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Health Education: Elementary and Middle School Applications

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This state-of-the art health education methods book provides a broad introduction to successful school health programming to reduce health risks and promote school success. The text emphasizes the skills needed to teach health, while providing background information on key health topics. This practical approach prepared pre-service elementary and middle school teachers to provide quality health instruction. All the suggested teaching activities are aligned with the … More >>

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Achieving Accountability in Higher Education: Balancing Public, Academic, and Market Demands

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With contributions from leading experts in the field, this comprehensive and timely book presents the principles and guidelines for effective accountability for states, colleges, and universities. Achieving Accountability in Higher Education clarifies the concept of accountability for both public and private colleges and universities and explores its reaches and limits.  The book examines the most recent developments, offers current models for each of the major app… More >>

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DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education

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The price of college tuition has increased more than any other major good or service for the last twenty years. Nine out of ten American high school seniors aspire to go to college, yet the United States has fallen from world leader to only the tenth most educated nation. Almost half of college students don’t graduate; those who do have unprecedented levels of federal and private student loan debt, which constitutes a credit bubble similar to the mortgage crisis.The… More >>

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