Author: Caron Chandler Loveless
Publisher: Howard Books
Keywords: teachers, celebrate, wish, book, gift
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2008-06-03
List price: $12.99
ISBN-10: 1416551972
ISBN-13: 9781416551973

A new addition to the popular series -- it’s time to tell teachers just how valuable and appreciated they really are! Everyone knows that teachers are overworked and underpaid. Too often even the students they teach don’t understand the effort that is put into each class period. What If There Were No Teachers? uses illustrations on the order of Norman Rockwell to let teachers everywhere know that we couldn’t live without them.A beautifully illustrated poem reveals how sad life would be without teachers, and this uplifting book will be a gift that any teacher will cherish. Wit

Author: Caron Chandler Loveless
Publisher: Howard Books
Keywords: dreams, inspired, words
Number of Pages: 252
Published: 2000-06-01
List price: $9.99
ISBN-10: 1582291241
ISBN-13: 9781582291246

Take an adventure into the amazing lives of well-known people who were inspired to new dreams and new heights by a few wisely spoken words.

Authors:Heather Maxwell Chandler, Rafael Chandler,
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publisher
Keywords: development, game, fundamentals
Number of Pages: 550
Published: 2010-04-29
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 0763778958
ISBN-13: 9780763778958

Written by veterans who are currently working in the game industry, Fundamentals of Game Development is unique because it provides the practical aspects of the processes involved in developing and completing game projects. Using examples and exercises, this book provides a hands-on approach that walks the reader through the entire process of developing a game from concept to completion. Ideal for introductory game development and game production courses the book covers history, game genre, design, story-telling, character creation, pre-production, code release, career descriptions, and more.

Author: Tom Loveless
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Keywords: educational, reform, unions, teachers, missions, conflicting
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2000-05
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0815753039
ISBN-13: 9780815753032

As American citizens continue to express grave concern over the state of public education, debate rages over curricula and standards, the merits of choice and voucher programs, and the urgent need for safe schools. Parents, administrators, and school boards are visible participants in the reform debate. But one important institution-the teachers union-has received far too little study. This new volume provides a clear, balanced analysis of the role of teachers unions in encouraging, implementing, and/or stifling reform in U.S. schools. Conflicting Missions? examines the relationship between u

Author: Tom Loveless
Publisher: Brookings Inst Pr
Keywords: school, american, sections, achievement, culture, special, urban, learning, center, report, education, students, brown
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2002-01
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0815753020
ISBN-13: 9780815753025

Author: Tom Loveless
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Keywords: school, policy, meets, reform, wars, state, tracking
Number of Pages: 194
Published: 1999-07
List price: $20.95
ISBN-10: 0815753055
ISBN-13: 9780815753056

In the 1980s, a nationwide reform movement sprang up in the USA, in opposition to "tracking", the controversial practice of schools grouping students by ability and organizing curriculum by level of difficulty. Officials in two states, Massachusetts and California, adopted policies urging middle schools to reduce or abandon tracking. In this analysis, Tom Loveless describes how schools reacted to these recommendations and discusses why some schools went along with detracking while others bitterly resisted the reform. Loveless explains that the state policies were adopted without strict mandate

Author: Antony Loveless
Publisher: Crabtree Pub Co
Keywords: dangerous, jobs, world, pilots, helicopter, apache
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2009-08
List price: $26.60
ISBN-10: 0778750981
ISBN-13: 9780778750987