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Strategy in Action

How School Systems Can Support Powerful Learning and Teaching

By: Rachel E. Curtis,Elizabeth A. City

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Strategy in Action

How School Systems Can Support Powerful Learning and Teaching

By: Rachel E. Curtis,Elizabeth A. City

How can we systemically improve the quality of classroom instruction and the learning and achievement of students? In an era when isolated examples of excellence are not good enough, we need systems that support improvement and excellence for all. This book describes how systems can effectively engage in this complex, challenging, and crucial work. The authors explore three core competencies of high-performing school systems: (1) understanding what the work is—a deep understanding of the core business of facilitating learning, a vision of what that looks like, and an awareness of where the system is in relation to that vision; (2) knowing how to do the work—a theory of action for improving instruction, a focus on key strategies, and effective alignment of resources; and (3) building the individual and organizational “habits of mind” that foster continuous improvement. Each chapter includes examples that illustrate key concepts in action, questions to spur self-assessment in key areas of competence, and tools and resources for building capacity at different levels and stages of development.

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Harvard Education Press

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1612500463

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9781612500461

The Legendary Florida A&M University Marching Band The History of “The Hundred”

By: Curtis Inabinett Jr.

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The Legendary Florida A&M University Marching Band The History of “The Hundred”

By: Curtis Inabinett Jr.

Author Curtis Inabinett, Jr., dedicated himself for a seven-year period and delivers the undeniable story of the Legendary Florida A & M University Marching Band. Inabinett’s extraordinary biographical display of words, vividly paints an illustrative mind’s eye view of the famous band from 1946 to 2015, leaving no stones unturned in his quest to deliver the truth. Released on November 10, 2016, this 296-page 8 by 10 full color book is filled with facts that will instill in readers why ‘The Hundred’ has survived as one of the top marching bands in America. Inabinett tells the story of Dr. William P. Foster, the band’s creator, and how he overcame racism while an undergraduate music major student at the University of Kansas in the early 1940’s. This heartfelt message reveals the power of god and perseverance, and is a must read for all lovers of marching bands, but not only that, Inabinett explores the down side of hazing in marching bands, and how ‘The Hundred’ came back to prominence after a self-imposed suspension in 2012 for a hazing death within its famed band. Inabinett, who has never formally studied journalism, was awarded the first annual ‘2015 – 2016 Alyce Hunley Whayne Award’ for his book manuscript of ‘The Hundred,’ and spent one week in December of 2015 at the University of Kansas’ Kenneth Spencer Research Library completing research for this book.

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Page Publishing Inc

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1683489810

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9781683489818

Free Speech, The People's Darling Privilege

Struggles for Freedom of Expression in American History

By: Michael Kent Curtis

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Free Speech, The People's Darling Privilege

Struggles for Freedom of Expression in American History

By: Michael Kent Curtis

A review chapter is also included to bring the story up-to-date."--Jacket.

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Duke University Press

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0822325292

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9780822325291

Los Angeles in World War II

By: Dace Taube,Claude Zachary,Linda McCann,Curtis C. Roseman

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Los Angeles in World War II

By: Dace Taube,Claude Zachary,Linda McCann,Curtis C. Roseman

During World War II, the Los Angeles region underwent rapid industrial growth as Kaiser Steel opened a giant mill in Fontana, and the aircraft giants--North American Aviation, Lockheed, Douglas, and Hughes--expanded with war contracts. The war economy's demographic and ethnic dimensions included women and African Americans entering factory work and troops streaming through Union Station to San Pedro for embarkation. The Zoot Suit Riots defined the tensions between servicemen and the Mexican American community, and the internment of Japanese Americans led to the eventual disappearance of established neighborhoods. The war inspired home front efforts by local civic and academic institutions, by the entertainment industry, and by émigrés from Nazi Germany. It led to the training of civilian corps, rationing, and vigilance for enemy activities. American participation in World War II from 1941 to 1945 energized the region's growing industrial infrastructure and spurred postwar economic and housing development.

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Arcadia Publishing

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073858181X

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9780738581811

Hate in Precarious Times

Mobilizing Anxiety from the Alt-Right to Brexit

By: Neal Curtis

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Hate in Precarious Times

Mobilizing Anxiety from the Alt-Right to Brexit

By: Neal Curtis

In the age of Brexit and Donald Trump, the radical right has gained significant popularity, characterized by a rhetoric of xenophobia, discrimination and “hate speech”. This book examines why the politics of hate and ideologies of the far-right are on the rise and argues that to counter it we must challenge the sense of social and economic precarity this politics feeds off. Hate in Precarious Times examines five distinct types of precarity, covering threats to a particular way of life; fear of apocalyptic terrorism; the insecurity of austerity, and low-waged jobs in the wake of the Financial Crisis; challenges to privilege; and the spread of disinformation in a “post-truth” age. In this book, Neal Curtis seeks the root of what causes ordinary people to identify with far-right ideologies and asks what can be done to counter the conditions underpinning this.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0755603079

