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Caring For Kids

A Critical Study Of Urban School Leavers

By: Rodney R Cocking,Richard J. Altenbaugh,David E. Engel,Don T. Martin

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Caring For Kids

A Critical Study Of Urban School Leavers

By: Rodney R Cocking,Richard J. Altenbaugh,David E. Engel,Don T. Martin

The official school drop-out figure in the US in recent years has been 25 per cent of the cohort. Estimates from large cities are often double these rates, and in some areas 60 per cent or worse. This text focuses on this problem in US schools, but from an unusual perspective. It is a study gained from in-depth interviews of 100 "stop-outs" - that is, those who dropped out but then decided to return to school. Four basic questions are posed by this text: who drops out?; why did they drop out?; what caused them to return?; and what intervention policies can be formulated to prevent students dropping out in the first place? The answers provided by this text for the last question are intended to make it of particular interest to school administrators.

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Routledge

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1135396132

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9781135396138

Caring for Kids

A Critical Study of Urban School Leavers

By: Richard J. Altenbaugh,David E. Engel,Don T. Martin

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A Critical Study of Urban School Leavers

By: Richard J. Altenbaugh,David E. Engel,Don T. Martin

This study reconstructs schooling through the perspectives of a hundred dropbacks - dropouts who resumed their schooling - from the Pittsburgh public schools, and focuses on their perceptions of teachers, administrators, courses, peers, families, and neighborhoods. The research approach, which relies on oral interviews, maximizes students' responses from their own frames of reference, not from a closed set of prearranged questionnaires or surveys. The informants represented all of that city's high schools; this study therefore maintains a composite picture of an entire urban system.

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232

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Psychology Press

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0750701927

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9780750701921

The Ship That Wouldn't Die

The Saga of the USS Neosho- A World War II Story of Courage and Survival at Sea

By: Don Keith

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The Ship That Wouldn't Die

The Saga of the USS Neosho- A World War II Story of Courage and Survival at Sea

By: Don Keith

An acclaimed naval historian tells one of the most inspiring sea stories of World War II: the Japanese attack on the American oiler USS Neosho and the gutsy crew’s struggle for survival as their slowly sinking ship drifted—lost, defenseless, and alone—on the treacherous Coral Sea. In May 1942, Admiral Jack Fletcher’s Task Force 17 closed in for the war’s first major clash with the Japanese Navy. The Neosho, a vitally important tanker capable of holding more than 140,000 barrels of fuel, was ordered away from the impending battle. Minimally armed, she was escorted by a destroyer, the Sims. As the Battle of the Coral Sea raged two hundred miles away, the ships were attacked by Japanese dive bombers. Both crews fought valiantly, but when the smoke cleared, the Sims had slipped beneath the waves, and the Neosho was ablaze and listing badly, severely damaged from seven direct hits and a suicide crash. Scores of sailors were killed or wounded, while hundreds bobbed in shark-infested waters. Fires on board threatened to spark a fatal explosion, and each passing hour brought the ship closer to sinking. It was the beginning of a hellish four-day ordeal as the crew struggled to stay alive and keep their ship afloat, while almost two hundred men in life rafts drifted away without water, food, or shelter. Only four of them would survive to be rescued after nine days. Working from eyewitness accounts and declassified documents, Keith offers up vivid portraits of Navy heroes: the Neosho’s skipper, Captain John Phillips, whose cool, determined leadership earned him a Silver Star; Lieutenant Commander Wilford Hyman, skipper of the Sims, who remained on his vessel’s bridge throughout the attack and made the ultimate sacrifice to try to save his ship; Seaman Jack Rolston, who pulled oil-soaked survivors out of the water and endured days adrift in an open life raft; and Chief Watertender Oscar Peterson, whose selflessness saved the lives of innumerable shipmates and earned him a posthumous Medal of Honor. A tale of a ship as tough and resilient as its crew, The Ship That Wouldn’t Die captures the indomitable spirit of the American sailor—and finally brings to the surface one of the great untold sagas of the Pacific War.

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225

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Penguin

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069815780X

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9780698157804

New York Breweries

2nd Edition

By: Lew Bryson,Don Cazentre

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New York Breweries

2nd Edition

By: Lew Bryson,Don Cazentre

Revised and updated, this second edition features information for visitors to 89 breweries and brewpubs across the Empire State. • Each profile includes the brewery's story, styles of beer brewed, tours, food served, and special features • Author's "Pick" on the best beer to try at each site • Features on the brewing process, craft brewing, ales vs. lagers, local ingredients, and more

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456

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Stackpole Books

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0811758737

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9780811758734

Keeping Pet Birds

A Practical Encyclopedia

By: Don Harper

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Keeping Pet Birds

A Practical Encyclopedia

By: Don Harper

Includes information on choosing a healthy bird, feeding, health care and breeding, encouraging your bird to talk, and building bird houses.

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216

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1856052796

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9781856052795

Theron Salter and the Wolf on the Wall

By: Don Hadley

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Theron Salter and the Wolf on the Wall

By: Don Hadley

In the nothingness of space, God found matter, building blocks of regiments, from earlier times. With that matter, he created the earth, placing it among the stars. It was encircled by the leftover matter floating in a giant ring about the earth. That matter he formed again into six new worlds, and because the matter was so unique, he placed it inside the same space as earthseven worlds each separate and distinct, all in the same heavenly space yet operating freely from one another. Life was placed on each world, and only occasionally, a bubble would form allowing free passage from one world to another. Earth saw invading creatures mostly as monsters. The gift of balance was given to maintain order and thought. One man has controlled the seven gifts to keep the balance of worldsuntil now! Experience the modern-day connection as bubbles open to mystical worlds, with the boy Theron Salter fighting the terror of the wolf on the wall. See strange lands; discover where lost people and machines have gone.

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289

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AuthorHouse

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1546249303

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9781546249306

Book's by Don T. Martin

Caring For Kids

Caring For Kids

Caring for Kids

Caring for Kids

The Ship That Wouldn't Die

The Ship That Wouldn't Die

New York Breweries

New York Breweries

Keeping Pet Birds

Keeping Pet Birds

Theron Salter and the Wolf on the Wall

Theron Salter and the Wolf on the Wall

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