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"In a Los Angeles neighborhood plagued by guns, gangs, and drugs, there is a classroom known as Room 56. The fifth graders inside are first-generation immigrants who live in poverty and speak English as a second language. They also play Vivaldi, perform Shakespeare, score in the top 1% on standardized tests, and go on to attend Ivy League universities. Rafe Esquith is the teacher responsible for these accomplishments. Here, he reveals his techniques....
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English
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An introduction to leadership draws on a program developed for an elementary school to show how to apply the principles of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People to help everyone, including young children, identify their individual talents and find ways to use them in everyday life.
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Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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A workbook that examines American history on a middle school level. Organized by key concepts, the text includes mnemonic devices, definitions, timelines and doodles to help the subject stick in your brain, so you can ace your class.
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Teach Yourself/Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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Algebra A Complete Introduction is the most comprehensive yet easy-to-use introduction to using Algebra. Written by a leading expert, this book will help you if you are studying for an important exam or essay, or if you simply want to improve your knowledge. The book covers all the key areas of algebra including elementary operations, linear equations, formulae, simultaneous equations, quadratic equations, logarithms, variation, laws and sequences....
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HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
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The Only Golf Lesson You'll Ever Need, Hank Haney, one of the most respected and sought after golf instructors in the world, shares the secrets he's learned by observing hundreds of thousands of students--from top PGA Tour pros to high-handicappers. He explains how intelligent observation of your ball-flight tendencies--the way your shot behaves in the air--provides the answers to helping you develop a consistent repeating swing that will lower your...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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What do you need to know in order to prepare a delicious homemade meal? Whether you’re a seasoned cook or just starting out, learn cooking fundamentals with Chef Dave Christopherson. Chef Dave demonstrates and explains a variety of basic cooking techniques necessary for success in the kitchen, including baking, blanching, boiling, grilling, roasting, sautéing, simmering, stir-frying and more as he prepares three simple, “from scratch” meals:...
11) Color zoo
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Lippincott
Pub. Date
c1989
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English
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Introduces colors and shapes with illustrations of shapes on die-cut pages that form animal faces when placed on top of one another.
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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This program has been designed to demonstrate a range of teaching strategies that can be used to support literacy development. These explicit instructional strategies can be used with individual children or with small groups of children. Teachers will find these strategies particularly useful for planning Individual Education Plans for groups of children who have been identified as facing difficulties with literacy. These strategies can be used to...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Sales is the life blood of every company. Developing the product can pale in comparison with getting out there and trying to sell it. Yet selling is a footnote in the curriculum of many MBA programs. As Jim Healy points out, if you underestimate the critical importance of selling, you can lose opportunities and risk getting sidelined by the competition. You need a fundamental understanding of the four dynamic and interactive aspects of selling: analyzing...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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What is a market economy? How does it work? This lively, wide-ranging film examines the theory and reality of economics. --THE MARKET ECONOMY: Economists divide the modern economy into primary, secondary and tertiary sectors. Some organisations are owned by the government - the public sector. Some are based on free enterprise. The combination of private and public industries is called the mixed economy. What can microeconomics and macroeconomics tell...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Modern yoga, that is, the form practiced daily by tens of millions of people around the world, goes back directly to the god Shiva according to Indian tradition. At the same time, however, modern yoga originated in the early 20th century - a creation of Indian savant T. Krishnamacharya (1888-1989). That story is far less known. Krishnamacharya's life and teachings are seen through the eyes of the director Jan Schmidt-Garre on his search for authentic...
18) The professional yoga teacher's handbook: the ultimate guide for current and aspiring instructors
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The Experiment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"For yoga teachers at every stage of their careers, this is a how-to-teach guide from navigating client relationships and publicizing classes to avoiding burnout and financial planning. It's complete with journal prompts and thoughtful workbook exercisesto help aspiring yoga teachers learn their path and to help current teachers continue their education"--
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DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
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"Help Your Kids with Computer Coding uses a simple, visual layout to guide budding programmers step by step through the ins and outs of computer code, from algorithms to variables, even showing them how to find and fix bugs in their code. Before you know it, they'll be creating their own programs from scratch."--Amazon.com.
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Jossey-Bass & Pfeiffer Imprints, Wiley
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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"...Tap, Click, Read includes an analysis of the exploding app marketplace and provides useful information on new review sites and valuable curation tools. It shows what to avoid and what to demand in today's apps and e-books--as well as what to seek in community preschools, elementary schools and libraries. Peppered with the latest research from fields as diverse as neuroscience and behavioral economics and richly documented examples of best practices...
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