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A silent global emergency is threatening the future of education: by 2030, the world will need 44 million additional teachers. The Teacher Crisis offers an urgent, evidence-based, and hopeful roadmap to reverse this trend. Drawing on UNESCO data, case studies from around the world, and proven strategies, Dr. Shu Chen Hou explores why teachers are leaving, why recruitment is failing, and how we can build sustainable solutions.

Are you a parent or adult grappling with the multifaceted world of dyslexia? Do you feel overwhelmed trying to decode the best ways to support and navigate through this journey? Have you been on a rollercoaster ride of trials, tribulations, and confusion, feeling like you’re nowhere closer to understanding how to confidently tackle dyslexia? If you nodded “yes” to these questions, you aren’t alone. Dyslexia brings a plethora of challenges, but you don’t have to face this journey feeling defeated or confused.

REAL OR FAKE? WORLD TRAVELER: CHINA, INDIA, AND JAPAN is a card game in which players learn facts about the China, India, and Japan that a tour guide might tell a tourist, and other players have to tell whether that information is true or false. Players get points if correct, and when the game ends, the player with the most points wins.

Rooted in humorous stories distilled with bits of sagely honest advice, The Journey goes beyond the well-chronicled college admissions madness and cuts to the core of parental angst with concrete suggestions for preparing children for a competitive and rapidly changing world.

Why our current system of higher education is financially and morally unsustainable and how to address the crisis with the creative implementation of digital technologies. For too long, our system of higher education has been defined by scarcity: scarcity in enrollment, scarcity in instruction, and scarcity in credentials. In addition to failing students professionally, this system has exacerbated social injustice and socioeconomic stratification across the globe.

Are you overwhelmed by the sheer volume of neurobiology, pharmacology, and diagnostic criteria required for the PMHNP board certification? The transition from student to independent Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner is one of the most challenging hurdles in advanced nursing. The ANCC exam demands not just memorization, but high-level clinical judgment. This guide offers a structured, topic-by-topic mastery of the essential domains.

Surprising, entertaining, and illuminating, this is a must-listen for armchair travelers and word nerds. Our dictionaries are full of hidden histories, tales, and adventures from all over the world - if you know where to look.

This audio study guide for Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as the role of women and the importance of marriage, social hierarchy, and duplicity versus honesty. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

Introduce your young listeners to the fascinating world of air quality and environmental care with Welcome to Eddie’s World of Learning and Education! Environmental Eddie’s Let’s Talk Series: Air Pollution. This engaging STEM educational children’s book is perfect for kids aged 9-12 who are curious about the world around them and eager to make a positive impact.

Deepfake technology can create video evidence of just about anything: Hollywood superstar Margot Robbie in an orgy; Chinese president Xi Jinping declaring nuclear war; basketball legend Michael Jordan winning the World Cup. The only limit is the imagination. In a time where fake news and...

An essential guide for parents navigating the new frontier of hyper-connected kids. Today's teenagers spend about nine hours per day online. Parents of this ultra-connected generation struggle with decisions completely new to parenting: Should an eight-year-old be allowed to go on social media?...

The work of academics can matter and be influential on a public level, but the path to becoming a public intellectual, influential policy advisor, valued community resource, or go-to person on an issue is not one that most scholars are trained for. The Public Professor offers scholars ways to use their ideas, research, and knowledge to change the world.

This book is a unique inquiry into the history and the ongoing moral significance of mass communication as an idea and social form. Organized around narrative accounts of individuals and their communicative worlds, it strives to refigure mass communication as a concept, illuminate significant but overlooked rhetorical episodes in its history, and call listeners to reconsider their own engagements with it today.

To succeed in the global economy, students need to function as entrepreneurs: resourceful, flexible and creative. Researcher and Professor Yong Zhao unlocks the secrets to cultivating independent thinkers who are willing and able to create jobs and contribute positively to the globalized society. This book shows how teachers, administrators and even parents can understand the entrepreneurial spirit and harness it, foster student autonomy and leadership, champion inventive learners with necessary resources, and develop global partners and resources.

Peace isn’t found in the absence of storms — it’s found in your power to stand still in them. In a world that feels increasingly loud, anxious, and uncertain, Feel It. Heal It. Reframe It. is a lifeline for the soul. Through powerful storytelling, reflection, and faith-centered guidance, Dr. Jamila T. Davis offers a path toward emotional healing and spiritual balance in chaotic times. Drawing from her personal journey—from the pain of incarceration to the freedom of emotional wholeness—Dr. Davis introduces the Feel–Heal–Reframe™ Framework.

As language evolves faster than ever before, what is the future of 'correct' style? With wry cleverness and an uncanny intuition for the possibilities of Internet-age expressiveness, Favilla argues that rather than try to preserve the sanctity of the written language as laid out by Strunk and White, we should be concerned with the larger issues of clarity, flexibility, playfulness and political awareness. Her approach to the new rules - as practical as they are fun - will fascinate and delight believers and naysayers alike.

McEwen espouses the pleasure to be found in slowing down, both for the ease and comfort of the thing itself (taking time to go for a walk, to write down one's dreams, to read, to talk, to pray), and for its impact on creativity. There are chapters on walking, talking, drawing, dreaming, on "making space", on pausing/praying, on telling stories. World Enough and Time is aimed at the educated general listener, could be used as a creative primer, and will be of interest to creative-writing students and artists in every genre.

In a time of dire need, as climate change, conflict, and economic upheaval imperil our existence and our mental well-being deteriorates from not utilising our minds as God intended, Francis Keith Robins introduces a groundbreaking approach to saving humanity – reshaping our thought processes through mathematics. In his book, The Fourth Coming, Robins provides a detailed, step-by-step guide to unlocking our inherent mathematical potential. His vision is to create a society that is inclusive, equal, and peaceful – one that aligns with God’s desire for us.

Have you ever wanted to have a formal afternoon tea, but just weren't sure where to start? This easy-to-follow guide will show you how to host a prim and proper afternoon tea, just like the English have been enjoying for generations. If you have watched Downton Abbey and wanted to make afternoon tea part of your routine or even just wanted to host an afternoon tea for a special occasion, this is the book for you.

Have you ever wondered why the Mali Empire was so wealthy and well-known? Find your answer in our guide about the Mali Empire, and learn about its foundation and rise to fame under Mansa Musa. Within this audiobook, you’ll listen to the humble beginnings and hardships that befell Sundiata Keita as he founded the Mali Empire. His thrilling story leads into how the empire was structured and its early laws and customs.