As a former teacher, school board chair, and state legislator, Kristen J. Amundson has spent decades answering parents' questions about school. This book highlights 81 questions, covering a child's school journey from preschool to postsecondary education. It includes some of the school secrets parents need to know-the often unwritten rules that ......
As a former teacher, school board chair, and state legislator, Kristen J. Amundson has spent decades answering parents' questions about school. 81 Questions for Parents: Helping Your Kids Succeed in School highlights the most important of these questions, covering a child's school journey from preschool to postsecondary education. It includes some ......
UCLA, Notre Dame, and the Game That Ended the Longest Winning Streak in Men's College Basketball History
UCLA's 88-game winning streak between 1970 and 1974 is undoubtedly one of the greatest accomplishments in the history of college sports. It is 28 games longer than any other streak in college basketball history and the closest anyone has come in the almost 50 years since it was established is UNLV's 45-game streak between 1989-91. John Wooden's ......
Decrypting Ghosts and Trauma in New York City's Terrorism Novels
Published to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks, 9/11 Gothic: Decrypting Ghosts and Trauma in New York City's Terrorism Novels returns to the ruins and anguish of 9/11 to pose a question not yet addressed by scholarship. Two time World Fantasy Award-winning writer Danel Olson asks how, why, and where New York ......
A Balanced Epistemological Orientation for the Social Sciences challenges social researchers to rethink the epistemological assumptions grounding their work. It reviews the strengths and weaknesses of four salient epistemological orientations in the field - positivism, relativism, interpretivism, and intersubjectivism - to identify the ......
This book examines the strengths and weaknesses of four salient epistemological orientations in the field - positivism, relativism, interpretivism, and intersubjectivism - to identify the characteristics of a theoretically-informed epistemology for social science.
The book provides insight into the current development of ten 21st century technologies that will impact community colleges and universities in the next 5-30 years.
The book provides insight into the current development of ten 21st century technologies that will impact community colleges and universities in the next 5-30 years.
Written for children as well as for parents and professionals, this book discusses this topic in a manner designed to help children feel good about themselves.
