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A guide for teachers on how to reduce the stress of teaching and managing a classroom using mindfulness techniques.

"When Samuel, a lonely linguistics lecturer, wakes up on New Year's Day, he is convinced that the year ahead will bring nothing more than passive verbs and un-italicized moments--until an unexpected visitor slips into his Barcelona apartment and refuses to leave. The appearance of Mishima, a stray, brindle-furred cat, becomes the catalyst that leads Samuel from the comforts of his favorite books, foreign films, and classical music to places he's never been (next door) and to people he might never have met (a neighbor with whom he's never exchanged a word)."--Provided by publisher.

A reference guide to copyright laws and procedures geared towards teachers, librarians, and media specialists, providing information on how to stay within copyright law when making copyrighted print, non-print, and Internet sources available to students.

A history of one hundred and seventy-five years of teaching in America shows that teachers have always borne the brunt of shifting, often impossible expectations. Understanding the historical perspective, and the political and cultural baggage that is tied to teaching, is crucial if we have any hope of positive change. American education's many passages, including the feminization of teaching in the 1800's and the growth of unions, shows that the battles fought over nearly two centuries echo the very dilemmas we cope with today. Recent innovations like Teach for America, merit pay, and teacher evaluation via student testing are actually as old as public schools themselves. Long-festering ambivalence about teachers--are they civil servants or academic professionals?--and unrealistic expectations that the schools alone should compensate for poverty's ills have driven the most ambitious people from becoming teachers or prevented those that do, from sticking with it.

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.

"... explores professional learning communities from a teacher's perspective. Focused chapters survey effective and collaborative team actions, instructional practices that enhance teacher efficiency, and the role teacher judgment and classroom context play in determining instructional outcomes."--From Amazon.

When their teacher has to go away for a week, the kids in room 207 plan to "really act up.".

The notorious Miss Swamp reappears at the Horace B. Smedley School, this time to shape up the football team and make them win at least one game.

Six-year-old Junie B.'s penchant for spying on people and her curiosity about the private life of her teacher get her in trouble at kindergarten.