Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Secondary    3. Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Arts & Humanities    4. Study & Teaching    5. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading    6. Lesson planning    7. Literature    8. My Brother Sam is Dead    9. Secondary    10. Study and teaching    11. Teaching Methods & Materials - Arts & Humanities   

Subjects:  1. Curricula    2. Curriculum planning    3. Education    4. Education / Teaching    5. Elementary    6. Gifted children    7. Secondary    8. Curriculum planning & development    9. Education / Curricula   

Reviews (6)

Using Aviation Safety Skills on the Roadways
We have all read text books, instructional publications or technical manuals that are just plain boring.This author's style of intermixing stories from his flying experience keeps the book entertaining and makes it easy to relate to real life experiences.This is not the standard dry, preachy, recitation of the same old driving rules.This book should be manditory reading not only for new drivers but anyone with a less than stellar driving record regardless of age.

What could be more important?
As parents of five young children, my wife and I have decided to make this book required reading prior to allowing our kids to get their permits.These pilot awareness concepts and training techniques are a perfect application for helping all drivers stay safe while on the road.

What could be more important?
This book offers easy to follow advice on how to keep our kids ALIVE behind the wheel.Today's teens have more distractions than ever while driving.And they think they're invincible. We grown ups know better.I loved the examples and descriptions.Really useful information. Your kids should read this the month BEFORE they get their permits.
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Subjects:  1. Adolescence - General    2. Automobile driver education    3. Automobile driving    4. Driver Education    5. Education    6. Education / Teaching    7. Family & Relationships    8. Family/Marriage    9. General    10. Life Stages - Teenagers    11. Parenting - General    12. Secondary    13. Study and teaching    14. Teenage automobile drivers    15. Family & Relationships / Teenagers    16. Roadcraft, driving & the Highway Code   

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Secondary    3. Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Arts & Humanities    4. General    5. Lesson planning    6. Literature    7. Scarlet Letter    8. Secondary    9. Study and teaching    10. Teaching Methods & Materials - Arts & Humanities   

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Variety & Fun for students
This book will add a fresh approach to any PE program.There are 37 units offered with a variety of over 250 games and activities listed for each.Each activity lists objectives, needed equipment, safety, how to play, student tasks and variations.The activities suggested are refreshing and fun for the students. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Games    4. Physical Education    5. Physical education and trainin    6. Physical education and training    7. Secondary    8. Study and teaching (Secondary)    9. Teaching Methods & Materials - Classroom Planning    10. United States    11. Sports & Outdoor Recreation   

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Secondary    3. Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Arts & Humanities    4. Study & Teaching    5. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading    6. Lesson planning    7. Literature    8. Out of the Dust    9. Secondary    10. Study and teaching    11. Teaching Methods & Materials - Arts & Humanities   

Editorial Review

Not many adults would be willing to go back to high school voluntarily, but Elinor Burkett was driven by the question that has been haunting Americans since the Columbine shootings: What's going on in our suburban high schools? To find out, she actually spent a year at a suburban Minneapolis high school, sitting in on classes, eavesdropping on gripe sessions, attending pep rallies and concerts, and insinuating herself into the lives of students, teachers, and officials. The result is a first-hand and first-rate account of the myriad factors that are alternately paralyzing and pulling apart public schools. In a vivid lesson in high school social geography, we meet preppies and partiers, hip-hoppers, jocks, and Christian kids, and especially, the loners and outcasts who were harassed and feared after Columbine--kids like Roger Murphy, the school's only black student who quotes Dante and wears chains and spikes; Ashlee Altenbach, a hyperactive cheerleader who uses her ADHD diagnosis as an excuse for her behavior; and Reilly Liebhard, the misunderstood and sorely underchallenged school genius. Even more enlightening, Burkett talks to those on the frontlines, the teachers, as they debate the need for greater discipline and higher standards, complain about being made "the clothing-and-drug police, the lateness brigade and the parent hand-holders," and voice their anger over being the first to be kicked in the game of political football. Over the course of the year, this cast of characters amply illustrates the impact of such hot-button issues as zero tolerance, grade inflation, Internet plagiarizing, and the self-esteem movement. In the end, this one school throws adult society--and the tangled web of social changes that have helped undermine public education--into bold relief. Burkett has brought a keen ear and a fresh approach to a topic freighted by contradictory exhortations and political rhetoric, and penned a valuable and telling contribution to the debate over education reform. Read more

