Career School

Meet Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, once just a girl growing up in The Bronx, New York, with her brother and Puerto Rican-born parents. From a young age, her mother emphasized the value of education. Sonia would eventually graduate summa cum laude from Princeton University, receive a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School, and later begin working as an assistant district attorney for New York County. Throughout her decades-long career, Sonia Sotomayor has been driven by her commitment to justice, inspiring young people to follow their dreams and strive to make them reality.

Indentured servant Alice Cole barely remembers when she was not “bound”, first to the Morton family, then to their daughter Nabby—her companion since childhood—when she wed. But Nabby’s new marriage is not happy, and when Alice finds herself torn between her new master and her old friend, she runs away to Boston. There she meets a sympathetic widow named Lyddie Berry and her lawyer companion, Eben Freeman. Stowing away on their ship to Satucket on Cape Cod, Alice finds employment making cloth with Lyddie. Yet Alice soon discovers freedom has a price higher than she imagined.

This audio reference book provides clear answers to commonly asked questions about the most pressing issues in education today. Standards and standardized tests, writing and student achievement, accountability systems, interventions for under-performing students, standards and the arts, motivation, leadership issues, plus many more topics are addressed in this handbook for educators.

Educational accountability is here to stay. Comprehensive educational accountability, if designed and implemented effectively, can be the one initiative that helps schools create sustained and meaningful reform.

In the three years since the publication of the first volume of 101 Questions & Answers about Standards, Assessment, and Accountability, Dr. Reeves and the Center for Performance Assessment have continued to receive and respond to real-world questions from teachers, school leaders, parents, students, and educational researchers.

Remember when talking about money was taboo? Times have changed and in our times, with so many radical and disruptive changes to the economy, the role of the entrepreneur now embedded at the centre of so much societal and technological change, and digital currencies changing the way we think about exchange, money has become a vital, insistent of conversation for everyone. All of us acknowledge it matters desperately; yet so few of us really understand it. There must be a better way and a better place to go to for this insight and here we have it.

Nowadays, smart teens are becoming millionaires at a record-breaking pace! Monetizing skills and passions for the younger generation has never been easier than now.

Vivir una vida con propósito es vivir al cien por cien. Es dirigirse a la excelencia. Este libro toma las enseñanzas de múltiples maestros y disciplinas para ofrecértelas en un lenguaje ameno y cercano.

El mundo se aceleró y se volvió incierto, complejo y volátil. Y fue este mundo disruptivo el que me reveló la fragilidad de las escuelas de negocios. Yo fui víctima de las incapacidades de esas escuelas. Después de haberme graduado de dos carreras, e incluso estar en proceso de estudiar un par de maestrías, no lograba que mi negocio despegara. Estuve metido en un "negocio pendejo" - como suelo llamarlo -, hasta que encontré la salida. Me tomó diez años desaprender fórmulas equivocadas de la vieja escuela.

Many of life's best lessons are not taught in school. This is especially true when it comes to financial literacy and becoming a millionaire. School teaches us the basics. It teaches us how to get a job and become productive citizens. But what if we want more? What if we want to become successful beyond our wildest dreams? We need more than the basics. We also need more than motivational quotes and memes. We need a blueprint and a solid game plan.

Whether you’re a recent graduate or entering the workforce for the first time, Can You Hear Me? Provides guidance and tools to succeed in the art of communication. With its practice advice and actionable insights, this audiobook is a must-listen for anyone who wants to communicate with confidence and clarity, so you can achieve your goals and reach your full potential.

When Orange County, Florida, began its Literacy Project in 1994, Kyle Gonzalez set out to instill the lifelong joy of reading into her at-risk middle school students. She and Janet Allen delved into research and studied classroom approaches. As they reflected on the results, they discovered effective strategies that turn nonreaders into the most avid bookworms.

ハーバード・ビジネス・スクール教授が教える、たった1つの図で圧倒的なパフォーマンスを引き出す戦略を考える技術、実効する技術！

The ultimate adulting guide for every teen and young adult – empower yourself with over 15 life skills today! Let’s face it, adulting is hard. While this might sound like a cliché, it does ring with truth. The moment your childhood years come to an end, you face a transitionary period of life – the teenage years – when you have to figure out where you fit. And in all this, you also need to struggle with the idea of living independently, preparing yourself for the life ahead.

Mighty Mommies and Their Amazing Jobs is an engaging and easy-to-listen-to rhyming audiobook that teaches children about various STEM/STEAM careers (science, technology, engineering, art, and math). This audiobook is packed with creative descriptions that will pique the interest of children.

Standards are the foundation of our educational systems today. Fairness, rigor, and high achievement for all students are the focus of standards-based schools. Yet the standards movement means nothing if it does not improve student achievement in the classroom. In this revised edition, Dr. Reeves provides step-by-step guidance on how to design and implement standards-based performance assessment to make improved teaching and learning a reality in the classroom.

Riley Jenkins es una consultora ambiciosa y trabajadora de veintinueve años que está acostumbrada a toda una vida de evaluaciones casi perfectas, hasta que recibe una terrible evaluación de desempeño de su jefe. ¿Cómo es eso posible cuando Riley hace todo lo que sus clientes quieren, incluso responde a sus correos electrónicos las 24 horas del día, los 7 días de la semana, más rápido de lo que esperan?

Pastor and social benefit fundraising expert Vance Roush delivers an in-depth, hands-on guide to raising money for your church or non-profit through both cash and non-cash donations.

It’s Career Day at the Brite Star School, and the class gets a visit from Brett’s parents. In What’s the Law?, Brett’s father, who is a lawyer, and Brett’s mother, who is a judge, help the class understand the basics of the court system.

Are you an educator who dreams of traveling, working, and living internationally? How do you expertly position yourself to get hired in an inspiring teaching or administrative job at the international school that is the right fit for you? Over 12,000 international schools worldwide have opportunities for you to lead or teach in any grade level or subject with amazing students.