Download or read book The Power of a Plant written by Stephen Ritz and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Power of a Plant, globally acclaimed teacher and self-proclaimed CEO (Chief Eternal Optimist) Stephen Ritz shows you how, in one of the nation’s poorest communities, his students thrive in school and in life by growing, cooking, eating, and sharing the bounty of their green classroom. What if we taught students that they have as much potential as a seed? That in the right conditions, they can grow into something great? These are the questions that Stephen Ritz—who became a teacher more than 30 years ago—sought to answer in 2004 in a South Bronx high school plagued by rampant crime and a dismal graduation rate. After what can only be defined as a cosmic experience when a flower broke up a fight in his classroom, he saw a way to start tackling his school’s problems: plants. He flipped his curriculum to integrate gardening as an entry point for all learning and inadvertently created an international phenomenon. As Ritz likes to say, “Fifty thousand pounds of vegetables later, my favorite crop is organically grown citizens who are growing and eating themselves into good health and amazing opportunities.” The Power of a Plant tells the story of a green teacher from the Bronx who let one idea germinate into a movement and changed his students’ lives by learning alongside them. Since greening his curriculum, Ritz has seen near-perfect attendance and graduation rates, dramatically increased passing rates on state exams, and behavioral incidents slashed in half. In the poorest congressional district in America, he has helped create 2,200 local jobs and built farms and gardens while changing landscapes and mindsets for residents, students, and colleagues. Along the way, Ritz lost more than 100 pounds by eating the food that he and his students grow in school. The Power of a Plant is his story of hope, resilience, regeneration, and optimism.

Download or read book Secondary School Plant Planning written by National Council on Schoolhouse Construction. Special Committee on Secondary School Plant and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Operation and Maintenance of the School Plant written by Emery Milton Foster and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Planning Guide for Maintaining School Facilities written by Tom Szuba and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Secondary School Plant written by James L. Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book School Plant Management written by Ralph Newell Finchum and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book School Plant Courses Offered by Colleges and Universities in the United States 1956 59 written by Ray Laforest Hamon and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Expenditures Per Pupil for Operation of Public school Plant 1937 38 written by Emery Milton Foster and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book School Plant Courses Offered by Colleges and Universities in the United States 1956 59 written by Ray Laforest Hamon and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book From Seed to Plant written by Gail Gibbons and published by Lerner Publishing Group. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Gail Gibbons is known for her ability to bring the nonfiction world into focus for young students. Through pictures, captions, and text, this book provides a window into the world of growing things...Erin Mallon complements Gibbons’s text with a clear, clipped, and purposeful narration." -AudioFile Magazine

Download or read book School Plant Management Series School Building Maintenance Procedures written by United States. Education Office and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Increasing Teacher Effectiveness written by Lorin W. Anderson and published by UNESCO. This book was released on 2004 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication examines the issue of how teachers teach and how they can become more effective and summarises the research results in both developed and developing countries. The topics covered include: understanding teacher effectiveness; the structure and standards of learning units; classroom environment; classroom management; the structure of lessons; communication.

Download or read book Good and Bad School Plants in the United States as Revealed by a Nationwide School Facilities Survey written by James L. Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: