Public Education

K-12 public education has been on this merry-go-round since the 1950’s. The author wrote this very small book with some very big revolutionary ideas about educational policy and reform. Using text and illustrations, the book achieves a first: it identifies the actual cause of the education tragedy, gives achievable remedies to fix it, and puts forth a simple action plan to incorporate the remedies into law and policy. When this is accomplished, K-12 public school instruction, learning, and teacher performance evaluation will be set free from that which binds them. Students, teachers, and ...

Have you ever felt like you had a gift to share with the world, but only needed the perfect opportunity to make that dream a reality? Do you ever feel stuck on your path because you feel your race, gender, social class, etc., is hindering you from making the necessary strides to get ahead in your education or career? As a first-generation low-income student, Crystal received over $670,000 in scholarship funding, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Millennium Scholarship and the Army ROTC merit award.

With falling wages and rising inequality, persistent unemployment, failing schools, and broken cities, have America's best days come and gone? In America Needs Talent, Jamie Merisotis, a globally recognized leader in philanthropy, higher education, and public policy, explains why talent is needed to usher in a new era of innovation and success and why deliberate choices must be made by government, the private sector, education, and individuals to grow talent in America.

Today, nearly one million books are published each year. But is the era of the book as we know it - a codex of bound pages - coming to an end? And if it is, should we celebrate its demise and the creation of a democratic digital future, or mourn an irreplaceable loss?

Parler en public, voilà un exercice que beaucoup redoutent. Entre la peur de ne pas être à la hauteur, de cafouiller et d'être jugé par son auditoire, les sources de stress sont multiples. Pourtant, il est impossible d'y échapper dans le monde professionnel actuel. Alors pour que l'exercice devienne un plaisir, préparez-vous-y sans plus attendre !

America today confronts a host of urgent problems, many of them seemingly intractable but some we are entirely capable of solving. In Five Easy Theses, James M. Stone presents specific commonsense solutions to a handful of our most pressing challenges, showing how simple it would be to shore up Social Security, rein in an out-of-control financial sector, reduce inequality, and make health care and education better and more affordable.

For today’s teen, being able to communicate clearly in front of an audience is essential. From class presentations to interviews to online videos, an engaging talk can not only inspire and electrify a room, it can change people’s minds, and even change the world. Thank You for Coming to My TED Talk is the definitive guide to public speaking for a teen audience. Drawing from a teen’s day-to-day world - school, extracurriculars, online videos, college admissions procedures, bat and bar mitzvahs, debates, and more - head of TED Chris Anderson shares proven techniques.

Can we fix the Public Education system in America? Written by an educator with broad experience spanning nearly three decades, this new book suggests that it's already too late. Education’s ongoing failures are feeding on themselves, perpetuating the failed system.

Do you want to know why? Because not a single one of those topics matter if you are scared to death to speak in front of a crowd. It is extremely difficult to appear professional when you are terrified to speak in public. Conquering that internal struggle is the focus us of this book. To get you comfortable in your own skin while speaking to an audience whether you’re looking to be a rock star at your next presentation, wanting to run for a leadership position, or simply wanting to have control over yourself whenever you speak Stage Fight. Is. Your. Answer.

Listen to Secret to Success: The Evolution of Public Education & the Workforce, which was originally written in 2019, to learn about changes that were already happening or being done in public schools that cause problems in our everyday life as business owners, employers, job seekers, kids in school, and really everyone in some way or another.

Can money buy high-quality education? Studies find only a weak relationship between public school funding and educational outcomes. In The Money Myth, W. Norton Grubb proposes a powerful paradigm shift in the way we think about why some schools thrive and others fail. The greatest inequalities in America's schools lie in factors other than fiscal support. Fundamental differences in resources other than money explain the deepening divide in the success of our nation's schoolchildren.

Many people have said that the top prize in education is graduating students who are knowledgeable of the basics; however, too many of America's public-school children have not reached that level of stability. One of the reasons is too many students are concentrating more on the school environment than on math and science.

Spätestens seit Lockdown und Schulausfall hinterfragen Eltern den Sinn vieler Maßnahmen rund um Schule und Kindeswohl. Zu Recht. Psychotherapeutin Gunda Frey warnt: "Wir erschaffen eine traumatisierte Generation!" Kinder werden heute von Geburt bis Schulabschluss den Zwängen eines auf "Funktionieren" optimierten Systems ausgesetzt - Rücksichtnahme auf ihre Bedürfnisse: meist Fehlanzeige! Das Ergebnis: Kinder, denen Eltern, Erzieher und Lehrer nicht das ermöglichen, was gut, gesund und nötig wäre. Die Resultate sind fatal.

NEA's Reach for Power exposes the National Education Association (NEA) for what it really is and provides a hands-on guide for teachers, parents, and communties to increase their voices in bringing education back to the children.

Vinte anos após sua avó materna despedir-se precocemente desta Terra, vítima de um câncer, um de seus netos resolve abrir seu "álbum de memórias" e contar, em versos, um pouco da história de seu convívio com ela, dona Maria do Carmo. Uma perspectiva, também, sobre cultura, linguagem, costumes da época de Maria e seu lugar de origem, o Nordeste brasileiro.

Objectively, one could argue that the government schools are fine. If you ignore the schools' complete inability to educate children, they are doing fine indeed. This book exposes the lies you've been told from cradle to grave about the worst educational system on the planet. You also learn the only reasonable option available to all parents who love their children. YES, the answer is here. For any and all parents, single or married. And the answer to protect your children is simple and virtually free.

In "Business Spotlight Audio 3/2016" für Mai/Juni gibt es zwei Schwerpunkte. Thema des ersten ist das Reden vor Publikum. Dabei geht es nicht so sehr um große Reden, sondern um kürzere Ansprachen im Berufsalltag. Der zweite Schwerpunkt befasst sich mit Grammatik. Hier üben Sie, wie Sie für deutsche Muttersprachler typische Fehler vermeiden. Außerdem testen Sie Ihr Wissen in der Anwendung von Adjektiven, Adverbien und Pronomen.

10 Ways to Promote Your Book, Product, or Service describes different ways to create a successful promotion and write down your plans for what to do. These methods range from putting on special events and creating a regular newsletter and blog to speaking to local groups and creating webinars.

Bewundernswert, manchen Menschen fällt immer das Passende ein und das auch noch im richtigen Moment...

This audiobook hopes to help those who may need assistance with improving their communication and speaking skills as well as to help them overcome their FEAR (False Evidence Appearing Real) of public speaking...Speaking to Win provides lessons to assist with building a foundation to help all succeed and win at life.