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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1904Original Publisher: Department of Education, California Louisiana Purchase Exposition CommissionSubjects: EducationLouisiana Purchase Exposition/ (1904Education, ElementaryEducation / GeneralEducation / ElementaryEducation / HistoryEducation / Special Education / GeneralEducation / Teaching Methods ... Read more

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This book an EXACT reproduction of the original book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: A.L. Bancroft & Co. in 1876 in 272 pages; Subjects: Public schools; Education / General; Education / Administration / General; Education / Educational Policy & Reform / General; History / United States / General; History / United States / State & Local / General; ... Read more

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"Telling a good story is like giving a mini-documentary of what you have seen so others can see it, too."
Annette Simmons

School yards and classrooms are filled with amazing human beings, and, therefore, fantastic stories.Whenever educators gather some of those stories get told.Invariably, someone will offer the advice, "You've got to write that down."Following that advice has resulted in this first volume of Keep Kicking.It is a collection of stories from the humorous, "Now do I have your attention?" to the sublime, "You were right. I was good for something, here's your money back for that soda at middle school."

Take a look inside and see how these stories (and the 49 others from 32 different tellers) unfold to reveal a very special side of being a school leader.

"ACSA's Elementary Education Committee created Keep Kicking to capture some of the unexpected moments of joy and hope that all school leaders encounter as they go about their daily work.As such, it is a salute to everyone that has put on the shoes of a school principal."-Michael Bossi, Chair, ACSA Elementary Education Committee ... Read more

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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. When 17-year-old John Rodgers discovers a new subspecies of butterfly which may necessitate closing the mill where his dying father works, they find themselves on opposite sides of the environmental conflict. ... Read more

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Not interested!
This book was uninteresting and I would not recommend reading it.The story line did not draw me in.

Conservation Vs. Employment
While out running one day through the forest belonging to the local sawmill, John comes across a butterfly chrysalis like none he's ever seen.Being a good science student, he takes it home to let it hatch.When it does, a beautiful blue butterfly that doesn't match any category in his identification book emerges.It is possibly that there is an undiscovered species of butterfly living in this forest set to be destroyed by the loggers.

John shares the butterfly with his science teacher, who contacts an old college professor of hers who is an insect expert.When the man comes to town, suddenly things are stirred up.He wants to study the habitat of the butterfly and probably eventually declare it a protected species.Those who live in town, including John's father, make their living off of the sawmill.If they aren't allowed to cut down the trees where the butterfly was found, it is likely the mill will shut down and the entire town will die with it.

Death is weighing heavily on the minds of John and his family, anyway, as his aggressive and overbearing father has been diagnosed with leukemia.All of his life John has felt that he has never been able to do anything to make his father happy and proud, and he worries that his involvement in finding this butterfly will only make things worse in his family.Will he stand by his discovery, or will he side with those who think the sawmill ought to have the right to cut down all the trees they want?

I liked the complexity of the conflict in John's life, with his father being very sick and so tied to the mill while John felt pulled in the direction of science and wanting to help his butterfly.I also liked Dr. Eggleson's character--he seemed the perfect professor activist and I liked that he wasn't afraid of the people in John's town who were against him.

I thought that John having a crush on his teacher and her almost returning his feelings was a little creepy.It was sad to me that John never really made an effort to understand or really get to know his parents.At the end of the book he was just starting to figure out what made his father tick, and he was only barely thinking there must be something more to his mother than what was on the surface.

California Blue
In the book california blue the main character is john. He has two older brother that are extreemly good at foot ball and basket ball. he on the other hnd is not so good at sports. he run's track and only has 3rd and 4th place ribon's. His friends led him to smoke and drink. He disides to run away to his old teachers house and his mom has to draghim home.
This book is very deep. If you read this book you have to pay attention to the details in the story. I wouldn't recommend this book to anybody undernine years of age. I think that kids under nine are to immature for this book because it involves drugs, alcohol, and sex therefor should not be read by children under nine years old.

Inspiring
This book inspired me to become a distance runner. There should be a warning sign on the front of this book that says, "Caution: This book could change your life."

I read the book at the end of eigth grade, and the imagery and freedom of distance running appealed to me.

This is my seventeenth season of distance running.

Read this book. It could change your life.

California Blue a winner
This is a traykewl book! The way the author shows the teenage feelings is very effective and the relationships between John and Miss Merill and John and his dad are very realistic! This book rings true to what is happening in society today and the war between loggers and enviromentalists. A GR8 read!! ... Read more

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Good Practice
Good practice for general Middle school Math review. There are plenty of practice problems per section. It is missing examples to review material prior to practice problems, which would really be helpful. ... Read more

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the general job satisfaction, intrinsic job satisfaction, andextrinsic job satisfaction levels of Directors of Classified Personnel in the 97 Merit (Civil Service )Systems school districts in California that employ approximately 60 percent of classified employees. Also examined was the influence or relationship of job satisfaction to variables such as the Director'sgender, age, highest degree (or equivalent) earned, years of Director experience, size of organization(district), responsibility for certificated only or both certificated (teaching) and classified (non-teaching)employees, and current minimum and maximum monthly salary amounts.

