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Schoolgirls: Young Women, Self Esteem, and the Confidence Gap

37 reviews
Peggy Orenstein

Anchor, 1995

Must read for all teachers, parents, and hopefully adolescents
I found out about this book because it was required reading for my teaching credential program. It is one of the most terrifying books I've ever read. Peggy Orenstein chronicles one academic year in the lives of several eighth grade girls in two Bay Area middle schools, with a focus on the ways in which they are discriminated against by each other, their male peers, and (worst of all) their ...

Big Stone Gap: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

180 reviews
Adriana Trigiani

Ballantine Books, 2001

From one ferriner to another...
Hook: An intriguing and heartwarming invite to a small mountain town in Virginia. There are so many wonderful characters in Adriana's first book in her series, you can't help but feel at home. In Big Stone Gap, you are invited in with ease and comfort, then given moments of laughter, action, and even tragedy. A must read for anyone living in Southwest Virginia, you will not want to put ...

Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty

4 reviews
Mark Winne

Beacon Press, 2008

A fresh and engaging perspective on food justice
Having read almost every book out there on food policy (and having written my own), I can safely say that Closing the Food Gap has something unique and important to offer. The author has been in the trenches and speaks from first-hand experience, which is rare to find among writers on this topic. Even though I am familiar with the many of book's issues, I thoroughly enjoyed the personal, ...

How Can I Get Through to You? Closing the Intimacy Gap Between Men and Women

26 reviews
Terrence Real

Scribner, 2002

A must read for therapists as well as couples
I read this book to get continuing eductaion credits for my social work license. It's completely changed how I look at the therapy process. It's also completely changed how I look at my marriage. It provides an effective, yet not impossibly complicated, roadmap through the dilemmas and no-win situations in which couples find themselves. It gave me insights into what I was doing wrong, and ...

Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers

89 reviews
Lois P. Frankel

Business Plus, 2004

HIGHLY recommended for every professional woman
I hadn't realized just how many things I was doing on a daily basis that were keeping me from acheiving my full potential at work. Some things in this book applied to me, others did not, but I have learned what I have been doing that is holding me back from moving forward at work and am working on changing those bad habits. A MUST READ for every professional woman.

Bridging the Gap: College Reading (with MyReadingLab) (9th Edition) (Smith Developmental Reading)

6 reviews
Brenda D. Smith

Longman, 2007

Bridging the Gap: College Reading (8th Edition)
It is great. It is really helping me in my classes. I am glad I got it.

Getting in the Gap: Making Conscious Contact with God Through Meditation (Book with CD)

82 reviews
Wayne W. Dyer

Hay House, 2002

Getting in the Gap Revisited
I'd had this book and CD for a while and recently revisited it... Have you ever woken up from a dream and seem to still be in the dream - then as the day goes by sometimes you get a glimmer of the dream? Well, I found that by practicing the Japa meditation in this book that I could consciously go to the place where I could access the peace that I frequently experience in dreams. And yet, by ...

The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don't Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children ...
Tony Wagner

Basic Books, 2008

Despite the best efforts of educators, our nation’s schools are dangerously obsolete. Instead of teaching students to be critical thinkers and problem-solvers, we are asking them to memorize facts for multiple choice tests. This problem isn’t limited to low-income school districts: even our top schools aren’t teaching or testing the skills that matter most in the global knowledge economy. Our teens leave school equipped to work ...

The Knowing-Doing Gap: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge into Action

32 reviews
Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I. Sutton

Harvard Business School Press, 2000

Overcoming Inertia - Uniting New Knowledge with Action
Two stellar professors use their experience and research to address the problem of organizational inertia in spite of our wide-spread and prevailing knowledge. The premise is that a gap exists between our knowledge and the application of that knowledge in business... and that it can be closed. It cites that every year 1,700 business books are published, 60 billion dollars spent on training, ...

The Brand Gap: Expanded Edition

16 reviews
Marty Neumeier

Peachpit Press, 2005

Get it.
Do you need something to help persuade or educate your executive team on the value of branding? This is it. Simple and to the point.

Bridging the Generation Gap: How to Get Radio Babies, Boomers, Gen Xers, And Gen Yers to Work Together And ...

