Rallying call to debunk myths and misconceptions

With the arrival of the No Child Left Behind act, the so-called "racial achievement gap" has attracted more concern and controversy than ever before. According to this timely analysis, the myth of the racial achievement gap has nothing to do with genetics—and everything to do a host of embarrassing yet reversible social and pedagogical failures, including low teacher expectations, unrealistic time tables for learning goals, irrelevant curricula, ineffectual teaching methods, careless administrators, poor parental involvement, negative peer groups, and self-esteem issues. For every problem raised, the text offers a level-headed solution, culminating in a plan for closing the supposed racial achievement gap for good.

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A tree with gold coins and dollar bills for leaves?  Such a tree could bring happiness to anyone who came upon it.  In fact, it could bring happiness many times over, but is it necessary to have riches to be happy?

“Matthew and the Money Tree” is a wonderful tale about a boy named Matthew who goes on a quest to find the legendary Money Tree.  His father and his grandfather searched for this tree many times and were never blessed with its discovery.  Could Matthew finish the journey started so many years ago?

Matthew is such a lovable character; a character who may just realize that happiness was always with him and that he didn’t need money to find it.

This is a great book for all ages, an enchanting read!

-Robyn A. Larochelle (The Savvy Click)