Download or read book Stuck in the Shallow End updated edition written by Jane Margolis and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2017-03-03 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why so few African American and Latino/a students study computer science: updated edition of a book that reveals the dynamics of inequality in American schools. The number of African Americans and Latino/as receiving undergraduate and advanced degrees in computer science is disproportionately low. And relatively few African American and Latino/a high school students receive the kind of institutional encouragement, educational opportunities, and preparation needed for them to choose computer science as a field of study and profession. In Stuck in the Shallow End, Jane Margolis and coauthors look at the daily experiences of students and teachers in three Los Angeles public high schools: an overcrowded urban high school, a math and science magnet school, and a well-funded school in an affluent neighborhood. They find an insidious “virtual segregation” that maintains inequality. The race gap in computer science, Margolis discovers, is one example of the way students of color are denied a wide range of occupational and educational futures. Stuck in the Shallow End is a story of how inequality is reproduced in America—and how students and teachers, given the necessary tools, can change the system. Since the 2008 publication of Stuck in the Shallow End, the book has found an eager audience among teachers, school administrators, and academics. This updated edition offers a new preface detailing the progress in making computer science accessible to all, a new postscript, and discussion questions (coauthored by Jane Margolis and Joanna Goode).

Download or read book Stranded written by Jeff Probst and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-02-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Bestseller! As seen on The Today Show, Rachael Ray, and Kelly and Michael. From the Emmy-Award winning host of Survivor, Jeff Probst, with Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life co-author, Chris Tebbetts, comes a brand new family adventure series! A family vacation becomes a game of survival! It was supposed to be a vacation--and a chance to get to know each other better. But when a massive storm sets in without warning, four kids are shipwrecked alone on a rocky jungle island in the middle of the South Pacific. No adults. No instructions. Nobody to rely on but themselves. Can they make it home alive? A week ago, the biggest challenge Vanessa, Buzz, Carter, and Jane had was learning to live as a new blended family. Now the four siblings must find a way to work as a team if they're going to make it off the island. They're all in this adventure together--but first they've got to learn to survive one another. Books in the original Stranded series: Stranded (Book 1) Trial By Fire (Book 2) Survivors (Book 3) Books in the Stranded, Shadow Island series Forbidden Passage (Book 4) Sabotage (Book 5) Desperate Measures (Book 6)

Download or read book Trapped written by Michael Northrop and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The day the blizzard started, no one knew that it was going to keep snowing for a week. That for those in its path, it would become not just a matter of keeping warm, but of staying alive. . . .Scotty and his friends Pete and Jason are among the last seven kids at their high school waiting to get picked up that day, and they soon realize that no one is coming for them. Still, it doesn't seem so bad to spend the night at school, especially when distractingly hot Krista and Julie are sleeping just down the hall. But then the power goes out, then the heat. The pipes freeze, and the roof shudders. As the days add up, the snow piles higher, and the empty halls grow colder and darker, the mounting pressure forces a devastating decision. . . .Michael Northrop is the New York Times bestselling author of TombQuest, an epic book and game adventure series featuring the magic of ancient Egypt. He is also the author of Trapped, an Indie Next List Selection, and Plunked, a New York Public Library best book of the year and an NPR Backseat Book Club selection. An editor at Sports Illustrated Kids for many years, he now writes full-time from his home in New York City. Learn more at www.michaelnorthrop.net.

Download or read book Lost at School written by Ross W. Greene and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of The Explosive Child counsels parents and educators on how to best safeguard the interests of children with behavioral, emotional, and social challenges, in a guide that identifies the misunderstandings and practices that are contributing to a growing number of challenged student failures. 60,000 first printing.

Download or read book Stuck in the Middle of Middle School written by Karen Romano Young and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-03-19 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving to another school, Doreen hopes she can do better despite dealing with her ADHD, her younger sister's popularity, and mounting stress at home, and turns to her doodle journal to cope.

Download or read book Stuck written by Jennifer Swender and published by Crown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A coming-of-age story about a boy who is used to flying under the radar, and the classroom of kids determined to help him stand out. This touching friendship tale is the perfect read for fans of Fish in a Tree and Song for a Whale. "Austin’s narration is conversational and observant." -Publishers Weekly, Starred Review If Austin picked a color to describe his life, it would be tumbleweed brown. Austin doesn't like standing out. He’s always the new kid, and there's no hiding his size. Plus, Austin has a secret: he struggles to read. Then Austin meets Bertie, who is razzmatazz. Everything about Bertie is bursting! But the best part of his newest school is the Safety Squad, with their laser lemon vests. Their easy confidence and leadership stand out in the coolest way. Even when things are not so vibrant and life at home makes Austin feel pacific blue, for the first time, he wants to leave a mark. And the more Austin speaks up, the more he finds he may not be that different after all.

Download or read book The Schools Our Children Deserve written by Alfie Kohn and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1999 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing against the tougher standards rhetoric that marks the current education debate, the author of No Contest and Punished by Rewards writes that such tactics squeeze the pleasure out of learning. Reprint.

