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Young Adolescents and the Middle Schools They Need

Strategies for Educators to Support Student Growth

By: Dave F. Brown

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Young Adolescents and the Middle Schools They Need

Strategies for Educators to Support Student Growth

By: Dave F. Brown

This textbook offers comprehensive information for middle level educators on understanding and addressing the unique challenges and opportunities in teaching students in grades 5–9. It illuminates the unique developmental processes of this population—physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and identity searches—and presents strategies for fostering their healthy overall growth. Drawing from neuroscience and psychological research, early chapters provide descriptions of middle schoolers’ developmental characteristics, while the remaining chapters delve into instructional, curricular, and assessment processes that match young adolescents’ needs. Together they create an extensive and distinct roadmap for designing effective schools for young adolescents. The personal thoughts of students including those of the Global Majority, those who are LGBTQIA+, and students who are immigrants are provided, with suggestions for how teachers should respond to their experiences and needs. An emphasis on equity and the importance of promoting racial, social, and gender justice in schools is also a focus throughout, as well as the encompassing effect of modern technology and the internet on adolescents’ learning and psyches. Ideal for courses in middle level education and young adolescent development, this book supports preservice teachers to be well prepared to meet their middle level students’ learning needs, both from a developmental and equitable lens. Inservice teachers working in the middle level will also gain an up-to-date perspective on young adolescent developmental trends and teaching strategies that best support their students.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040134750

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9781040134757

Why America's Public Schools are the Best Place for Kids

Reality Vs. Negative Perceptions

By: Dave F. Brown

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Why America's Public Schools are the Best Place for Kids

Reality Vs. Negative Perceptions

By: Dave F. Brown

Despite measured success of American public schools, the media, politicians, and big business attack public schools and their teachers with inaccuracies that threaten the equal opportunities provided by public education. Research indicates that No Child Left Behind, charter schools, and vouchers do not improve students learning or help educators teach better. The book provide reasons to support American public schools and educators."--Provided by publisher.

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289

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R&L Education

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1610483588

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9781610483582

Tomcat Rio

A Topgun Instructor on the F-14 Tomcat and the Heroic Naval Aviators Who Flew It

By: Dave Baranek

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Tomcat Rio

A Topgun Instructor on the F-14 Tomcat and the Heroic Naval Aviators Who Flew It

By: Dave Baranek

From Topgun to Squadron Command You’re in the cockpit of the legendary F-14 Tomcat fighter, blazing along at twice the speed of sound seven miles above the ocean and the carrier that hurled you off its deck. You’re practicing dogfighting with “aggressors,” guys on your side flying F-16s. You’re patrolling the tense skies above Iraq, and with the push of a button you can launch the 100-mile Phoenix missile that can blow a foe to scrap before you even see him. You are an expert in fighter tactics and aircraft carrier operations, and it all leads to your command of an F-14 fighter squadron of more than three hundred people. Sounds like a week’s worth of daydreams, but it’s all real-life in the career of Dave “Bio” Baranek, and he shares it with you in the exciting, superbly crafted new book, Tomcat Rio. Dave – callsign “Bio” – pulled his readers into the exciting world of the F-14 and the Navy’s TOPGUN program with his popular books Topgun Days and Before Topgun Days. Now he’s back with the rest of the story, as he reaches the top level of expertise and proves it, not just in graded competitions but also where it counts, where you shoot at them and they shoot at you. Dave also shares the challenges he faced. A deadly foe called complacency. Learning a whole new mission late in his career. The unexpected trials that come with leading a squadron in the dynamic environment of Naval Aviation. This third volume is full of adventures, lessons, and inspiration. If you are a casual reader, you’ll turn the last page as a dedicated Tomcat fan. To make it all even more real, Tomcat Rio includes dozens of Bio’s best and most acclaimed photos. Photographer George Hall hailed one shot as “one of the best Tomcat photos ever taken.” In words and pictures, Bio immerses you in rich detail. He pipes you aboard as a member of an F-14 squadron. You share the camaraderie of Type A personalities. You plan risky missions, going toe-to-toe against America’s most volatile foes. You can almost smell the pungent jet exhaust, almost feel the gut-wrenching G’s of a dogfight, as Tomcat Rio pitches you into the thick of it as only Bio can tell it. Strap in! You’re going for one fantastic ride.

