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A new teacher finds a way to accept the challenge of the principal and create an exciting and moving contest. The contest invites students to create new motivational sayings about America, creating a win-win for everyone.
Song Stories is a collection of stories written about songs. The author used the titles of six of his songs as the titles of the stories.
Each story tries to create a context for the song while structured so that the story can stand alone. In some cases, that may be a broader view of what the song is already saying; in others, it may be a scenario in which the song could be used like a soundtrack to the life of the characters.
Songs and stories are different in the way they deliver their message. Stories have an ample amount of words to freely create images. Though songs must use an economy of words and make their statement in a matter of minutes, they have the advantage of sound in all its splendor of beat, melody, and harmony.
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Letters to a Young Teacher
- De: Jonathan Kozol
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 5 h y 36 m
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In these affectionate letters to Francesca, a first-grade teacher at an inner-city school in Boston, Jonathan Kozol vividly describes his repeated visits to her classroom while, under Francesca's likably irreverent questioning, also revealing his own most personal stories of the years that he has spent in public schools.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A must read for new teachers
- De Santiago en 03-31-10
De: Jonathan Kozol
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Being Heumann
- An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
- De: Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner
- Narrado por: Ali Stroker
- Duración: 6 h y 38 m
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A story of fighting to belong in a world that wasn't built for all of us and of one woman's activism - from the streets of Brooklyn and San Francisco to inside the halls of Washington - Being Heumann recounts Judy Heumann's lifelong battle to achieve respect, acceptance, and inclusion in society. From fighting to attend grade school after being described as a "fire hazard" to later winning a lawsuit against the New York City school system for denying her a teacher's license because of her paralysis, Judy's actions set a precedent that improved rights for disabled people.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read for everyone
- De Christopher A Cawthon en 09-28-20
De: Judith Heumann, y otros
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The Great Expectations School
- A Rookie Year in the New Blackboard Jungle
- De: Dan Brown
- Narrado por: Gregory St. John
- Duración: 9 h y 54 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 55
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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At 22, Dan Brown came to the Bronx's P.S. 85 as an eager, fresh-faced teacher. Unbeknownst to him, his assigned class, 4-217, was the designated "dumping ground" for all fourth-grade problem cases, and his students would prove to be more challenging than he could ever anticipate. Intent on being a caring, dedicated teacher but confronted with unruly children, absent parents, and a failing administration, Dan was pushed to the limit time and again: he found himself screaming with rage, punching his fist through a blackboard out of sheer frustration, often just wanting to give up and walk away.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I had to stop
- De Amazon Customer en 02-03-21
De: Dan Brown
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Whatever It Takes
- Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America
- De: Paul Tough
- Narrado por: Ax Norman
- Duración: 10 h y 19 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 159
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What would it take?That was the question that Geoffrey Canada found himself asking. What would it take to change the lives of poor children, not one by one, through heroic interventions and occasional miracles, but in big numbers, and in a way that could be replicated nationwide? The question led him to create the Harlem Children's Zone, a 97-block laboratory in central Harlem where he is testing new and sometimes controversial ideas about poverty in America.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Aboslutely terrific!
- De Anthony en 09-21-10
De: Paul Tough
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To Sir, with Love
- De: E. R. Braithwaite
- Narrado por: Ben Onwukwe
- Duración: 6 h y 46 m
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With opportunities for black men limited in post-World War II London, Rick Braithwaite, a former Royal Air Force pilot and Cambridge-educated engineer, accepts a teaching position that puts him in charge of a class of angry, unmotivated, bigoted white teenagers whom the system has mostly abandoned. When his efforts to reach these troubled students are met with threats, suspicion, and derision, Braithwaite takes a radical new approach. He will treat his students as people poised to enter the adult world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book!
- De Lionsroar en 12-08-18
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Radical
- Fighting to Put Students First
- De: Michelle Rhee
- Narrado por: Shannon McManus
- Duración: 8 h y 54 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Part memoir, part manifesto, Radical is this fearless advocate's incisive, intensely personal call-to-arms. Rhee combines the story of her own extraordinary experience with dozens of compelling examples from schools she's worked in and studied-from students from unspeakable home lives who have thrived in the classroom to teachers whose radical methods have produced unprecedented leaps in achievement. Radical chronicles Rhee's awakening to the potential of every child, her rage at the special interests blocking badly-needed change, and her recognition that it will take a grassroots movement to create outstanding public schools.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good read after seeing Waiting for Superman
- De Marie en 04-10-13
De: Michelle Rhee
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Tim Gunn: The Natty Professor
- A Master Class on Mentoring, Motivating and Making It Work!
- De: Tim Gunn, Ada Calhoun
- Narrado por: Tim Gunn
- Duración: 5 h y 24 m
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Tim Gunn, America's favorite reality TV cohost, is known for his kind but firm approach in providing wisdom, guidance, and support to the scores of design hopefuls on Project Runway. Having begun his fashion career as a teacher at Parsons The New School for Design, Tim knows more than a thing or two about mentorship and how to convey invaluable pearls of wisdom in an approachable, accessible manner.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Life lessons for All
- De Trendy en 03-11-16
De: Tim Gunn, y otros
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Nothing but the Truth
- De: Avi
- Narrado por: The Full Cast Family
- Duración: 3 h y 12 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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When Philip Malloy starts humming along to his school's daily playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner", his insistence on continuing to do so even after his teacher, Miss Margaret Narwin, asks him to stop sets in motion a chain of events that will soon ripple out beyond anything Phil or Miss Narwin could have imagined. Phil's friends, his teachers, and the school administration are soon swept up in the controversy...and that's just the beginning!
