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Looks at the history of baseball, focusing on well-known "greats" within the game.

Looks at twelve Super Bowl quarterbacks that are considered to be the best in the history of the game.

"For the students at the prestigious Maplethorpe Academy, every single thing they do is reflected in their ratings, updated daily and available for all to see. But when an act of vandalism sullies the front doors of the school, it sets off a chain reaction that will shake the lives of six special students, and the world beyond"--OCLC.

Presents a rationale for differentiated assessment and grading, discusses mastery, and provides guidance, ideas, and examples from middle and high school classrooms, as well as a guide for teacher leaders on supporting colleagues beginning differentiated assessment and grading.

"There are not many things more exciting and entertaining than watching your favorite player charge toward the net, leap into the air, slam dunk, and score... Learn the details of these NBA players' backgrounds and such details as positions, teams, and best slam dunk moments."--Publisher.

Provides a detailed interview protocol for hiring teachers that includes questions and scoring rubrics designed to give administrators a sense of how effective a person will be as a teacher. Includes CD-ROM with sample forms and rubrics.

Lucy Crehan, frustrated at American education policy, decided to experience top-rated schools across the world to determine what gave those schools top marks. She returned with answers on how to make the American educational system better by modeling some of the policies she observed.

Ranks and profiles forty notable players for the Boston Celtics professional basketball team, providing a black-and-white photograph and describing each one's career and notable achievements.

A guide to rubrics for teachers in higher education, through the graduate level, explaining what rubrics are, their basic components, and how they can be used as grading and instructional tools, and including sample rubrics, as well as information on how to construct them.

Discusses lacrosse with the rules of the game, exercises for athletes, and stories about the sport.