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"these Kids Are Out of Control": Why We Must Reimagine "classroom Management" for Equity

"these Kids Are Out of Control": Why We Must Reimagine "classroom Management" for Equity

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Today's classrooms reimagined

If you're looking for a book on how to control your students, this isn't it! Instead, this is a book on what classroom learning could be if we aspire to co-create more culturally responsive and equitable environments--environments that are safe, affirming, learner-centered, intellectually challenging, and engaging. If we create the kind of places where our students want to be . . .

A critically important resource for teachers and administrators alike, These Kids Are Out of Control details the specific practices, tools, beliefs, dispositions, and mindsets that are essential to better serving the complex needs of our diverse learners, especially our marginalized students. Gain expert insight on:

  • What it means to be culturally responsive in today's classroom environments, even in schools at large
  • How to decide what to teach, understand the curriculum, build relationships in and outside of school, and assess student development and learning
  • The four best practices for building a classroom culture that is both nurturing and rigorous, and where all students are seen, heard, and respected Alternatives to punitive disciplinary action that too often sustains the cradle-to-prison pipeline

    Classroom management takes care of itself when you engage students, help them see links and alignment of the curriculum to their lives, build on and from student identity and culture, and recognize the many ways instructional practices can shift. These Kids Are Out of Control is your opportunity to get started right away!

    1 Page at a Time

    1 Page at a Time

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    Things are what you make of them

    Every day is a chance to create something new for yourself. Put down your phone and pick up a pencil. Give yourself some space. The Internet will still be there. Start with one page at a time, and you'll be surprised at just how much you can create.

    Each of the 365 prompts in 1 Page at a Time will encourage you to draw, write, list, reflect, and share. This book is your new best friend.

    Let's get started!

    Now available in red, blue, and yellow!

    1,001 Books For Every Mood

    1,001 Books For Every Mood

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    This entertaining and engaging collection boasts the most comprehensive list of mood-altering stories ever put together for the modern reader.
    1-Minute Writer

    1-Minute Writer

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    One minute of daily writing is better than twenty minutes every two weeks--let this fun and helpful handbook of quick, easy writing prompts show you why short bursts of writing are essential to flexing your creative muscles to create your best work!

    Are you a "would-be" writer? That is, someone who wants to write, but finds themselves too busy, too tired, or just uninspired. The 1-Minute Writer has the solution to all of those problems and shows you that you can start writing--and keep the creativity going--every day, no matter how little time you have.

    The 1-Minute Writer includes writing prompts you can complete while standing in line for coffee, riding the subway home after work, waiting for your kid at the dentist--and everywhere in between. Each prompt has four variations: a one-minute prompt, a five-minute prompt, a ten-minute prompt, and a twenty-minute prompt. You can choose prompts based on both the time you have available and the kind of writing you'd like to do. Watch the words pour out of you when you realize just how easy writing is when you tackle it in manageable chunks!

    There are a lot of writing books out there--maybe you've tried some before--but none quite like The 1-Minute Writer. Let these brief prompts encourage and empower you to become the writer you've always known you are!

    10 Publishing Myths

    10 Publishing Myths

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    10 Publishing Myths offers authors the chance to succeed in the publishing world by giving them practical tools they can use to succeed and dodge the myths of the industry.

    The publishing world is filled with misconceptions and myths. Therefore, it is terrific for authors to have big ambitions as their book is being published, but, it is also important to be realistic and understand the world of publishing. W. Terry Whalin has worked with hundreds of authors and published a number of bestsellers, and he knows that it is important to focus on creating a good book and not realistic about the business aspects. Within 10 Publishing Myths, Terry focuses on giving authors a realistic picture of the book world then detailing practical steps they can take to succeed. Inside 10 Publishing Myths, authors learn the actions they can take to succeed, they get a step-by-step guide for practical results, and so much more!

    10 Things Employers Want You to Learn in College Revised

    10 Things Employers Want You to Learn in College Revised

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    A handy, straightforward guide that teaches students how to acquire marketable job skills and real-world know-how before they graduate--revised and updated for today's economic and academic landscapes.

    Award-winning college professor and adviser Bill Coplin lays down the essential skills students need to survive and succeed in today's job market, based on his extensive interviews with employers, recruiters, HR specialists, and employed college grads. Going beyond test scores and GPAs, Coplin teaches students how to maximize their college experience by focusing on ten crucial skill groups: Work Ethic, Physical Performance, Speaking, Writing, Teamwork, Influencing People, Research, Number Crunching, Critical Thinking, and Problem Solving. 10 Things Employers Want You to Learn in College gives students the tools they need to prepare during their undergraduate years to impress potential employers, land a higher-paying job, and start on the road to career security and satisfaction.

    10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything

    10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything

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    For years, the Chicago Tribune's popular weekly feature column 10 Things You Might Not Know" has been informing and entertaining readers on a diverse range of fascinating subjects. 10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything is a comprehensive collection of these columns, presented in a fun and easy-to-read format. This book gives readers well-researched, obscure facts on universal topics--including arts and culture, food and leisure, history, politics, science and technology, sports, religion, lifestyle, language, and more.

