Laura Pappano's Books

The Connection Gap

Why Americans Feel So Alone

By: Laura Pappano

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Connection Gap

Why Americans Feel So Alone

By: Laura Pappano

The Connection Gap explores the new loneliness of people who are overcommitting and underconnecting. Laura Pappano takes a passionate look at the pressures and desires of modern culture by drawing on personal experience, academic studies, and perceptive observations of our culture as reflected in advertising, literature, and popular magazines."--BOOK JACKET.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

264

Publisher

Rutgers University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0813529794

ISBN 13

9780813529790

School Moms

Parent Activism, Partisan Politics, and the Battle for Public Education

By: Laura Pappano

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

School Moms

Parent Activism, Partisan Politics, and the Battle for Public Education

By: Laura Pappano

An on-the-ground look at the rise of parent activism in response to the far-right attacks on public school education For well over a century, public schools have been a non-partisan gathering place and vital center of civic life in America--but something has changed. In School Moms, journalist Laura Pappano explores the on-the-ground story of how public schools across the country have become ground zero in a cultural and political war as the far-right have made efforts to seek power over school boards. Pappano argues that the rise of parent activism is actually the culmination of efforts that began in the 1990s after campaigns to stop sex education largely fizzled. Recent efforts to make public schools more responsive and inclusive, as well as the pandemic, have offered openings the far-right have been waiting for to organize and sway parents, who are frustrated and exhausted by remote learning, objections by teacher’s unions, and shifting directives from school leaders. Groups like Moms for Liberty and Parents Defending Education are organizing against revised history curricula they have dubbed as "CRT," banning books, pressing for "Don't Say Gay" laws, and asserting "parental rights" to gain control over the review of classroom materials. On the other side, progressive groups like Support Our Schools and Red, Wine & Blue are mobilizing parents to counter such moves. Combining on-the-ground reporting with research and expert interviews, School Moms will take a hard look at where these battles are happening, what is at stake, and why it matters for the future of our schools.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

234

Publisher

Beacon Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

080701267X

ISBN 13

9780807012673

School Moms

Parent Activism, Partisan Politics, and the Battle for Public Education

By: Laura Pappano

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

School Moms

Parent Activism, Partisan Politics, and the Battle for Public Education

By: Laura Pappano

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

234

Publisher

Beacon Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

080701267X

ISBN 13

9780807012673

The Connection Gap

Why Americans Feel So Alone

By: Laura Pappano

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Connection Gap

Why Americans Feel So Alone

By: Laura Pappano

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

264

Publisher

Rutgers University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0813529794

ISBN 13

9780813529790

Sweet on You

By: Laura Drake

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Sweet on You

By: Laura Drake

A Love as Bold as a Texas Sunset . . . Ex-army medic Katya Smith has always healed other people's pain. Now she has to deal with her own. Taking a job as an athletic trainer on the Pro Bull Riding circuit seems like the perfect escape from her grief-except Katya doesn't know anything about bulls, and even less about the tough men who ride them. She doesn't expect to fall for the sport, or for one tantalizing cowboy who tumbles her defenses. For rodeo champion Cam Cahill, fifteen years of bucking bulls have taken their toll on his body. Before he retires, he wants a final chance at the world title-and he doesn't need some New Age gypsy telling him how to do his job. But when the stunning trainer with the magical hands repairs more than his worn muscles, everything changes. Soon Cam finds himself trying to persuade Katya to forgive her past so she can build a future . . . with him. Praise for Laura Drake and her novels: "Touchingly real. Tender and timely. Laura Drake creates characters you know you've met and you have to root for." -- Pamela Morsi, USA Today bestselling author on The Sweet Spot "An emotionally packed story that will pull all the heartstrings." -- Christie Craig, New York Times bestselling author on The Sweet Spot

