Authors:Gail L Thompson, Greenwood,
Publisher: Information Age Publishing
Keywords: schooling, experiences, discuss, teens, american, african
Number of Pages: 204
Published: 2009-01-19
List price: $45.99
ISBN-10: 1607520672
ISBN-13: 9781607520672

For decades, researchers and policymakers have grappled with the issue of the underachievement of African American students. An age-old problem has been that these students on average lag behind their peers of other racial/ethnic groups in math, science, and reading. Recently, California, like some other states, has implemented a high-stakes standardized testing program that has revealed that when test scores are disaggregated along racial/ethnic lines, the scores of African American students continue to trail those of their peers. The study described in this book was undertaken in an effort t

Author: William Ellet
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Keywords: write, persuasively, cases, discuss, read, study, handbook, case
Number of Pages: 273
Published: 2007-03-19
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1422101584
ISBN-13: 9781422101582

If you’re enrolled in an executive education or MBA program, you’ve probably encountered a powerful learning tool: the business case. But if you’re like many people, you may find interpreting and writing about cases mystifying, challenging, or downright frustrating. In "The Case Study Handbook", William Ellet presents a potent new approach for analyzing, discussing, and writing about cases. Early chapters show how to classify cases according to the analytical task they require (solving a problem, making a decision, or forming an evaluation) and quickly establish a base of kno

Authors:Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen,
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Keywords: matters, discuss, conversations, difficult
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2010-11-02
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0143118447
ISBN-13: 9780143118442

The 10th-anniversary edition of the New York Times business bestseller-now updated with "Answers to Ten Questions People Ask" We attempt or avoid difficult conversations every day-whether dealing with an underperforming employee, disagreeing with a spouse, or negotiating with a client. From the Harvard Negotiation Project, the organization that brought you Getting to Yes, Difficult Conversations provides a step-by-step approach to having those tough conversations with less stress and more success. you’ll learn how to: • Decipher the underlying structure of every difficult conversati

Authors:Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen, Roger Fishe
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Keywords: matters, discuss, conversations, difficult
Number of Pages: 250
Published: 2000-04
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 014028852X
ISBN-13: 9780140288520

Members of the Harvard Negotiation Project--which brought you the mega-bestseller Getting to YES--show you how to handle your most difficult conversations with confidence and skill. Whether you’re dealing with an underperforming employee, disagreeing with your spouse about money or child-rearing, negotiating with a difficult client, or simply saying "no," or "I’m sorry," or "I love you," we attempt or avoid difficult conversations every day. Based on fifteen years of research at the Harvard Negotiation Project, Difficult Conversations walks you through a step-by-step proven approac

Author: Preston Jones
Publisher: IVP Books
Keywords: religion, science, naturalism, amp, christianity, discuss, rocker, god, irrelevant, professor, punk, belief
Number of Pages: 164
Published: 2006-06-08
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0830833773
ISBN-13: 9780830833771

About the Book A Likewise book. Greg Graffin is frontman, singer and songwriter for the punk band Bad Religion. He also happens to have a Ph.D. in zoology and wrote his dissertation on evolution, atheism and naturalism. Preston Jones is a history professor at a Christian college and a fan of Bad Religion’s music. One day, on a whim, Preston sent Greg an appreciative e-mail. That was the start of an extraordinary correspondence. For several months, Preston and Greg sent e-mails back and forth on big topics like God, religion, knowledge, evil, evolution, biology, destiny and the n

Author: Patti Davis
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant
Keywords: mothers, humorous, ultimately, relationships, complex, loving, discuss, leave, prominent, women, lives
Number of Pages: 236
Published: 2010-05-15
List price: $17.99
ISBN-10: 1458772225
ISBN-13: 9781458772220

THE LIVES OUR MOTHERS LEAVE US The title The Lives Our Mothers Leave Us encapsulates what this book by Patti Davis is about. No matter what a woman achieves in her life, no matter how old she gets or whether or not she herself becomes a mother, she is always and forever a daughter. The Women Whose Stories Are Included... Patti Davis Carolyn See Melissa Gilbert Anna Quindlen Rosanna Arquette Mary Kay Place Faye Wattleton Lily Tomlin Carnie Wilson Mariel Hemingway Candice Bergen Marg Helgenberger Lorna Luft Linda Bloodworth Thomason Anjelica Huston Ruby Dee Julianna Margulies Diahann Carroll Mar