It was found that Directors of Classified Personnel in California Merit System school districts weregenerally, intrinsically, and extrinsically satisfied with their jobs.No significant relationship was foundbetween any of the job satisfaction measurements and gender, age, degree attainment, years ofexperience, size of district, responsibilities for employees, and salary levels. ... Read more

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Responding to a request from the Joint Committee to Develop a Master Plan for Education, Kindergarten through University, the Public Policy Institute of California commissioned a series of reports on adequacy-based school finance, alternative approaches to school governance, and local revenue options for school districts.These reports were delivered to the Joint Committee and its staff between August 2000 and April 2001.School Finance and California's Master Plan for Education brings together those essays and makes them available to more general audiences.Taken together, they suggest that a new system of school finance and governance could help provide adequate resources to California's schools.They also consider the link between those resources and improved student achievement. ... Read more

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This report provides background information on the state's academic standards, resources, and funding mechanisms. Its findings point to relatively low levels of school spending in California, a large gap between academic standards and school resources, a finance system based on previous funding levels rather than actual school resources and their costs, and questions about the most efficient uses of the stateÂ’s already modest school funds. In addition, the report provides a clear, authoritative discussion of Proposition 98 and its origins. The report concludes that the upcoming work of the Quality Education Commission, which is charged with developing school prototypes and estimating their costs, may provide a useful bridge between the State Board of Education, which sets academic and content standards, and the legislature, which allocates school funds. ... Read more

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Very useful source for California education policy
California's established standards for educational achievement in K-12 are among the highest in the nation.Unfortunately, the state's funding of K-12 education is nowhere near as aggressive.

This excellent and surprisingly compact study systematically reviews California's school funding in comparison with other states.It swiftly discards the often-used "state ranking" way of comparing California's educational funding with the rest of the nation, replacing it instead with a comparison of California to All-States-Other-Than-California.The findings are fascinating... and quite grim.

California government (state and local) spends 9% more per capita than the Rest of USA (on all programs including education), but puts 11% less of its spending toward K-12 education.With a higher ratio of students-to-taxpayers than other states, the nominal impact is 9% lower funding per student.Alas, money doesn't go as far in costly California as in the rest of the USA -- with salaries for college grads significantly higher in CA than in the rest of the US, the effective shortfall is 30% vs. Rest of USA.

The study delves further into the funding question in California, analyzing spending variances among districts and schools to ask the questions:is the money going where it is most needed?This book should become important background reading for anyone with an interest in the impact of money on schools. ... Read more

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Reports on ana evaluation of the legislativelu mandated process of evaluation of California's nonclassroom-based charter school. ... Read more

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Imagine enjoying Guacamole. Nachos, Pesto Pizza, Macaroni and Cheese, Strawberry Shortcake or Hazelnut Cheesecake without the slightest bit of guilt because you know they're all low in fat. You'll find each of these taste-tempting recipes and some 300 others in The Wellness Lowfat Cookbook, a book that proves once and for all that lowfat eating doesn't mean giving up the foods you love.

Here are kitchen-tested recipes for lowfat appetizers and snacks, soups, meat, poultry and fish dishes, meatless main courses, pastas, main-course salads, sandwiches, desserts, breads and breakfasts -- each accompanied by a comprehensive nutritional breakdown that lets you see at a glance just how healthful these dishes are. And every recipe is easy, requiring no fancy cooking techniques, exotic ingredients or special equipment.

But The Wellness Lowfat Cookbook is far more than a collection of delicious, healthy recipes. The book also features a revolutionary new lowfat eating plan called "The Healthy Heart Solution," which can help lower your risk of heart disease. Developed by doctors and nutritionists at The University of California at Berkeley in conjunction with The Wellness Cooking School, this easy-to-follow plan teaches you how to cut fat from your diet meal by meal. No more tedious calculations: You simply establish a "daily fat-gram target" and then go for it. And as long as you don't exceed your target, you can eat all your favorite foods -- even butter, cheese, steak, cookies, ice cream, peanut butter and pizza.

Included in the book as well is an extensive food glossary to help you shop for lowfat foods; a guide to ordering lowfat meals when dining out; and a comprehensive chart detailing the fat and cholesterol content of more than 350 commonly eaten foods. The book also offers the latest information on the role diet plays in preventing heart disease. You'll learn what causes heart attacks; where cholesterol comes from; whether the antioxidants -- vitamins C and E and beta carotene -- an really help fight heart disease; and how dietary fiber, potassium, iron, sodium and alcohol affect your heart.

With The Wellness Lowfat Cookbook you'll not only be preparing delicious, satisfying food, you will also be adopting a healthful way of eating that could well add years to your life. ... Read more

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A healthy cookbook for real people.
We love this book.We bought it on a whim when it was new and have used it hard ever since.We were looking for an every-day cookbook that was healthier than the ones our Mom's used.We liked this one because therecipes use primarily ingredients we already have on hand.Preparationtimes vary from quick to long, allowing for recipes to use in a variety ofsituations.This cookbook contains chapters on appetizers, main disheswith meat, main dishes without meat, and desserts as well as othersections.We appreciate the diversity, nutritional information, clearinstructions, and lists of ingredients, most of which are readily availablein our grocery store.We have not tried every recipe in the book, but wehave liked and repeated almost all the recipes we have tried. ... Read more

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'Sustainable Urban Neighbourhood' explores the way that the UK's towns and cities are changing at the turn of the millennium. Previously known as 'Building the 21st Century Home', the second edition of this successful text describes the way that environmental and demographic change, economic pressures and the needs of community
could change urban areas forever just as the garden city movement did a century ago.