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Love border culture? This is your book.
A wonderful book full of the rich flavor of the U.S.-Mexican border.Different writers bring the reader to the border through different reports about the region.Excellent book for border culture lovers.Differentwriters, different flavors of border culture.

Excellent!
From El Planeta Platica journal - Subtitled "Reports from adidsappearing line," this book may be one of the best collection ofborder essays and insights. I've heard of the Cinco Puntos Press forseveral years, but never came across their publications until recently. Theeditors have wisely chosen to include some of the best writers from theregion instead of the usual hash of academics. Writers, such as MazAguilera-Hellweg, talk about cross-cultural childhoods. Debbie Nathaneloquently describes her city - El Paso - with free trade and cholera. Theever-present Gary Paul Nabhan documents his trek looking for night-bloomingcacti. When I wasn't laughing, I was crying. How often can you really saythat about a book? ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Encyclopedia of Education, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 837 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.This uniquely interdisciplinary resource covers legal, sociological, psychological, historical, and economic aspects of crime and justice worldwide. Entries cover civil and criminal issues, from domestic violence to terrorism. Entries cite pertinent legal cases as well as publications for further information. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1918.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1918.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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At a time when popular solutions to the educational plight of poor children of color are imposed from the outside-national standards, high-stakes tests, charismatic individual saviors-the acclaimed Algebra Project and its founder, Robert Moses, offer a vision of school reform based in the power of communities.

Begun in 1982, the Algebra Project is transforming math education in twenty-five cities. Founded on the belief that math-science literacy is a prerequisite for full citizenship in society, the Project works with entire communities-parents, teachers, and especially students-to create a culture of literacy around algebra, a crucial stepping-stone to college math and opportunity.

Telling the story of this remarkable program, Robert Moses draws on lessons from the 1960s Southern voter registration he famously helped organize: "Everyone said sharecroppers didn't want to vote. It wasn't until we got them demanding to vote that we got attention. Today, when kids are falling wholesale through the cracks, people say they don't want to learn. We have to get the kids themselves to demand what everyone says they don't want."

We see the Algebra Project organizing community by community. Older kids serve as coaches for younger students and build a self-sustained tradition of leadership. Teachers use innovative techniques. And we see the remarkable success stories of schools like the predominately poor Hart School in Bessemer, Alabama, which outscored the city's middle-class flagship school in just three years.

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Great Idea - Excellent Book
As part of a Master's program, I was given the option to read several books for a project and selected this one.I was not disappointed, and this book was probably the best one I read all summer.Robert Moses explains his role in the Civil Rights movement of the 60s and the Algebra Project movement of today with vivid detail.He makes his points clearly, and instead of simply describing the problems he presents solutions that are so logical you will want to get involved.For any educator or advocate, this book is a must read.

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A Radical Voice Speaks Up
"That's what we learned in Mississippi, that it is getting people at the bottom to make demands, on themselves first, then on the system, that leads to some of the most important changes.They have to find their voice."

Robert Moses is a brilliant mathematician, and a little bit of a seer, who sets himself the task of defining his life in terms that constitute a radical equation.

Moses relates his personal history in the movement that broke the back of segregation and Jim Crow in the South.He connects the young SNCC field secretaries, who, with guidance from the older local organizers like Amzie Moore and Fannie Lou Hamer helped black communities take charge of their own destinies.And, he demonstrates how economic factors have made math illiteracy the functional equivalent of political disenfranchisement that threatens future generations of black youth with a bondage no less frightening.

Moses' vision is profound rather than simple.Charles Cobb, Jr. does an artful job of helping Moses find a voice capable of uttering the insights of a lifetime of formidable accomplishment.Particularly since, as Moses admits, " reaching out to probe into really personal things isn't a particularly strong point of mine."

Caveat emptor: this is not just a ripping memoir of the Southern civil rights movement. It is that, but Moses is a demanding teacher.He makes his audience come to grips with and think about the dehumanizing legacies of the "isms" he's spent a lifetime combating in Africa as well as America. This may put off some readers, as it clearly did some reviewers. Too bad. Those who do the math with Bob Moses will learn from their struggle -- and be thankful for his.

