The Little Pirate Goes to Kindergarten illustrates how one boy, through imagination, kindness, and adventure, navigates the fear and apprehension that comes with going to school for the first time. He uses his strengths and qualities to help him overcome his fears and face each challenge head-on. With the help from his mom, this courageous little pirate finds treasures along the way that give him the confidence he needs to succeed. You see his character traits develop and come to life throughout this charming story as he discovers each new ability. The Little Pirate uses this newfound confidence to vanquish his fear of school, and he learns a few new lessons along the way. He demonstrates that we all have treasures within ourselves that create a spark of goodwill, not just in ourselves but in the lives of others. In the end the Little Pirate learns he can conquer any challenge if he remembers his six treasures. He is brave, strong, smart, kind, gentle, and, of course, really handsome. This enchanting story from new author Tamara Young Lowery is sure to be a joy and inspiration for any little pirate or princess as they navigate their own first steps into school.
The Little Pirate Goes to Kindergarten illustrates how one boy, through imagination, kindness, and adventure, navigates the fear and apprehension that comes with going to school for the first time. He uses his strengths and qualities to help him overcome his fears and face each challenge head-on. With the help from his mom, this courageous little pirate finds treasures along the way that give him the confidence he needs to succeed. You see his character traits develop and come to life throughout this charming story as he discovers each new ability. The Little Pirate uses this newfound confidence to vanquish his fear of school, and he learns a few new lessons along the way. He demonstrates that we all have treasures within ourselves that create a spark of goodwill, not just in ourselves but in the lives of others. In the end the Little Pirate learns he can conquer any challenge if he remembers his six treasures. He is brave, strong, smart, kind, gentle, and, of course, really handsome. This enchanting story from new author Tamara Young Lowery is sure to be a joy and inspiration for any little pirate or princess as they navigate their own first steps into school.
The past decade saw heightened policy activism in the field of reading at both the federal level and across virtually all 50 states. Initially sparked by disagreements about methods for teaching children to read, the so-called "reading wars" stirred heated debates on a variety of issues: levels and trends of reading achievement, pedagogy, standards and assessment, and education equity, among others. Embedded within these debates were the political agendas of state executives and legislatures, the interests of advocacy groups, and the ideologies of reading professionals, which were collectively shaping state reading policy development. Drawing primarily on interviews with 366 policy actors from nine states, this book presents a comprehensive investigation of the state reading policy domain employing multiple theoretical frameworks and research methods. Using social network analysis, the authors examined the interplay among a plethora of policy actors embedded in reading policy networks. They explored in depth policy actors’ divergent beliefs on key reading-related issues, the causal stories told, and the policy solutions proposed. In addition, they examined the variety of lobbying tactics that interest groups utilized to gain influence over the policymaking process and to advance their policy agenda. As the most significant research endeavor in the area of state reading policy to date, this cross-state comparative study sheds light on the multifaceted nature and the intricacies of the policy processes in reading, and in education in general. The findings of this study bear important implications for both policy actors and education professionals. This study also makes a substantial contribution to policy research in education by demonstrating how theoretical frameworks and analytic methods that have not been fully utilized in education could serve as powerful tools for exploring educational policy processes.
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