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  The Great School Rethink

  Frederick M. Hess

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  In The Great School Rethink, education policy sentinel Frederick M. Hess offers a pithy and perceptive appraisal of American schooling and finds, in the uncertain period following pandemic disruption, an ideal moment to reimagine US education. Now is the time, he asserts, to ask hard questions about how schools use time and talent, how they work with parents, what they do with digital tools, and how they meet the needs of their communities. 
   
   
   
  As Hess explains, to rethink is to acknowledge the realities of the education system while opening one's mind to possibility. With characteristic verve and wit, Hess guides listeners through his rethink process, a versatile and easily implemented approach to identifying issues and brainstorming possible responses. He encourages listeners to explore what improvements might alleviate current pressures and frustrations, such as teacher shortages and burnout, declining student performance, and compromised learning time. Whether their goal is to achieve better student engagement, increase parent involvement, or implement personalized learning, listeners will develop the mindset to ask the right questions, to fully understand the problem that's being solved, and to evaluate the probable effectiveness of proposed solutions.

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  The Unindexed Mind Footnotes...

  Tory Handcock

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  The Unindexed Mind: Footnotes from the Storm is the follow-up to the original chaos—part journal, part philosophy, part stand-up set written in the eye of a hurricane. This isn't self-help. It's self-interrogation. These are rants, reflections, and stories collected from the trenches of working-class America and the cluttered corners of a mind that refuses to be simplified. From conspiracy logic to retail breakdowns, from profound loneliness to sudden laughter in the face of it—this is not a polished manifesto. It's a footnote collection from a storm you didn't know you were in. If you're tired of curated wisdom and sanitized thinking, step inside. This book won't save you. But it might help you feel a little less insane.

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  Save the Planet

  Raphael Terra

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  This audiobook has been recorded using Text to speech (TTS). 
   
  Ever since the end of the Black Death in 1350 the human population has been growing continuously at an alarming rate and there is no sign of it stopping anytime soon. 
   
  The biggest increase has been in most recent times. From the 1950's onward and due largely to medical advancement and the increase in agricultural productivity, the rate of increase has been significant. This in itself should tell us something. That this is a modern problem created recently and we have no precedent, no history to work upon. We don't know exactly what is going to happen. We don't know if a super virus will come along again as it did in 1918 and kill millions of people. We don't know if we will eat ourselves into mass extinction. We don't know if the destruction of natural species such as bees will seal our fate. We don't know if an asteroid will wipe us out or even artificial intelligence. We do know that overpopulation, no matter which way you look at it, is not good. We do know that we are running out of fossil fuels, food supplies, methods of producing more and more power and space. 
   
  What does the future hold for a planet that is swarming in two-legged locusts hell bent on devouring every possible resource the Earth has to offer?

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  A Rare Recording of Poet Robert...

  Robert Frost

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  In 1961, poet Robert Frost was invited to read at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy. It would be the first by a poet for an inaugural ceremony. President-elect Kennedy asked Frost to recite the poem "The Gift Outright" unless the poet planned to write a poem especially for the occasion. Frost did, in fact, write a new poem for the day entitled "Dedication." However, when the time came to read, the wind and sun's glare made this impossible, though Frost made a valiant attempt. Instead, he reverted to "The Gift Outright," which he read by heart: 
   
  "The land was ours before we were the land’s. She was our land more than a hundred years, Before we were her people. She was ours In Massachusetts, in Virginia, But we were England’s, still colonials, Possessing what we still were unpossessed by, Possessed by what we now no more possessed. Something we were withholding made us weak, Until we found out that it was ourselves, We were withholding from our land of living, And forthwith found salvation in surrender. Such as we were we gave ourselves outright, (The deed of gift was many deeds of war), To the land vaguely realizing westward, But still unstoried, artless, unenhanced, Such as she was, such as she will become."

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  Timeless Learning - How...

  Ira Socol, Pam Moran, Chad Ratliff

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  Our homes, communities, and the world itself need the natural assets our children bring with them as learners, and which they often lose over time on the assembly line that pervades most of the public education system today. We see no actions as more important in school than developing, supporting, and reinforcing children's sense of agency, the value of their voices, and their potential to influence their own communities. 
   
   
   
  In Timeless Learning, an award-winning team of leaders, Chief Technology Officer Ira Socol, Superintendent Pam Moran, and Lab Schools Principal Chad Ratliff demonstrate how you can implement innovative practices that have shown remarkable success. The authors use progressive design principles to inform pathways to disrupt traditions of education today and show you how to make real innovations that will have a timeless and meaningful impact on students, keeping alive the natural curiosity and passion for learning with which children enter school. 
   
   
   
  ● Discover the power of project-based and student-designed learning 
   
   
   
  ● Find out what "maker learning" entails 
   
   
   
  ● Launch connected and interactive digital learning 
   
   
   
  ● Benefit from the authors' "opening up learning" space and time

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  Ancient Aliens in the Bible -...

  Various Ancient Writers, Tim...

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  What if the “Watchers” of Enoch were astronauts, not angels—altering Earth’s story before Genesis was even penned? 
  This rigorously edited volume presents the primary sources that fuel the ancient-astronaut debate, offering fresh, accessible translations and concise commentary to help you navigate their mysteries. 
  What You’ll Discover Inside: 
  •	1 Enoch – Book of the Watchers & Book of Parables – Sky-beings descend, teach metallurgy & magic, and face divine judgment. 
  •	The Book of Giants – Fragmentary Qumran scrolls revealing the hybrids’ own terrifying dreams. 
  •	2 Enoch & 3 Enoch – Enoch’s multi-layered space-time voyage and transformation into the archangel Metatron. 
  •	Jubilees & Genesis Apocryphon – Alternative flood narratives that re-explain Noah, the Ark, and cosmic war. 
  •	Testament of Amram – A patriarch’s encounter with radiant “Watchers” locked in interstellar conflict. 
  Whether you’re a Bible student, sci-fi dreamer, or truth-seeker, this collection lets you examine the raw passages—then draw your own other-worldly conclusions.

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