    10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything contains a plethora of surprising trivia and pertinent tidbits on so many different areas that will appeal to everyone from history buffs to sports fans to foodies, with an especially riveting look into Chicago-area history and facts. For example, did you know that the adult human body contains about half a pound of salt? Or that the U.S. had no national debt under President Andrew Jackson for a brief period of time around January 1835?

    From amusing, lighthearted topics like beards and holidays to more serious subjects like taxes and juries, this collection of well-researched and universal trivia will make readers laugh and their jaws drop. 10 Things You Might Not Know About Nearly Everything will leave readers brighter, wittier, and curious to learn more about myriad worlds they never encountered before and will never forget.

    100 Deadly Skills

    100 Deadly Skills

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    A hands-on, practical survival guide from retired Navy SEAL Clint Emerson--adapted for civilians from actual special forces operations--to eluding pursuers, evading capture, and surviving any dangerous situation.

    In today's increasingly dangerous worl

    100 Germnan Short Stories For Beginners

    100 Germnan Short Stories For Beginners

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    Here you have 100 entertaining and culturally interesting German short stories for beginners and intermediate learning level including audio.

    German for beginners can be challenging, but not with this book.

    All German short stories are unique and hopefully entertaining in content, and new vocabulary is gradually added at a manageable pace so you won't get overwhelmed.

    Towards the end of this German book you find the stories slightly more complex, but still comprehensible for beginners. The stories are followed by learning questions and a English-German vocabulary section, so you can use this short story book also as a German workbook.

    Also, this German language learning book offers you a wide range of culturally important information you can use when you travel to Germany or study there, and frankly, this book is not only for German language learners but also for anyone interested in German culture in general.

    You also get access to 2 mp3 audio files which include the 100 short stories of the book. 40 stories are recorded by a male voice and 60 recorded by a female voice.

    100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask

    100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask

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    From the most trusted name in real estate, here is the latest edition of the indispensable guide that helps first-time buyers land the home of their dreams.

    Ilyce R. Glink has established herself as America's most trusted real estate expert. In this new, fully revised and updated edition of the book that made her a household name, Glink offers more than 100 pages of new material addressing all of the current trends home buyers need to stay on top of, including:

    - The new construction housing boom and how home buyers can make the most of it

    - Mortgage lending innovations, such as interest-only financing and the ability to finance 103 percent of the purchase price

    - The changing habits of first-time home buyers (purchasing without a broker, using discount Internet-based services, and buying first homes as investments)

    - The latest information on asbestos, mold, radon, and other bio-environmental hazards and new, inexpensive testing methods any home buyer can use

    In this third edition of 100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask, Glink presents new stories of real people who have gone through the home-buying process for the first time and once again offers her trademark friendly advice on how to avoid common home-buyer mistakes.

    Also available as an eBook

    100 Things They Dont Want You To Know

    100 Things They Dont Want You To Know

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    Who was the Mothman? What caused the death of the Bordens? Who assassinated JFK? And what was the true meaning of the 'WOW' signal? Daniel Smith, author of 100 Places You Will Never Visit, sets out to uncover the truth behind 100 unexplained events that have been shrouded in secrecy for generations. Under his investigative searchlight are mysterious landmarks, disappearances at sea, legendary myths, astonishing coincidences, UFOs, missing people and bizarre natural phenomena.
    Ranging from suspicious deaths (Black Dahlia) to suspected murderers (Jack the Ripper) and from ancient artifacts (Tarim Mummies) to Cold War cover-ups (Lost Cosmonauts), via documents that remain untranslatable (Voynich Manuscript), debated icons of religion (Shroud of Turin), and puzzling paranormal appearances (Marfa Lights), Daniel Smith leaves no stone unturned in his quest to expose the bare facts and reveal the truth amongst the tales that have gripped curious minds for years.
    Also includes: Bermuda Triangle, Red Rain, Collapse of the Mayan Civilisation, Spontaneous Combustion, Whereabouts of Nazi Gold, Disappearance of Jean Spangler, Severed Feet of British Columbia, Shakespeare's Dark Lady, Shugborough Inscription, Stonehenge, Loch Ness Monster, The Flying Dutchman, Lewis Carroll's Lost Diaries, and the Beast of Bodmin Moor.
    100 Ways to Improve Your Writing Updated

    100 Ways to Improve Your Writing Updated

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    The classic text on writing well, now refreshed and updated--an essential text for writers of all ages.

    This is the one guide that anyone who writes--whether student, businessperson, or professional writer--should keep on his or her desk. Filled with professional tips and a wealth of instructive examples, 100 Ways to Improve Your Writing can help solve any writing problem.

    In this compact, easy-to-use volume you'll find the eternal building blocks of good writing--from grammar and punctuation to topic sentences--as well as advice on challenges such as writer's block and creating a strong title. It is a must-have resource--perfect for reading cover to cover, or just for keeping on hand for instant reference--now updated and refreshed for the first time.

