Download or read book No One Left Standing written by Michele Wages and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-11-14 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every public school student in the U.S. will experience various types of testing each year. For decades, the purpose and quality of such testing, the time it takes to administer and take the test and how the data is used are the topic of discussion among students, parents, educators and policymakers. Those supporting the importance of testing assume that more assessment improves student achievement and that the pros of testing outweigh their ‘perceptions’ of the additional costs. Those against excessive testing, believe that schools are sacrificing learning time in order to test or prepare for the test. They also believe that reduced learning time of non -tested subjects occurs and more time is given to those students that are performing right below the proficiency score or “bubble kids” instead of developing every student’s full potential. Testing in U.S. public schools is out of control. The stress and pressures for all involved have effects that are not even measureable in most instances. Is this really the best thing for our schools? Are there alternative measures that may serve our future in a better way? Will the rewrite of NCLB be enough?
Download or read book Left Standing The Miraculous Story of How Mason Wells s Faith Survived the Boston Paris and Brussels Terror Attacks written by Mason Wells and published by Cedar Fort Publishing & Media. This book was released on 2023-02-02 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After witnessing the devastation done by the Boston and Paris terror attacks and being critically injured in the Brussels bombing, Mason Wells was left with third-degree burns, emotional scars, and a shaken spirit. How could a merciful Father let evil prevail? Why had Mason been saved? What did God want from him? This miraculous true story will change how you see your own struggles and teach you the true power of forgiveness, perseverance, and faith.
Download or read book Twenty one Elephants and Still Standing written by April Jones Prince and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2005 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Upon completion of the Brooklyn Bridge, P.T. Barnum and his twenty- one elephants parade across to prove to everyone that the bridge is safe.
Download or read book Left Standing written by Chad Bring and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-02 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up in Chicago, Justin Mason, a recent college graduate has a bright future ahead. With two parents nearby and finally an apartment of his own, he is ready for what life has in store for him. His family and friends are important, but his passion is writing. As the youngest journalist at the Chicago Gazette, Justin's career is wide open. His life seems to be going right on track, that is, until plans start shifting. For the next two years, he is left standing in contemplation as his life changes along with those close to him. Learn more at www.LeftStanding.net
Download or read book The Black Girls Left Standing written by Juliana Goodman and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Juliana Goodman's powerful young adult debut The Black Girls Left Standing, Beau Willet will stop at nothing to clear her sister's name. Sixteen-year-old Beau Willet has dreams of being an artist and one day leaving the Chicago projects she’s grown up in. But after her older sister, Katia, is killed by an off-duty police officer, Beau knows she has to clear her sister’s name by finding the only witness to the murder; Katia’s no-good boyfriend, Jordan, who has gone missing. If she doesn't find him and tell the world what really happened, Katia's death will be ignored, like the deaths of so many other Black women who are wrongfully killed. With the help of her friend, Sonnet, Beau sets up a Twitter account to gather anonymous tips. But the more that Beau finds out about her sister's death, the more danger she finds herself in. And with a new relationship developing with her childhood friend, Champion, and the struggle to keep her family together, Beau is soon in way over her head. How much is she willing to risk to clear her sister's name and make sure she's not forgotten?
Download or read book Still Standing written by Kristen Ashley and published by Rock Chick LLC. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Clara Delany walks into the Aces High Motorcycle Club’s hangout, she’s hit rock bottom. She’s hiding her car from the repo man, she has less than two dollars in her bank account and the only employment she can get is delivering messages for a criminal. All because of a man. Therefore, she’s sworn off them. And then she meets West “Buck” Hardy, president of the Aces High MC. Buck also meets her, and the minute he does, he makes it clear (to everyone but Clara) that they’re starting something. Since Clara doesn’t get that message, she decides to leave Buck and sort out her life in order to come back to him clean. She’s not gone but hours before life hits Clara with another blow. Which means Buck and his boys have to ride in and save the day. After that, Buck makes no bones about where they stand. But does he?
Download or read book I m Still Standing written by Matty Cole and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-06-30 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In life, trials and tribulations are designed to destroy us. But with God, my challenges with abuse, drug addiction, hardship, betrayal, and loneliness could not break me. As I recount my life’s journey, His presence has been with me through it all. According to Romans 8:28 (AMP), “And we know [with great confidence] that God [who is deeply concerned about us] causes all things to work together [as a plan] for good.” Hope and trust in God always, and you, too, will find yourself still standing.
Download or read book Church Missionary Gleaner No 1 January 1843 written by Church Missionary Society and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-03-07 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1843.