An Important Civil Right - Math Literacy
Robert P. Moses, a leader of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's, has (correctly) reached the conclusion that Math literacy is, in these times and for the predictable future, a prerequisite for first-class citizenship, and since he still wants everyone to be a first-class citizen (and rightly so) he has embarked on a campaign to enable every child to be mathematically literate, and he has enjoyed a considerable degree of success.There is still a long way to go; his program (or more accurately, the program developed by Moses and his associates and the children, parents, and teachers they have worked with) has so far been adopted only by a small minority of the schools, but in those schools where it is in place, math achievement has increased significantly, and (SURPRISE!) reading scores have also improved significantly.

THIS IS A RESULT THAT EVERY TEACHER AND EVERY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR SHOULD KNOW ABOUT!THIS BOOK SHOULD BE IN EVERY SCHOOL LIBRARY!

I have only one small carp with this book.On page 7 is the statement: "The result was the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC), the world's first programmable computer.I asked three Afro-American students, ages 15-21, what was the world's first programmable computer, and not one of them mentioned ENIAC.Rather, they all replied that the first programmable computer was the Zuse Z3.They were all correct. The Z3, disigned and built by Konrad Zuse in Germany, and operational in 1939, approximately 2 years before ENIAC, was the world's first programmable computer.Fortunately, the German High Command didn't take Zuse and his computer seriously.

However, the error is understandable.Most textbooks on the subject in America incorrectly credit ENIAC with being first (I would expect that few if any German texts fail to give credit where it belongs.)Moses was probably innocently repeating what he had been taught at Harvard.And in any case, this one minor error is but a very minor blemish on a very relevant and valuable book.If you are a parent of school-age children, you should get this book, and then get together with other parents and with your children to demand that your school adopt the Algebra Project curriculum.Your children deserve the best education possible, and that means using the Algebra Project curriculum.Also, buy and read Victory in Our Schools: We Can Give Our Children Excellent Public Education, by John Stanford.The two books complement each other.

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Good argument that math literacy is the next civil right
This is a very good book on how math literacy is the next civil right. The book discusses the Algebra Project, an organization founded by 1960's civil rights leader Bob Moses, to teach algebra to kids in inner-cities and rural communities.

The beginning of the book reads like Moses' autobiography about his years organizing in Mississippi. He then discusses how groups like the Jews, Koreans, and Chinese relied on math as the basis for their upward mobility. Moses' theory is that as the world becomes more and more focused on technology and innovation, math will have an even greater importance.

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The Devil Has Slippery Shoes
The Devil Has Slippery Shoes, written in the 1960s and reprinted here with new opening and ending material, and a new foreword by Sheldon H. White of Harvard University, is of inestimable value as an inspiration, blueprint, and mind-blowing insightful guide for today's professionals in Head Start and other programs for low-income young children and their families, as well as for faculty and students in early childhood education, social work and public health; grassroots projects specialists; and indeed all citizens who sincerely want to play an active part in helping our troubled country get at the root of its greatest domestic problem - its greatest shame - poverty.

This glorious "story" has more drama, emotion, suspense, excitement, plot, fascinating analysis, sharp social commentary, and magnificent characters than most prize-winning novels. It can be read as
* a seminal report on a successful model for the development of poor children and parents,
* the ignored chapter in sixties Mississippi civil rights history when protest became program and black people were finally freed from a form of foinancial slavery, or
* an enormously stirring personal document of inner and professional growth.

Read this dramatic documentation of the next step in rapid social reform toward democratization of the old slave-holding South. This is the next chapter in a centuries' long story - when the life-risking protest of the 1950s and early 1960s became, in 1965, federally funded program - CDGM's unique HEADSTART - economically releasing black people from an entrenched peonage system, thus forging the link to the future.

