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Condoleezza Rice: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)
Jacqueline Edmondson

Greenwood Press, 2006

Condoleezza Rice's story, her experiences, and her contributions to our society, offer a unique opportunity to consider the social and historical discourses of our times, both past and present. Rice, a descendent of slaves who rose to become one of the most influential women in the world, represents many of the hopes, conflicts, and questions that characterize the beginning of the 21st century in American society. Her story allows the telling of ...

Venus and Serena Williams: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)

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Jacqueline Edmondson

Greenwood Press, 2005

The life stories of the tennis pro sisters is shared in chapters which cover their stories & associated topics of gender & race
With all the action tennis sisters Venus and Serena Williams have brought to the sport, it's near certain Jacqueline Edmonson's Venus And Serena Williams: A Biography will bring added attention and a ready audience. The life stories of the tennis pro sisters is shared in chapters which cover their stories and associated topics of gender and race. An excellent addition to Greenwood's biography ...

Jesse Owens: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)
Jacqueline Edmondson

Greenwood Press, 2007

It is difficult to imagine a time when African Americans were not part of professional sports in the United States. So many admired and beloved African-American athletes are national heroes today: Michael Jordan, Venus and Serena Williams, Tiger Woods, Florence Griffin-Joyner, Shaquille O'Neal, Muhammad Ali, to name a few. No such celebrity athletes appeared on magazine covers when Jesse Owens was a boy in the 1920s, no African American stars ...

Reading Education Policy: A Collection of Aricles from the International Reading Association

International Reading Association, 2005

Because policy must be considered to promote change of any sort in reading education, this collection aims to help reading educators, reading researchers, and administrators become knowledgeable about policies and policymaking, and ultimately, choose a course of action based on this new knowledge. Editors Patrick Shannon and Jacqueline Edmondson have organized the articles into three sections: Policy-Driven Work, Policy Communications ...

America Reads: A Critical Policy Analysis (Literary Studies Series)
Jacqueline Edmondson

International Reading Association, 2000

This contribution to the Literacy Studies Series is the result of a year-long case study of the America Reads Challenge as it was implemented at Penn State University. Edmondson calls for educators to consider the political motivations in education policy, rather than buying into "what works," to effect change in literacy education. Learn the importance of considering the political, social, and historical aspects that are behind literacy ...

Prairie Town: Redefining Rural Life in the Age of Globalization (Critical Perspectives Series)
Jacqueline Edmondson

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2003

Prairie Town describes the contemporary rural condition and efforts to sustain rural life in one small Minnesota community at the turn of the 21st century. The book considers the rural literacies that circulate in this community as residents work to redefine their position within the context of globalization. Prairie Town's story offers us hope as we learn that neoliberalism is not inevitable, nor is the demise of rural America. Instead, we ...

Understanding and Applying Critical Policy Study: Reading Educators Advocating for Change
Jacqueline Edmondson

International Reading Association, 2004

Classroom teachers rarely express confidence in understanding literacy policies. During this time of increased attention to teacher quality and student achievement, however, it is important that you know how to understand the policies that influence your work, and, in turn, gain confidence in initiating policy change in the future. This book introduces critical policy study to help you understand how and why literacy is taught in particular ...