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It's OK if You're Clueless
by Terry McmillanWhen her son Solomon graduated from high school, Terry McMillan was asked to be the guest speaker at the commencement ceremony. Determined not to be dull or redundant, Terry thought back to when she was stepping out into the world for the first time and the things she wished people had told her. Printing up what she thought were the most important tips for these new graduates, Terry was surprised to find that not only were these homemade pamphlets a hit with the students, but their parents clamored for copies too. Now with It's Ok If You're Clueless, Terry McMillan brings her trademark wit and sass to every son and daughter about to take their first tentative steps into adulthood. Offering such nuggets as "Sit up straight," "Don't listen to your parents," and "Bring your laundry home," as well as "See the world" and "Read anything and everything," It's Ok If You're Clueless is packed with the commonsense advice and conversational tone that have made her novels classic bestsellers. Equal parts witty and wise, It's Ok If You're Clueless is the perfect gift for the college bound this May. .
It's Only Pretend: A Helicopter Stories Tale
by Trisha LeeOliver really wants to play a princess in Ariana’s story. He stops, confused, when some of the other boys laugh. But when Noah, the new boy, refuses to take any notice of the laughter, Oliver discovers that there is another way... This beautifully illustrated story book explores a common situation that arises for children and teachers taking part in Helicopter Stories and allows the children to explore their feelings in a sensitive and supportive environment. The story is accompanied by teacher’s notes on how to use the book with young children along with questions and discussion prompts that can be incorporated into the curriculum. In a class where Helicopter Stories take place on a regular basis, It’s Only Pretend explores issues around gender that might come up in story acting. It is part of the Helicopter Stories Tale series, a valuable and visually captivating resource for all Early Years educators using storytelling and story acting with their children.
It’s Our School, It’s Our Time: A Companion Guide To Whole-school Collaborative Decision-making
by Geraldine RoweIt’s Our School, It’s Our Time outlines a whole-school approach to teacher–pupil collaboration, illustrating how aspects of social inequality can be addressed by involvement in the school community and active participation in decision-making from an early age. The book presents insights into the psychological processes that are at work when pupils and teachers share decision-making, and how this can harness and increase motivation for teachers and their pupils. Combining both theory and examples of practice, this book provides clarity about the impact of collaborative decision-making and how it can help pupils to take ownership of their classrooms and promote greater cooperation and productivity. This book: draws on 25 stories from Dr Rowe’s own study and experiences as an educational psychologist, and the accounts of other educators and researchers. shows how teachers and school leaders have overcome some common hurdles that those in conventional schools might encounter. provides research-evidence and practical examples from real-life classrooms that will inspire teachers, teaching assistants and school leaders. Written by a highly experienced educational psychologist, this companion guide will help teachers, head teachers, teacher educators and student teachers to transform achievement, behaviour and motivation through greater collaboration with their pupils.
It's Snowing: Independent Reading Orange 6 Non-fiction (Reading Champion #1154)
by Sarah SnashallThis book is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with UCL Institute of Education (IOE)It's Snowing is a non-fiction text reporting on the effects of snow. The simple sentence structure offers readers the opportunity for an independent reading experience with the support of the illustrations.Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills.This early non-fiction text is accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has been carefully graded so that it can be matched to a child's reading ability, encouraging reading for pleasure.
It's Test Day, Tiger Turcotte (Exceptional Reading And Language Arts Titles For Intermediate Grades Ser.)
by Pansie Hart FloodSeven-year-old Tiger Turcotte has been dreading going to class because today is the day he has to take The Test. Armed with his lucky tiger-striped pencils, Tiger’s ready. The first five questions go okay—they’re easy—and the rest of the test isn’t so bad either, but Tiger’s scared. He left question number six blank. He didn’t know which little bubble to fill in—was he supposed to pick the Black bubble, the Hispanic bubble, the Native American bubble, or Other? He’s sure that no one else in his class had the same problem, but he doesn’t want them to find out he’s different! With a little help from his dad and his teacher, Tiger discovers that appearances can be deceiving, and maybe he’s not so different after all.
It's the First Day of School...Forever!
by R. L. StineEverything goes wrong for eleven-year-old Artie on his first day at Ardmore Middle School, from the moment his alarm goes off until the next morning, when everything is repeated exactly the same way.
