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Harvard Schmarvard

Author : Jay Mathews
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 030755659X
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Harvard Schmarvard written by Jay Mathews and published by Crown. This book was released on 2009-04-23 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smarten Up—It's Time to Choose the Right College Think that your life's growth, success, and happiness depend on which college you attend? The higher-profile school, the better, right? Wrong! Neither is true. Written by, yes, a Harvard grad, Harvard Schmarvard rebuts the perception that image is everything when it comes to college and emphasizes this simple fact: What you will be measured by in life is your talent and energy, not your college's name. Packed with practical information and insider tips, this must-have guide will help you determine which school fits you. Inside, you'll find: ·How to survive the application process without losing your sanity or sense of humor ·Tips on writing essays, visiting campuses, and keeping cool during your college interviews ·The truth about search letter scams and the early admissions game ·Plus loads of other invaluable insight! So take a deep breath and exhale your worries and fears. Let Harvard Schmarvard debunk the myths, expose you to the truth, and clear your mind so you can weigh what's really important.

The College Admissions Mystique

Author : Bill Mayher
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780374525132
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (251 download)

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Download or read book The College Admissions Mystique written by Bill Mayher and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1998-01-30 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the broad picture of college admissions and how it fits into contemporary American culture; features an annotated timeline that provides an overview of the admissions year; and presents specific cases and strategies for choosing and applying to colleges.

All the Dead Yale Men

Author : Craig Nova
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1619022192
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book All the Dead Yale Men written by Craig Nova and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1982 to wide acclaim, The Good Son remains Craig Nova's undisputed masterpiece. This classic explored the complicated entanglements of fathers and sons —expressed in the story of nouvue–riche father Pop Mackinnon, who used his wealth to manipulate his son Chip into the 'right' kind of marriage upon the young man's return from World War II. Chip eventually gave up the love of his life and married to secure his future – and what were the consequences of that decision? All the Dead Yale Men answers that question in telling the story of Frank Mackinnon, son of Chip, a prosecutor in Boston with a happy marriage and a daughter set to follow his footsteps into law school. Chip's death throws Frank into his family's legacy, where he must contend with the inheritance of the Mackinnon's beloved land and a bevy of secrets that dates back three generations. And when Frank's daughter Pia falls under the sway of local bad boy Aurlon Miller, his grief over his father's death triggers the family legacy of social standing and manipulation to begin anew, leading Frank to the darkest edges of what a father will do to protect the ones he loves. All the Dead Yale Men examines the end of an era, how privilege and inheritance often crumble in the face of the modern world, a story enriched by the setting and mythology of Boston and its surroundings. The novel not only moves the Mackinnon's story forward but will recast historical elements of the classic novel as well, heralding the arrival of a new American classic.

College Planning for Gifted Students

Author : Sandra L. Berger
Publisher : PRUFROCK PRESS INC.
ISBN 13 : 1593631812
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book College Planning for Gifted Students written by Sandra L. Berger and published by PRUFROCK PRESS INC.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: College Planning for Gifted Students: Choosing and Getting Into the Right College is a must-have for any gifted or advanced learner planning to attend college. Sandra Berger, a nationally recognized expert on college and career planning for gifted students, provides a hands-on, practical guide to college planning in this revised volume of the best-selling College Planning for Gifted Students book. Berger focuses specifically on helping gifted students discover who they are, and how that discovery corresponds to finding the perfect postsecondary endeavor. The author also provides useful, practical advice for: writing college application essays, requesting recommendation letters, visiting colleges, and acing the college entrance interview. Book jacket.

Like, Whatever

Author : Rebecca R. Kahlenberg
Publisher : Capital Books
ISBN 13 : 9781933102474
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Like, Whatever written by Rebecca R. Kahlenberg and published by Capital Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sane, savvy, and practical advice for parents on challenges they face with their teens, including sex, driving, risky behaviors, discipline, money, health, athletics, faith, travel, college admissions, single and blended families, and more

Investing in College

Author : Malcolm Getz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780674024649
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (246 download)