    100 Words to Make You Sound Smart

    100 Words to Make You Sound Smart

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    The newest title in the popular 100 Words series is an informative and entertaining resource that can help anyone be right on the money when looking for words that will make a point, seal the deal, or just keep folks listening.
    1000 Books to Read Before You Die

    1000 Books to Read Before You Die

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    "The ultimate literary bucket list." --The Washington Post
    "If there's a heaven just for readers, this is it." --O, The Oprah Magazine

    Celebrate the pleasure of reading and the thrill of discovering new titles in an extraordinary book that's as compulsively readable, entertaining, surprising, and enlightening as the 1,000-plus titles it recommends.

    Covering fiction, poetry, science and science fiction, memoir, travel writing, biography, children's books, history, and more, 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die ranges across cultures and through time to offer an eclectic collection of works that each deserve to come with the recommendation, You have to read this. But it's not a proscriptive list of the "great works"--rather, it's a celebration of the glorious mosaic that is our literary heritage.

    Flip it open to any page and be transfixed by a fresh take on a very favorite book. Or come across a title you always meant to read and never got around to. Or, like browsing in the best kind of bookshop, stumble on a completely unknown author and work, and feel that tingle of discovery. There are classics, of course, and unexpected treasures, too. Lists to help pick and choose, like Offbeat Escapes, or A Long Climb, but What a View. And its alphabetical arrangement by author assures that surprises await on almost every turn of the page, with Cormac McCarthy and The Road next to Robert McCloskey and Make Way for Ducklings, Alice Walker next to Izaac Walton.

    There are nuts and bolts, too--best editions to read, other books by the author, "if you like this, you'll like that" recommendations, and an interesting endnote of adaptations where appropriate. Add it all up, and in fact there are more than six thousand titles by nearly four thousand authors mentioned--a life-changing list for a lifetime of reading.

    "948 pages later, you still want more!" --THE WASHINGTON POST

    1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die: Revised and Updated

    1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die: Revised and Updated

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    A newly revised and updated guide to the world's best literature--all at your fingertips. For discerning bibliophiles and readers who enjoy unforgettable classic literature, 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die is a trove of reviews covering a century of memorable writing. Each work of literature featured here is a seminal work key to understanding and appreciating the written word. Addictive, browsable, knowledgeable--1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die is a boon companion for anyone who loves good writing and an inspiration for anyone who is just beginning to discover a love of books. Each entry is accompanied by an authoritative yet opinionated critical essay describing the importance and influence of the work in question. Also included are publishing history and career details about the authors, as well as reproductions of period dust jackets and book designs.

    1001 Easy French Phrases

    1001 Easy French Phrases

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    The perfect companion for tourists and business travelers in France and other places where the French language is spoken, this book offers fast, effective communication. More than 1,000 basic words, phrases, and sentences cover everything from asking directions and renting a car to ordering dinner and finding a bank.
    Designed as a quick reference tool and an easy study guide, this inexpensive and easy-to-use book offers completely up-to-date terms for modern telecommunications, idioms, and slang. The contents are arranged for quick access to phrases related to greetings, transportation, shopping, services, medical and emergency situations, and other essential items. A handy phonetic pronunciation guide accompanies each phrase.
    1001 Easy Spanish Phrases

    1001 Easy Spanish Phrases

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    The perfect companion for tourists and business travelers in Spain and Latin America, this book offers fast, effective communication. Over 1,000 basic words, phrases, and sentences cover everything from asking directions to making reservations and ordering dinner.
    Designed as a quick reference tool and an easy study guide, this inexpensive and easy-to-use book offers completely up-to-date terms for modern telecommunications, idioms, and slang. Its contents are arranged for quick access to phrases related to greetings, transportation, shopping, services, medical and emergency situations, and other common circumstances. A phonetic pronunciation guide accompanies each phrase.
    1001 Most Useful English Words for Spanish Speaking People

    1001 Most Useful English Words for Spanish Speaking People

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    Personas de habla Espanola que quieren aumentar su vocabulario ingles tienen aqui una ayuda indispensable. Se incluyen traducciones de palabras communes en doce diferentes categorias: familia, dias, meses, estaciones, numeros, colores, alimentos, partes del cuerpo, tiendas, oficios, avisos al publico, y animals. La parte principal es como un pequeno diccionario de traducciones, de "a" a "zero." Cada palabra se usa en una frase en ingles (con una traduccion Espanola) demostrando su uso correcto. Este libro fue preparado por el professor Seymour Resnick, un conocido professor de lenguas.
    Immigrant students from Latin America, as well as other Spanish speakers, will find this handy little book a tremendous aid in expanding their English vocabularies. Compiled by noted language teacher Seymour Resnick, the text includes more than 1,000 of the most useful and commonly used words in the English language, presented in alphabetical order. To demonstrate how to use the words, the author gives each in a simple English sentence followed by a Spanish translation.
    After the alphabetical dictionary listing is a section of words divided into 12 helpful categories: family, days, months and seasons, numbers, colors, food, parts of the body, stores, occupations, public notices, and animals. Although designed for Spanish speakers, this book is also an excellent tool for English speakers who wish to improve their Spanish vocabularies."

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