Slippery Shoes presents a major missing piece of 1960s Mississippi history.
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This study researched the role of the MississippiFreedom School Movement of the 1960s as a responsestrategy to the Civil Rights Movement inMississippi. Fourteen individuals (5 participantswho were students, 5 teachers, and 4 influentialleaders) involved with the Mississippi FreedomSchools of the 1960s era provided the data for thestudy. Narrative analysis was used to capture thevoices of this sample. They talked candidly aboutthe organization, funding, the role of the churchesand other prominent organizations, and the impactthat the schools of the 60s could have on today'seducation system. The study found the selection ofthe state of Mississippi to implement the FreedomSchools was a deliberate strategy for the CivilRights Movement in Mississippi. The participants ofthe study knew they were involved in somethingimmensely larger than themselves. The comments froma highly respected Civil Rights Movement leader,along with those of a former worker with federalprograms associated with Freedom Summer, also helpedtriangulate the data. ... Read more

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The study focuses on the Mississippi Freedom Schools of the 1960s and the struggle for education as a part of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi and is an important product to help African American students today understand their own history, particularly the recent history that opened the doors for education that is equitable. It is also a helpful resource for those creating charter schools and other innovative settings that foster real student development.

Major Findings of the Study:
* Support from multiple stakeholders who believed in the core vision of the Freedom Schools; i.e., teachers, students, families, churches, national organizations,influential leaders, etc.
* The core vision never changed and everything revolved around it. The lack of money and other resources did not interfere with the vision;
* Tests and outcomes were crafted with the vision in mind;
* Students, teachers, and influential leaders believed that they were involved with something bigger than themselves;
* The Freedom Schools were a simple human endeavor in which teachers and students displayed acts of courage and stood up for their beliefs;
* High performance expectations were set for faculty and students;
* Ethics of care permeated the school - Child-centered curriculum;
* Students and teachers were accepted where they were;
* Camaraderie and collaboration among students and teachers was a norm;
* Common training for all teachers was held at Western College for Women located in Oxford, Ohio.
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This edition is written in English. However, there is a running Arabic thesaurus at the bottom of each page for the more difficult English words highlighted in the text. There are many editions of Four Months in a Sneak-Box (A Boat Voyage of 2600 Miles Down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and Along the Gulf of Mexico). This edition would be useful if you would like to enrich your Arabic-English vocabulary, whether for self-improvement or for preparation in advanced of college examinations. Webster's edition of this classic is organized to expose the reader to a maximum number of difficult and potentially ambiguous English words. Rare or idiosyncratic words and expressions are given lower priority compared to "difficult, yet commonly used" English words. Rather than supply a single translation, many words are translated for a variety of meanings in Arabic, allowing readers to better grasp the ambiguity of English without using the notes as a pure translation crutch. Having the reader decipher a word's meaning within context serves to improve vocabulary retention and understanding. Each page covers words not already highlighted on previous pages. This edition is helpful to Arabic-speaking students enrolled in an English Language Program (ELP), an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) program, an English as a Second Language Program (ESL), or in a TOEFL® or TOEIC® preparation program. Students who are actively building their vocabularies in Arabic or English may also find this useful for Advanced Placement® (AP®) tests. TOEFL®, TOEIC®, AP® and Advanced Placement® are trademarks of the Educational Testing Service which has neither reviewed nor endorsed this book. This book is one of a series of Webster's paperbacks that allows the reader to obtain more value from the experience of reading. Translations are from Webster's Online Dictionary, derived from a meta-analysis of public sources, cited on the site. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sacred Heart High School is a Roman Catholic parochial school in the downtown Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It is located in the Northern Deanery of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Biloxi. It is situated across Walnut Street from Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Historic Downtown Hattiesburg where it is surrounded by Victorian homes and other churches.Sacred Heart Catholic School is one of the oldest existing schools in Hattiesburg. In October, 1900, Father Sylvester Greimel opened Sacred Heart Catholic School, the first Catholic school in the area, using the sacristy of the church and the rectory for classes. He was the first resident pastor at Sacred Heart Church. His sister, Miss Anne Greimel, was principal. Thirty-five students were enrolled. ... Read more

