Very Good - Condition. Binding tight, pages clean. Crease to upper right corner of cover. Slight dent to upper left corner of cover. Light edge-wear. Nice copy! View More...
TEACHER was first published in 1963 to excited acclaim. Its author, Sylvia Ashton-Warner, who lived in New Zealand and spent many years teaching Maori children, found that Maoris taught according to British methods were not learning to read. They were passionate, moody children, bred in an ancient legend-haunted tradition; how could she build them a bridge to European culture that would enable them to take hold of the great joy of reading? Ashton-Warner devised a method whereby written words became prized possessions for her students. Today, her findings are strikingly relevant to the teaching... View More...
This new, expanded edition of The How and Why of Home Schooling not only makes a persuasive case for home schooling but gives practical guidelines for successfully teaching your children at home. It is also a comprehensive resource--providing information on available curricula, support groups, and legal defense organizations, and highlighting seminars and radio programs for home educators. If God has called you to home schooling, or if you're just starting to investigate alternatives to public education, The How and Why of Home Schooling is a must. It will give you the knowledge and confidence... View More...
A very nice book. Clean pages inside and tight binding. Dust jacket in nice shape with just some minimal bump marks around edges/corners. Nice commemorative book! Ships same or next day. View More...
The Manufactured Crisis debunks the myths that test scores in America's schools are falling, that illiteracy is rising, and that better funding has no benefit. It shares the good news about public education. Disputing conventional wisdom, this book ignited debate in Newsweek, The New York Times, and the entire teaching profession. Winner of the American Educational Research Association book award, The Manufactured Crisis is the best source of facts and analysis for people who care about what's really happening in our schools. View More...
Book in nice condition showing some minimal wear to corners from usage. There are a number of pages throughout with yellow highlighting but overall a clean and tight book. Ships same or next day. View More...
The contemporary college campus is filled with spiritual surprises, daily dilemmas, and difficult questions. Will the Christian faith hold up under the scrutiny of the new knowledge and ideas that bombarded students on the college campus? Tony Campolo and Dr. Will Willimon -- college professors and seasons authors and speakers -- insist that the Christian faith is not threatened by tough questions. They maintain that some of the greatest minds the human race has produced have put hard questions to Jesus and come away more firm in their faith and more convinced of its truth than ever before. ... View More...
This latest helping of loving inspiration follows the millions of loyal readers of the "Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul" series to the next stage of their lives, beyond adolescence and into young adulthood. Readers will love having this invaluable collection to guide, inspire, support and encourage them throughout their college experience. If readers are devotees of the series, they will recognize this book as an instant source of strength and comfort; if this book is their introduction to the series, they will come to treasure it quickly. College is a time of excitement, exuberance and triu... View More...
A used book that is in very nice condition. Pages have some underlining in blue/black/red pen throughout, but still looks clean. Binding is tight. Outside cover shows some edge/corner wear but overall condition looks as if the book was well-taken care of. Ships same or next day. View More...
Hard Cover in Like New condition. Pages are clean. Binding is tight. Jacket in Like New condition with Light surface and edge wear. Ships same or next day. View More...
