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Crazy Like a Fox

One Principal's Triumph in the Inner City

By: Ben Chavis,Carey Blakely

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Crazy Like a Fox

One Principal's Triumph in the Inner City

By: Ben Chavis,Carey Blakely

The inspiring true story of "one of the country's finest educators" (National Review) and the school he changed forever. Under the leadership of highly unorthodox principal Dr. Ben Chavis, Oakland's American Indian Public Charter School was hailed as an "education miracle" by governor Arnold Schwarzenegger after it was transformed from a failing "nuisance" into one of the best public middle schools in the nation. This is the story of that transformation and of a man who dared to be different. With his rigorous, no-nonsense approach, Dr. Chavis debunks the myth that poor, minority, inner-city schools have little chance at academic excellence. Focusing on back-tobasics ideals, he has created a structured educational model that, combined with the enthusiasm of his students and teachers, delivers astounding results. In Crazy Like a Fox, Dr. Chavis recounts how he did it-in his own words and through the stories of the extraordinary young people he's helped.

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390

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Penguin

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1101532491

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9781101532492

Reparative Environmental Justice in a World of Wounds

By: Ben Almassi

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Reparative Environmental Justice in a World of Wounds

By: Ben Almassi

“One of the penalties of an ecological education,” wrote Aldo Leopold,” is that one lives alone in a world of wounds.” Ideally we would not do each other or the rest of our biotic community wrong, but we have, and still do. We need non-ideal environmental ethics for living together in this world of wounds. Ethics does not stop after wrongdoing: the aftermath of environmental harm demands ethical action. How we work to repair healthy relationality matters as much as the wounds themselves. Reparative Environmental Justice in a World of Wounds discusses the possibilities and practices of reparative environmental justice. It builds on theories of justice in political philosophy, feminist ethics, indigenous studies, and criminal justice as extended to non-ideal environmental ethics. How can reparative environmental justice provide a useful perspective on ecological restoration, human-animal entanglements, climate change, environmental racism, and traditional ecological knowledge? How can it promote just practices and policies while enabling effective opposition to business as usual? And how does reparative justice look different when we go beyond narrowly construed human conflicts to include relational repair with ecosystems, other animals, and future generations?

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187

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1498592074

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9781498592079

Zydeco!

By: Ben Sandmel

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Zydeco!

By: Ben Sandmel

An inside view of this Louisiana Creole dance music in photos, interviews, and commentary

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196

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1578061164

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9781578061167

Crazy Like a Fox

One Principal's Triumph in the Inner City

By: Ben Chavis,Carey Blakely

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One Principal's Triumph in the Inner City

By: Ben Chavis,Carey Blakely

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Feet, Don't Fail Me Now

The Rogue's Guide to Running the Marathon

By: Ben Kaplan

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Feet, Don't Fail Me Now

The Rogue's Guide to Running the Marathon

By: Ben Kaplan

Work-out and training tips plus music to inspire from the author's personal experiences running foot races.

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256

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Greystone Books Ltd

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1771000732

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9781771000734

Children's Rights and Social Work

By: Hanita Kosher,Asher Ben-Arieh,Yael Hendelsman

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Children's Rights and Social Work

By: Hanita Kosher,Asher Ben-Arieh,Yael Hendelsman

This book provides a conceptual framework for children's rights as well as specific strategies and opportunities for social workers to apply in their work. It guides social work professionals and students through the history of children's rights. It also includes a call for a paradigm shift from a focus on the right to nurturance to the right to self-determination, as well as a contrasting look at children's rights in the West versus the rest of the world.

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Springer

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3319439200

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9783319439204

You Can't Fall off the Floor

By: Ben Watford,Dudley E. Flood

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You Can't Fall off the Floor

By: Ben Watford,Dudley E. Flood

Can anything good come out of Winton? The King James Version of the Holy Bible relates an episode in which Jesus Christ was choosing men to become Disciples. Phillip was sent to invite Nathanael to join the other followers. When Phillip informed Nathanael that Jesus of Nazareth was indeed the Messiah, Nathanael asked, Can anything good come out of Nazareth? Nazareth, like Winton, was not a place in which one would expect to find greatness. The negative label that too often has been placed on small, rural towns and their people can become a self-fulfilling prophesy. Unless an individual has a healthy view of self, he or she may live down to the level of popular perception. I spent a fair amount of my youth living with the socially assigned designation of country kid. The inference of this distinction was that I lacked many of the virtues that were automatically attributed to city kids. That may have been true, but the net result was that it motivated me to prove that something good could come out of Winton. As Phillip did to Nathanael, in this book, we invite all to come and see.

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260

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AuthorHouse

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1449035574

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9781449035570

EBOOK: Principles of Economics

By: Moore McDowell,Rodney Thom,Ivan Pastine,Robert Frank,Ben Bernanke

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EBOOK: Principles of Economics

By: Moore McDowell,Rodney Thom,Ivan Pastine,Robert Frank,Ben Bernanke

With an accessible approach, the third European edition of Principles of Economics provides students with the tools to analyze current economic issues. The book is underpinned by a focus on seven Core Principles, which help students to make the link between economic theory and practice. The 'economic naturalist' approach, supported by exercises, problems and examples, encourages students to employ economics principles to understand and explain the world around them. Developed from the well-regarded US textbook by Frank and Bernanke, it presents an intuitive approach to economics and is suitable for all students taking a Principles of Economics course.

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864

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McGraw Hill

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007714127X

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9780077141271

Book's by Ben Chavis

Crazy Like a Fox

Crazy Like a Fox

Reparative Environmental Justice in a World of Wounds

Reparative Environmental Justice in a World of Wounds

Zydeco!

Zydeco!

Crazy Like a Fox

Crazy Like a Fox

Feet, Don't Fail Me Now

Feet, Don't Fail Me Now

Children's Rights and Social Work

Children's Rights and Social Work

You Can't Fall off the Floor

You Can't Fall off the Floor

EBOOK: Principles of Economics

EBOOK: Principles of Economics

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