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Asking All the Right Questions
Usually I don't like reading the investigative writings of reporters which are so often dry, but Elinor Burkett's writing is anything but dry -- and has all of the scoop of the best of the best of investigative journalism. I first read her book "So Many Enemies, So Little Time" about her experience in Kyrgyzstan which interested me because I had worked in Kyrgyzstan ten years ago.Because I liker her style of writing so much, I wanted to read something else of hers and chose this book.A look into a suburban high school is not something that particularly interests me, but with Elinor Burkett, whatever she is writing about, she builds an interest into the reader with her way of asking all the right questions, and some that nobody else wants to ask but everyone is wondering about.I highly recommend this book to anyone who just like to see a good investigative journalist dig her teeth into a subject and chew and chew and chew until the final product is sometimes disburbing, sometimes beautiful but always, a little closer to the truth.

What was Elinor Burkett Thinking
I could not believe Elinor Burkett used REAL FIRST AND LAST NAMES then follow them up with negative discriptions. Many discriptions had personal medical information. Oh yes, I am sure she got them to sign waiver's as they turned 18. She did not care about the students just the story. She got so many facts wrong. Many people were hurt by her inability to be factually accurate. This book should be in the fiction section. I found the book boring and I work at Prior Lake High School. She offered no suggestions to help the lifes she tormented

What Planet Are YOU From?
I can't believe that I read the same book as some of the other reviewers.Five stars for THIS book?I suggest some of you go back and read the classics.I'm not a former student of PLHS, a teacher, or an administrator.No, I don't have an ax to grind.I typically read 3-4 books per month on various subjects that interest me.
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Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography/Autobiography    3. Case studies    4. Education / Teaching    5. General    6. High school students    7. High schools    8. Minneapolis Metropolitan Area    9. Minnesota    10. Philosophy & Social Aspects    11. Prior Lake (Minn.)    12. Prior Lake High School (Prior    13. Secondary    14. Sociology - General    15. Students & Student Life    16. Suburban high schools   

Subjects:  1. Computer Books: General    2. Computers    3. Education    4. Education / Teaching    5. Keyboarding    6. Secondary    7. Computers / Keyboarding    8. Computing and Information Technology    9. Word processing skills   

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A tale of two reviews
Sperber does a lot wrong in this book.His title is misleading.He does spend a good amount of time discussing college sports and their effect on the university, but he also takes long extended detours into topics such as honors programs, college rankings, professors' teaching habits, and the shocking lack of homework and studying done by students.Really, he's taking aim at the university as a larger entity.He commits just about every logical fallacy in the book (case studies used to prove large sweeping theories, post hoc logic, ecological fallacy), although really there isn't any way to experimentally study the variables he's considering.Sperber also comes off sounding like the nerdy kid from college who hated the dumb jocks in high school and college and now that he's got a job and they're probably all on skid row (or so the fantasy goes), he will now have his revenge.If this describes you, you will love this book.If the only pleasure you have in life is watching State U play football on Saturdays, then you will find Sperber as nothing but a killjoy.Despite all these problems, Sperber awkwardly brings up a few good points.Why is our culture so obsessed with sports and alcohol?Has the undergraduate diploma become a simple right of passage to which the middle and upper classes are entitled to?His base argument seems that either too many people go to college nowadays or we need to re-think the cultural mythology of what a college degree really means.

Undergraduate Education Comes Up Way Short Next to Sports
There is not much doubt that undergraduate education for the typical student at large universities is most unsatisfactory: one is, with few exceptions, a nonentity with no opportunity to shape the educational experience. The only option is to follow the rules; then it is swim or sink. Furthermore, there is no doubt that forming farm teams for professional leagues with substandard students has no place in a university. Excellent!
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Subjects:  1. Administration - General    2. College sports    3. Economic aspects    4. Education    5. Education / Teaching    6. General    7. Higher    8. History    9. Moral and ethical aspects    10. Secondary    11. Sports Psychology    12. Students & Student Life    13. United States    14. Sports & Recreation / Football   

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An all-in-one literacy exercise book.
I love this book for its time saving worksheets. If you can only buy one time saving resource for supporting literacy then this is it. From morphology and syntax to metatheme and macrostructure, this book covers all the skills in accessible worksheets. Each topic has definitions and examples at sentence and text level as appropriate. The lay out of the worksheets is visually attractive with not too much text on one page, use of boxes, tables, diagrams, dot points and checklists to "chunk" the information. Each exercise provides specific instructions and achievable tasks. And it's such good value. I'm a Speech-Language Pathologist using the book in Language therapy with children with Language learning disabilities, but it is accessible enough for a student to use independantly to practice and polish their literacy skills.

