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Book Wisconsin State Park System Strategic Plan 2008

Download or read book Wisconsin State Park System Strategic Plan 2008 written by Jeffrey Prey and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Timber Producer

Download or read book The Timber Producer written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 938 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book STH 29 Reconstruction  I 94 to Green Bay  Clark and Marathon Counties

Download or read book STH 29 Reconstruction I 94 to Green Bay Clark and Marathon Counties written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ice Age Complex at Cross Plains  General Management Plan

Download or read book Ice Age Complex at Cross Plains General Management Plan written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tearing Down the Gates

    Book Details:
  • Author : Peter Sacks
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN : 0520261690
  • Pages : 389 pages

Download or read book Tearing Down the Gates written by Peter Sacks and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tearing Down the Gates is a superb book which exposes the dirty little secret of American education: that while our public schools and universities are meant to be engines for social mobility, they too often reinforce stratification. Peter Sacks is one of the great storytellers of American inequality, interweaving devastating statistics with poignant stories of individuals he came to know well in his reporting. While much of the literature on inequality rightfully tackles the barriers of race and gender, Sacks digs deeper, laying bare the taboo reality of social class in America."—Richard D. Kahlenberg, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation, and author of The Remedy: Class, Race, and Affirmative Action "Peter Sacks has been relentless in his writings that we, as a nation, are failing in our responsibility to provide access to a quality education for our poorest citizens. In his latest work, Tearing Down the Gates, he provides compelling data and anecdotes to drive home the stark reality that our higher education system is not accessible to low-income students in the same way that it is for students from more affluent families. He challenges the education community in particular, and all of our democratic institutions in general, to remove the barriers that keep motivated low-income citizens from succeeding. Not only is it the right thing to do; our country's societal and economic survival may depend on it."—William D. Boyd, Senior Associate Vice President, Student Affairs, San Diego State University "Peter Sacks pulls no punches in pointing out the hypocrisy and resulting tragedy of our society's educational inequities, puncturing our self serving belief in meritocracy that is not quite that. The results of his study will be controversial, but the topic could not be more pressing for all of us and for the future of our democracy and economy."—Anthony W. Marx, President, Amherst College "Peter Sacks has written a compelling account of the ways in which class determines educational opportunity. Made vivid by anecdotes, supported by socioeconomic data, Tearing Down the Gates will give anyone concerned with higher education much food for thought about the ways in which our colleges reinforce class privilege, failing to provide the equal opportunity we value so highly."—Carol T. Christ, President, Smith College "A powerful, timely, and richly documented work on the stunning disparities in success and opportunity along the lines of class and race that undermine the promises of democratic education in America. Drawing upon vivid personal experience, Sacks brings a close lens to bear upon allegedly progressive institutions such as the Berkeley, California, public schools; and demonstrates the enduring contradiction between high ideals annunciated by a liberal community and the actual behavior of the parents of the privileged who go to school in such communities. In a valiant effort to open up an avenue of hope, the author identifies schools and universities that have attempted to tear down the gates which have perpetuated caste divisions in our nation and its pedagogic institutions-but in clear-sighted recognition of the potent backlash on the part of these who fervently defend inequities which benefit their children. This very important and disturbing book reminds us of the struggle still ahead."—Jonathan Kozol, author of The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America "In the spirit of Jonathan Kozol's writing on K-12 education, Peter Sacks carries the story of inequity, social stratification, and unequal opportunities to the domain of higher education. While the story has been described by statisticians, Sacks puts a human face on the disparities in opportunity by socioeconomic class through revealing portraits of individual young people from widely differing circumstances, and the vastly different educational opportunities they face. It is hardly surprising that as education has grown sharply in economic value, wealthy parents will do whatever it takes to give their children every educational advantage; what has not caught up to reality is our continuing belief that all children have equal opportunity. One example of the punch of this book is his treatment of Berkeley High School, where even in this most liberal of cities, the wealthy have found ways to advantage their young. A must read for all who care about the future shape of civil society in this country."—David Breneman, University of Virginia

Book Federal Register

Download or read book Federal Register written by and published by . This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Congressional Record

    Book Details:
  • Author : United States. Congress
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1959
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 936 pages

Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Handbook of Citizen Science in Ecology and Conservation

Download or read book Handbook of Citizen Science in Ecology and Conservation written by Christopher A. Lepczyk and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handbook of Citizen Science in Ecology and Conservation is the first practical and comprehensive manual for creating, implementing, or improving natural science research and monitoring projects that involve collaboration between scientists and the general public. As citizen science projects become increasingly common, project leaders are seeking information on concrete best practices for planning and implementing projects—practices that allow them to guide and gauge success while also ensuring the collection of high-quality data and rewarding experiences for volunteers. In this handbook, citizen science practitioners from around the world and with decades of experience provide step-by-step instructions, insights, and advice, and they explore real-world applications through case studies from a variety of citizen science projects. This is the definitive reference guide for anyone interested in starting or improving a citizen science project with ecological or conservation applications, from professors and graduate students to agency staff and nongovernmental organizations.

Book STH 29 Improvement  Linking I 94 to Green Bay  Marathon and Shawano Counties

Download or read book STH 29 Improvement Linking I 94 to Green Bay Marathon and Shawano Counties written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Wi Fi

    Book Details:
  • Author : Julian Thomas
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2021-06-15
  • ISBN : 1509529926
  • Pages : 500 pages

Download or read book Wi Fi written by Julian Thomas and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From café culture to home schooling, remote community networks, and smart cities, Wi-Fi is an invisible but fundamental element of contemporary life. Loosely regulated, low-cost, and largely overlooked by researchers, this technology has driven the rise of the smartphone and broadband internet, and is a vital element in the next wave of automation. Thomas, Wilken, and Rennie provide the first comprehensive account of the social and cultural consequences of Wi-Fi, highlighting the ways in which it has changed our homes, communities, and cities. They discuss its origins as an experimental technology, the conflicts generated around its ownership and control, and the ideas and expectations attached to it by technologists, activists, and entrepreneurs. The authors reveal the ways in which Wi-Fi is an inherently social and political technology, animated by conflicting aspirations for local, public, and community control, and defined by private and corporate interests. As this book shows, Wi-Fi has extended and intensified our online lives while also promising a more inclusive internet. Wi-Fi is essential reading for students and scholars of media and communication, as well as anyone who wants a better understanding of this ubiquitous and influential technology.