1 review
Linda Gravett, Robin Throckmorton

Career Press, 2007

Don't Manage Without This
Bridging the Generation Gap: How to Get Radio Babies, Boomers, Gen Xers, And Gen Yers to Work Together And Achieve More is an excellent resource for managers who work with every generation in their workplace. It's a good reminder of the differences and similarities the generations have and how the workplace can be more enjoyable once the generations are understood. Academic admission offices ...

Home to Big Stone Gap: A Novel

33 reviews
Adriana Trigiani

Ballantine Books, 2007

Heart Warming
I loved this whole series!!! It is too bad that the first book Big Stone Gap and the third book (which is the best in my opinion) are not available for download. The story of Ave Marie is very heart warming and makes me yearn for my little hometown in the hills of West Virginia. It is what small town life is all about. If you have not experienced small town life, read these books!!! I loved ...

Using Data to Close the Achievement Gap: How to Measure Equity in Our Schools

2 reviews
Ruth S. Johnson

Corwin Press, 2002

Using Data to Close the Achievement Gap: How to Measure the Equity in Our Schools
This book is a step by step recipe book for using data in your schools. It also answers the who, what, when, where, and how. The book is not a complicated read and it is an excellent book for a book study with the entire staff.This book will help staffs to understand how data can help to improve the climate and culture in a school, instruction and the academic outcome of all students.

The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom

14 reviews
James W. Stigler, James Hiebert

Free Press, 1999

Do The Easy Things First!
American middle-school and high-school pupils continually lag their peers in other developed countries - especially in mathematics - despite years of decreasing class size, building ornate new structures, "new" math, etc. However, these efforts are bound to fail if what goes on inside the classrooms is poorly structured. The "bad news" is that we are often blind to the most familiar aspects ...

Foxfire 4 (Foxfire)

2 reviews
Inc. Foxfire Fund

Anchor, 1977

We owe so much for the preservation of our culture.
Being a native of rural Appalachia, we owe so much to Mr. Wiggington for the preservation of our culture. No other, in my knowledge has done so much. The entire seires of Foxfire books is a tribute to the plain, industrious, pragmatic, proud mountain ways that I so fondly recall from my childhood. Whether you are doing research, or simply trying to remember how granddaddy did it, these ...

How to Say It to Seniors: Closing the Communication Gap with Our Elders

16 reviews
David Solie

Prentice Hall Press, 2004

How To Say It to Seniors is a book for everyone
David Solie was a speaker at a conference I attended this spring. Along with getting to hear him speak, I obtained a copy of his book, "How to Say it to Seniors". I went home and tried some of these strategies with my mother and the results were astounding. The book was easy to read and understand as Mr. Solie uses entertaining stories to illustrate his message. I have now purchased 5 ...

Unfinished Business: Closing the Racial Achievement Gap in Our Schools

1 review

Jossey-Bass, 2008

Unique in its own diversity
An excellent book, unique in its own diversity. The "Book Description" and "Inside Flap" above give a good description of how this book is about the science of the research and organizing of the Berkeley High School Diversity Project, I just wanted to add a little about how the telling of the book itself expresses an understanding of diversity. To me, the book is about the importance of ...

Bridging the Gap Between College and Law School: Strategies for Success

1 review
Ruta K. Stropus, Charlotte D. Taylor

Carolina Academic Press, 2001

Offers more than just Advice
Stropus and Taylor's _Bridging the Gap Between College and Law School: Strategies for Success_ offers far more than just advice on test preparation, notetaking, and case briefing. Though the most popular -- and responsible -- advice to the incoming "1L" is not to worry about law school the summer preceding, it is a rare law student that does not. For those that insist on preparing in some way (as ...

Milk Glass Moon: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

50 reviews
Adriana Trigiani

Ballantine Books, 2003

Fabulous author, great stories.
Trigiani's books are full of genuine characters, each one unique; and she shows great insight into human relationships. Each one is a joy to read.

Class And Schools: Using Social, Economic, And Educational Reform To Close The Black-white Achievement Gap

5 reviews
Richard Rothstein

Teachers College Press, 2004

Must reading on the topic of the black-white achievement gap
"Class and Schools" is a perceptive study of what we can - and cannot - expect public schools to do on their own to narrow the black-white achievement gap. Rothstein is particularly astute in his descriptions of the subtle cognigitive and psychological skills that middle class students bring to school and how these skills serve them well, particularly in the upper grades. He also offers a ...

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