It's widely recognised that self-regulated learners are more effective learners.The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) suggests that metacognition and self-regulation are among the most important practices a school can focus on, providing 'very high impact for very low cost, based on extensive evidence'(EEF, 2022). However, teachers and leaders are often unsure what these terms mean, or what they look like in practice.This resourceenables teachers and leaders to 'activate' pupils...

Implementing change is a complex undertaking, and most school improvement initiatives fail to meet their stated aims. But it doesn't have to be this way.Drawing on a decade of research and development in schools around the world, Dr James Mannion introduces the Making Change Stick programme, a groundbreaking approach to implementing sustainable school improvement.This practical guide draws together insights from implementation and improvement scien...

For the last eight years, James and Kate have been working together to design, implement and evaluate a whole-school, evidence-informed approach to teaching and learning known as Learning Skills. An eight-year study with the University of Cambridge revealed that Learning Skills led to significant gains in subject learning, with rapid gains among students from disadvantaged backgrounds. In this practical guide for teachers and school leaders, James and Kate reveal a recipe for success roote...

At last, you can grasp the most difficult concepts of thought!If you’ve always wanted to learn about philosophy but were too intimidated to get past the first word ending in “ism,” The Everything Philosophy Book provides simple explanations guaranteed to make philosophic ideas and concepts easy to understand.This entertaining book offers a broad overview of many diverse schools of thought—from antiquity up through the present day. In plain English,...

There are thousands of government jobs out there - Uncle Sam hires an average of 300,000 new employees each year!But if you're interested in a government job, you'll need more than a resume. The Everything Guide to Government Jobs is a comprehensive and unique guidebook to the ins and outs of finding one of hundreds of jobs in areas like:The newest government department: Homeland SecurityThe U.S. Postal ServiceSocial work and Family Servic...

Scanlan Grimes, the hero (after a fashion) of last year's novella, The Little Sistah, returns in the short story Doctor Nah, which bridges the gap between his debut adventure and its inevitable sequel. A search for a missing cat leads our hero to a vicious drug dealer who kills kitties for pleasure. There's plenty of noir humor, yet it's also a heartwarming holiday confection. Don't expect It's a Wonderful Life, however. It's never a wonderful life in the ghetto.Free!!! And short! ...

Scanlan Grimes is a fat, 50-year-old white man subsisting on Social Security Disability Insurance in the inner-city of Jersey City, New Jersey. Depressed and suicidal, he is pressed into service to help his salty old landlady (who, "back in the day," was a dynamic woman straight out of a blaxploitation movie) and a lovely young "little sistah," Beauty Hind (B. Hind for short). This wise-cracking recluse embarks on a quest to catch a killer and "get his groove back" in the process. Can a ca...

As the West appears to be on the verge of a new Cold War with Russia, Victor Roth, Interpol's expert on forgery and counterfeiting, is suffering with an outbreak of peace and quiet. Aching for action, he's given an assignment by his Director that only exacerbates his state - he's sent to deliver an address at a ceremony held in a packed Paris theatre. Without warning people begin to drop in their seats and die but it's only the beginning. As Paris is rocked by more terror Russia invades Uk...

Reporter Anya Horvat, who works at Clarice, a weekly women's magazine, has relationship problems with men. She is thirty-five years old, yet has never had a single relationship that lasted more than two months. This reality prompts her to consult the well-known and successful psychiatrist, Patricia Bellows, who is later found horribly murdered. Anya has never dealt with a murder investigation before, but when her boss literally forces her to take the assignment, she begins to uncover the m...

A former member of Saddam Hussein's Special Security Force arrives in Richmond, Virginia. Under the name of Ari Ciminon, he sets up house on the James River. The house was purchased for him by the U.S. Marshals Service, which is responsible for watching over him while he supplies intelligence to CENTCOM. Because he is fluent in Italian (as well as a host of other languages) he is presented to his new neighbors as an Italian of Arab descent. Ari learns on his first day that the previous occ...

When Special Agent Catherine Macgregor arrives home from work to find her front door ajar, deep concern immediately engulfs her. With her gun drawn she enters, her baby sitter is brutally murdered, and her nine-year-old daughter Abigail is missing - abducted.Banned from working on the case by her superior nothing will stop this mother from doing what-ever is within her power throughout many twists, and turns, as she attempts to track down her daughter alive before it's too late.

Hannah, a young Communist in Nazi Germany, leaves home to hide from the soldiers who want to kill her. In her efforts to find shelter, she meets two Jews who help her.Throughout Hannah's final hours, she falls in love, conquers fear, and discovers the truth behind death.