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This innovative book considers the issue of educational reform by examining three examples of change in school districts in Alberta, Chicago, and Kentucky. Though every reform movement in education seems unique, certain efforts towards change attract more attention and create broader links to outside organizations. These three monumental cases of reform are presented along with more modest efforts in other locales, but the larger changes are shown to involve a combination of elements that are not found in the more modest reforms. ... Read more

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The inside story of a major reform action. ... Read more

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School in the Kentucky hills goes from August to the last Friday before Christmas. After that the snows are too high, and later, the thawing rivers too full, for the Fairchild children, and their neighbors, the Wattersons, the Sawyers, and the Huffs to make it safely to the little school house in the woods. Now that Althy is fourteen, Mr. Fairchild has other plans for the long winter months. Learn, along with Bonnie, Debbie, Chris and Emmy, what it is like to have school at home in the early 1900’s.The fourth and final book in the “Fairchild Family” series. ... Read more

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Charming Story :)
School in the Kentucky hills goes from August to the last Friday before Christmas. After that the snows are too high, and later, the thawing rivers too full, for the Fairchild children, and their neighbors, the Wattersons, the Sawyers, and the Huffs to make it safely to the little school house in the woods. Now that Althy is fourteen, Mr. Fairchild has other plans for the long winter months. Learn, along with Bonnie, Debbie, Chris and Emmy, what it is like to have school at home in the early 1900's. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Education in Kentucky includes elementary school (kindergarten through fifth grade in most areas), middle school (or junior high, sixth grade through eighth grade in most locations), high school (ninth through twelfth grade in most locations), and postsecondary institutions. Most Kentucky schools and colleges are accredited through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). Education in Kentucky suffers from the same negative stigma as many other Southern states. Some statistics, such as ranking 47th in the nation in percentage of residents with a bachelor's degree[1] and an adult illiteracy rate of about 40%[2], seem to justify the stereotype, while others, such as ranking 14th in educational affordability[1], 25th in K-12 attrition, and being named the 31st smartest state using a formula by author Morgan Quitno (ahead of western states like California, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico) suggest that the stereotype may be overblown. In fact, Lexington, Kentucky ranks 10th among US cities in percent of population with college degree or higher. ... Read more

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As part of a larger study of education reform in Kentucky, RAND staff surveyed teachers and principals across Kentucky to see how KIRIS is affecting their work, student performance, instruction, assessment, and school management. ... Read more

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Making Change propels readers into the heart of the most radical school reform initiative our nation has ever witnessed--the 1990 Kentucky Education Reform Act. ... Read more

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Important book about the human side of large-scale change
Kentucky schools have been under a national microscope since the state's passage of the 1990 Kentucky Education Reform Act -- thought at the time to be the nation's most ambitious school reform law ever. Holly Holland's decision to examine the impact of reform through the eyes of three small-town educators -- a superintendent, a principal, and a teacher -- is inspired. A well-written, important book about the human impact of large-scale reform efforts. ... Read more

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In an effort to avoid the degradation of instruction and inflation of test scores that often occurred when educators were held accountable for scores on multiple-choice tests.The findings of this study indicate that inflation of scores remains a risk in assessment-based accountability systems even when they rely on test formats other than multiple choice. ... Read more

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In the last decade, school shootings have decimated communities and terrified parents, teachers, and children in even the most "family friendly" American towns and suburbs. These tragedies appear to be the spontaneous acts of disconnected teens, but this important book argues that the roots of violence are deeply entwined in the communities themselves. Rampage challenges the "loner theory" of school violence and shows why so many adults and students miss the warning signs that could prevent it. ... Read more

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fast and quick service
I ordered the book on a Friday, by the middle of the coming week I started reading it. You can't ask for more.

A good look at the other side
Very intelligent book, gives a detailed insight into the shooters minds and explains why and how to prevent. A must read for anyone with children.

Rampage:The Social Roots of School Shooting
This book, gives a new perspective on school shootings.The author creates a new theory behind the roots of these happenings.It gives the background, accounts of students, faculty, community officials, and community members perspectives to these shootings as well.Overall, it helps the reader to put school shootings into perspective.

