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No excuses : closing the racial gap in learning / by Thernstrom, Abigail M.,1936-2020.; Thernstrom, Stephan.(CARDINAL)123151;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-317) and index.
Subjects: Academic achievement; Education; Educational equalization; Minority students;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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No excuses : closing the racial gap in learning / by Thernstrom, Abigail M.,1936-2020.(CARDINAL)187926; Thernstrom, Stephan.(CARDINAL)123151;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The problem: Left behind -- Tests matter -- Great teaching: Building academic skills -- Not by math alone -- Culture matters: Asians -- Hispanics -- Blacks -- The conventional wisdom: Send money -- Racial isolation -- Teacher quality -- Serious effort, limited results -- Congress strikes out -- Raising the bar -- Roadblocks to change.A concerned appraisal of the racial gap in education today cites educational inequalities as a central civil rights issue, highlighting inner-city schools that demonstrate models of educational excellence while suggesting ways that educational problems can be overcome.
Subjects: Minority students; Academic achievement; Educational equalization; Education;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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No excuses : growing up deaf and achieving my Super Bowl dreams : [a memoir] / by Coleman, Derrick,Jr.,author.(CARDINAL)620559; Brotherton, Marcus,author.(CARDINAL)474865;
The first deaf athlete to play offense in the NFL--and win a Super Bowl with the Seattle Seahawks--relates his story of hard work and determination on his challenging journey to become a professional football player.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Coleman, Derrick, Jr.; Seattle Seahawks (Football team); Football players; Deaf athletes;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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No Excuses : the true story of a congenital amputee who became a champion in wrestling and in life / by Maynard, Kyle,1986-(CARDINAL)473771;
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Subjects: Biographies.; Amputees; Athletes with disabilities; Wrestlers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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No excuses : nine ways women can change how we think about power : tools for leading an unlimited life / by Feldt, Gloria,1942-(CARDINAL)670785;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-365) and index.Feminist icon Gloria Feldt pulls no punches in her new book, which encourages women to step into positions of power and leadership - now. She argues that the most confounding problem facing women today isn't that doors aren't open, but that not enough women are walking throught them. From the boardroom to the bedroom, public office to personal relationships, she asserts that nobody is keeping women from parity - except themselves. Back cover.
Subjects: Fiction.; Control (Psychology); Feminism.; Leadership in women.; Power (Social sciences); Feminism.; Women's movement.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Excuses Begone [videorecording]
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer: How to Change Lifelong, Self-Defeating Thinking Habits
Subjects: In this transformational lecture (taped live on the campus of the California Center for the Arts in Escondido, California), Dr. Wayne W. Dyer reveals powerful process for changing limiting thinking habits that keep us from living at our highest potential. Wayne's approach is simple and very effective: identify those excuses that are self-defeating and turn them around by consciously choosing a new way of thinking. He has identified key excuses that many of us have used for years to keep from moving forward in life; and provides scientific, psychological, literary, poetic, and philosphical explantions for why these excuses do not have to be the roadblocks we think they are. Wayne also presents a breakthrough Excuses Begone! paradigm featuring four questions to unlock a "struck" mind and move into new realms of possibility!;
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Excuses begone! : how to change lifelong, self-defeating thinking habits / by Dyer, Wayne W.(CARDINAL)139359;
Subjects: Thought and thinking.; Self-defeating behavior.; Change (Psychology); Self-actualization (Psychology); Habit breaking.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Excuses begone! [sound recording] : how to change lifelong, self-defeating thinking habits / by Dyer, Wayne W.(CARDINAL)139359;
Read by the author.Dr. Wayne W. Dyer reveals how to change the self-defeating thinking patterns that have preventing you from living at the highest levels of success, happiness, and health.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Audiobooks.; Thought and thinking.; Change (Psychology); Self-actualization (Psychology); Habit breaking.; Audiobooks.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 5
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Excuse me / by Riehecky, Janet,1953-author.(CARDINAL)769678;
Describes various situations in which it is appropriate to say, "Excuse me."420L
Subjects: Etiquette for children and teenagers;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Excuse me! / by Katz, Karen.(CARDINAL)351609;
Presents babies in everyday situations from burping to breaking a sibling's toy and provides the right words to say, including "I'm sorry," "Excuse me," and "Thank you."
Subjects: Etiquette for children and teenagers.; Etiquette for children and teenagers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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