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Erasing the finish line : the new blueprint for success beyond grades and college admission / by Homayoun, Ana,author.(CARDINAL)497922;
Includes bibliographical references and index."What if a getting into top four-year college is no longer the holy grail of success that it once seemed to be? What if the key to kids achieving their potential in life has less to do with grades or test scores and more with critical skills overlooked inschools? Erasing the Finish Line directly addresses those points by highlighting a reality about our education system that we seem to hear about more and more these days-college acceptance is a faulty finish line to adolescent development, and this falsefinish line feeds a heightened level of anxiety and uncertainty. Erasing the Finish Line is a groundbreaking new way of thinking about education, for parents, teachers, administrators, and policymakers deeply invested in our children's well-being, happiness, and success. Academic counselor Ana Homayoun argues that we have to fundamentally change how we think about education and learning if we want to focus on eliminating barriers and helping students navigate systems in a way that helps students explore,discover and build in a way that allows interests and abilities to grow and thrive. She shows how to look beyond assessments, grades, and college acceptance as indicators of long-term success and shares new strategies, including, including how to: - Askopen-ended questions without judgment - Tie answers to those questions to the underlying foundational skills needed - Acting as a resource, connector, and sponsor as applicable - Suspend notions of disbelief, negativity, and general malaise - Convey compassion and empathy while having high expectations With this new blueprint, we can focus on critical and undervalued executive functioning skills, social capital, sponsorship, shared experiences, and greater exposure to a broader range of opportunities. Inher work across tens of thousands of miles, she's seen how these foundational skills allow kids to reflect, adapt, redirect, and thrive in a world so different from the one their parents grew up in"--
Subjects: Academic achievement; Critical thinking; Education;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Why teach? : in defense of a real education / by Edmundson, Mark,1952-author.(CARDINAL)357675;
Liberal arts & lite entertainment -- Dwelling in possibilities -- Who are you and what are you doing here? A word to the incoming class -- Do sports build character? -- Glorious failure : 2005 convocation address, University of Virginia -- The globalists -- The corporate city and the scholarly enclave -- The English major -- My first intellectual -- The Pink Floyd night school -- A word to the new humanities professor -- Against readings -- Narcissus regards his book : the common reader now -- The uncoolness of good teachers -- Teaching the truths -- Under the sign of Satan : Blake in the corporate university.Presents a collection of essays that explore a college education as a means through which serious-minded individuals broaden their minds and acquire life skills, arguing that higher learning is an essential remedy for today's problems.
Subjects: Education, Higher; Teaching;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 8
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The moral collapse of the university : professionalism, purity, and alienation / by Wilshire, Bruce,1932-2015.(CARDINAL)710143;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: College teaching; Education, Higher; Professional socialization;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Insult to intelligence : the bureaucratic invasion of our classrooms / by Smith, Frank,1928-2020.(CARDINAL)140506;
Bibliography: pages 271-281.
Subjects: Teaching.; Instructional systems; Learning, Psychology of.; Education;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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First words. [board book]
Pictures of basic objects teach vocabulary.
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Board books; Vocabulary; Vocabulary;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 11
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Teaching needy kids in our backward system : 42 years of trying / by Engelmann, Siegfried.(CARDINAL)507478;
Theories and practice discussed in this book are derived from teaching needy kids, trying to accelerate their rate of learning, and using performance data to draw conclusions about how kids learn, what kinds of practices are effective, and which are hoaxes.
Subjects: Biographies.; Engelmann, Siegfried; Education; Children with social disabilities; Teaching.; Education; Educators;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Recovering the lost tools of learning : an approach to distinctively Christian education / by Wilson, Douglas,1953-(CARDINAL)361685;
Includes bibliographical references (page 209) and indexes.
Subjects: Christian ethics; Education; Moral education; School improvement programs;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Teaching in the key of life : a collection of the writings of Mimi Brodsky Chenfeld. by Chenfeld, Mimi Brodsky.(CARDINAL)734822;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-83).
Subjects: Language arts (Elementary); Education, Elementary.; Education, Elementary; Teaching.; Teaching;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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"You can't fire the bad ones!" : and 18 other myths about teachers, teachers' unions, and public education / by Ayers, William,1944-author.(CARDINAL)265539; Laura, Crystal T.,author.(CARDINAL)357372; Ayers, Rick,author.(CARDINAL)265538;
Includes bibliographical references."Overturns common misconceptions about charter schools, school "choice," standardized tests, common core curriculum, and teacher evaluations. Teachers have always been devalued in the United States, but in recent years the pace and intensity of attacks by politicians, the media, and so-called education reformers have escalated sharply. Indeed, the "bad teacher" figure has come to dominate public discourse, obscuring the structural inequities that teachers and students face everyday. This book flips the script on enduring and popular myths about teachers, teachers unions, and education that inform policy discussions and choices. Some of these myths, such as "student scores on standardized tests should be used to evaluate teachers," have ushered in an era of high-stakes exam-centric classrooms. Other myths, such as "unions are good for teachers but bad for kids," have led to reduced protection and rights for teachers in public schools, making it harder for educators to serve their students. By unpacking these myths, and underscoring the necessity of strong and vital public schools as a common good, Ayers and Laura challenge readers - whether parents, community members, or policymakers - to rethink their own assumptions about teaching and education"--
Subjects: Teachers; Teaching; Public schools; Education; Education;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Priorities for postsecondary education in the South : a position statement / by Southern Regional Education Board.(CARDINAL)145894;
Subjects: Education; Education, Higher; Education, Higher; Education, Higher; Curriculum planning; Education;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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