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great
- De Krista en 01-15-23
De: Avi
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Members Only
- De: Sameer Pandya
- Narrado por: Sunil Malhotra
- Duración: 10 h y 24 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Raj Bhatt is often unsure of where he belongs. Having moved to America from Bombay as a child, he knew few Indian kids. Now middle-aged, he lives mostly happily in California with a job at a university. Still, his white wife seems to fit in better than he does at times, especially at their tennis club, a place he's cautiously come to love. But it's there that, in one week, his life unravels. It begins at a meeting for potential new members: Raj thrills to find an African American couple on the list; he dreams of a more diverse club. But in an effort to connect, he makes a racist joke.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Stick with it... so worth it!
- De Andrea R Martinez en 09-02-20
De: Sameer Pandya
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You Say to Brick
- The Life of Louis Kahn
- De: Wendy Lesser
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 15 h y 8 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Born to a Jewish family in Estonia in 1901 and brought to America in 1906, the architect Louis Kahn grew up in poverty in Philadelphia; by the time of his death in 1974, he was widely recognized as one of the greatest architects of his era. Yet this enormous reputation was based on only a handful of masterpieces, all built during the last 15 years of his life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A book about architect needs pictures
- De Kristin Olson-garewal en 10-15-17
De: Wendy Lesser
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Rudy
- My Story
- De: Rudy Ruettiger
- Narrado por: Daniel Butler
- Duración: 11 h y 45 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 77
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How does a lower middle class kid, who suffered through school with undiagnosed dyslexia, get into Notre Dame and become the inspiration for millions in a Hollywood film that has become one of the most inspiring sport movies ever made? He never gave up. For the first time, read Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger's real life story and learn the behind-the-scenes details of the ten years it took to make the movie and how that tossed him into a new career of public speaking that continues on stages today alongside world-class leaders and speakers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The rest of the story...
- De Deidre en 09-19-12
De: Rudy Ruettiger
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A Game Plan For Life: The Power of Mentoring
- De: John Wooden, Don Yeager, John Maxwelll
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 6 h y 2 m
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After eight books, many of them best sellers, A Game Plan for Life is the one closest to John Woodens heart: a moving and inspirational guide to the power of mentorship. The first half focuses on the people who helped foster the values that carried Wooden through an incredibly successful and famously principled career, including his college coach, his wife, Abraham Lincoln, and Mother Teresa.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great!
- De David en 04-01-15
De: John Wooden, y otros
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Without You, There Is No Us
- My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite
- De: Suki Kim
- Narrado por: Janet Song
- Duración: 8 h y 34 m
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Every day, three times a day, the students march in two straight lines, singing praises to Kim Jong-il and North Korea: Without you, there is no motherland. Without you, there is no us. It is a chilling scene, but gradually Suki Kim, too, learns the tune and, without noticing, begins to hum it. It is 2011, and all universities in North Korea have been shut down for an entire year, the students sent to construction fields - except for the 270 students at the all-male Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST).
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4 out of 5 stars
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The King and I meets Mary Poppins
- De Michael en 02-22-15
De: Suki Kim
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A Hope in The Unseen
- An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League
- De: Ron Suskind
- Narrado por: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Duración: 17 h y 19 m
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New York Times best-selling investigative journalist Ron Suskind based this book on his Pulitzer Prize winning articles about Cedric Jennings, a Black youth struggling to survive one of D.C.'s toughest school districts. A moving portrait of inner city life, A Hope in the Unseen offers a view of life through the eyes of someone trying desperately to make his way up from the bottom.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Story
- De Adam Evans en 12-25-10
De: Ron Suskind
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The President Will See You Now
- My Stories and Lessons from Ronald Reagan's Final Years
- De: Peggy Grande
- Narrado por: Peggy Grande
- Duración: 8 h y 36 m
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In The President Will See You Now, devoted Reagan insider Peggy Grande shares behind-the-scenes stories, intimate moments, and insights into one of America's most beloved presidents. Grande, who started in the Office of Ronald Reagan as a college student and earned her way into a coveted role as the president's Executive Assistant, offers an unparalleled perspective on the post-presidency of a political icon. Grande's stories and never-before-seen photos show a unique, private side to a public figure and leader.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Must Listen
- De Gary Ludwig en 07-06-20
De: Peggy Grande
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You Are Not Special
- ...And Other Encouragements
- De: David McCullough Jr.
- Narrado por: David McCullough Jr.
- Duración: 7 h y 56 m
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A profound expansion of David McCullough, Jr.’s popular commencement speech - a call to arms against a prevailing, narrow, conception of success viewed by millions on YouTube - You Are Not Special is a love letter to students and parents as well as a guide to a truly fulfilling, happy life. By acknowledging that the world is indifferent to them, McCullough takes pressure off of students to be extraordinary achievers and instead exhorts them to roll up their sleeves and do something useful with their advantages.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Teacher is Wise
- De E. Pearson en 09-22-16
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Educating Esme
- De: Esme Raji Codell
- Narrado por: Esme Raji Codell
- Duración: 2 h y 53 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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We all have a lot to learn from the diary of a teacher named Esmé Raji Codell, an educator who has struggled to maintain individuality in the face of bureaucracy and whose defiant stand against mediocrity will reverberate in companies as well as classrooms everywhere.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent inspiration for educators....
- De S. Connolly en 08-05-03
De: Esme Raji Codell