Carol Behrman knows her task?
Ready-to-Use WRITING PROFICIENCYLESSONS AND ACTIVITIES: Eighth Grade Level provides classroom teachers with a wealth of ideas to open creative windows, and enables students to reach beyond where they thought possible. Teachers will delight in the author's detailed lesson plans and practice tests. Activities and techniques designed to promote eighth grade students' writing competencies are appealing and fun. Writing Proficiencyis a definite 'ready to use'.
As a former writing coach in the public school system, I can see the activities would work well at any age.Ms. Behrman has made the activities challenging yet fun, and very user-friendly for the classroom teacher. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Activity programs    2. Composition & Creative Writing - General    3. Composition and exercises    4. Education    5. Education / Teaching    6. Eighth grade (Education)    7. Elementary    8. Elementary School Language Arts    9. English Composition    10. English language    11. Secondary    12. Study and teaching (Middle sch    13. Study and teaching (Middle school)    14. Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts    15. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading    16. United States    17. Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading    18. English    19. English language: writing skills    20. Teaching of a specific subject   

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Excellent source for Elementary drama & socialization skills
I work as a Art Focus Drama teacher for K-7 students who come from various socio-economic backgrounds and home lives.I found this book a very valuable resource, especially for students who have a difficult time with issues of trust, language, and ensemble work. It is great to have a resource that contains detailed exercises within a logical framework, that not only works, but explains itself in a manner that even classroom teachers, with no drama experience whatsoever, can accomplish. Clear, detailed guide for joy filled work
This book provided a guide for Becca Kirsch and I to work with a group of high school students.The activities described in the book build on each other and it was inspiring to watch the students' enthusiasm and discoverythrough the process.Michael Rohd is correct when he says that theactivities help people to get to know each other in new ways.I think thatthe interaction that comes from participating in these theater games iscrucial to help build new ways of communicating and problem solving.

A "cannot-do without-it" book for youth and community worker
I came across this book in February 1998 during a one-week training workshop given personally by Michael Rohd in Helsinki (Finland). I consider this material valuable and anyone who works with young people or youthworkers should get it. I have used this book when giving training to youthand community workers. Needless to say, I had to adapt some of theexercises according to the local context. I would recommend this book toall those who want to be part of a revolution. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Aims & Objectives    2. Drama in education    3. Education / Teaching    4. Group psychotherapy for teenag    5. Group psychotherapy for teenagers    6. Medical    7. Participatory theater    8. Philosophy & Social Aspects    9. Play Therapy    10. Psychiatry - Child & Adolescent    11. Psychodrama    12. Secondary    13. Secondary School Creative And Manual Arts    14. Theater - Direction & Production    15. Theater - General    16. Theater and youth    17. Performing Arts / General    18. Social work    19. Teaching skills & techniques    20. Theatre, drama   

Editorial Review

Written by Theodore and Nancy Sizer, coprincipals of a high school and veterans in the field of education (he was named dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education at age 32, she trains teachers in the same program), Read more

Reviews (8)

a bit preachy
It discusses some obvious things about high schools--including some high schools are bad and some are good-- and makes a lot of general statements about how high schools should be run. evaluation of our educational system, including home-schools
Rated as excellent in 6/19/00 U. S. News & World Reports, I am pursuing research on this book while attempting to locate a library or preview copy to read myself!