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Download or read book Investing in College written by Malcolm Getz and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: College education is one of the most important investments a family will make. But between the viewbooks, websites, insider gossip, and magazine rankings, students and their worried parents face a dizzying array of options. What do the rankings really mean? Is it wise to choose the most prestigious school a student can get into? What are the payoffs of higher education, and, by the way, how do we pay for them? In a unique approach to these conundrums, an economist and award-winning teacher walks readers through the opportunities, risks, and rewards of heading off to college. Warning against the pitfalls of numerical rankings, Malcolm Getz poses questions to guide a student toward not necessarily the best college but the right one. Famous professors suggest quality--but do they teach undergraduates? Are smaller classes always better? When is a state university the best deal around? In a concise overview of decades of research, Getz reviews findings on the long-term returns of college education in different careers, from law to engineering, from nursing to financial management. Sorting through personal, professional, and institutional variables, he helps families determine when paying $40,000 a year might make sense, and when it merely buys an expensive rear window decal. He breaks down the formidable admissions game into strategies to improve the odds of acceptance, and he offers tips on tax breaks, subsidized loans, federal grants, 529 accounts, merit scholarships, and much more. Shrewd and sensible, Investing in College is an invaluable resource and a beacon of sanity for college-bound students and the families who support them.

A Taint in the Blood

Author : Dana Stabenow
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 1429909188
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book A Taint in the Blood written by Dana Stabenow and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this spell-binding novel, A Taint in the Blood, Kate's confrontation with thirty years of secrets and regret-and murder-in one of Alaska's most powerful families shows award-winning crime writer Dana Stabenow at the top of her game. Thirty-one years ago in Anchorage, Alaska, Victoria Pilz Bannister Muravieff was convicted of murdering her seventeen-year-old son William. The jury returned a quick verdict of guilty, believing the prosecutor's claims that she had set fire to her own home with both her sons inside; William died and the other, Oliver, narrowly escaped. Victoria was sentenced to life in prison without parole, and though she pled not guilty at the trial, she never again denied her guilt. Now her daughter, Charlotte Muravieff, has hired Kate Shugak to clear her mother's name. Her daughter has always believed in her innocence, and now that Victoria has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, Charlotte wants her free. Kate is the only p.i. Charlotte can find who's willing to take such a long-shot case. Kate, on the other hand, is only willing because she's suddenly a single parent to a teenager, a teenager she hopes will decide to go to college. Besides, it can't be bad to do a favor for the Bannister family, one of the wealthiest and most prominent families in Alaska's short history. As Kate begins an investigation, Victoria protests, refusing to cooperate. But soon it seems she isn't the only one who wants to leave the past in the past.

Waiting for ''Superman''

Author : Karl Weber
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1459606299
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Waiting for ''Superman'' written by Karl Weber and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-10-25 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American public education system is in crisis. Millions of students attend """"failure factories"""" that produce more drop-outs than graduates; millions more attend """"nice"""" schools that mask mediocre achievement. The U.S.'s reading and math scores stagnate and even fall behind, while other countries continue to advance. But many are working to reinvent this system. The film Waiting for Superman, directed by An Inconvenient Truth's Davis Guggenheim, chronicles these efforts through the interlocking stories of a handful of students and families searching for alternatives, and of reformers proving that all kids can learn. Expanding on the film's arguments, the book Waiting for Superman explores politically charged topics through a series of essays by thinkers at the leading edge of educational innovation. It shows how failing schools destroy neighborhoods - not the reverse - and how research reveals that dedicated, attentive teachers are what help at-risk kids succeed. With candor, poignancy, and hope, this book encourages those inspired by the film to join the battle to save American education and our children's future.

Homeschooling

Author : Martine Millman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440632316
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Homeschooling written by Martine Millman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-08-14 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This intimate, eminently practical memoir of a successful homeschooled family of six children illuminates today’s most exciting choice in education, and shows how it works from cradle to college. What is it that homeschoolers do that the public schools can’t or won’t? There are at least as many answers as there are studies. But nothing can capture the homeschooling experience in all its richness like the story of a real family that homeschools its children in middleclass America. Homeschooling: A Family’s Journey is the perfect book for those millions of Americans who may know someone who homeschools, who may have read about it, thought about it, and wondered whether homeschooling is right for them. Sharing the concerns of committed parents everywhere, authors Gregory and Martine Millman are consistently practical, informed, caring, and no-nonsense in their approach. They pay special attention to homeschooling and college, the economics of home-learning, and how a parent can really handle a child’s full education. Homeschooling opens a window on an exciting, important way of education—and, even more, a way of life—that can make all the difference in your family’s world.

