By 2040, more than 30 percent of students in the United States will be immigrants or the children of immigrants. What factors can help these young people thrive in school, despite the many obstacles they face? And how can school staff best support immigrant students’ academic and personal success? In Portraits of Promise, educators hear from the ultimate experts—successful newcomer students. Drawing on the students’ own stories, the book highlights the kinds of support and resources that help students engage positively with school culture, establish supportive peer networks, form strong bonds with teachers, manage competing expectations from home and school, and navigate the challenges of high-stakes testing and the college application process.
" -- Angela Valenzuela, professor, Education Policy & Planning Program at The College of Education, University of Texas at Austin "This book promises to be an important resource for educators.
He takes readers through the books of 2 Kings, Jonah, Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Ezra, Esther, Haggai, Zachariah, Nehemiah and Malachi, remaining completely faithful to the biblical text.
Old Testament Portraits: People of the Promise
In Pinky Promise, photographer Pierre Crocquet de Rosemond (born 1971) presents portraits of one of the most loaded subjects in any culture, the victims andperpetrators of sexual abuse.
Large-format book with portraits of young people on the autism spectrum paired with personal reflections from their parents and, in some cases, from the young people themselves.
Having followed her new husband to his native home in rustic Tuscany, Eliana distracts herself from her marital disappointments by caring for her asthmatic son and finds herself reevaluating her life when she meets a fellow art lover, ...
In this collection of oil paintings and stories, President George W. Bush brings together forty-three full-color portraits of men and women who have immigrated to the United States, alongside stirring stories of the unique ways all of them ...
Breach of Promise: Portraits of Poverty in North America
Through the visual beauty of photographic art and the eloquence of poetry and famous quotes, "One Nation, One Mission, One Promise" celebrates the oath passed down to us through the Charters of Freedom - The Declaration of Independence, The ...
In this powerful collection of oil paintings and stories, Bush spotlights the inspiring journeys of America's immigrants and the contributions they make to the life and prosperity of our nation. -- condensed from jacket