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

284

Publisher

Hachette+ORM

Published Date

ISBN 10

1455521922

ISBN 13

9781455521920

Female Athletes

By: Lena Koya,Laura La Bella

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Female Athletes

By: Lena Koya,Laura La Bella

Many women have broke the glass ceiling of sports, including tennis star Serena Williams, race car driver Danica Patrick, and soccer player Abby Wambach. These women have fought hard to reach the summit of their sports, and many women in sports continue to fight to be taken seriously or to be paid the same as men. This text examines female athletes, their struggles, as well as representations of women in sports. It includes a glossary, a list of organizations for women in sports, and additional suggestions for research.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

114

Publisher

The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published Date

ISBN 10

1508177198

ISBN 13

9781508177197

Higher Education's Road to Relevance

Navigating Complexity

By: Susan A. Ambrose,Laura A. Wankel

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Higher Education's Road to Relevance

Navigating Complexity

By: Susan A. Ambrose,Laura A. Wankel

Explores the current context, role, and challenges of post-secondary education and presents options for promising pathways forward. The post-secondary educational system has undergone dramatic changes and experienced immense stress in the past two decades. Once regarded as the logical next step toward career opportunities and financial security, higher education is a subject of growing uncertainty for millions of people across the United States. It is more common than ever to question the return on investment, skyrocketing cost, and student debt burden of going to college. Prospective students, and many employers, increasingly view attending institutions of higher learning as inadequate preparation for entering the 21st century workforce. High-profile scandals—financial impropriety, sexual abuse, restrictions of free speech, among others—have further eroded public trust. In response to these and other challenges, leading voices are demanding strengthened accountability and measurable change. Higher Education's Road to Relevance illustrates why change is needed in post-secondary education and offers practical solutions to pressing concerns. The authors, internationally recognized experts in college-level teaching and learning innovation, draw heavily from contemporary research to provide an integrative approach for post-secondary faculty, staff, and administrators of all levels. This timely book helps readers identify the need for leadership in developing new networks and ecosystems of learning and workforce development. This valuable book will help readers: Understand the forces driving change in higher education Develop multiple pathways to create and credential self-directed learners Promote access to flexible, cost-effective, and relevant learning Adapt structures and pedagogies to address issues and overcome challenges Use an inclusive approach that extends to employers, K-12 educators, post-secondary educators, and policy-makers, among others Higher Education's Road to Relevance is a much-needed resource for college and university administrators, academic researchers, instructors and other faculty, and staff who support and interact with students.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

325

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

1119568382

ISBN 13

9781119568384

School-Linked Services

Promoting Equity for Children, Families, and Communities

By: Laura R. Bronstein,Susan E. Mason

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

School-Linked Services

Promoting Equity for Children, Families, and Communities

By: Laura R. Bronstein,Susan E. Mason

The evidence-based strategies in this volume close the achievement gap among students from all sociological backgrounds. Designed according to local needs assessments, they provide the services, programs, initiatives, and relationships that are crucial for children's success in school and life. These practices and programs include afterschool and summer sessions, early-childhood education, school-linked health and mental health services, family engagement, and youth leadership opportunities. This book addresses the policy and funding requirements that help these partnerships thrive and offers effective counterarguments against those who would question their value. The text describes strategies that work in both rural and urban contexts and includes a chapter evaluating school-community partnerships across the world. Because it involves collaborations across professions and organizations, the book's interdisciplinary approach will appeal to those in social work, education, psychology, public health, counseling, nursing, and public policy.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

333

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0231541775

ISBN 13

9780231541770

Helping College Students Write

A Guide for Educators

By: Laura M. Harrison,Becky Challenger,Erin Morgenstern,Oumarou Abdoulaye Balarabe

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Helping College Students Write

A Guide for Educators

By: Laura M. Harrison,Becky Challenger,Erin Morgenstern,Oumarou Abdoulaye Balarabe

Although many educators want to help their students overcome their writing challenges, most higher education instructors do not have formal training in teaching writing. This book provides a detailed roadmap for college educators to help students make substantial improvements in their writing, particularly in courses where writing is a component, but not the primary focus. This accessible guide offers conceptual tools and practical strategies, including lesson plans, stock comments instructors can use to explain frequently occurring writing problems, and writing prompts to help struggling students address writer’s block. Covering topics such as managing grading time, reducing students’ anxiety about writing, giving clear and formative feedback, troubleshooting, and providing practical tips for helping ESL students, this book is a one-stop shop for assisting students across academic disciplines. By implementing the guidance offered in this manual, college and university faculty and instructors can guide students effectively and efficiently in improving their writing.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

