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Turning Back the Tide of Illiteracy -- by Marguerite Hoerl (Author) (Book)
"We all want the best for our children. Don't we? How, then, do we find ourselves in a nation with a large and growing population of functional illiterates? Why is such a huge proportion of youths in...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Ethnicities: Children of Immigrants in America -- by Ruben G. Rumbaut, Alejandro Portes (Authors) (Book)
"The new immigration to the United States is unprecedented in its diversity of color, class, and cultural origins. Over the past few decades, the racial and ethnic composition and stratification of...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Discrimination Law -- by Sandra Fredman (Author) (Book)
"Sandra Fredman provides an introduction to discrimination law which is accessible, yet challenging and thought provoking. The concepts of equality and discrimination are elucidated by relating the...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Project Self Discovery: Artistic Alternatives for High Risk Youth -- by Kenneth Wanberg, Harvey Milkman, Cleo Robinson (Authors) (Book - Parent)
"This book provides a comprehensive description of Projects Self Discovery (PSD), a national demonstration model, that uses artistic alternatives as a vehicle for transforming the lives of high-risk...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl -- by Anne Frank (Author) (Book - Child)
"Born in 1929, Anne Frank received a blank diary on her 13th birthday, just weeks before she and her family went into hiding in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. Her marvelously detailed, engagingly personal...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Home Education: Rights and Reasons -- by John Whitehead, Alexis Crow (Authors) (Book - Parent)
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Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Unbank the Fire: Visions for the Education of African American Children -- by Janice Hale (Author) (Book)
"In her highly acclaimed work Black Children, Janice Hale argued that the difficulties many African American children have in school result from differences in learning style that are deeply rooted in...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
DePaul Family Center
(Program)
DePaul Family Center provides a wide array of services for children, youth, families and adults.
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Age groups: Infancy (<1), Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
So Far from the Bamboo Grove -- by Yoko Watkins (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "Though Japanese, eleven-year-old Yoko has lived with her family in northern Korea near the border with China all her life. But when the Second World War comes to an end,...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Families of Value: Gay and Lesbian Parents and Their Children Speak Out -- by Jane Drucker (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
"Drawing upon stories by and about nearly two dozen families in which gay fathers and lesbian mothers are raising children in a wide variety of settings and styles, the author defines the meaning of...
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Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)