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Book DescriptionAfter his father's death in World War I, Robert Worley was brought up by his widowed mother in the village of Brigstock, set in Rockingham Forest, Northamptonshire. He attended the village school and left at the age of fourteen in 1932, atime of mass unemployment.

Book DescriptionDesigned to enhance public discourse about education, to honor the work teachers are doing every day in their classrooms, and to honor students.

Book DescriptionHow do I get out of here? So begins John Dillenberger's account of his journey from a small Illinois farm overlooking the Mississippi to Princeton, Harvard, Columbia, Drew, San Francisco Theological Seminary, and ultimately the presidencies of the Graduate Theological Union and Hartford Seminary. Along the way, he served as a colleague of such notable scholars as Reinhold Niebuhr and Paul Tillich. From Fallow Fields to Hallowed Halls is at once an account of the unfolding of a life and a picture of academic and cultural religious currents of the twentieth century. John Dillenberger was shaped by the times that he also shaped at critical junctures.

Book Description"In 1868, the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute opened its doors under the leadership of its twenty-nine-year-old founder, General Samuel Chapman Armstrong. In spite of a proud history, social movements and the national economy had brought the institute to the brink of disaster 110 years later when William R. Harvey was appointed president. Brushing aside suggestions that the institute abandon its program of higher education and reconstitute itself as a preparatory school, Harvey began by dreaming dreams that were both big and infectious. Twenty-five years later, the successes are extraordinary. The institute became a university, sixty four new academic programs were established, the endowment fund has grown to more than six times its 1978 level, the budget has been rescued from a sea of red ink and is now cruising safely in the black, fourteen new building that have been raised and all the old ones spiffed up. Among other such achievements is an...

Book Description"The Classroom is Bare" is the story of Linda Favero -- a masterful, gifted teacher and her struggle with brain cancer. Inspired by her courage, her concern for others and her love of life, Linda's students, school community, and family rallied around her throughout the ordeal. Written by Linda's mother, Martha Karlovetz, this is a story about teachers and the impact they have on their students' lives. It is also one of the few books ever written by a parent that deals with the death of her adult child.

Book DescriptionCrossing Silver Creek is a collection of personal narratives that create a story cloth of poetic prose. These narratives are sewn together with the common thread that truth, beauty and goodness can be found in the most unlikely places, from the crustaceans that lurk beneath the surface of a creek to the feelings that are dredged from events long passed. Crossing Silver Creek is an honest journey through the events of one person's life beginning with childhood and the doldrums of summer, and stopping along the way for discovery, reconciliation, and celebration. Like any journey, within the pages of this text are hidden moments of clarity, moments that guide and direct the author past some of the most difficult roadblocks. The author explores these moments and invites the reader to share in them. Crossing Silver Creek will challenge readers to look at life and to see the truth beauty and goodness that lies therein. More than just a collection of narratives, this...

Book DescriptionThe preeminent African American leader in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) took a conciliatory stance toward the White majority, preferring to work behind the scenes rather than publicly protesting to remedy discrimination and emphasizing education in the practical trades for the Black masses as opposed to a liberal arts education. While his approach won favor with prominent White politicians and businessmen, many Black intellectuals, including W.E.B. Du Bois, criticized Washington for his lack of public emphasis on civil rights and felt that his leadership style almost guaranteed segregation and second-class status for Blacks. In MY LARGER EDUCATION, Washington lays out his philosophy of hard work and cooperative attitudes while describing the men and experiences that influenced his thinking and the impressive achievements of his Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute of Alabama. He also disagrees with his...

Book Description Forty stories from accomplished CEOs, vice presidents, scientists, doctors, civil servants, writers, and educators pay tribute to the enduring influence of great teachers in this collection. Through the profiles of elementary, middle, and high school teachers as well as college professors, a portrait of a dedicated, devoted teacher emerges that eclipses individual accounts. The courage, compassion, empathy, love, and creativity that excellent teachers express inspires grateful students to bear witness to the lifelong effects of having extraordinary role models. Teachers, students, and parents will enjoy the thoughtful, touching stories in this collection.