It's the Student, Not the College: The Secrets Of Succeeding At Any School--without Going Broke Or Crazy
by Kristin M. WhiteThe future is in your hands—not Harvard’s TO: All students wondering “Can I get into my dream college?” CC: All parents wondering “Can we afford it?” FROM: Educational consultant Kristin M. White MEMO: COLLEGE RANKINGS DON’T MATTER. This claim might sound crazy, but it’s true: Research shows that where you go to school makes little difference to future financial success or quality of life—personal qualities such as ambition, perseverance, and a sense of purpose are all more important. Kristin M. White has helped hundreds of parents and students look beyond the dream-school hype and focus on what’s most important. Now, in It’s the Student, Not the College, she shows how to avoid unrepayable debt and set yourself up to grow, excel, and enjoy yourself at any school. Instead of obsessing over GPA cutoffs and SAT scores, students will learn how to build a personal “Success Profile”—by adopting the traits that help stellar students make the grade in school and life. Plus . . . Why what you do in school counts more than where you go 14 surefire ways to develop your Success Profile as a student and beyond Criteria to consider when choosing a college How to find a good fit for your family’s finances And tips for graduating career-ready and landing a great first job. Expensive, elite colleges have too much sway over the minds and bank accounts of students and parents. It’s the Student, Not the College breaks that stranglehold—and reveals the real secrets of success.
It's Time to Step Up!: Leadership Lessons from the Fire Service
by Frank ViscusoIf your goal is to lead your team to operate at the highest possible level, It’s Time to Step Up! will help you achieve that goal. Sound strategy and tactics are also needed when motivating people, building morale, critiquing under performing team members, mentoring new ones, delegating tasks, and making consistent progress as a team.
It's Time to Wake Up!: Independent Reading Orange 6 (Reading Champion #472)
by Jenny JinksThis story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE)Cluck the cockerel knows his job on the farm is very important: he must wake all the other animals to do their work! The only problem is ... Cluck has no idea when he should crow! This funny and heart-warming story shows the value of kindness and helping a friend in need.Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills.Fantastic, original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and a reading activity. Each book has been carefully graded so that it can be matched to a child's reading ability, encouraging reading for pleasure.
It's Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired And Get Going!
by Chelsea ClintonGet Informed! Get Inspired! Get Going!In a book that tackles the biggest challenges facing us today, Chelsea Clinton combines facts, charts, photographs and stories to give readers a deep understanding of the world around them--and how anyone can make a difference. With stories about children and teens who have made real changes big and small--in their families, their communities, in our country and across the world--this book will inspire readers of all ages to do their part to make our world a better place.In addition to informing and inspiring readers about topics including Poverty, Homelessness, Food Insecurity, Access to Education, Gender Equality, Epidemics, Non-Communicable Diseases, Climate Change, and Endangered Species, this book encourages everyone to get going! With suggestions and ideas for action, Chelsea Clinton shows readers that the world belongs to every single one of us, and every one of us counts.You can make a difference. You can make a change. It's your world.From the Hardcover edition.
The ITT Core Content Framework: What trainee primary school teachers need to know (Ready to Teach)
by Jonathan Glazzard Samuel StonesThe ITT Core Content framework sets out the required learning for teacher training. This book explores what the Core Content framework is and what essential knowledge and skills trainee primary school teachers need to succeed on their course. Each chapter includes key research, key policy and primary classroom examples to help you link ideas to practice. Handy checklists mean trainees can track their learning progress and feel confident that they have: Learnt that........ Learnt how to........ Covering all of the essential and statutory elements of teacher training, this concise book guides trainees though their teaching journey.
The ITT Core Content Framework: What trainee primary school teachers need to know (Ready to Teach)
by Jonathan Glazzard Samuel StonesThe ITT Core Content framework sets out the required learning for teacher training. This book explores what the Core Content framework is and what essential knowledge and skills trainee primary school teachers need to succeed on their course. Each chapter includes key research, key policy and primary classroom examples to help you link ideas to practice. Handy checklists mean trainees can track their learning progress and feel confident that they have: Learnt that........ Learnt how to........ Covering all of the essential and statutory elements of teacher training, this concise book guides trainees though their teaching journey.
The ITT Core Content Framework: What trainee primary school teachers need to know (Ready to Teach)
by Professor Jonathan Glazzard Samuel StonesThis core, concise guide sets out the Core Content requirements for accredited Initial Teacher Training in England (the Core Content Framework (CCF)). It outlines, for primary trainees, what is expected of them – exploring what they need to ‘ *Learn that′ and ‘*Learn how to’. This second edition includes case studies in all chapters exemplifying good practice and making clear links between theory and practice. Also includes a new chapter on the Early Career Framework, supporting new teachers into their first years in the classroom.
