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On December 7, 2017, life changed at Aztec High School, Aztec, New Mexico. Life was normal at 8:00 a.m. with students and staff arriving, but little did we know that in fifteen minutes, our lives would be changed forever. As a school, we were very lucky! This is one teacher's perspective on what happened that day. No matter where you are in the school, this affects you. Social media plays into this because all kinds of reports are going over media...
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A guide that has three main objectives. One is to provide aspiring and active fire and life safety directors with the relevant knowledge and skills, is to easily identify risks at their work places, save lives and reduce the sad consequential loss of property from fire and none fire incidents and the medical emergencies in high rise buildings. The second objective is to understand the fire alarm system and function at a higher level of competency....
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Join Roy on an Exciting Journey to Learn Fire Safety and Save Lives!
• Discover the captivating world of fire safety with Roy.
• Equip your children with essential life-saving knowledge.
• A fun and educational experience for kids of all ages.
Don't Miss Out on Roy's Fire Safety Adventure!
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A refreshing discussion of the events and social issues which have had an influence on public school education in the US. A well-researched novel about the transformation of our public schools from 1949-2021. From the outlawing of America's favorite first-grade reader, "The Story of Little Black Sambo", to the forced instruction of critical race theory. It exposes the malfeasance and chicanery endemic in our nation's public schools. A shocking account...
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An educational tools, designed to assist teachers in building self-esteem and assertive skills in young children. The contents include a descriptive dialog and a childrens workshop. There are techniques and strategies for safety and self esteem building. There are three scenarios that focus on safety that young children encounter, bullies, strangers and our five senses (touch). The Childrens workshop is designed to empower children while building...
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Esta edición fusiona las originalmente dos publicaciones acerca del debate que un grupo de expertos llevó a cabo en la Flacso México sobre la reciente reforma educativa. Son análisis que hacen visible cómo se imbrican aspectos técnicos y políticos colocando en un lugar estratégico la Ley General del Servicio Profesional Docente. Muestran que la apuesta gubernamental para detonar cambios en la calidad educativa ha elegido la ruta aparentemente...
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For parents trying to pass on the Catholic faith to their children and to their friends, this simple book will help them how to explain what Catholics do on Sunday and why they do it. The Mass should work at the deepest level of our being, changing us into people who share God's own life. For this to happen, we need to take part in it in a way that is inspired by the spirit of the Church's Liturgy. In simple language the First Section of this book...
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Education policy in England is constantly evolving and becoming increasingly incoherent and it is therefore becoming harder to keep up with, and make sense of, all the changes. This bestselling book looks at the role of the UK as a social laboratory for global education policy. Covering key concepts, it then examines new areas, including: • Global education policy mobility • Edu-business and philanthropy as policy actors • Marketisation of education...
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With almost daily reports of failings in school management, what can be done to improve educational outcomes for everyone? Pat Thomson takes on England's muddled education system, highlighting failings caused by the actions of ministers in successive governments. While corrupt actions are taken by some, it is predominantly the corruption of the system that is at fault. She exposes fraudulent and unethical practices, including the skewing of the curriculum...
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The Ultimate Middle School Survival Guide provides the reader with an in-depth look into the many experiences that most students encounter as they travel through middle school. The Ultimate Middle School Survival Guide turns actual and true events into mini lessons for all future and current middle school students, as well as their parents. Each chapter of the book illustrates what can happen to any student, through the use of actual incidents that...
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A Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2017
From a highly regarded feminist cultural critic and professor comes a polemic arguing that the stifling sense of sexual danger sweeping American campuses doesn't empower women, it impedes the fight for gender equality.
Feminism is broken, argues Laura Kipnis, if anyone thinks the sexual hysteria overtaking American campuses is a sign of gender progress.
A committed feminist, Kipnis was surprised to find...
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You are holding in your hands a precious teachers' aid to bullying prevention and response. This comprehensive guide provides everything you will, need to promote pro-love at your fingertips and in the school environment you are, working in. Throughout this manual, you will find important facts on bullying, intervention strategies if bullying occurs, helpful tips for schools and parents, and over 40 classroom-based activities encouraged to be taught...
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School security is a top priority in today's world, and it is essential for schools to implement effective security measures to ensure the safety of students, teachers, and staff. In the Philippines, school security has become a growing concern in recent years, with several incidents of violence and threats affecting schools across the country.
In this book, we delve into the importance of school security and provide an in-depth analysis of the current...
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Examining nearly 60 mass shootings that have occurred in the United States since 1982, this book focuses on the actions taken and decisions made by those who survived these horrific attacks. Armed with this new information, the old axiom fight or flight is dispelled or at least modified for this new breed of killer. Fight by yourself and you are almost assuredly going to join the ranks of the victims if not the overall body count; flee and present...
18) School of Errors
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School of Errors: Rethinking School Safety in America establishes another voice in the discussion of how to promote safe schools. It challenges the unchecked expansion of school fortification and questions the realized benefit of inter-agency collaboration during a sentinel event. This book offers an alternative to traumatizing simulations by providing clear options for improving school safety by the empirically-proven effective measures of leakage...
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Picture it. Twenty years ago you experience exclusionary discipline firsthand. Years later you become a parent and suddenly your kid is pulled aside by the teacher for a supposed offense. Your kid has no idea what he's done wrong. When you pick him up that day, you learn that he was disciplined for a benign, youthful action. Situations like this happen more often than not to students of color.
Long-standing discriminatory practices in school discipline,...
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In a nation that prides itself on providing equal opportunity for all, too many low-income and minority children are falling behind their peers in school. In an increasingly competitive global arena, the United States cannot afford to ignore this widening achievement gap. What can be done to close it? This issue book presents three possible approaches for dealing with this problem: Raise Expectations and Demand Accountability African Americans, Hispanic,...
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