The Columbine tragedy in April 1999 pierced the heart of our country. In December 1999, we learned that the teenage killers specifically targeted Rachel Scott and mocked her Christian faith on their chilling, homemade videotapes. Rachel Scott died for her faith. Now her parents talk about Rachel's life and how they have found meaning in their daughter's martyrdom in the aftermath of the school shooting. Rachel's Tears comes from a heartfelt need to celebrate this young girl's life, to work through the grief and the questions of a nation, and to comfort those who have been touched by violence in our schools today. Using excerpts and drawings from Rachel's own journals, her parents offer a spiritual perspective on the Columbine tragedy and provide a vision of hope for preventing youth violence across the nation.

Rachel's Tears: The Spiritual Journey of Columbine Martyr Rachel Scott

Biographies & Memoirs

Darrell Scott

Beth Nimmo

Steve Rabey

Leaders & Notable People

Thomas Nelson. Inc.

With the adoption of the Common Core State Standards, there is a renewed focus on developing writing skills and, along with it, an awareness that the new digital technologies have much to contribute in this vital area. Learn how to integrate technology into writing instruction with this handbook full of innovative ideas from an eclectic group of educators.
Benefits
 - Find out how digital technology can facilitate grammar instruction, prewriting and brainstorming exercises, editing, revising, peer review, assessment, and collaborative writing.
 - Equip yourself with and learn how to model strategies that help students brainstorm, plan, and organize their writing.
 - Discover how the natural interplay between reading and writing can be used to strengthen both of these processes.
 - Capitalize on the capability students have to move their writing through multiple storage locations and technologies from school computers and smartphones to laptops and tablets.
 - Explore the need for students to know why they are writing and for whom.
 - Develop your students understanding of voice, and teach them how to manage deadlines and other responsibilities of authorship.
 - Examine the process of not just fixing mistakes, but also understanding the root issues that drive writing errors.
 - Address the issue of assessing writing in ways that lead to positive growth in writing skill.

Awaken the Learner (Essentials for Principals)

Education & Teaching

Robert Marzano

Schools & Teaching

Marzano Research Laboratory

Bringing motivation and inspiration to the classroom is not easy. This book builds on the themes of Awaken the Learner: Finding the Source of Effective Education, which asserts K-12 schools' extreme focus on knowledge and skill acquisition is detrimental to students' growth. With this practical resource, you'll discover a results-driven framework-based on a six-level hierarchy of student needs and goals-that you can use to provide engaging instruction to students. The authors share comprehensive understandings of the nature of motivation and inspiration and detail specific strategies to connect with your students: how creating a positive classroom community will support students' sense of belonging; how teachers can ensure students feel safe in the classroom; and what teachers should do so students experience self-actualization in class.
 Benefits -Gain specific chapter-ending guidance on how to use the book's strategies to connect with students at each level of the student needs hierarchy. -Consider scenarios that portray how the book's suggestions might play out in the classroom. -Review mindsets, dispositions, and behaviors that result in negative, unhelpful thinking and in positive, productive thinking. -Study step-by-step processes that ensure students' needs get met in individual classrooms. -Use the Awaken the Learner Snapshot Student Survey to assess students' levels of engagement, attention, motivation, and inspiration in school. Contents 1. Research and Theory 2. Connection to Something Greater Than Self 3. Self-Actualization 4. Esteem Within a Community 5. Belonging 6. Safety 7. Physiology Epilogue Appendix Obtaining Feedback References and Resources

Motivating and Inspiring Students: Strategies to Awaken the Learner (Providing a Positive Learning Experience for Students)

Robert J. Marzano

Tina H. Boogren

Ming Lee Newcomb

Marzano Research

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