The ITT Core Content Framework: What trainee primary school teachers need to know (Ready to Teach)
by Professor Jonathan Glazzard Samuel StonesThis core, concise guide sets out the Core Content requirements for accredited Initial Teacher Training in England (the Core Content Framework (CCF)). It outlines, for primary trainees, what is expected of them – exploring what they need to ‘ *Learn that′ and ‘*Learn how to’. This second edition includes case studies in all chapters exemplifying good practice and making clear links between theory and practice. Also includes a new chapter on the Early Career Framework, supporting new teachers into their first years in the classroom.
Itty Bitty Kitty: Firehouse Fun (My First I Can Read)
by Joan HolubAva and Itty Bitty Kitty are off to visit the firehouse! Ava’s giant cat is usually less than purr-fectly behaved, and this trip is no exception! Will Itty Bitty’s nose for trouble make them new friends—or make their visit to the firehouse a disaster?I Can Read Books are designed to encourage a love of reading. Itty Bitty Kitty: Firehouse Fun is a My First I Can Read book, and with basic language, word repetition, and great illustrations, it’s perfect for shared reading with a child.
Ivan Illich Fifty Years Later: Situating Deschooling Society in His Intellectual and Personal Journey
by Rosa Bruno-Jofré Jon Igelmo ZaldivarIn 1971, priest, theologian, and philosopher Ivan Illich wrote Deschooling Society, a plea to liberate education from schooling and to separate schooling from the state. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of its publication, Ivan Illich Fifty Years Later looks at the theological roots of Illich’s thought and the intellectual and ideological strands that contributed to his ideas. Guided by the central question of how Illich reached the point of writing Deschooling Society, the book sheds light on how Illich produced a critique of schooling that can be defined by its eclecticism. Bruno-Jofré and Igelmo Zaldívar explore how this controversial book was framed by Illich’s early neo-scholastic and anti-modern foundation, his discovery of St. Thomas through Jacques Maritain, and the existential turning points that influenced his public life and intellectual direction in moving from a critique of the Church as institution to a critique of schooling. Drawing from the interpretative theories of Quentin Skinner, Reinhart Koselleck, and William H. Sewell and from concepts such as educationalization, transnationality, and configuration, among other heuristic tools, the authors provide an original and cross-disciplinary analysis of Deschooling Society and its place in Illich’s journey.
Ivan Illich in Conversation: The Testament of Ivan Illich
by David CayleyFor more than fifteen years, iconoclastic thinker Ivan Illich refused to be interviewed. Finally, in 1988, CBC's David Cayley persuaded Illich to record a conversation. This first interview led to additional sessoins that continued until 1992 and are now gathered in Ivan Illich in Conversation. In these fascinating conversations, which range over a wide selection of the celebrated thinker's published work and public career, Illich's brilliant mind alights on topics of great contemporary interest, including education, history, language, politics, and the church.
I've Dibel'd, Now What?
by Susan L. HallShows educators how DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) data can contribute to a well-designed curriculum plan for struggling readers.
I've Got a Secret (Sweet Valley High Senior Year #4)
by Francine PascalCan Jessica hide her past? Jeremy Aames is the perfect guy for Jessica Wakefield. He's cute, smart--and he doesn't know any of the terrible rumors that are flying around about her. But will she be able to keep this great new guy from meeting anyone she's ever known before and hearing the horrible stories? Doubtful.
I've Got to Hold a What?
by Katharine Weeks FolkesMelanie volunteers with the zoo to teach children about animals. She doesn't anticipate encountering her biggest fear up close: a boa constrictor!
The Ivies
by Alexa DonneEnroll in this boarding school thriller about a group of prep school elites who would kill to get into the college of their dreams...literally. "The Plastics meet the Heathers in this murder mystery about ruthless Ivy League ambition." -Kirkus Reviews Everyone knows the Ivies: the most coveted universities in the United States. Far more important are the Ivies. The Ivies at Claflin Academy, that is. Five girls with the same mission: to get into the Ivy League by any means necessary. I would know. I'm one of them. We disrupt class ranks, club leaderships, and academic competitions...among other things. We improve our own odds by decreasing the fortunes of others. Because hyper-elite competitive college admissions is serious business. And in some cases, it's deadly. Alexa Donne delivers a nail-biting and timely thriller about teens who will stop at nothing to get into the college of their dreams. Too bad no one told them murder isn't an extracurricular.
