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Hard Lessons From The Afterlife

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language : en
Publisher: Club Lighthouse Publishing
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Hard Lessons From The Afterlife written by and has been published by Club Lighthouse Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.

Hard Lessons

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Author : Jonathan Schorr
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002

Hard Lessons written by Jonathan Schorr and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Education categories.

A decade ago there were only two charter schools in the United States. Today there are more than 2,400, serving more than half a million students. Charter schools are public schools that are free from many of the regulations that have long governed public education. Supporters include many of the country's most prominent educators and politicians, among them President George W. Bush, who hope charter schools will reshape education, especially where it proves most challenging--in the inner city. The fact that most charter schools promise smaller classes and more parental involvement makes them immensely appealing to the nation's most disadvantaged families. Charter school detractors, on the other hand, fear that these alternative schools will irredeemably ruin public education, drawing away the talented students and the most involved parents. Clearly the stakes are high. But few Americans understand what a charter school really is--or what is involved in trying to create, attend, and teach in one. Written by a renowned journalist and education writer, and a former inner-city school teacher himself, "Hard Lessons is the first book to capture the human drama of the entire experience. For three years, Jonathan Schorr was allowed complete access to the students, teachers, and parents of the E.C. Reems Academy in Oakland, California, making him uniquely qualified to tell their fascinating story. But would the new school succeed in effectively teaching children from urban neighborhoods where success is rare? Would it become a whole new bureaucracy or sabotage itself from within? The answers are found in the moving stories of some deeply involved yet very different individuals. Amongthem, there is Nazim Casey, Jr.--rescued from his crack-addicted parents, he's the last-chance child who will put inner-city charters to their ultimate test; William Stewart--a father whose fury at his daughter's failed public school propels him into activism; Eugene Ruffin--the entrepreneur who helped introduce the personal computer to America, then collaborated with Wal-Mart heir John Walton to "invest" in education; and Valentin Del Rio--a young teacher whose idealism turns to exhaustion and the search for a punctual paycheck. Through successes and setbacks, "Hard Lessons reveals just how difficult it is, even with the best of intentions, to offer a quality education to every child in America. The story of E.C. Reems Academy offers invaluable lessons for anyone interested in America's most pressing domestic concern. At once harrowing and hopeful, and in the finest tradition of modern nonfiction, "Hard Lessons is one of the most important books to come along in decades.

A Vulcan S Tale

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Author : Dov S. Zakheim
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2011-06-01

A Vulcan S Tale written by Dov S. Zakheim and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-01 with History categories.

A firsthand account of how the Bush administration mismanaged its Afghan campaign, A Vulcan's Tale shines new and important light on the events and people behind the headlines in the immediate years following the September 11 attacks. The "Vulcans," so named by Condoleezza Rice, were eight foreign policy experts who advised George W. Bush during his 2000 presidential campaign. After Bush assumed the presidency, the Vulcans helped shape the administration's foreign policy following 9/11, including the military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. All were veterans of past administrations, having served under either Ronald Reagan or George H. W. Bush, and they included among their ranks Dov Zakheim. Made comptroller and chief financial officer for the Department of Defense in 2001, Zakheim was also named the DoD's coordinator for Afghan civilian reconstruction in 2002. In A Vulcan's Tale, Zakheim draws on his own participation and intimate knowledge to analyze how the United States missed critical opportunities while it struggled to manage two wars, particularly the seemingly endless endeavor in Afghanistan. In his view, the Bush administration's disappointing results in Afghanistan were partly attributable to the enormity of the challenges, certainly. But flawed leadership and deficiencies of management, understanding, and forethought all played their parts as well. The power of the purse proved to be especially damaging. The Office of Management and Budget was slow to fund Defense's efforts at the outset of the Afghan conflict and then inadequately funded the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development, casting the die for several additional years of conflict. The invasion of Iraq siphoned off critical resources for Afghanistan, thereby further complicating that country's reconstruction. Even with public policy of the highest order, the devil still lurked in the details, as the DoD's "money man"

First Lessons In Language

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Author : Gordon Augustus Southworth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891

First Lessons In Language written by Gordon Augustus Southworth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with English language categories.

Accession no. 83.177.

Hard Lessons

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Author : Carol Ascher
language : en
Publisher: Century Foundation Press
Release Date : 1996

Hard Lessons written by Carol Ascher and has been published by Century Foundation Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Business & Economics categories.

This book, the second in the Twentieth Century Fund's series of studies on the privatization of public services, finds that current arguments for privatizing schools are based on wishful thinking. After examining what the actual experience has been with privatization around the country, Hard Lessons concludes that the promise of saving money and improving educational quality through privatization is, at minimum, being oversold. While this report is likely to be disputed by those who have a strong attachment to the notion that privatizing always improves output--and by those with a financial stake in the for-profit school " industry" --it will be an important part of the ongoing debate. The report, which focuses on big city schools, argues that while the magic wand of privatization must be abandoned, the efforts to solve the problems facing our nation's urban schools must continue; there are hard questions to be asked, new solutions to be tried, and the case must continually be made for new resources for our public schools, even in today's political climate.

Dichotomies Lessons From A College Life On Tour

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Author : Alex Dontre
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2019-10-29

Dichotomies Lessons From A College Life On Tour written by Alex Dontre and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-29 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

The touring band life of a full-time student is full of dichotomies. From 2011-2017, Alex Dontre performed 505 concerts with his band Psychostick while simultaneously pursuing a college education. It culminated with a master's degree in Business Psychology from Franklin University, at which time he gave the commencement speech at his graduation as valedictorian.

Reflex

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Author : Aimar Rollan
language : en
Publisher: Babelcube Inc.
Release Date : 2020-04-20

Reflex written by Aimar Rollan and has been published by Babelcube Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-20 with Philosophy categories.

Reflex is a set of reflections, poems and stories of different topics. There is no order or concert, just flashes, reflections of ideas embodied in the paper. The word reflex shares roots with the word reflection, and for that reason I’ve chosen that title for this book, since every reflection is nothing but a highlight of universal mind in each mind. There’s no total truths when they’re expressed by a human being, just partial truths, just reflections of the great world of ideas. I hope and wish, that these reflections, that these highlights, serve to entertain readers and make them reflex on the plethora of topics discussed here.

Limited Achievements

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Author : Z. Laïdi
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2012-08-16

Limited Achievements written by Z. Laïdi and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-16 with Political Science categories.

Through an analysis of the general principles of Obama's foreign policy, LaIdi shows how Obama has charted a realist course in the Middle East, in Europe, in diplomacy, and in war.

A Course Of Sunday School Lessons On The Church History Of The New Testament

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Author : John Watson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1885

A Course Of Sunday School Lessons On The Church History Of The New Testament written by John Watson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1885 with Christian education categories.

Lessons To Live By

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Author : EE Baldwin
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2011-10-31

Lessons To Live By written by EE Baldwin and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-31 with Religion categories.