"In this important book, respected educator Robert Rueda proposes a multidimensional model that will provide a more comprehensive lens for addressing the achievement gap in today’s schools. Drawing on work from educational psychology as well as several other fields, Rueda identifies three primary reasons for the stubborn failure of most school reform efforts: (1) a fragmentation of approaches, (2) a misalignment of approaches and goals, ..."
"Has previous owners names on inside cover. Has pencil drawings on front & back of first page. Text seems to be clean with no marks. Book shows edge wear. 100% satisfaction guaranteed."
"ENGLISH by Houghton Mifflin is a wonderful teaching book for the kids. In "Getting Started" they learn to listen, speak and view, and then to write. The presentation for learning grammar, its usage and the mechanics of speaking and writing is done in a way that it can't help to grab the child's interest. He would be enriched by the experience."
"Many factors complicate the education of urban students. Among them have been issues related to population density; racial, ethnic, cultural, and linguistic diversity; poverty; racism (individual and institutional); and funding levels. Although urban educators have been addressing these issues for decades, placing them under the umbrella of "urban education" and treating them as a specific area of practice and inquiry is relatively rece ..."
"The Sentence; 3. Writing a Class Story; 4. Nouns and Pronouns; 5. Writing a Personal Narrative; 6. Verbs; 7. Writing a Story; 8. Adjectives; 9. Writing a Description; 10. More Capitalization and Punctuation; 11. Writing Instructions; 12."