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9780755603077

A Consuming Faith

The Social Gospel and Modern American Culture

By: Susan Curtis

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A Consuming Faith

The Social Gospel and Modern American Culture

By: Susan Curtis

In A Consuming Faith, Susan Curtis analyzes the startling convergence of two events previously treated independently: the emergence of a modern consumer-oriented culture and the rise of the social gospel movement. By examining the lives and works of individuals who identified themselves as social gospelers, rather than just groups or individuals who fit a particular definition, Curtis is able to capture the very fluidity of the term social gospel as it was used. In addition to exploring the time in which the movement took shape, Curtis provides biographical sketches of traditional figures involved in various aspects of the social gospel movement such as Walter Rauschenbusch, Washington Gladden, and Josiah Strong alongside those of less-prominent figures like Charles Jefferson, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, and Charles Macfarland. Going beyond their roles in the movement, Curtis shows them to be sons and daughters, husbands and wives, and workers and citizens who experienced the vast changes in their world wrought by industrialization and class conflict even as they sought to define a meaningful religious life. The result of their quest was a redefinition of Protestantism that contributed to an evolving public discourse and culture. This groundbreaking study, now with a new preface by Curtis, provides an illuminating look at culture and religion as interdependent influences, and treats religious life as an integral part of American culture--not a sacred world apart from the secular. A Consuming Faith will be of interest to anyone who strives to understand not only the social and cultural history of America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, but also the origins of modern America.

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University of Missouri Press

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0826213626

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9780826213624

Desire, Self, Mind, and the Psychotherapies

Unifying Psychological Science and Psychoanalysis

By: R. Coleman Curtis

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Desire, Self, Mind, and the Psychotherapies

Unifying Psychological Science and Psychoanalysis

By: R. Coleman Curtis

Noam Chomsky has made major contributions to three fields: political history and analysis, linguistics, and the philosophies of mind, language, and human nature. In this thoroughly revised and updated volume, James McGilvray provides a critical introduction to Chomsky's work in these three key areas and assesses their continuing importance and relevance for today. In an incisive and comprehensive analysis, McGilvray argues that Chomsky's work can be seen as a unified intellectual project. He shows how Chomsky adapts the tools of natural science to the study of mind and of language in particular and explains why Chomsky's "rationalist" approach to the mind continues to be opposed by the majority of contemporary cognitive scientists. The book also discusses some of Chomsky's central political themes in depth, examining how Chomsky's view of the good life and the ideal form of social organization is related to and in part dependent on his biologically based account of human nature and the place of language within it. As in the first edition, McGilvray emphasizes the distinction between common sense and science and the difference between rationalist and empiricist approaches to the mind, making clear the importance of these themes for understanding Chomsky's work and showing that they are based on elementary observations that are accessible to everyone. This edition has been extensively re-written to emphasize Chomsky's recent work, which increasingly 'biologizes' the study of language and mind and - by implication - the study of human nature. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of philosophy, linguistics, and politics, as well as to all those keen to develop a critical understanding of one of the most controversial and important thinkers writing today.

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Jason Aronson

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0765705966

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9780765705969

REAGAN

What Was He Really Like?

By: Curtis Patrick

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REAGAN

What Was He Really Like?

By: Curtis Patrick

These stories, revelations & anecdotes were told by the boys & girls, men & women, 49 of them, who started out in the trenches; some before Reagan ever decided to run for political office. They tell the stories of the interaction between Reagan and the unsung heroes, some of whom have already passed away. Their personal stories & vignettes reveal why they dropped everything they were doing & worked up to eighteen hours a day to help start the “boomlet” that launched RR at the dawn of his political career. These were high-principled individuals with a strong love of country, an insatiable work-ethic, an honest core---and---an abiding love for & trust in Ronald Reagan.

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Morgan James Publishing

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1614484589

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9781614484585

Compliance & Conviction

The Evolution of Enlightened Coporate Governance

By: Curtis J. Crawford

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Compliance & Conviction

The Evolution of Enlightened Coporate Governance

By: Curtis J. Crawford

Examines the complexities of corporate governance, addressing how challenges that affect corporate directors also impact stakeholders.

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XCEO, Inc.

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0976901919

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9780976901914

Century of the City

No Time to Lose

By: Neal R. Peirce,Curtis W. Johnson,Farley Peters

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Century of the City

No Time to Lose

By: Neal R. Peirce,Curtis W. Johnson,Farley Peters

In 2050 zal driekwart van de wereldbevolking in een stedelijke omgeving wonen. Een groot deel van deze groei is geconcentreerd in ontwikkelingslanden waar men (nog) niet opgewassen is tegen de uitdagingen die deze veranderingen met zich meebrengen. Maar ook in rijkere landen is de overbelasting van woningen, transport en infrastructuur een probleem. In dit boek worden de meningen en visies van experts rond deze problematiek weergegeven.

