY Book Award Winner (Gold) in Health/Medicine/Nutrition, Recipient of the Eric Hoffer Award for Nonfiction in the Culture Category.From San Francisco to

Picture of Cornwall - Contemporary Artists and the Inspirational Landscape (Backwill Ray)(Pevná vazba)

Vlad's in Love (Mather Rory H.)(Pevná vazba)

Peggy-Sue is new to Monster School and Vlad is smitten. Frank and Keith are not much help as they are in love too Will the crew find the courage to talk to their crushes? Romance is undead in this sweet and funny love story. This sequel to Vlad's Bad Breath introduces gorgeous new female