Download or read book What Was Left Standing written by Michael Jasper and published by UnWrecked Press. This book was released on 2024-04-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We started the fires at dusk. The opening to the title story of this collection by Michael Jasper is a distillation of the mix of danger, disquiet, and determination that runs through all sixteen stories. Whether it’s the return of a prodigal son to the family farm ("The Chicken Project"), the young high school teacher conscripted into refereeing a basketball game with his new school’s rivals from the nearby reservation ("Home Court Advantage"), or the impossible feats of a team of mixed-race baseball players long before the days of Jackie Robinson ("The Champ Escapes"), Jasper takes you on a guided tour of the human condition. This includes the dark sides as well as the bright. Sometimes even reality is warped, as it is in the near-future tales about the power of words ("The Death Sentence") and the violent outcomes of over-crowded cities ("The Deck"). Quite often, the people in Jasper’s stories are overwhelmed and at the end of their ropes, like the protagonists of the four final, loosely connected stories in the collection. But like Chris Simpson, the narrator of the title story, they all try to hold onto hope in spite of the odds with all of their hearts. By the end of each story, it’s possible that your own heart will be transformed as well.
Download or read book The Little Girl from Yesterday written by Vika Winters and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who has never dreamed of meeting their all time favorite stars? Vicka, a certified Beatlemaniac, is not different. Her dream is to meet the greatest band of all times - the Beatles. The problem? She is a young teenager in the 1990's, while the Beatles belong in the long gone 1960's. The solution? Her best friend Víctor has just invented a time machine. In The Little Girl From Yesterday, Vicka takes her chances and embarks on a trip to 1964 to chase after her dream. But things take a turn for the worse when a vengeful teacher shows up to ruin her plans. Suddenly Vicka, Víctor and the four boys from Liverpool find themselves in a time-travel mess. Will they find a way out of it?
Download or read book Second Hand Smoke written by Thane Rosenbaum and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2000-02-22 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Told with equal bursts of fractured realism and dark comedy, "Second Hand Smoke" is "an altogether gripping tale of the seemingly endless consequences of the Holocaust" (Chaim Potok).
Download or read book Harper s New Monthly Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Spider Woman By Steve Foxe Vol 1 written by Steve Foxe and published by Marvel Entertainment. This book was released on 2024-07-03 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects Spider-Woman (2023) #1-5 And Material From Amazing Spider-Man (2022) #31. The world has changed for Spider-Woman! The Web of Life and Destiny restored Jessica Drew's existence, but Carol Danvers and the precognitive Madame Web can tell something is different. Where is Spider-Woman's infant son, Gerry?! Meanwhile, the Viper has engineered a deadly union between Hydra and Diamondback that's about to tear the city apart - and bring forth a new foe powerful enough to destroy New York while burning Spider-Woman's world to the ground! As a Gang War rages and Spider-Man reaches out to recruit Jess to a new team, Spider-Woman digs into the shadowy corners of her past while pursuing her own very personal agenda. She may be lost in darkness, but she won't be fighting alone. Not when her best friend is Captain Marvel!
Download or read book Service for the King No 1 July 1907 written by Mildmay conference and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book My Absurd Religion written by Steve Gray and published by SGM Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Standing Still written by Kelly Simmons and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-02-05 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journalist and suburban mom Claire Cooper suffers from panic disorder. Most of her anxieties seem irrational, nothing that can't be fixed with the help of some Xanax. But late one stormy summer night, when her husband, Sam, is away on one of his frequent business trips, Claire's fears come to life. She discovers an intruder has broken into her young daughter's bedroom. She watches helplessly as he picks up her sleeping child from her bed. Desperate to protect her family, Claire puts herself in the line of fire and utters the plea that will undo her: "Take me instead." As she drives away in the kidnapper's car, Claire fears for her children, but not for herself. And she can't help noticing the reversal in her marriage -- for the first time in ten years, Sam will not know where she is. For the next week, Claire is tied to a bed in a strange motel room, the intruder her only com-panion. She is forced to lie still and contemplate the reasons for this assault on her family. Is this just a random crime, or something more sinister? Has the shadowy past that she tried so hard to leave behind finally caught up with her? Day after day, she goes deeper into herself, reevaluating her marriage and her role as a mother, and unburying the source of her crippling anxiety. In seven days she will step out to the very brink of her soul -- perhaps never to return. A riveting debut novel that will appeal to fans of Sue Miller and Janet Fitch, Standing Still is a powerful exploration of the darker side of mother-hood and marriage.
Download or read book Kidnap written by Barbara Spencer and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-10-07 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lives will change forever. Children of powerful and wealthy parents are vanishing. It’s serial kidnapping on an international scale and the kidnappers are calling all the shots. It started in the UK with the disappearance of PJ Scott, son of the world’s highest paid film star, and Hunter Driscol, whose Irish father is a high-tech billionaire. Then it spread to Europe and the US with no end in sight. Having eliminated the possibility of terrorists, and with no real clues, Inspector Shepperd of Scotland Yard is rapidly running out of options… And the clock is ticking.