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This edition is written in English. However, there is a running Persian thesaurus at the bottom of each page for the more difficult English words highlighted in the text. There are many editions of Frank on the Lower Mississippi. This edition would be useful if you would like to enrich your Persian-English vocabulary, whether for self-improvement or for preparation in advanced of college examinations. Webster's edition of this classic is organized to expose the reader to a maximum number of difficult and potentially ambiguous English words. Rare or idiosyncratic words and expressions are given lower priority compared to "difficult, yet commonly used" English words. Rather than supply a single translation, many words are translated for a variety of meanings in Persian, allowing readers to better grasp the ambiguity of English without using the notes as a pure translation crutch. Having the reader decipher a word's meaning within context serves to improve vocabulary retention and understanding. Each page covers words not already highlighted on previous pages. This edition is helpful to Persian-speaking students enrolled in an English Language Program (ELP), an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) program, an English as a Second Language Program (ESL), or in a TOEFL® or TOEIC® preparation program. Students who are actively building their vocabularies in Persian or English may also find this useful for Advanced Placement® (AP®) tests. TOEFL®, TOEIC®, AP® and Advanced Placement® are trademarks of the Educational Testing Service which has neither reviewed nor endorsed this book. This book is one of a series of Webster's paperbacks that allows the reader to obtain more value from the experience of reading. Translations are from Webster's Online Dictionary, derived from a meta-analysis of public sources, cited on the site. ... Read more

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Travel through these pages to Mississippi, Birthplace of the Blues. Meet Blues musicians with names like Howlin? Wolf and The Velvet Bulldozer. Find out how to play a diddley bow. Don?t like Blues music but love Rock ?n? Roll? Open this book to discover Blues is the grandfather of Rock influencing Elvis, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, The Grateful Dead, and The Rolling Stones. Meet Blues musicians from Mississippi who played at Carnegie Hall, were inducted into the Rock ?n? Roll Hall of Fame, and toured Europe. Feeling Blue? Enjoy this book full of facts and fun, written by a Mississippi author and colorfully illustrated by young Mississippi artists. ... Read more

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The speaker cast upon the cloth-covered table a singular object, whose like none of those present had ever seen. They gathered about and bent over it curiously.

"This is that America," the speaker repeated. "Here you have it, barbaric, wonderful, abounding!"

With sudden gesture he swept his hand among the gold coin that lay on the gaming table. He thrust into the mouth of the object before him a handful of louis d'or and English sovereigns. "There is your America," said he. "It runs over with gold. No man may tell its richness. Its beauty you can not imagine."

"Faith," said Sir Arthur Pembroke, bending over the table with glass in eye, "if the ladies of that land have feet for this sort of shoon, methinks we might well emigrate. Take you the money of it. For me, I would see the dame could wear such shoe as this."

One after another this company of young Englishmen, hard players, hard drinkers, gathered about the table and bent over to examine the little shoe. It was an Indian moccasin, cut after the fashion of the Abenakis, from the skin of the wild buck, fashioned large and full for the spread of the foot, covered deep with the stained quills of the porcupine, and dotted here and there with the precious beads which, to the maker, had more worth than any gold. A little flap came up for cover to the ankle, and a thong fell from its upper edge. It was the ancient foot-covering of the red race of America, made for the slight but effectual protection of the foot, while giving perfect freedom to the tread of the wearer. Light, dainty and graceful, its size was much less than that of the average woman's shoe of that time and place.

"Bah! Pembroke," said Castleton, pushing up the shade above his eyes till it rested on his forehead, "'tis a child's shoe."

"Not so," said the first speaker. "I give you my word 'tis the moccasin of my sweetheart, a princess in her own right, who waits my coming on the Ottawa. And so far from the shoe being too small, I say as a gentleman that she not only wore it so, but in addition used somewhat of grass therein in place of hose."