182

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Published Date

ISBN 10

1040095224

ISBN 13

9781040095225

Women and Sports

By: Laura La Bella

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Women and Sports

By: Laura La Bella

With the passage of Title IX legislation in the 1970s, women and girls have encountered fewer barriers to their participation in sports at all levelscommunity, high school, college, and professional. Some women have successfully lobbied to play traditionally male sportssuch as football, ice hockey, and boxing. Women athletes still face discrimination and double-standards, and their teams and programs suffer from underfunding and lack of exposure. Women athletes also face unique challenges, such as rigid gender expectations, eating disorders, and body image problems. Readers are offered a thorough and ultimately inspiring survey of the complex history of female athletes, the current lay of the land, and the hopeful but by no means assured future of women's participation in sports. Most important, readers may be inspired to further the ongoing fight for women's full access and right to participation in sports at every level.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

114

Publisher

The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published Date

ISBN 10

144888408X

ISBN 13

9781448884087

Undercover Honeymoon

By: Laura Anthony

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Undercover Honeymoon

By: Laura Anthony

Undercover Honeymoon by Laura Anthony released on May 25, 1996 is available now for purchase.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

196

Publisher

Harlequin Treasury-Silhouette Romance 90s

Published Date

ISBN 10

0373191669

ISBN 13

9780373191666

Stranger in Town

By: Laura Parker

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Stranger in Town

By: Laura Parker

Author, an artist, describes her life as a single parent in Sydney; discrimination in housing and welfare; her family history and genealogy of the Lambert family of Rylstone area; Dabi lands and culture; rock art sites in the Rylstone district; contact history of the Dabi including massacres in the Mudgee district; influences on her art include indigenous culture from other countries, contemporary American art and cosmic phenomena; includes a catalogue of artists works with photographs and descriptions of various installations and sculpture; describes her multimedia art as tribal metaphysics, includes a curriculum vitae.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

260

Publisher

Silhouette

Published Date

ISBN 10

0373075626

ISBN 13

9780373075621

Playing With the Boys

Why Separate is Not Equal in Sports

By: Eileen McDonagh,Laura Pappano

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Playing With the Boys

Why Separate is Not Equal in Sports

By: Eileen McDonagh,Laura Pappano

Athletic contests help define what we mean in America by "success." By keeping women from "playing with the boys" on the false assumption that they are inherently inferior, society relegates them to second-class citizens. In this forcefully argued book, Eileen McDonagh and Laura Pappano show in vivid detail how women have been unfairly excluded from participating in sports on an equal footing with men. Using dozens of powerful examples--girls and women breaking through in football, ice hockey, wrestling, and baseball, to name just a few--the authors show that sex differences are not sufficient to warrant exclusion in most sports, that success entails more than brute strength, and that sex segregation in sports does not simply reflect sex differences, but actively constructs and reinforces stereotypes about sex differences. For instance, women's bodies give them a physiological advantage in endurance sports, yet many Olympic events have shorter races for women than men, thereby camouflaging rather than revealing women's strengths.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

376

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0199840598

ISBN 13

9780199840595

Book's by Laura Pappano

The Connection Gap

The Connection Gap

School Moms

School Moms

School Moms

School Moms

The Connection Gap

The Connection Gap

Sweet on You

Sweet on You

Female Athletes

Female Athletes

Higher Education's Road to Relevance

Higher Education's Road to Relevance

School-Linked Services

School-Linked Services

Helping College Students Write

Helping College Students Write

Women and Sports

Women and Sports

Undercover Honeymoon

Undercover Honeymoon

Stranger in Town

Stranger in Town

Playing With the Boys

Playing With the Boys

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email