Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success!When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop...

A New York Times bestseller!Sunnie Reads’ Inaugural Book Club Pick—Sunnie Select!Five starred reviews!Beth March’s sisters will stop at nothing to track down her killer—until they begin to suspect each other—in this “brilliantly snappy…electrifying” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) debut thriller that’s also a bold, contemporary reimagining of the beloved classic Little Women.When...

The provenance of artworks is a burning issue in current scholarship and politics. Transpose provenance into architecture and it reveals new and surprising dimensions in the social, material and cultural lives of buildings and architectural artefacts, reframing questions of migration, movement and circulation. Provenance in architecture illuminates the intricate trajectories of fundamentally composite objects from their complex origins to their uncertain destinations.This dictionar...

El auge de las redes sociales y la presencia constante en línea está cambiando la naturaleza del compromiso cívico y la participación política en los sectores más jóvenes de la población. Los principales desafíos a los que, hoy en día, se enfrentan las sociedades -desde la desigualdad y el racismo sistémico hasta el cambio climático-, no pueden resolverse con el conjunto de herramientas de antaño. Cómo resolver problemas públicos de Beth Simone Noveck nos enseña cómo debemos aprovechar la ...

Collaborative democracy-government with the people-is a new vision of governance in the digital age. Wiki Government explains how to translate the vision into reality. Beth Simone Noveck draws on her experience in creating Peer-to-Patent, the federal government's first social networking initiative, to show how technology can connect the expertise of the many to the power of the few. In the process, she reveals what it takes to innovate in government.Launched in 2007, Peer-t...

A haunting and seductive tale of a young career woman who slides quickly into the role of stepmother, in a life that may still belong to someone else. “Vivid, addictive, and crackling with life (yes, even the ghost), House of Beth asks us to consider how and why we make the lives we make” (Lynn Steger Strong).After a heart-wrenching breakup with her girlfriend and a shocking incident at her job, Cassie flees her life as an overworked assistant in New York ...

How to take advantage of technology, data, and the collective wisdom in our communities to design powerful solutions to contemporary problemsThe challenges societies face today, from inequality to climate change to systemic racism, cannot be solved with yesterday’s toolkit. Solving Public Problems shows how readers can take advantage of digital technology, data, and the collective wisdom of our communities to design and deliver powerful solutions to contem...

A New York Times bestseller!Sunnie Reads’ Inaugural Book Club Pick—Sunnie Select!Five starred reviews!Beth March’s sisters will stop at nothing to track down her killer—until they begin to suspect each other—in this “brilliantly snappy…electrifying” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) debut thriller that’s also a bold, contemporary reimagining of the beloved classic Little Women.When...

When you hear of claw machines, what do you picture?In this anthology, claw machines aren't just beacons for lost dollars and frustration, filled with cheap toys that rarely make it home with us. The claw machine is a game, a curse, a tool, even a drug-induced metaphor. It gives omens of death, portals to other dimensions, plushies that aren't what they seem, eggs filled with things you'd never imagine, and so much more.Claw Machine is a collection of stor...

Sucht Euch einen gemütlichen Ort, holt Euch ein feines Getränk und lehnt Euch mit diesem Buch zurück, um alte Freunde und Bekannte wiederzutreffen. Diese Anthologie ist eine Art Geschenk – ein Jubiläumsgeschenk an Euch, liebe Lesende, die Ihr uns schon so lange begleitet. Ein Geschenk an alle neuen Leser und Leserinnen, die uns vielleicht durch diese Geschichtensammlung entdecken. Eine Anthologie mit Geschichten zum Wohlfühlen. Mysteriöse, spannende, lustige, romantische und (be-)sinnliche...

A Prequel to 'Bought By The Billionaire'To Love and be Loved... Is that the Same as Being in Love?Must We Always Be What Others Expect Of Us?What is the purpose of our lives?Must we always put others first, at the expense of our own happiness?Beth has dreams of her own, but to achieve them, she must overcome the prejudice and assumptions of those who say they love her.Does she have ...

New Media and Digital Pedagogy: Enhancing the Twenty-First-Century Classroom addresses the influence of new media on instruction, higher education, and pedagogy. The contributors specifically examine the practical and theoretical implications of new media and the influence of new media on education. This book emphasizes the changing landscape of education and technology and creates a foundational lens and framework for thinking through and navigating higher education in a digital and new m...