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376

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Simon and Schuster

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1510748237

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9781510748231

Hemmings' Vintage Auto Almanac

By: Dave Brownell

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Hemmings' Vintage Auto Almanac

By: Dave Brownell

More than 3,000 parts suppliers, salvage yards, restoration shops, dealers, and appraisers. Includes listings arranged by make and model; state-by-state listings; and an updated rundown of web sites and e-mail addresses.

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306

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Hemmings Motor News

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0917808088

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9780917808081

Gloucester Rugby Club

A "Cherry and Whites" Companion

By: Dave King

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Gloucester Rugby Club

A "Cherry and Whites" Companion

By: Dave King

The essential A-Z Guide to all things Cherry and WhiteA".

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248

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445625067

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9781445625065

Ragtime

An Encyclopedia, Discography, and Sheetography

By: Dave Jasen

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Ragtime

An Encyclopedia, Discography, and Sheetography

By: Dave Jasen

Ragtime: An Encyclopedia, Discography, and Sheetography is the definitive reference work for this important popular form of music that flourished from the 1890s through the 1920s, and was one of the key predecessors of jazz. It collects for the first time entries on all the important composers and performers, and descriptions of their works; a complete listing of all known published ragtime compositions, even those self-published and known only in single copies; and a complete discography from the cylinder era to today. It also represents the culmination of a lifetime’s research for its author, considered to be the foremost scholar of ragtime and early twentiethh-century popular music. Rare photographs accompany most entries, taken from the original sheets, newspapers, and other archival sources.

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Routledge

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1000143848

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9781000143843

Before Topgun Days

The Making of a Jet Fighter Instructor

By: Dave Baranek

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Before Topgun Days

The Making of a Jet Fighter Instructor

By: Dave Baranek

Becoming the best doesn’t happen overnight; you’ve got to work for it. Before becoming an instructor in the Navy’s Topgun program, Dave “Bio” Baranek was just another kid with a dream. Upon graduating from college, he joined the Navy with the goal of becoming a fighter pilot. But, his eyesight waning, he knew that he would never be able to reach that goal. Undaunted, he plowed ahead and found his niche as a radar intercept operator in the backseat of the sleek, new Grumman F-14 Tomcat. Join Baranek in Before Topgun Days as he takes you along for this greatest, most exciting time of his young life: training to become a naval flight officer. Taking place before the events recounted in his previous memoir, Topgun Days, Baranek brings to life the anxieties and excitement of entering the fast-paced world of fighter jocks. From a green recruit to an experienced flyer, discover what it took to become a Topgun instructor. Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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Skyhorse

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1634506561

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Young Adolescents and the Middle Schools They Need

Strategies for Educators to Support Student Growth

By: Dave F. Brown

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Strategies for Educators to Support Student Growth

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Taylor & Francis

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Why America's Public Schools Are the Best Place for Kids

Reality vs. Negative Perceptions

By: Dave F. Brown

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Why America's Public Schools Are the Best Place for Kids

Reality vs. Negative Perceptions

By: Dave F. Brown

The successes of America’s public schools are unrivaled throughout the globe providing an opportunity for every American to graduate from high school. Graduation rates have soared, test scores are better than at anytime, and immigrants and African Americans are reaching new successes. The percentage of graduating high school students including minorities attending college is at an all time high. Despite all these successes, the media, politicians, and big business attack public schools and their teachers with inaccuracies that threaten the equal opportunities provided by public education. Big business moguls seem determined to dismantle public schools in the name of a market driven system of educating children via vouchers and charter schools. No Child Left Behind contributes to this business-model and penalizes children and teachers with unrealistic expectations and expensive unnecessary testing. Research indicates that NCLB, charter schools, and vouchers do not improve students’ learning or help educators teach better. The facts presented herein are evidence of public school successes and provide reasons to honor public school educators and support public schools across America.

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R&L Education

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1610483596

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Young Adolescents and the Middle Schools They Need

Young Adolescents and the Middle Schools They Need

Why America's Public Schools are the Best Place for Kids

Why America's Public Schools are the Best Place for Kids

Tomcat Rio

Tomcat Rio

Hemmings' Vintage Auto Almanac

Hemmings' Vintage Auto Almanac

Gloucester Rugby Club

Gloucester Rugby Club

Ragtime

Ragtime

Before Topgun Days

Before Topgun Days

Young Adolescents and the Middle Schools They Need

Young Adolescents and the Middle Schools They Need

Why America's Public Schools Are the Best Place for Kids

Why America's Public Schools Are the Best Place for Kids

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