education

In 1933, facing the hardships of the Great Depression, Ruth learns to follow her mother's example and count her lucky stars when she turns her disappointment over not being able to attend fourth grade into a blessing for her younger sister.

Discusses the importance of the language teachers use with children for developing successful readers, writers, and literate members of society, and highlights the complex learning that teachers produce that is not recognized by tests, policy makers, the general public, and teachers themselves.

Describes what conditions were like in early American schools, explains who had access to an education, looks at the changes that began taking place in the 1800s, and discusses modern-day schools.

Looks at how children in India get to school, and goes along with Indian students as they attend many different types of schools, in city classrooms, on mountaintops, and in buses, tents, and other unusual locations.

Discusses the place of homework in the daily lives of schools, children, and families, arguing that the practice, if left unrestricted, can undermine social and life and contribute to a growing sense of alienation and stress in students, their families, and the larger community.

A light-hearted collection of poems about the trials and tribulations of going to school, by such authors as Bruce Lansky, Carol Diggory Shields, Jack Prelutsky, and Joyce Armor.

Presents an illustrated collection of jokes and riddles related to school.

Discusses the school life of children in pioneer times, including lessons, books, teachers, examinations, and special days. Includes activities and sidebars.

Discusses school life during the Great Depression, including schools, lessons books, and teachers. Addresses social and economic life during the 1930s. Includes activities and sidebars.

In rural Indiana in 1904, fifteen-year-old Russell's dreams of quitting school and joining a wheat threshing crew are disrupted when his older sister takes over the teaching at his one-room schoolhouse after mean, old Myrt Arbuckle "hauls off and dies.".