Ivory Tower Blues
by Anton L. Allahar James CoteThe present state of the university is a difficult issue to comprehend for anyone outside of the education system. If we are to believe common government reports that changes in policy are somehow making life easier for university graduates, we cannot help but believe that things are going right and are getting better in our universities. Ivory Tower Blues gives a decidedly different picture, examining this optimistic attitude as it impacts upon professors, students, and administrators in charge of the education system.Ivory Tower Blues is a frank account of the contemporary university, drawing on the authors? own research and personal experiences, as well as on input from students, colleagues, and administrators. James E. Côté and Anton L. Allahar offer an insider?s account of the university system, an accurate, alternative view to that overwhelmingly presented to the general public. Throughout, the authors argue that fewer and fewer students are experiencing their university education in ways expected by their parents and the public. The majority of students are hampered by insufficient preparation at the secondary school level, lack of personal motivation, and disillusionment. Contrary to popular opinion, there is no administrative or governmental procedure in place to maintain standards of education.Ivory Tower Blues is an in-depth look at the crisis facing Canadian and American universities, the factors that are precipitating the situation, and the long-term impact this crisis will have on the quality of higher education.
The Ivy: Secrets
by Lauren Kunze Rina OnurReputation, Reputation, Reputation. You're a student at the most prestigious university in the country, and you've been tapped for the most elite social club. You've made it! Now Don't Blow It! Callie Andrews triumphed during her first semester at Harvard: she made incomparable friends, found the perfect boyfriend, and received invitations to the most exclusive secret societies. But she may have ruined every-thing with one ill-fated night. Now she's keeping secrets from everyone, including- Clint the upperclassman who's too good to be true Vanessa the best friend turned backstabber Gregory the guy who's a total(ly hot) mistake and Lexi the social queen who wants to bring Callie down. But Callie didn't get into Harvard by giving up, and she isn't about to now. Besides, she's not the only one with something to hide. . . .
The Ivy: Scandal
by Lauren Kunze Rina OnurAccusations, accusations . . . You know you're not the author of the "Ivy Insider" articles. But how are you going to prove it? Callie Andrews returns from spring break to find herself facing expulsion. Someone has framed her as the author of a series of anonymous articles vilifying an elite social club and now, unless she can prove her innocence, she can kiss her college education good-bye. So who is the Ivy Insider? Alexis the girl who has had it out for Callie since day one Gregory the guy who told her he loved her (at least she thought she heard that) but then he vanished in the middle of the night Matt his friendship supersedes his hatred for social clubs—right? or Vanessa Callie's best frenemy . . . or is it someone else entirely? Callie's made more than a few enemies during her freshman year, but can she count on her true friends—and the (missing, just-maybe-meant-to-be) love of her life—to pull through?
Ivy and Industry: Business and the Making of the American University, 1880-1980
by Christopher NewfieldEmphasizing how profoundly the American research university has been shaped by business and the humanities alike, Ivy and Industry is a vital contribution to debates about the corporatization of higher education in the United States. Christopher Newfield traces major trends in the intellectual and institutional history of the research university from 1880 to 1980. He pays particular attention to the connections between the changing forms and demands of American business and the cultivation of a university-trained middle class. He contends that by imbuing its staff and students with seemingly opposed ideas--of self-development on the one hand and of an economic system existing prior to and inviolate of their own activity on the other--the university has created a deeply conflicted middle class. Newfield views management as neither inherently good nor bad, but rather as a challenge to and tool for negotiating modern life. In Ivy and Industry he integrates business and managerial philosophies from Taylorism through Tom Peters's "culture of excellence" with the speeches and writings of leading university administrators and federal and state education and science policies. He discusses the financial dependence on industry and government that was established in the university's early years and the equal influence of liberal arts traditions on faculty and administrators. He describes the arrival of a managerial ethos on campus well before World War II, showing how managerial strategies shaped even fields seemingly isolated from commerce, like literary studies. Demonstrating that business and the humanities have each had a far stronger impact on higher education in the United States than is commonly thought, Ivy and Industry is the dramatic story of how universities have approached their dual mission of expanding the mind of the individual while stimulating economic growth.