Waiting for ""SUPERMAN""

Author : Participant Media
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1586489283
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Waiting for ""SUPERMAN"" written by Participant Media and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each book includes a 15 gift card from DonorsChoose.org to give to a classroom in need. The American public school system is in crisis, failing millions of students, producing as many drop-outs as graduates, and threatening our economic future. By 2020, the United States will have 123 million high-skill jobs to fill—and fewer than 50 million Americans qualified to fill them. Educators, parents, political leaders, business people, and concerned citizens are determined to save our educational system. Waiting for "Superman" offers powerful insights from some of those at the leading edge of educational innovation, including Bill and Melinda Gates, Michelle Rhee, Geoffrey Canada, and more. Waiting for "Superman" is an inspiring call for reform and includes special chapters that provide resources, ideas, and hands-on suggestions for improving the schools in your own community as well as throughout the nation. For parents, teachers, and concerned citizens alike, Waiting for "Superman" is an essential guide to the issues, challenges, and opportunities facing America’s schools.

Tackling College Admissions

Author : Cheryl Paradis
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1461731437
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Tackling College Admissions written by Cheryl Paradis and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2008-05-13 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year millions of parents shepherd their teens through the arduous college admissions process. They are bombarded with too much information and with destructive and pervasive college admissions myths. Tackling College Admissions: Sanity + Strategy = Success by Cheryl Paradis and Faren R. Siminoff provides just what the college admissions doctor needs: sanity, perspective, and common sense. The racecourse to college admissions is littered with obstacles—some anticipated, some unexpected. However, with knowledge and a little humor, virtually all teens can cross the finish line into that good-fit college. Paradis and Siminoff offer a simple, two-part approach to college admissions. Part I shows parents how to become effective coaches through employing self and teen assessment and discarding the college myths. Part II takes parents through the ins-and-outs of the college admissions process, alerting them to potential hurdles and teaching them effective, easy-to-implement strategies to overcome these.

The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting

Author : Dan Doyle
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1626365083
Total Pages : 525 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting written by Dan Doyle and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a decade, former basketball coach Dan Doyle has been traveling the country, speaking to student-athletes and their parents about their involvement in and dedication to every sport imaginable. As founder and executive director of the Institute of International Sport at the University of Rhode Island, Doyle has attended his fair share of sporting events and has heard countless stories about confrontations taking place on and off the court between coaches, players, parents, and even fans. As the years passed, Doyle gathered everything he’d learned and heard and joined forces with Deborah Doermann Burch, a former schoolteacher and parenting expert, to write The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting. Together, they surveyed more than 500 successful sports figures to gain additional insight into what parents can do to guide their children through the competitive, sometimes disheartening—though oftentimes rewarding—world of sports. In this book, parents will learn how to express themselves in various challenging situations, including learning that their children have been cut from teams; have become victims of team violence, hazing, or bullying; or are not receiving adequate and assumedly deserved playing time.

Slow Eddie

Author : Bruce J. Jones
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1450210082
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Slow Eddie written by Bruce J. Jones and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-03-25 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SLOW EDDIE is a story of friendship, race, class, love and loss that unfolds on Cape Cod. Eddie, a bike-riding school teacher, is friends with Harvard classmates Chip and Jamie, respectively a patrician lawyer and smart-mouthed Jewish doctor. Jules is Chip's wife, Jamie's nurse, and Eddie's fantasy. Supporting characters include Eddie's twin cousins, formerly incarcerated and now custodians at his school, as well as teaching colleagues Nettie, a "Reverse Freedom Rider" from the South, and Taylor, a privileged expatriate of Grosse Point, Michigan. Eddie's favorite is Perry, a promising Cape Verdean student and athlete.

College and University Education in the United States

Author :
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428966692
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book College and University Education in the United States written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Transforming a College

Author : George Keller
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421414473
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Transforming a College written by George Keller and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description: Forty years ago, North Carolina's Elon College was struggling to attract students and remain solvent. Today Elon has emerged as one of America's most desirable colleges. How did this transformation happen? What can other colleges and universities learn from Elon's remarkable turnaround? Taking a new approach to the study of higher education, George Keller examines the decisions made by Elon's administration, trustees, and faculty to transform a school with a limited endowment into a top regional university. Using Elon as a case study, Keller sheds light on high-stakes competition among America's colleges and universities -- where losers face contraction or closure and winners gain money, talented students, and top faculty.

Keeping College Within Reach

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Keeping College Within Reach written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Improving Student Achievement

Author : Lewis C. Solmon
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1607527812
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Improving Student Achievement written by Lewis C. Solmon and published by IAP. This book was released on 2006-04-01 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improving Student Achievement: Reforms that Work expands on the first volume in the Milken Family Foundation series on education policy, Talented Teachers: The Essential Force for Improving Student Achievement. The series explains to policymakers, parents, business leaders, and teachers the importance of teacher quality in increasing student achievement. This volume is based primarily on the proceedings from the 2004 Milken National Education Conference (NEC), which was held in Washington, D.C., in May 2004.