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Download or read book Stranded written by Tim O'Shei and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2008 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Describes how hiker Amy Racina survived a fall in the Sierra Nevada mountains"--Provided by publisher.

Download or read book Stuck in Neutral written by Robert Garza and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-04-12 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever been sitting on the edge of your bed in the morning, thinking about your life problems? Has anyone ever told you that you were not good enough? Is your life constantly flooded with negative thoughts? Is your life void of any motivation? Walk through the journey of an individual who overcame the odds. Walk through the life of this individual to see how the negative situations he has lived have allowed him to live a life of success and perseverance.

Download or read book Baptist Missionary Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volumes 7-77, 80-83 include 13th-83rd, 86th-89th annual report of the American Baptist missionary union.

Download or read book Stuck in Neutral written by Cathie Jo Martin and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to conventional wisdom, big business wields enormous influence over America's political agenda and is responsible for the relatively limited scale of the country's social policies. In Stuck in Neutral, however, Cathie Jo Martin challenges that view, arguing that big business has limited involvement in social policy and in many instances desires broader social interventions. Combining hundreds of in-depth interviews with careful quantitative analysis, Martin shows that there is strong support among managers for government-sponsored training, health, work, and family initiatives to enhance workers' skills and productivity. This support does not translate into political action, surprisingly, because big firms are not organized to intervene effectively. Every large company has its own staff to deal with government affairs, but overarching organizations for the most part lobby ineffectively for the collective interests of big business in the social realm. By contrast, small firms, which cannot afford to lobby the government directly, rely on representative associations to speak for them. The unified voice of small business comes through much more clearly in policy circles than the diverse messages presented by individual corporations, ensuring that the small-business agenda of limited social policy prevails. A vivid portrayal of the interplay between business and politics, Stuck in Neutral offers a fresh take on some of the most controversial issues of our day. It is a must read for anyone interested in the past, present, and future of the American welfare state and political economy.

Download or read book Stuck On You written by Monica Walters and published by Urban Renaissance. This book was released on 2023-01-24 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life can be hard to navigate at times, but for Lazarus Mitchell, it’s been a constant battle. Marrying his high school sweetheart and putting his dreams on hold to help her fulfill hers, he kept pushing through life’s adversities in hopes of seeing better days. Throughout the journey, he realized that she didn’t have the tenacity he had or the wherewithal to look difficulty in the face and choose to overcome it. Feeling heavily depressed and discouraged for the first time in his life, he worries that despair will overtake him. So, he chooses to begin anew. He enrolls in college, determined to fulfill the dreams he put on hold. He hires a tutor to help him get acclimated once again, and upon first sight of her, he realizes that love hasn’t given up on him. Kiana Solé Jordan is a matriculating graduate student on the campus of Lamar University. She loves science, but chemistry sparks her interest the most, and her love for the subject makes her want to help others understand and love it too. Tutoring is gratifying and constantly makes her smile, but when a more seasoned student requests her tutelage, she feels a lot more than gratification. The fact that he’s twelve years her senior does nothing to diminish her attraction to him. For once, she wants to take a chance on something not so safe, and the excitement of that has her feeling things she never thought possible. Lazarus has a lot of baggage to let go of, and Kiana wants to help him along during the process. But that decision isn’t welcomed by the most important people in her life, causing her to question her actions more than she should. Kiana wonders if love is worth her ignoring her parents’ and sister’s warnings regarding her new relationship, while Lazarus wonders if choosing love is worth the adversity that will come with it. Can Kiana cut ties with her family to choose the ultimate love? Can Lazarus’s ability to love be resurrected and strengthened enough to cause him to become the warrior he once was?

Download or read book Stuck in a Schmuck written by Soledad Carrillo and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2018-04-20 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I am a mother of three. Two have completed college, and my son, who has a learning disability, made the deans list. My youngest, who also has a learning disability, is still in high school. What do you do when your child is struggling in school? How do you handle when school officials tell you that your child cannot cope with the mainstream? How do you react when you learn your child has a learning disability? Do you still think about college for your child? Of course you do! Mine is a true story about how children with learning disabilities can indeed succeed. Mine is a true story about how I navigated and even went against school administrators to obtain the best plan for my child.

Download or read book Nurse Stuck in the Snow written by Annette Wetherly and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A personal memoir, by a seasoned nurse practitioner living and working independently in remote, isolated indigenous communities of the Arctic, Labrador, Western and Northern Canada. Graphically shows self-reliance, descriptions of local cultures and personalities and the understanding of the health care needs of the indigenous people and how their health has been affected by historical happenings. She worked onboard ships and visited lighthouses and treated animals. In between working contacts in the north she participates in volunteer health care in indigenous Latin American communities and exercises her knowledge of language, culture and the desire to travel. Returning to urban living in Victoria at sedentary occupation, which involved committee work with employment equity and multiculturalism. Magnetism and Call of the North draws her back twice demonstrating her love of challenge and adventure. An exciting, engaging, entertaining, instructive and stimulating book, which some read twice and others cannot put down.