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All Things Education: March 2012
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012. Parent Jiggernaut Follow-Up: Opting out vs. Opting In. This is a follow-up to my post from earlier today. Some people have asked me why we don't opt our kids out of testing such as this movement encourages. People to do. That is definitely under consideration. My reluctance with that is two-fold:. So, if we grant parents more choice or power to turn their schools into charters, for example, is the charter going to provide what they want? Will parents be more engaged or involved?
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light blog: March 2012
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012. Parent Jiggernaut Follow-Up: Opting out vs. Opting In. This is a follow-up to my post from earlier today. Some people have asked me why we don't opt our kids out of testing such as this movement encourages. People to do. That is definitely under consideration. My reluctance with that is two-fold:. So, if we grant parents more choice or power to turn their schools into charters, for example, is the charter going to provide what they want? Will parents be more engaged or involved?
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Join us for dinner with Alice Goffman at #FYE15! | Macmillan Reads
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Macmillan's best books for first-year common reading programs. Join us for dinner with Alice Goffman at #FYE15! January 18, 2015. Saturday, February 7. Dallas Ballroom Salon E Omni Dallas Hotel. Dinner and author panel, with a book signing to follow. This event is free. RSVP is required click here. Fugitive Life in an American City. Picador About the Book. The Prince of los Cocuyos. Emily St. John Mandel. A 2014 National Book Award Finalist. A Tale for the Time Being. This entry was posted in Events.
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Join us for dinner with Joshua Davis at #FYE15! | Macmillan Reads
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Macmillan's best books for first-year common reading programs. Join us for dinner with Joshua Davis at #FYE15! January 18, 2015. Monday, February 9. Dallas Ballroom Salon F Omni Dallas Hotel. Dinner and author panel, with a book signing to follow. This event is free. RSVP is required click here. Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot,. And the Battle for the American Dream. Farrar, Straus and Giroux About the Book. How One Teen Innovator Is Changing the World. Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life.
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Popular Picks | Macmillan Reads
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Macmillan's best books for first-year common reading programs. These titles are some of Macmillan’s most popular choices for common reading programs at colleges and universities. Please visit our online catalog. To see our latest non-fiction and fiction for common reading! Click on a book to see a list of schools that have used it on campus:. A Long Way Gone. This I Believe II. The Way to War. The Spirit Catches You. And You Fall Down. Field Notes from a Catastrophe. Soul of a Citizen. The World is Flat.
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Programs | Macmillan Reads
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Macmillan's best books for first-year common reading programs. Macmillan Titles Selected for Freshman Reading or Common Book Programs. If we’re missing your program, please tell us about it! What book(s) has your school read? Do you have a theme? How does the common reading experience benefit your students? Leave a comment or write to academic@macmillan.com. Click on a book jacket for more information. A Long Way Gone. MORE THAN 60 ADOPTIONS. Adams State College (CO). Ball State University (IN). Corning ...
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All Things Education: Some Comments on Beautiful Souls, Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times by Eyal Press
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Monday, March 26, 2012. Some Comments on Beautiful Souls, Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times by Eyal Press. This is a guest post by an author who wishes to go by the pen name of Molly McGuire:. There's Many of Us Out There. Caught as I am in a compromised world, Eyal Press. We’re the sort who read Diane Ravitch’s The Death and Life of the Great American School System. Or Diana Senechal’s The Republic of Noise. Most consoling is how much these people aren’t ...
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Picking Cotton is the University of Kentucky’s 2015 Common Reading Experience Book | Macmillan Reads
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Macmillan's best books for first-year common reading programs. Picking Cotton is the University of Kentucky’s 2015 Common Reading Experience Book. March 16, 2015. The University of Kentucky has selected. The memoir co-authored by Jennifer Tompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton, for the 2015-2016 Common Reading Experience. All matriculating first-year students will receive a copy of the book from the university when they attend their two-day “see blue.” U Orientation. The University of Kentucky realizes the im...
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macmillanacademic | Macmillan Reads
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Macmillan's best books for first-year common reading programs. Meet Macmillan at #NODA2016 in Indianapolis! November 4, 2016. Visit us in the Exhibit Hall at Booth 107. Sunday, November 6. Visit Macmillan’s booth (#107) to explore our diverse selection of books that are perfectly suited for First-Year Experience and Common Reading programs! Join us for lunch with Jennine Capó Crucet! Monday, November 7 at 12 pm,. JW Grand Ballroom 5. Lunch and author panel, with a book signing. To follow at 1:30 pm.