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Exploring the Myths and the Realities of Today's Schools

A Candid Review of the Challenges Educators Face

By: Richard P. McAdams

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Exploring the Myths and the Realities of Today's Schools

A Candid Review of the Challenges Educators Face

By: Richard P. McAdams

Exploring the Myths and Realities of Today's Schools presents a strong case regarding the strengths and successes of our schools, while also addressing the major challenges currently facing our teachers and school administrators. This sympathetic look at the daily work life of our educators directly confronts issues with our changing student population, teacher unions, poor family dynamics, financial inequities, and student performance on international achievement tests. The author offers data and insights that counter the conventional wisdom that significant improvements will occur simply by expanding charter schools, by implementing merit pay for teachers more widely, or by emulating foreign educational systems. The book offers recommendations for school improvement that are both practical and effective. While many books on public education are written from the perspective of academics or political pundits, this book offers perspectives from the viewpoint of teachers, school principals, school superintendents, and school board members. The author brings his experience and insights from forty plus years in public education as a teacher, principal, and superintendent to provide his from-the-trenches perspective on the true nature of public schooling in the United States.

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214

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R&L Education

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ISBN 10

1607098512

ISBN 13

9781607098515

Gender Warp

A Cautionary Tale of Life in 2034

By: Richard P. McAdams

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Gender Warp

A Cautionary Tale of Life in 2034

By: Richard P. McAdams

What will life be like in the U.S. by 2034 if current trends in gender relations and gender politics continue? Women especially will be severely disadvantaged by verifiable trends in marriage, divorce, family life, and the military. Everyday life, and gender relations, in 2034 are viewed through the eyes of three couples at different stages of life. Men have been emasculated and women must carry the burden for domestic life, work life, and ever-higher taxes. The roles of the two genders have become so warped that everything from the family to the military has become dysfunctional. A better way of life in a fictional New Zealand is compared to a U.S. society that is becoming increasingly unsatisfying to individual citizens, particularly women. The book relates how President Midge Houston and a few trusted lieutenants struggle to change society, against great odds, to the benefit of both men and women.

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334

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Xlibris Corporation

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1465334424

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9781465334428

Understanding Self and Others in the Postmodern World

By: Richard E. Bailey Ph. D.

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Understanding Self and Others in the Postmodern World

By: Richard E. Bailey Ph. D.

Understanding Self and Others in the Postmodern World is unlike most books directed at giving people insight into themselves in that it is addressed to those who want to think about their lives, relationships with others, and how Western culture has arrived at the Postmodern World. This book examines seven different worldviews that have become dominant for periods of time in the history of Western culture. The author explains that, although all worldviews share the same structure and characteristics, they vary markedly in their contents. Further, a worldview molds those entering it after its own image. Those readers: (1) who identify their own assumptions about the nature of reality, what it means to be a human being, and the truth, will gain insight into themselves. And, identifying the assumptions held by others on these matters will give the reader insight into them. The problem in the Postmodern World is that we live and work with people who live in these different worlds. That situation has invited disagreement and conflict which, unresolved, has led to the chaos that is characteristic of our time. The solution before the nations of the West is that each citizen must grant to all others the same rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness he or she claims for him or herself.

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351

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AuthorHouse

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147728852X

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9781477288528

Gunfighter Nation

The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth-century America

By: Richard Slotkin

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Gunfighter Nation

The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth-century America

By: Richard Slotkin

Examines the ways in which the frontier myth influences American culture and politics, drawing on fiction, western films, and political writing

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868

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806130318

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9780806130316

Industrial Process Identification

Perturbation Signal Design and Applications

By: Ai Hui Tan,Keith Richard Godfrey

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Industrial Process Identification

Perturbation Signal Design and Applications

By: Ai Hui Tan,Keith Richard Godfrey

Industrial Process Identification brings together the latest advances in perturbation signal design. It describes the approaches to the design process that are relevant to industries. The authors’ discussion of several software packages (Frequency Domain System Identification Toolbox, prs, GALOIS, multilev_new, and Input-Signal-Creator) will allow readers to understand the different designs in industries and begin designing common classes of signals. The authors include two case studies that provide a balance between the theory and practice of these designs: the identification of a direction-dependent electronic nose system; and the identification of a multivariable cooling system with time-varying delay. Major aspects of signal design such as the formulation of suitable specifications in the face of practical constraints, the classes of designs available, the various objectives necessitating separate treatments when dealing with nonlinear systems, and extension to multi-input scenarios, are discussed. Codes, including some that will produce simulated data, are included to help readers replicate the results described. Industrial Process Identification is a powerful source of information for control engineers working in the process and communications industries seeking guidance on choosing identification software tools for use in practical experiments and case studies. The book will also be of interest to academic researchers and students working in electrical, mechanical and communications engineering and the application of perturbation signal design. Advances in Industrial Control reports and encourages the transfer of technology in control engineering. The rapid development of control technology has an impact on all areas of the control discipline. The series offers an opportunity for researchers to present an extended exposition of new work in all aspects of industrial control.

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232

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Springer

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3030036618

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9783030036614

Health

1996-1997

By: Richard Yarian

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Health

1996-1997

By: Richard Yarian

Health is such a complex and dynamic subject that is is practically impossible for anyone to stay abreast of all the current research findings ... [The book] was designed to sort out fact from conjecture. It presents a sampling of quality articles that represent current thinking on a variety of health issues and serves as a tool for developing critical thinking skills ... Serves as a valuable resource for both teachers and students.-To the reader.

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260

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WCB/McGraw-Hill

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0697315967

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9780697315960

Book's by Richard P. McAdams

Exploring the Myths and the Realities of Today's Schools

Exploring the Myths and the Realities of Today's Schools

Gender Warp

Gender Warp

Understanding Self and Others in the Postmodern World

Understanding Self and Others in the Postmodern World

Gunfighter Nation

Gunfighter Nation

Industrial Process Identification

Industrial Process Identification

Health

Health

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