Julius Finn was born in Russian Poland, and came to New York in 1887 at the age of 16. From a humble start as a street peddler on the Lower East Side, Finn swiftly rose to become New York's champion
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Bell, a former school administrator and teacher who works in leadership and evaluation at the Alabama Department of Education, Schargel, a veteran teacher and school administrator, and Thacker an educ
Schargel, a veteran teacher and school administrator, surveyed school principals and other educational leaders across the country whose schools have been categorized as high performing, high minority,
Drawing on the results of surveys of school leaders across the country, and on-site visits to exemplary schools, Thacker (coordinator, the Governor's Commission on Quality Teaching, Alabama) offers ad
John Nutting is nineteen years old in 1966. Raised in small-town Idaho, to a family that could trace its military roots back to the Revolutionary War, Nutting knows he’s going to fight the war as a Ma
Originally released in 2008, this book features the first publication in book form of the Clinton Commission on Race Initiative’s report; a foreword by commission chair John Hope Franklin; President C
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This first collection of black psychologist Dr. Kenneth B. Clark's body of work over a half-century reveals his insight into the fields of social science, education, politics, and the law. He tells th
Recipient of 2007 The Hyde Park Historical Society Paul Cornell AwardAt fifteen, Earl Burrus Dickerson stowed away on a train in Canton, Mississippi, fleeing the racial oppression of his native South.
The stories in this collection are ones that Cheever wrote in the 1930s and 1940s. There are 13 total, 11 of which are not available anywhere else, including the new Library of America edition. Intere
The SAGE Key Concepts series provide students with accessible and authoritative knowledge of the essential topics in a variety of disciplines. Cross-referenced throughout, the format encourages critic
From foremost experts, this authoritative work offers a framework for helping children overcome obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) using the proven techniques of cognitive-behavioral therapy (C
The Emancipation Proclamation is the most important document of arguably the greatest president in U.S. history. Now, Edna Greene Medford, Frank J. Williams, and Harold Holzer -- eminent experts in th
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Completely updated and revised to reflect the changes and additions made to the 29th Edition, the Guide enables users to maximize the enormous practical value available from Machinery's Handbook.Illu
Civil rights lawyer Solomon S. Seay, Jr. chronicles both heartening and heartbreaking episodes of his first-hand struggle to achieve the actualization of civil rights. Tempered with wit and told with