The Students are Watching
quote from The Students are Watching: "School exists to change young people. The young people should be different--better--for their experience there. They should know some important things, they should know how to learn additional important things, and they should be in the habit ofwanting to learn such important things. They should have a reasoned, butindividual point of view. They should be judicious, aware of the complexityof the world. They should be thoughtful, respectful of thought and of ideaswhich are the furniture of thought."The Students are Watching isabout teaching morals through example and treating students with respectwhile delivering education in an ethical manner.I don't really view thisas a "how to teach morals" book, but as a guide to running anethical school. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administration - General    2. Education    3. Education / Teaching    4. Secondary    5. Education / General    6. Philosophy of education    7. Schools   

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Easy-to-Read Wonder
This easy-to-read wonder was required reading in my graduate class.Everyone in the class loved the book and found it extremely useful.

I've read it twice
A great inspiring resource for those who want to write or teach writing. It's not perfect, but it's very real.

This is THE book on the teaching of writing!
Words simply cannot describe this book.I read it through in one sitting and was left craving more. Teachers in grades kindergarten through graduate school would benefit from reading Fletcher's book. Simply outstanding! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction    2. Composition & Creative Writing - General    3. Composition and exercises    4. Education    5. Elementary    6. Elementary School Language Arts    7. English language    8. Secondary    9. Study and teaching (Elementary    10. Study and teaching (Elementary)    11. Study and teaching (Secondary)    12. Teaching Methods & Materials - Workbooks    13. United States    14. Creative writing guides    15. Linguistics    16. Primary / junior schools    17. Secondary schools    18. Teaching of a specific subject   

Subjects:  1. Books & Reading    2. Books and reading    3. Children's Literature - General    4. Literary Criticism    5. Literature    6. Literature - Classics / Criticism    7. Secondary    8. Study and teaching (Secondary)    9. Young adult literature    10. Youth    11. English    12. Literary Criticism & Collections / Children's Literature    13. Literary studies: general   

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Excellent source for teachers, parents
WARNING: This book is NOT a grammar handbook.It is NOT a small-minded diatribe against the deplorable state of education today.It is NOT a frivolous "just let the kids write anyway they want" texteither.Read more

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. English language    4. Grammar    5. Language    6. Secondary    7. Secondary School Language Arts    8. Study & Teaching    9. Study and teaching    10. Study and teaching (Secondary)    11. Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure    12. Teaching of a specific subject   

Subjects:  1. Composition & Creative Writing - General    2. Composition and exercises    3. Education    4. Education / Teaching    5. English language    6. Report writing    7. Secondary    8. Study and teaching (Secondary)    9. Teaching Methods & Materials - General    10. Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts    11. Teaching skills & techniques   

Subjects:  1. Classroom Management    2. Education    3. Education / Teaching    4. Education, Elementary    5. Education, Secondary    6. Elementary    7. Research    8. Secondary    9. Education / Classroom Management    10. Secondary schools    11. Teaching skills & techniques   

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Secondary    3. Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Arts & Humanities    4. Study & Teaching    5. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading    6. Frankenstein    7. Lesson planning    8. Literature    9. Secondary    10. Study and teaching    11. Teaching Methods & Materials - Arts & Humanities   

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Great Review of College Preparation
I have been searching for teaching job for 4 years now and have finally been offered one.After being out of college for that long period, I was worried about my classroom managment practices.This book was a great review of everything learned in college plus some!I also have Wong's First Days of School.I think that this text far surpasses Wong's.

Your First Year As a High School Teacher : Making the Transition from Total Novice to Successful Professional
This book should be required reading for every new high school teacher! I am giving a copy to my student teacher, and to my daughter, a future teacher. It is well-written, and brings up topics that a new teacher might not have thought about. Well-reasoned answers to questions are provided. As a veteran teacher, I found myself marking pages as I read through it.

Not what I expected
This book seemed like a lot of common sense to someone who already knows even a little bit about what it's like to be a teacher.Book might be helpful to a student who isn't quite sure yet. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Counseling - Vocational Guidance    2. Education    3. Education / Teaching    4. First year teachers    5. High school teaching    6. Secondary    7. Teacher orientation    8. Teaching Methods & Materials - General    9. United States    10. Education / Vocational Guidance    11. Teaching skills & techniques   

Subjects:  1. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    2. Juvenile Nonfiction    3. School & Education    4. Science & Nature - General    5. Science (General) (Young Adult)    6. Secondary    7. Study Aids - Test Preparation    8. Study Guides    9. Tests    10. Study Aids / Tests