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0891840729

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9780891840725

Land Transfer and Finance

Cases and Materials

By: The late Curtis J. Berger,Quintin Johnstone,Marshall Tracht

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Land Transfer and Finance

Cases and Materials

By: The late Curtis J. Berger,Quintin Johnstone,Marshall Tracht

Land Transfer and Finance: Cases and Materials, Sixth Edition, is a classroom-tested casebook designed for upper-class courses in real estate transactions or financing that will appeal to professors who prefer to focus on the taxation and financing aspects of a transaction as well as to those who choose to concentrate on contractual and title areas. The Sixth Edition has been meticulously updated and features extensive coverage of the impact of the recent mortgage crisis and the resulting changes and potential changes to real estate mortgage markets. This comprehensive casebook offers: A thorough foundation in land transfer law and a solid doctrinal framework in contract, financing, taxation, and titles. Legal and historical background on the subject of land transactions that will help prepare students for practice. Thorough coverage of the law relevant to various kinds of land transactions, with an emphasis on the major participants in the land sale and lending markets, the role of these participants, their business concerns, and their legal rights and duties. Consideration of many of the more troublesome legal and policy problems in the land transaction field and alternative solutions to these problems are explored. Numerous judicial opinions illustrating important issues of law concerning land transactions and the major participants in land transaction markets. Cases that are selected to help demonstrate the variations in the design of real-world land transactions and the frequent complexity of ;these transactions. Materials that develop students' ability to critically evaluate legal problems and propose solutions to these problems that will best serve the parties' business objectives within the applicable legal constraints. Valuable appendices, including a glossary of real estate terms and sample form documents. The Sixth Edition features: Extensive consideration in Chapter 2 of changes pertaining to real estate mortgage markets. Chapter 7, Part D (Securitization) has been significantly revised. Material in Chapter 7, Part E (Valuing Real Estate and Investments) has been expanded to include a brief section on the basic business and finance considerations in real estate development and investment. Updated tax material. Revisions and refinements to nearly all of the explanatory text, article excerpts, and notes. The purchase of this Kindle edition does not entitle you to receive 1-year FREE digital access to the corresponding Examples & Explanations in your course area. In order to receive access to the hypothetical questions complemented by detailed explanations found in the Examples & Explanations, you will need to purchase a new print casebook.

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Aspen Publishing

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1454860413

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9781454860419

Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns

By: Clayton M. Christensen,Curtis W. Johnson,Michael B. Horn

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Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns

By: Clayton M. Christensen,Curtis W. Johnson,Michael B. Horn

Selected as one of the "Best Books on Innovation, 2008" by BusinessWeek magazine Named the "Best Human-Capital Book of 2008" by Strategy + Business magazine A crash course in the business of learning-from the bestselling author of The Innovator's Dilemma and The Innovator's Solution... "Provocatively titled, Disrupting Class is just what America's K-12 education system needs--a well thought-through proposal for using technology to better serve students and bring our schools into the 21st Century. Unlike so many education 'reforms,' this is not small-bore stuff. For that reason alone, it's likely to be resisted by defenders of the status quo, even though it's necessary and right for our kids. We owe it to them to make sure this book isn't merely a terrific read; it must become a blueprint for educational transformation." --Joel Klein, Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education “A brilliant teacher, Christensen brings clarity to a muddled and chaotic world of education.” --Jim Collins, bestselling author of Good to Great According to recent studies in neuroscience, the way we learn doesn't always match up with the way we are taught. If we hope to stay competitive-academically, economically, and technologically-we need to rethink our understanding of intelligence, reevaluate our educational system, and reinvigorate our commitment to learning. In other words, we need “disruptive innovation.” Now, in his long-awaited new book, Clayton M. Christensen and coauthors Michael B. Horn and Curtis W. Johnson take one of the most important issues of our time-education-and apply Christensen's now-famous theories of “disruptive” change using a wide range of real-life examples. Whether you're a school administrator, government official, business leader, parent, teacher, or entrepreneur, you'll discover surprising new ideas, outside-the-box strategies, and straight-A success stories. You'll learn how Customized learning will help many more students succeed in school Student-centric classrooms will increase the demand for new technology Computers must be disruptively deployed to every student Disruptive innovation can circumvent roadblocks that have prevented other attempts at school reform We can compete in the global classroom-and get ahead in the global market Filled with fascinating case studies, scientific findings, and unprecedented insights on how innovation must be managed, Disrupting Class will open your eyes to new possibilities, unlock hidden potential, and get you to think differently. Professor Christensen and his coauthors provide a bold new lesson in innovation that will help you make the grade for years to come. The future is now. Class is in session.

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0071641742

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