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4341) A touch of greatness
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A Touch of Greatness is a feature-length documentary film focusing on the extraordinary work of Albert Cullum, an elementary school teacher for over twenty years and a pioneer in American education. Championing an unorthodox educational philosophy, Cullum regularly taught his elementary school children literary masterpieces, most notably the works of Shakespeare, Sophocles and Shaw. Combining interviews with Cullum and his former students with stunning...
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Developed by experienced current and former educators, Cirrus Test Prep's study materials help future educators gain the skills and knowledge needed to successfully pass their state-level teacher certification exams and enter the classroom. Each Cirrus Test Prep study guide includes: a detailed summary of the test's format, content, and scoring; an overview of the content knowledge required to pass the exam; worked-through sample questions with answers...
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"¡Los pequeños bailarines están listos para brillar en el escenario! La academia de ballet de la señorita Amy va a estrenar una función titulada la Danza de la mariposa. Rosa y sus cuatro amigos ensayan los saltos, piruetas y giros para hacerlos perfectamente. Pero, cuando la asignan un papel que no es el que esperaba, Rosa siente que se ha esforzado para nada. Sin embargo, sus amigos la ayudarán a descubrir que incluso el papel más pequeño...
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Developed by experienced current and former educators, Cirrus Test Prep's study materials help future educators gain the skills and knowledge needed to successfully pass their state-level teacher certification exams and enter the classroom. Each Cirrus Test Prep study guide includes: a detailed summary of the test's format, content, and scoring; an overview of the content knowledge required to pass the exam; worked-through sample questions with answers...
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Adventures of the Bailey School kids volume 1
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Français
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"Voici la série idéale pour les lecteurs débutants et les nouveaux lecteurs autonomes. Les enfants ne pourront plus lâcher cette bande dessinée loufoque et intrigante! Les élèves de la classe de troisième année de l'École élémentaire Cartier sont si difficiles à discipliner que tous leurs enseignants ont abandonné. Mais leur nouvelle professeure, Mme Lefroy, est différente (et c'est le moins qu'on puisse dire). Toute juste arrivée...
4347) Cuarteto
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Narrativas hispánicas volume 683
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Español
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"La princesa de un reino sufre una extraña enfermedad; ninguno de los médicos, sabios y curanderos consultados por su padre el rey da con la cura, y esta llegará de un modo inesperado... El hombre rico de un pueblo contrata a una maestra para sus hijos y permite a otros chicos asistir a las clases; uno de ellos se queda prendado de la maestra y tiempo después tratará de dar con ella... Una joven deja la isla en la que vivía con su padre viudo,...
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"The class field trip maybe took a small turn for the worse: an evil secret society kidnapped one of Glenn's students! After narrowly dodging his own death, Glenn's got no choice but to team up with his old war buddy Albert to take down the bad guys. It won't be easy. Sword prodigy Re=L Rayford has joined the kidnappers, and Glenn's not the sort to give up on a student--not even when they're trying to kill him. One magic teacher against a shadowy...
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"The Language of Tears details the engaging five-year experience of a gifted American scholar throughout her journey teaching and participating in a Shi'a Muslim community in Southern California. As a teacher in a Muslim school, she participates in the lives of Iranian, Iraqi, and Pakistani women as they perform their religious rituals. Initially thought to be an FBI informant, Blomfield builds trust as she participates in every aspect of their lives....
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"Playing like a lively mixtape in both subject and style, "If This Were Fiction" engages topical issues such as violence against women, trauma, motherhood, and recovery, focusing a feminist lens on Jill Christman's first fifty years and sending out a message of love, power, and hope"--
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Retired from the CIA and now a professor at Georgetown University, Webb's life is finally his own--until he becomes the target of an assassin and is framed for the murder of his two closest associates. Fighting for his life against unseen assailants, the Bourne identity asserts itself, leaving Jason Bourne in control. Barely a half-step ahead of his nemesis and the CIA, who believes he has gone rogue, Bourne finds himself a pawn in a larger, far deadlier...
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Italiano
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"Portraying the life of Chiara Lubich, the founder of the Focolare Movement, this powerful movie tells the dramatic story of the spiritual and human adventure of a young teacher from Trento, Italy, who, amidst the devastation and despair from the bombings of World War II, as called to build a better, more united world, becoming a strong witness and advocate of universal brotherhood..." -- Back cover of DVD case.
4359) Learning what you cannot say: teaching free speech and political literacy in an authoritarian age
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"How do teachers know the limits of their speech? Free speech mean more than simply being free to agree, though the authoritarian managerial cultures of many schools increasingly ignore the need for a strong and empowered teaching profession. In response to this ongoing systemic contradiction, Learning What You Cannot Say provides a unique combination of teacher narratives, cultural theory and "black letter law" as part of a broader effort to create...
4360) Inherit the wind
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Based on the real-life 1925 trial featuring Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan. Famous lawyer Henry Drummond battles fundamentalist Matthew Brady in a Tennessee courtroom when schoolteacher Bertram Cates is put on trial for violating the Butler Act, a state law that prohibits public school teachers from teaching evolution.
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