This book stands alone...
Since 2004, there have been over 1,000 books written on bullying and interventions---most prompted by the rash of school shootings in the late 1990's.Newman's book stands alone for it's clairty and genuine contribution to understanding this complex issue.Having read many texts on this topic, this is by far the one I would recommend to my colleagues.

A useful, if flawed, read
There is much to recommend this book.It provides a well-researched explanation for the ultimate causes of rampage school shootings.The book does an excellent job of refuting the myth that these tragedies have a simplistic explanation.The authors make a very compelling case that Columbine-style school shootings happen only when a tragic combination of necessary-but-not-sufficient factors are present.

Unfortunately, the book falters when it comes to providing practical strategies for the prevention of rampage school shootings.For example, the authors repeatedly acknowledge bullying and teasing as major causative factors that push some youths toward committing these tragic attacks.As the authors note, most of the shooters were bullied severely -- some almost to the point of torture.

Given that, one would have expected the book to devote a good amount of space to prevention of bullying in schools. Unfortunately, the book devotes less than two pages devoted to a discussion of ways to prevent bullying and other forms of harassment in schools.Teenage bullies, of course, are not stupid -- nearly all bullying takes place out of the view of teachers and school administrators.Much research has shown that teachers and administrators tend to dramatically underestimate the size of this problem, simply because they see only a small percentage of the harassment that actually occurs. The book neglects this point almost entirely, which is very unfortunate because there are a number of strategies that have been shown to be effective and that are fairly easy for school systems to implement.

Similarly, the book devotes much space to the widespread availability of guns as a factor, yet offers precious little in the way of suggestions for what to do to prevent desperately disturbed teenagers from gaining access to them.

Given that, I would strongly recommend the book for understanding the causes of these tragedies.Just don't expect much in the way of practical suggestions for prevention.
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This book provides the basis for thoughtful reflection and discussion of school accountability by critically examining Kentucky's groundbreaking educational reform strategy of statewide student assessment and teacher accountability.

Accountability, Assessment, and Teacher Commitment offers a vantage point to draw lessons from, and ponder alternatives to, the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA), a state school reform effort based on a system of statewide student assessment and high-stakes accountability for teachers. It documents classroom realities and probes the consequences of this type of reform through case studies, comparisons to alternative models, and thought-provoking responses from national experts. ... Read more

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Useful to Educators & Administrators
There are many obvious lessons to be learned here.Anyone who thinks they are interested in the school system, or alternatives, should look this over.It could help you out quite a bit. ... Read more

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Mary Fred is excited to leave her depressed mining area in Kentucky to attend a city high school in Virginia, but her experiences are not all pleasant. ... Read more

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University of Kentucky 101 is required reading for every future Wildcat! From the beauty of Memorial Hall to the excitement and glory of a basketball game in Rupp Arena, you'll share all the excitement with the next generation!This sturdy board book features loads of high quality photos and content for young and old alike. Perfect for fans and alumni to share with kids and grandchildren. The book makes a great baby shower gift, birthday gift and holiday gift! Make sure the little ones grow up supporting the RIGHT school and team!!!! ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Sojourners Magazine, published by Sojourners on June 1, 2009. The length of the article is 1190 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: What actually works? The right supports can reduce abortion rates.(Louisville and Jefferson County, Kentucky's Teenage Parent Program )
Author: Glen Stassen
Publication: Sojourners Magazine (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2009
Publisher: Sojourners
Volume: 38Issue: 6Page: 18(3)

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Redesigning Public Education is an authoritativedescription of the policy assumptions on which the Kentucky EducationReform Act was based and the successes and difficulties encountered inits implementation. The book is an insightful, readable, account ofwhat was intended and what actually happened in Kentucky schools afterthe legislation was passed. The Kentucky experience shows whyrestructuring a major public institution like public education is sucha daunting challenge. ... Read more

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"A Quaker Boy at Mt. Carmel" recounts the memories, experiences, and reflections of the author after living as a boarding student at a Christian high school in the mountains of eastern Kentucky. His life as a student during the late-1940s in a rural setting with electric lights but no other electronic devices or recreations is described. He found classroom studies as well as rural life to be pleasurable and rewarding. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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Publication date: 0Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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Washington Washington's music is rudely interrupted. The revenge of an outraged mule. "Why dat fool mule kick me?" Hippy airs his knowledge of woodcraft. "Laundry" puts the Overland camp in an uproar.
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