books by Jay Mathews

books by Jay Mathews

books:

Jay Mathews

A Mother's Touch: The Tiffany Callo Story

Jay Mathews

Henry Holt & Co, 1992

Depressing Book - But Important And Well Worth Reading
I never cried as hard as I did when I finished reading this book. This is highly recommended for anyone interested in or doing research about the child protective system in the state of California. Read this along with Andrew Bridge's autobiography 'Hope's Boy' if ...

Harvard Schmarvard: Getting Beyond the Ivy League to the College That is Best for You

Jay Mathews

Three Rivers Press, 2003

No Sour Grapes Here
If this was written by a Harvard-reject, credibility would be the central issue. This author, however, received his undergraduate and graduate degree from Harvard and is one of the few insiders who is qualified to reveal the secret: Harvard, etal are great institutions ...

Supertest: How the International Baccalaureate Can Strengthen Our Schools

Jay Mathews, Ian Hill

Open Court, 2005

Your kids deserve IB - learn what it is and why from Jay
"Washington Post" reporter Jay Mathews extends his appreciation of challenge in our high schools by identifying the grandest and most challenging of them all: the International Baccalaureate (IB) program. Jay created "Newsweek" magazine's Challenge Index, and his ...

Federal Finance: Australian Federal Finance from Federation to McMahon
Russell Mathews, Robert Jay

Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University of Technology, 1997

This book details the story of the financial aspects of federalism in Australia from the pre-Federation of the 1890s to 1972 and provides essential background to the issues of today. It has long been out of print. It is reprinted now as a companion volume to The Public Sector in Jeopardy . The two books together provide a continuous ...

Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America

Jay Mathews

Algonquin Books, 2009

Required reading!
Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America Exciting! Challenging! Thrilling! Having been in the high school classroom for 30 years and now in the college classroom, I was HOOKED on reading this book immediately when ...

Class Struggle:: What's Wrong (and Right) with America's Best Public High Schools

Jay Mathews

Crown, 1998

Get a grip on public school education in a mixed community.
Public school education in a town which has upper income, modest income, and basically immigrant income students, and how the school system must cater to the so-called elite students for fear of having the elites leave the system for Chappaqua....the thesis that the ...

Escalante: The Best Teacher in America (An Owl Book)

Jay Mathews

Henry Holt & Company, 1989

Escalante: Si
A visiting nerd from Mars might well decide that sports was the cult/religion of choice among Americans. This conclusion would work if the visitor compared Sunday TV-tube activity with, say, church attendance. It would also make sense of activity at many American high ...

The myth of Tiananmen: and the price of a passive press.: An article from: Columbia Journalism Review
Jay Mathews

Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism, 1998

This digital document is an article from Columbia Journalism Review, published by Columbia University, Graduate School of Journalism on September 1, 1998. The length of the article is 1208 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital ...

Sound and Light: Unit 22 (Teacher's Planning Guide)
Mary Atwater, H. Prentice Baptiste, ...

MacMillan/McGraw-Hill School Division, 1995

Forms and Uses of Energy: Unit 20 (Teacher's Planning Guide)
Mary Atwater, H. Prentice Baptiste, ...

MacMillan/McGraw-Hill School Division, 1995

Enterprise Support Systems: An International Perspective (Response Books)
Jay Mitra, Varsha Singh, ...

Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd, 2009

"Enterprise Support Systems: An International Perspective" deals with various issues surrounding enterprise support systems and aims at giving a comprehensive understanding of how such systems influence enterprise creation and growth in various nations. Against the background of a globalized economy, this book provides valuable insights into the ...