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UNINA9910461773603321 |
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Moskowitz Eva S |
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Mission possible [[electronic resource] ] : how the secrets of the success academies can work in any school / / Eva Moskowitz, Arin Lavinia |
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San Francisco, Calif., : Jossey-Bass, 2012 |
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1-280-87269-1 |
9786613714008 |
1-118-22632-1 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (178 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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School improvement programs - New York (State) - New York |
Academic achievement - New York (State) - New York |
Charter schools - New York (State) - New York |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Machine generated contents note: IntroductionChapter 1 WHY? What's Wrong with American Schools?Chapter 2 HOW? Making School a Magical PlaceChapter 3 WHO? It's All About the AdultsChapter 4 FAST: Putting Adults and Children on the Fast TrackChapter 5 RIGOR: Raising the Bar for EverybodyChapter 6 READING: The Starting Point for All ElseChapter 7 WRITING: Putting Ideas into the World with EleganceChapter 8 CALL TO ACTION: How to Make Every School a Success AcademyEndnotesAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsIndex. |
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"Strategies for making the schools we need that work for all kidsEva Moskowitz (the founder and CEO of the Success Charter Network in Harlem) and Arin Lavinia offer practical, classroom-tested ideas for dramatically improving teaching and learning. Moskowitz and Lavinia reveal how a charter school in the middle of Harlem, enrolling neighborhood children selected at random, emerged as one of the top schools in New York City and State within three years. The results of the Harlem school were on a par with public schools for gifted students and elite private schools. Describes what can be accomplished when students and adults all work to focus on constant learning and |
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performance improvement; DVD clips are included for illustration The Success Academies have been featured in two popular and widely distributed documentaries, Waiting for Superman and The Lottery Details the Success Academies' THINK Literacy curriculum, which produces dramatic results in kids reading and writing skills In addition to providing strategies and lessons for school leaders and teachers, Secrets of the Success Academies also serves as a guide for parents, policymakers, and practitioners who are passionate about closing the academic achievement gap"-- |
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UNINA9910784245603321 |
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Rinehart James F. <1950-> |
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Apocalyptic faith and political violence [[electronic resource] ] : prophets of terror / / James F. Rinehart |
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New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 |
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1-349-53534-6 |
1-281-36600-5 |
9786611366001 |
1-4039-8463-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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1 online resource (232 p.) |
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Terrorism - Religious aspects - Christianity |
Violence - Religious aspects - Christianity |
Religion and politics |
End of the world |
Armageddon |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-217) and index. |
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Terrorism and prophecy -- The rise of millenarian terror -- The mediating role of the prophet -- Alienation and the quest for renewal -- Identity and millenarian violence. |
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This study examines the functional relationship between millenarian-inspired terrorism and the process of political change. Through an |
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exhaustive investigation of late Twentieth-century movements, Aum Shinrikyo, Sendero Luminoso and Hezbollah, it concludes that in each case, apocalyptic expectations performed a significant group mobilization, leadership and therapeutic function. |
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UNINA9910828981003321 |
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Autore |
Haigh J. C (Jerry C.) |
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Reindeer reflections : lessons in an ancient culture / / Jerry Haigh ; foreword by Yann Martel |
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[Place of publication not identified] : , : RMB Rocky Mountain Books, , [2021] |
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©2021 |
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1 online resource (232 pages) |
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Reindeer |
Reindeer farming |
Reindeer herding |
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Materiale a stampa |
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A fascinating look at the state and fate of caribou in North America, along with the millennia-long practice of reindeer herding in Finland, Russia, and Mongolia. Within a few days of his arrival from Kenya to the western Canadian prairie city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, wildlife veterinarian Jerry Haigh discovered that caribou and reindeer are one and the same species: wild caribou in North America, wild reindeer in Eurasia. In time, Jerry's interest and research into this dynamic species grew beyond the borders of the northern boreal forests of North American, and he became fascinated with the way they were domesticated by ancient peoples and the folklore about the animals' origins, including that of the modern Christmas story about Rudolph and his red nose. Reindeer Reflections recounts Jerry Haigh's travels |
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and research in the arctic tundra and northern forests of North America, working among the Sami of Finland, and getting to know the nomadic Tsaatan herders in the foothills of the Sayan mountains of Mongolia. This decades-long journey to uncover how this unique species of deer has been woven into the lives of people scattered across the northern hemisphere examines the changes, mostly collapses, in population numbers of both wild and domestic caribou, along with the effects of climate change, poaching, and disease, from Alaska to Siberia, as well as the impact of COVID-19 on the lives of the people he has met along the way. |
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