November 2023
This month featuring books on Getting Ready for College from Amazon & Education beyond the Classroom From Temple University Press
Author: Frank Bruni
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1455532681
In Where You Go is Not Who You'll Be, Frank Bruni explains why this mindset is wrong. As a bestselling author and a columnist for the New York Times, he shows that the Ivy League has no monopoly on corner offices, governors’ mansions, or the most prestigious academic and scientific grants. Through statistics, surveys, and the stories of hugely successful people, he demonstrates that many kinds of colleges serve as ideal springboards. What matters in the end are students’ efforts in and out of the classroom, not the name on their diploma.
Author: Jeffrey Selingo
Publisher: Scribner
ISBN-13: 978-1982116293
While many have long believed that admissions is merit-based, rewarding the best students, Who Gets In and Why shows that “who gets in” is frequently more about the college’s agenda than the applicant. In a world where thousands of equally qualified students vie for a fixed number of spots at elite institutions, admissions officers often make split-second decisions based on a variety of factors—like diversity, money, and, ultimately, whether a student will enroll if accepted. This volume guides prospective students on how to assess their strengths and match with the schools that will best serve their interests.
Author: Ethan Sawyer
Publisher: Sourcebooks
ISBN-13: 978-1492678830
Discover the key to capturing the attention of top-tier colleges with strategic insights, insider tips, and proven techniques. With expert guidance, you’ll navigate the intricate college admissions landscape, ensuring you masterfully craft an application that reflects who you are and what matters to you. You can take control of your college admission process, and you can do it in a way that’s as effective as it is empowering. From describing your extracurriculars to interviews with admission officers, it comes down to two questions: What matters most to you? How does it manifest in your life?
Authors: Mr. Joshua Platt and Mr. Jacob Chiofalo
Publisher: Kicking Apps Press
ISBN-13: 978-0692999646
Submitting a compelling application to the college of your dreams doesn’t happen overnight. Using this book will help students to Kick Apps and Make a Name for themselves along the way. Many books written about college admission focus on the application itself. While there is an entire section of this book dedicated to that aspect of the process, there is also a large portion dedicated to setting yourself up for success through all four years of high school. In addition, the workbook style format allows students to use the embedded tables to plan their strategy.
Author: John Buell
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1592132188
According to John Buell, the importance of play is culturally underappreciated. Not only grade schoolers, but high school students and adult workers deserve time for the kind of leisure that fosters creativity and sustains a lifelong interest in learning. Homework is assigned for many reasons, many having little to do with learning, including a belief that it fosters good work habits for children’s futures. As John Buell argues convincingly, homework does more to obstruct the growth of children’s minds, and consumes the time of parents and children who may otherwise develop relationships that foster true growth and learning.
Author: Stephen Greenspan
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1439908976
Elements of Discipline is a timely and helpful book for teachers, parents, and day-care professionals that provides a simple set of rules for managing-successfully and humanely- a wide range of discipline situations and challenges. A well-respected child development specialist, Stephen Greenspan outlines his “ABC Theory of Discipline.” He combines an Affective approach, a Behavioral approach, and a Cognitive approach that, when in a coordinated fashion, will contribute to greater child compliance and family/classroom harmony. He recommends caregivers pick and choose from the discipline literature in a manner that best suits their individual style and values.
Author: Joan Lombardi
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1592130092
Joan Lombardi, one of America’s foremost experts on child care, shows how our current system is not meeting the needs of America’s families and describes a vision for redesigning this system to promote healthy child and youth development. Both as an expert and as a parent, the author guides the reader through the problems that face the current child care system and outlines the possible solutions. Drawing on the most recent innovations from across the country, she offers fresh ideas for improving the quality and availability of child care, both for young children and those in after school programs.
Editors: Randy Stoecker and Elizabeth Tryon
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN-13: 9781592139958
Service learning has become an institutionalized practice in higher education. Students are sent out to disadvantaged communities to paint, tutor, feed, and help organize communities. But while the students gain from their experiences, “Does the community?” This volume explores the impact of service learning on a community and considers the unequal relationship between the community and the academy. Challenging assumptions about the effectiveness of service learning, this book offers ways to improve service learning so that future endeavors can be better at meeting the needs of the communities and the students who work in them.