Описание: The case for race-conscious education policyIn our unequal society, families of color fully share the dream of college but their children often attend schools that do not prepare them, and the higher education system gives the best opportunities to the most privileged. Students of color hope for college but often face a dead end. For many young people, racial inequality puts them at a disadvantage from early childhood.
The Walls around Opportunity argues that colorblind policies have made college inaccessible to a large share of students of color, and reveals how policies that acknowledge racial inequalities and set racial equality goals can succeed where colorblindness has failed. Gary Orfield paints a troubling portrait of American higher education, explaining how profound racial gaps imbedded in virtually every stage of our children's lives pose a major threat to communities of color and the nation. He describes how the 1960s and early 1970s was the only period in history to witness sustained efforts at racial equity in higher education, and how the Reagan era ushered in today's colorblind policies, which ignore the realities of color inequality.
Orfield shows how this misguided policy has resegregated public schools, exacerbated inequalities in college preparation, denied needed financial aid to families, and led to huge price increases over decades that have seen little real gain in income for most Americans. Drawing on a wealth of new data and featuring commentaries by Stella Flores and James Anderson, this timely and urgent book shows how colorblind policies serve only to raise the walls of segregation higher, and proposes real solutions that can make higher education available to all.
Описание: The authors offer a handbook for exploration, embodiment and art making: part account of a pilgrimage they walked; part invitation to walk and sensitise ourselves to the world around us in a wholly new way; part political/philosophical/ecological reflection; part compendium of games, pastimes, tactics and new rituals; part invitation to create art.
Автор: William T. Markham; Lotsmart Fonjong Название: Saving the Environment in Sub-Saharan Africa ISBN: 1137507187 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137507181 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11179.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book describes how NGOs` efforts to promote sustainable development are affected by their funding, management strategies, and relationships with government, communities, and other NGOs. The authors explore implications for theory and offer suggestions for increasing NGO effectiveness.
Автор: Anderson Peter B. Название: Familiar Physician: Saving Your Doctor in the Era of Obamacare ISBN: 1614487375 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781614487371 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2752.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK IN HEALTH CARE TODAY Obamacare and the changes it brings could save our primary care doctors from extinction. Or it could crush them. Imagine health care without your Familiar Physician. Every time you're sick, you're a stranger, enduring long waits for medical treatment from someone who may never have seen you before. This is what the future could look like ... because there's a tempest bearing down on primary care medicine. It's powered by frustrated doctors retiring early with not enough physicians in the pipeline to replace them; more than 30 million newly insured patients; an aging population; increasing regulations; and it's converging with a sea change in health care reform. It's the perfect storm that endangers primary care medicine and threatens to drive our trusted familiar physicians toward extinction. Just as primary care is about to collapse, here comes IBM. The patch of fair weather within the coming storm is a care delivery model called the medical home, now quietly embedded in the heart of health care reform. This is the story of the dedicated people who helped build the medical home and implement it on a national level -- the enduring vision of IBM's Dr. Martin Sep lveda and the powerful advocacy of his colleague IBM's Dr. Paul Grundy. And it's told through the unique perspective of Dr. Peter Anderson, a pioneer in team care medicine and a champion of primary care whose efforts to create a better model of primary care delivery parallels and supports the development of the medical home. Their efforts show us that passion and inspiration can remain at the heart of health care in the future. As we move toward that future learn what you can do to help assure that the Familiar Physician, the basis for a strong physician-patient relationship, survives the coming storm. Give this book to your doctor. And hurry. You might just save his or her career.
Автор: Kirkey Christopher, Nimijean Richard Название: The Construction of Canadian Identity from Abroad ISBN: 3030865738 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783030865733 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 19564.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The Construction of Canadian Identity from Abroad features Canadian scholars who live and work outside Canada (or have recently returned to Canada) and who write and think deeply about identity construction.
Название: Educational theory in the 21st century ISBN: 981169639X ISBN-13(EAN): 9789811696398 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 6986.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This open access book reviews the effects of the twenty-first century scientific-technological and social developments on the educational theory. Transforming school designs, school management, learning-teaching approaches and teacher competencies are discussed in the context of broader social, cultural and technological changes.
Автор: Summerhayes, Colin (emeritus Associate, Scott Polar Research Institute, Emeritus Associate, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge University) Название: Icy planet ISBN: 0197627986 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780197627983 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4750.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Democracies abhor genocide and yet they perpetrate their own genocidal violence and then fail to acknowledge it. Drawing on the history of biological taxonomies, anthropological studies of kinship, and radical democratic theory, this work studies the root of the problem in the paradoxes of democratic inheritance and revolution, asking: What will it take to envision an anti-genocidal democracy?
Автор: Ian Prattis Название: Failsafe: Saving the Earth From Ourselves ISBN: 1897453574 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781897453575 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 10714.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: "Just what have we done with the garden bequeathed to us? From outer space our beautiful blue planet has no divisions, pandemics or degradation. On the ground the same blue planet is torn asunder by violence, greed and reckless disregard for planetary care. Can we fix the planet? This is the wrong question... We remain ignorant to the consequences of the fact that everything interconnects. The right question is can we fix ourselves? Can we change the mindset that has created the global ecological emergency? We must embark on a different kind of human journey different to the crazed ego, greed and power traits that characterise our collective and presently mindless sojourn. We are neglectful of the fact that we depend on this tiny planet for everything. I give the reader a promise: This slim volume provides understanding, issues a call for the adventure of changing the existing world order by arriving at a deep understanding of what needs to be done in terms of changing our minds. Then I provide guidelines for action." -- from the author.
Автор: Kiser, Kay Название: Saving africa from lies that kill ISBN: 1949021017 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781949021011 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2757.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Fellmann Hans Joseph Название: Saving Jahan: A Peace Corps Adventure Based on True Events ISBN: 1734122048 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781734122046 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2482.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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A PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER in Central Asia finds purpose in helping a friend escape a life of servitude.
Johann Felmanstien is going nowhere in life. He has no money, no job, no girl, and a degree that would look better as a doormat than on his CV. He applies for the Peace Corps and is accepted. His country of service is the Central Asian republic of Turkmenistan, which is seventy percent desert and run by a totalitarian dictator with a cult of personality.
Johann is sent to teach English in a town to hell and gone. He contemplates leaving until he meets a local teacher with a strangely similar name called Jahan. Over time, she opens up about her dreams to live abroad and the struggle she faces in a country that sees women as little more than servants. Johann takes a passive stance at first. But as his work suffers because of his shenanigans and alcohol abuse, he realizes that helping Jahan escape Turkmenistan might be the only way to save himself.
Автор: Dutt Bahar Название: Rewilding: India`s Experiments in Saving Nature ISBN: 0199474117 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199474110 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 7644.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The extinction crisis is well known; what is not are stories of people trying to turn the tide. In Rewilding, environmental journalist Bahar Dutt documents stories of hope for India`s natural world. She meets people who are trying to conserve species not just by replenishing their dwindling numbers, but also by restoring their habitats in the wild.
