A practical guide for achieving equitable outcomes From Equity Talk to Equity Walk offers practical guidance on the design and application of campus change strategies for achieving equitable outcomes. Drawing from campus-based research projects sponsored by the Association of American Colleges and Universities and the Center for Urban Education at the University of Southern California, this invaluable resource provides real-world steps that reinforce primary elements for examining equity in student achievement, while challenging educators to specifically focus on racial equity as a critical lens for institutional and systemic change. Colleges and universities have placed greater emphasis on education equity in recent years. Acknowledging the changing realities and increasing demands placed on contemporary postsecondary education, this book meets educators where they are and offers an effective design framework for what it means to move beyond equity being a buzzword in higher education. Central concepts and key points are illustrated through campus examples. This indispensable guide presents academic administrators and staff with advice on building an equity-minded campus culture, aligning strategic priorities and institutional missions to advance equity, understanding equity-minded data analysis, developing campus strategies for making excellence inclusive, and moving from a first-generation equity educator to an equity-minded practitioner. From Equity Talk to Equity Walk: A Guide for Campus-Based Leadership and Practice is a vital wealth of information for college and university presidents and provosts, academic and student affairs professionals, faculty, and practitioners who seek to dismantle institutional barriers that stand in the way of achieving equity, specifically racial equity to achieve equitable outcomes in higher education.
Great value Activity Book with more than 400 pages of worksheets and activities using Google Maps, Google Earth and Google Street View. Covers a range of topics, subject areas and skills. All self-guiding, challenging and very original. An updated and attractive single book of activities with an answer key. Invest in this book, download and just print off whatever you need, whenever you need it. This book can be used as a tool to teach library skills, geography knowledge, mapping skills, social studies - all within a cross curriculum approach. Comprehensive answer key included.
Texas Tales and Tall Ships, Vol. 2 By: Malcolm Lee Johnson Texas Tales & Tall Ships is a well-documented book on the history of the region of the United States now known as Texas, covering the time period from 1528 when Cabeza de Vaca arrived to the end of World War II in 1945. This well-referenced and educational look into the past is an important work for understanding the history of Texas and how it has evolved into the Lone Star State.
Texas Tales and Tall Ships, Vol. 1: Texas History from 1528-1945 the End of WW 2 By: Malcom Lee Johnson Texas Tales & Tall Ships is a well-documented book on the history of the region of the United States now known as Texas, covering the time period from 1528 when Cabeza de Vaca arrived, to the end of World War II in 1945. This well-referenced and educational look into the past is an important work for understanding the history of Texas and how it has evolved into the Lone Star State.
The world is in the midst of a storm that has shaped the history of modernity along a double fracture: on the one hand, an environmental fracture driven by a technocratic and capitalist civilization that led to the ongoing devastation of the Earth’s ecosystems and its human and non-human communities and, on the other, a colonial fracture instilled by Western colonization and imperialism that resulted in racial slavery and the domination of indigenous peoples and women in particular. In this important new book, Malcom Ferdinand challenges this double fracture, thinking from the Caribbean world. Here, the slave ship reveals the inequalities that continue during the storm: some are shackled inside the hold and even thrown overboard at the first gusts of wind. Drawing on empirical and theoretical work in the Caribbean, Ferdinand conceptualizes a decolonial ecology that holds protecting the environment together with the political struggles against (post)colonial domination, structural racism, and misogynistic practices. Facing the storm, this book is an invitation to build a world-ship where humans and non-humans can live together on a bridge of justice and shape a common world. It will be of great interest to students and scholars in environmental humanities and Latin American and Caribbean studies, as well as anyone interested in ecology, slavery, and (de)colonization.
Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead." Did you know Pope John VIII was actually a woman? Or that the U.S. Government smashed a bacteria-laden lightbulb in a New York subway station in 1966 to see how long it would take to travel throughout the entire system? You will after reading the Book of Secrets. Everybody loves secrets and the world is full of them. And now the most interesting secrets are unleashed in Book of Secrets. Full of fascinating facts, this is one read you won't be able to put down! The clandestine, the covert, the surreptitious, furtive, and hush-hush are all revealed. Government secrets, religious secrets, food secrets, economic secrets, sexual secrets, secret societies, secret recipes-they're all in here. Within the pages of this book, one can find practical secrets revealed, such as how to guarantee a better seat on an airplane and how to win friends and influence people. Book of Secrets also contains some not-so-practical tidbits (all the more intriguing) such as famous American members of the Freemasons. Each book is bound with an irrestistible black leatherette flexicover with ribbon marker.
Being a parent is a tough gig; there’s no doubt about that. There will be moments that are beautiful lifelong memories. Others will try your patience and leave you pulling your hair out. It’s not a question of if, but when you as a parent will lose your temper with your child. Kids don’t know any better, and they will push you to the edge. The danger is when your anger spills over onto your child, crushing their self-esteem, hurting their feelings, or making them feel unwanted. Understanding how your anger can change your child’s environment for the worse, and how it can impact their growth, is key in helping you curtail it. Nobody wants an unhappy child, and you owe it to your children to prevent their unhappiness. Managing anger is a huge component of raising a happy, healthy, and emotionally intelligent child. Inside this book, you’ll learn: how to take accountability for your anger, and what that means for you as a parent understanding both your own trauma and the trauma that can affect your children the benefits of positive parenting anger management techniques specific to parents and guardians On top of anger management techniques themselves, you’ll learn how to keep yourself consistent with how and when you apply them to ensure that you don’t find yourself slipping. With a collection of FAQs and directions to a support group dedicated to helping parents manage their emotions, this book is also perfect to read now and again to refresh your understanding of the topic. If you’ve ever felt anger towards your child, or if you’ve ever said or done things as a parent that were motivated by anger, then click "Buy", and get your ebook now!
Traci Johnson has found the man of her dreams, the handsome and charming Jordan Styles. But while Jordan is planning to take their relationship to the next level, someone else is planning Traci's next move--her irresistible ex-boyfriend, Solomon Jackson, who has made his way back into her heart.
Poetry in the Dark is not an autobiography. However, I only write about things Ive endured. With this book, I hope to reach as many people as I can. I want anyone who can relate to no longer feel alone. The book tells the story of life thats ignored and suppressed, stories of struggle and triumph, loss and gain, hope and doubt, and love and hate.
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