Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, Development Concept, Environmental Assessment (EA) B1; Environmental Review of Environmental Assessment (EA)
Author: Fruitful Legacy
Author: Susan DolanPublisher: National Park Service Division of Publications
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Introduction to Multicultural Counseling for Helping Professionals
Author: Wanda M.L. LeePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136262393
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
Introduction to Multicultural Counseling for Helping Professionals is the essential introductory text in the area of multicultural counseling. Providing a broad survey of counseling techniques for different ethnic, religious and social groups, it is at once thorough and easily understood. Beyond its topic-specific sections, Introduction to Multicultural Counseling for Helping Professionals also includes chapters on the theory and history of multicultural counseling, expanded cultural resources, and an appendix explaining its interrelationship with CACREP accreditation requirements. Now in its third edition, Introduction to Multicultural Counseling for Helping Professionals is updated and revised to reflect the changing landscape of the 21st century. It contains updated statistics on fluid demographics in the U.S., a stronger social-justice perspective throughout the text, and a new chapter on counseling undocumented immigrants. The text is supplemented with online materials, including updated PowerPoint slides with discussion questions and classroom activities, a testbank with new questions for each chapter, and a sample course syllabus, each of which is presented in an updated, more attractive layout.
The Study of the Future
Author: Whither Opportunity?
Author: Greg J. DuncanPublisher: Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN: 1610447514
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 573
Book Description
As the incomes of affluent and poor families have diverged over the past three decades, so too has the educational performance of their children. But how exactly do the forces of rising inequality affect the educational attainment and life chances of low-income children? In Whither Opportunity? a distinguished team of economists, sociologists, and experts in social and education policy examines the corrosive effects of unequal family resources, disadvantaged neighborhoods, insecure labor markets, and worsening school conditions on K-12 education. This groundbreaking book illuminates the ways rising inequality is undermining one of the most important goals of public education—the ability of schools to provide children with an equal chance at academic and economic success. The most ambitious study of educational inequality to date, Whither Opportunity? analyzes how social and economic conditions surrounding schools affect school performance and children’s educational achievement. The book shows that from earliest childhood, parental investments in children’s learning affect reading, math, and other attainments later in life. Contributor Meredith Phillip finds that between birth and age six, wealthier children will have spent as many as 1,300 more hours than poor children on child enrichment activities such as music lessons, travel, and summer camp. Greg Duncan, George Farkas, and Katherine Magnuson demonstrate that a child from a poor family is two to four times as likely as a child from an affluent family to have classmates with low skills and behavior problems – attributes which have a negative effect on the learning of their fellow students. As a result of such disparities, contributor Sean Reardon finds that the gap between rich and poor children’s math and reading achievement scores is now much larger than it was fifty years ago. And such income-based gaps persist across the school years, as Martha Bailey and Sue Dynarski document in their chapter on the growing income-based gap in college completion. Whither Opportunity? also reveals the profound impact of environmental factors on children’s educational progress and schools’ functioning. Elizabeth Ananat, Anna Gassman-Pines, and Christina Gibson-Davis show that local job losses such as those caused by plant closings can lower the test scores of students with low socioeconomic status, even students whose parents have not lost their jobs. They find that community-wide stress is most likely the culprit. Analyzing the math achievement of elementary school children, Stephen Raudenbush, Marshall Jean, and Emily Art find that students learn less if they attend schools with high student turnover during the school year – a common occurrence in poor schools. And David Kirk and Robert Sampson show that teacher commitment, parental involvement, and student achievement in schools in high-crime neighborhoods all tend to be low. For generations of Americans, public education provided the springboard to upward mobility. This pioneering volume casts a stark light on the ways rising inequality may now be compromising schools’ functioning, and with it the promise of equal opportunity in America.
Natural Resource Conservation
Author: Oliver S. OwenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
This text emphasizes the ecological principles, policies, and practices to managage a sustainable future. It is a comprehensive text offering a scientifically thorough survey of natural resource and environmental issues with an emphasis on practical, cost-effective, and sustainable solutions.
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Author: The Book of Proverbs
Author: Ted HildebrandtPublisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press
ISBN: 9781905048878
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages :
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Step Up to Writing
Author: Maureen AumanPublisher:
ISBN: 9781570358982
Category : Composition (Language arts)
Languages : en
Pages :
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Securities and Exchange Commission Staff Report on Transactions in Securities of the City of New York
Author: Finance U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking (and Urban Affairs)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Debts, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
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