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"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again illuminates how we can elevate ourselves and others to unexpected heights. We live in a world that's obsessed with talent. We celebrate gifted students in school, natural athletes in sports, and child prodigies in music. But admiring people who start out with innate advantages leads us to overlook the distance we ourselves can travel. We underestimate the range of skills that we can learn and...
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English
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Available for the first time ever in trade paperback, Dale Carnegie's enduring classic, the inspirational personal development guide that shows how to achieve lifelong success. One of the top-selling books of all time, "How to Win Friends & Influence People" has sold more than 15 million copies in all its editions.
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English
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"From the director of Race to Nowhere, the popular 2010 documentary on our education system that has become a long-running grassroots phenomenon, and a new film, Beyond Measure, comes a groundbreaking book for parents, students, and educators on how to revolutionize learning, prioritize children's health, and re-envision success for a lifetime. From kindergarteners to high-schoolers, millions of American students are being pressured to perform in...
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PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2016.
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First paperback edition.
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vii, 262 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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"In many public schools, students are spending up to 28 percent of instructional time on testing and test prep. Starting this year, the introduction of the Common Core State Standards Initiative in 45 states will bring an unprecedented level of new, more difficult, and longer mandatory tests to nearly every classroom in the nation up to five times a year--forcing our national testing obsession to a crisis point. Taxpayers are spending extravagant...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 47 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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Most high school students in the United States are required to pass a series of exams in order to earn a high school diploma. From coast to coast, more and more states are using these high stakes tests in an effort to reverse the supposed rising tide of mediocrity in our public schools and close the achievement gap between socioeconomic and racial groups. The film, Children Left Behind, is about the well-intended purposes that are driving this movement...
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Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 11
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231 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Throughout his life, renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Benjamin Carson has needed to overcome many obstacles: his father leaving the family, being considered stupid by his classmates in grade school, growing up in inner-city Detroit, and having a violent temper. But Dr. Carson didn't let his circumstances control him and instead discovered eight principles that helped shape his future... Dr. Carson unpacks the eight important parts of Thinking Big: Talent,...
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Jossey-Bass, a Wiley imprint
Pub. Date
[2021]
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Third edition.
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xlv, 514 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24cm
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English
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"Teach Like a Champion 3.0 is the revised, expanded, and up-to-date revision of Doug Lemov's study of the craft of teaching. Upon studying videos of high-performing teachers, Lemov distills their methods into concrete tangible actions for others to use and adapt. Many of the techniques he describes are now part of the lingua franca of teaching, but here Lemov adds the results of his last five years of study, including new depth and detail to existing...
15) ACT prep 2021
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Kaplan Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
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vii, 866 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
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English
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Provides exam content review, score-raising strategies, practice questions with detailed answer explanations for each part of the exam, and full-length practice tests, along with additional online resources.
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
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First edition.
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v, 310 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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In an examination of the scientific principles behind success, a leading researcher reveals the surprising ways to turn achievement into success.
"A trailblazing book that promises to transform the very foundations of how our success-obsessed society approaches their professional careers, life pursuits and long-term goals. Too often, accomplishment does not equal success. We did the work but didn't get the promotion; we played hard but weren't recognized;...
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Second edition.
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viii, 376 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
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English
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"Understand the detailed breakdown of each science reporting category; learn how to quickly and efficiently read graphs, charts, and data; review the science vocabulary section with words you should know to succeed; in-depth examples of each passage type using official ACT samples; includes 100s of official ACT questions with answers and explanations"--Cover.
19) The report card
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
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173 p. ; 23 cm.
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English
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Fifth-grader Nora Rowley has always hidden the fact that she is a genius from everyone because all she wants is to be normal, but when she comes up with a plan to prove that grades are not important, things begin to get out of control.
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McGraw-Hill Education
Pub. Date
[2021]
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xvii, 234, 8 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.
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English
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5 Steps to a 5: AP Macroeconomics introduces an easy to follow, effective 5-step study plan to help you build the skills, knowledge, and test-taking confidence you need to achieve a high score on the exam. This wildly popular test prep guide matches the latest course syllabus and the latest exam. You'll get online help, detailed answers to each question, study tips, information on how the exam is scores, and much more.
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