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This edition is written in English. However, there is a running Portuguese thesaurus at the bottom of each page for the more difficult English words highlighted in the text. There are many editions of The Circus Boys on the Mississippi. This edition would be useful if you would like to enrich your Portuguese-English vocabulary, whether for self-improvement or for preparation in advanced of college examinations. Webster's edition of this classic is organized to expose the reader to a maximum number of difficult and potentially ambiguous English words. Rare or idiosyncratic words and expressions are given lower priority compared to "difficult, yet commonly used" English words. Rather than supply a single translation, many words are translated for a variety of meanings in Portuguese, allowing readers to better grasp the ambiguity of English without using the notes as a pure translation crutch. Having the reader decipher a word's meaning within context serves to improve vocabulary retention and understanding. Each page covers words not already highlighted on previous pages. This edition is helpful to Portuguese-speaking students enrolled in an English Language Program (ELP), an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) program, an English as a Second Language Program (ESL), or in a TOEFL® or TOEIC® preparation program. Students who are actively building their vocabularies in Portuguese or English may also find this useful for Advanced Placement® (AP®) tests. TOEFL®, TOEIC®, AP® and Advanced Placement® are trademarks of the Educational Testing Service which has neither reviewed nor endorsed this book. This book is one of a series of Webster's paperbacks that allows the reader to obtain more value from the experience of reading. Translations are from Webster's Online Dictionary, derived from a meta-analysis of public sources, cited on the site. ... Read more

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This edition is written in English. However, there is a running Hungarian thesaurus at the bottom of each page for the more difficult English words highlighted in the text. There are many editions of Life on the Mississippi. This edition would be useful if you would like to enrich your Hungarian-English vocabulary, whether for self-improvement or for preparation in advanced of college examinations. Webster's edition of this classic is organized to expose the reader to a maximum number of difficult and potentially ambiguous English words. Rare or idiosyncratic words and expressions are given lower priority compared to "difficult, yet commonly used" English words. Rather than supply a single translation, many words are translated for a variety of meanings in Hungarian, allowing readers to better grasp the ambiguity of English without using the notes as a pure translation crutch. Having the reader decipher a word's meaning within context serves to improve vocabulary retention and understanding. Each page covers words not already highlighted on previous pages. This edition is helpful to Hungarian-speaking students enrolled in an English Language Program (ELP), an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) program, an English as a Second Language Program (ESL), or in a TOEFL® or TOEIC® preparation program. Students who are actively building their vocabularies in Hungarian or English may also find this useful for Advanced Placement® (AP®) tests. TOEFL®, TOEIC®, AP® and Advanced Placement® are trademarks of the Educational Testing Service which has neither reviewed nor endorsed this book. This book is one of a series of Webster's paperbacks that allows the reader to obtain more value from the experience of reading. Translations are from Webster's Online Dictionary, derived from a meta-analysis of public sources, cited on the site. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This edition is written in English. However, there is a running Hungarian thesaurus at the bottom of each page for the more difficult English words highlighted in the text. There are many editions of Frank on the Lower Mississippi. This edition would be useful if you would like to enrich your Hungarian-English vocabulary, whether for self-improvement or for preparation in advanced of college examinations. Webster's edition of this classic is organized to expose the reader to a maximum number of difficult and potentially ambiguous English words. Rare or idiosyncratic words and expressions are given lower priority compared to “difficult, yet commonly used” English words. Rather than supply a single translation, many words are translated for a variety of meanings in Hungarian, allowing readers to better grasp the ambiguity of English without using the notes as a pure translation crutch. Having the reader decipher a word's meaning within context serves to improve vocabulary retention and understanding. Each page covers words not already highlighted on previous pages. This edition is helpful to Hungarian-speaking students enrolled in an English Language Program (ELP), an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) program, an English as a Second Language Program (ESL), or in a TOEFL® or TOEIC® preparation program. Students who are actively building their vocabularies in Hungarian or English may also find this useful for Advanced Placement® (AP®) tests. TOEFL®, TOEIC®, AP® and Advanced Placement® are trademarks of the Educational Testing Service which has neither reviewed nor endorsed this book. This book is one of a series of Webster's paperbacks that allows the reader to obtain more value from the experience of reading. Translations are from Webster's Online Dictionary, derived from a meta-analysis of public sources, cited on the site. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more