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The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates Kindle Edition
BONUS: This edition contains a new afterword and a <i>The Other Wes Moore</i> discussion guide.<p>Two kids named Wes Moore were born blocks apart within a year …
Wes Moore On Fatherless Sons: What Not To Say To A Boy Who Has No Father
<i>By Wes Moore</i><p><i>The author of</i> The Other Wes Moore <i>wants to call attention not to the things we should say to a young boy, but to the comments we should always avoid.</i><p>My father died in front of me when I was months from my fourth birthday. He died from a rare but treatable virus called <i>acute epiglottitis</i>, …
Pearson 'Education' -- Who Are These People?
According to a recent article on Reuters, an international news service based in Great Britain, "investors of all stripes are beginning to sense big profit potential in public education. The K-12 market is tantalizingly huge: The U.S. spends more than $500 billion a year to educate kids from ages …
8 Educational Apps To Create Digital Portfolios
<b>12 Educational Apps To Create Digital Portfolios</b><p>by <b>Jennifer Rita Nichols</b><p>Digital portfolios are becoming increasingly popular in classrooms across …
Questions about the questions on new Common Core tests
New York state students in several grades recently took new high-stakes accountability tests aligned to the Common Core State Standards (even though there is not yet a Core curriculum in New York schools), and a number of educators who saw the test reported problems with some of the questions.<p>Some …
If Common Core Standards become our straight jacket, we'll hate what education becomes #ccchat
A sad teacher last night talked to me about how she's having to cut out two great units of study. One unit is on China and another is on Egypt. Why? …
Sparkly Green Earrings
• <b>Author:</b> Melanie Shankle<p>“There is really no better indicator you’re a mother than acquiring the ability to catch throw-up in a plastic bag, disinfect your hands, and immediately ask your friend to pass the beef jerky as you put on another Taylor Swift song and act as if nothing has happened.”<p>This is …
The Whole-Brain Child
• <b>Author:</b> Daniel J. Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson<p><b>“This erudite, tender, and funny book is filled with fresh ideas based on the latest neuroscience research. I urge all parents who want kind, happy, and emotionally healthy kids to read The Whole-Brain Child. This is my new baby gift.”—Mary Pipher, Ph.D.,</b> …
Easy To Love, Difficult To Discipline
• <b>Author:</b> Becky A. Bailey<p>The 7 Basic Skills for Turning Conflict into Cooperation.<p>Have you ever opened your mouth to discipline your child, and your parents' nastiest words tumble out? In an era when most parenting books focus on the child, this book supports parents in dealing more positively with …
Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids
• <b>Author:</b> Laura Markham<p><b>A groundbreaking guide to raising responsible, capable, happy kids</b><p>Based on the latest research on brain development and extensive clinical experience with parents, Dr. Laura Markham’s approach is as simple as it is effective. Her message: Fostering emotional connection with …
Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child
• <b>Author:</b> John Gottman<p><b>Intelligence That Comes from the Heart</b><p>Every parent knows the importance of equipping children with the intellectual skills they need to succeed in school and life. But children also need to master their emotions. <i>Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child</i> is a guide to teaching …
Last Child in the Woods
• <b>Author:</b> Richard Louv<p><b>“The children and nature movement is fueled by this fundamental idea: the child in nature is an endangered species, and the health of children and the health of the Earth are inseparable.” —Richard Louv, from the new edition</b><p>In his landmark work <i>Last Child in the Woods,</i> Richard …
Confessions of a Scary Mommy
• <b>Author:</b> Jill Smokler<p><b>Sometimes I just let my c</b><b>hildren fall asleep in front of the TV</b><b>.</b><p>In a culture that idealizes motherhood, it’s scary to confess that, in your house, being a mother is beautiful and dirty and joyful and frustrating all at once. Admitting that it’s not easy doesn’t make you a bad …
How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk
• <b>Author:</b> Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish<p>The renowned #1 New York Times bestselling authors share their advice and expertise with parents and teens in this accessible, indispensable guide to surviving adolescence.<p>Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish transformed parenting with their breakthrough, bestselling …
The Pact
• <b>Author:</b> Sampson Davis and Others<p><b>A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER</b><p><b>A remarkable story about the power of friendship.</b><p>Chosen by <i>Essence</i> to be among the forty most influential African Americans, the three doctors grew up in the streets of Newark, facing city life’s temptations, pitfalls, even jail. But one day …
Cinderella Ate My Daughter
• <b>Author:</b> Peggy Orenstein<p>The rise of the girlie-girl, warns Peggy Orenstein, is no innocent phenomenon. Following her acclaimed books Flux, Schoolgirls, and the provocative New York Times bestseller Waiting for Daisy, Orenstein’s Cinderella Ate My Daughter offers a radical, timely wake-up call for …
Sticks and Stones
• <b>Author:</b> Emily Bazelon<p><b>NATIONAL BESTSELLER</b><br>Being a teenager has never been easy, but in recent years, with the rise of the Internet and social media, it has become exponentially more challenging. Bullying, once thought of as the province of queen bees and goons, has taken on new, complex, and …
Motherhood Comes Naturally (and Other Vicious Lies)
• <b>Author:</b> Jill Smokler<p><b>From the New York Times bestselling author of Confessions of a Scary Mommy and the wildly popular blog ScaryMommy.com, a hilarious new essay collection that exposes the “vicious lies” that every parent is told.</b><p>Newly pregnant and scared out of her mind, Jill Smokler lay on her …
The 10 Habits of Happy Mothers
• <b>Author:</b> Meg Meeker<p>Mothers are expected to do it all: raise superstar kids, look great, make good salaries, keep an immaculate house, be the perfect wife. In this rallying cry for change, Meg Meeker, M.D., uses her twenty-five years’ experience as a practicing pediatrician and counselor to show why …
The Price of Privilege
• <b>Author:</b> Madeline Levine, PhD<p>In this ground-breaking book on the children of affluence, a well-known clinical psychologist exposes the epidemic of emotional problems that are disabling America’s privileged youth, thanks, in large part, to normalized, intrusive parenting that stunts the crucial …