School Design

A practical, illustrated guide to using the tools of design to create feelings of inclusion, collaboration, and respect in groups of any type or size—a classroom, a work team, an international organization—from Stanford University's d.school. “This is a beautiful book. Wise has applied the...

What if the student dysregulation you are managing is not a behavior problem, but a design flaw? Most classroom management strategies focus on controlling students, but very few teach you how to design an environment where neurodivergent learners can actually thrive. If you are tired of modifying lessons on the fly, battling student refusal, and feeling like the weight of a heavy system rests entirely on your shoulders, it is because it does. The problem is not your effort. It is the architecture of the classroom. In Designing for Belonging, education leader Geraldine Doornkamp provides an ...

Have you labeled yourself successful or unsuccessful? Why or why not? What metric do you use to qualify or disqualify your success? What is it that women really want from a successful life? And why are so many women trapped in a life they don’t want, feeling the need to prove themselves, causing mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual exhaustion? Why do we allow women to continue to give from an empty cup? The answers to these questions are in this book. Make no mistake, there is a war against our worth that is pinning women against each other. It is time for us to get to the root of ...

An essential how-to for crafting a guiding motto that sets intentions, increases creativity, and helps accomplish your goals, from Stanford University's world-renowned Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, aka the d.school. We all need agency to feel the power and joy of acting in the face of...

✝️Build a Lasting Christian Foundation With Your Child That Never Shakes – The 52-Week Roadmap to Bible Confidence And Knowing Jesus' Love✝️ ⭐Do You Want Your Child To Know What They Believe And Why It’s True?⭐ THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU! 🏠You Don’t Need To Be A Pastor, A Bible Scholar, Or A Theologian To Use This Guide. We have designed every lesson to be an open-and-go experience for parents and teachers.🏠 👉If you are a parent or teacher who has been looking for a way to: ✅Explain "Big" Concepts Like The Trinity Or Grace Without Confusing Your Child. ✅Bridge The ...

Homeschooling can be a tremendous gift to your children—a personalized educational experience tailored to each kid’s interests, abilities, and learning styles. But what to teach, and when, and how? Especially for first-time homeschoolers, the prospect of tackling an annual curriculum can be daunting. In Home Learning Year by Year, Rebecca Rupp presents comprehensive plans from preschool through high school, covering integral subjects for each grade, with lists of topics commonly presented at each level, recommended resource and reading lists.

Discover design strategies for using your own unique social identities and experiences as inspiration to challenge the status quo and create the kind of lasting change that leads to greater equity and social justice, from Stanford University's d.school. Who are you? What motivates you as a...

Discover how Frank Lloyd Wright revolutionized architecture with his groundbreaking concepts, including open floor plans and organic architecture that harmonizes buildings with their natural surroundings. 2. Prairie School Movement You'll learn about Wright's Prairie School architectural style, characterized by horizontal lines, flat or hipped roofs, and integration with the landscape, which defined American residential architecture. 3. Use of Natural Materials The book will show you Wright's preference for natural materials like wood, stone, and glass, emphasizing his belief in creating ...

What if students could graduate in half the time—with deeper knowledge, stronger skills, and real-world expertise? In HALF THE TIME DOUBLE THE MASTERY: The Revolutionary Blueprint to Shorten School Replace Grades and Deliver Real-World Expertise, physician, scientist, and education reform visionary Benoit Tano MD PhD presents a bold, research-driven redesign of modern education. This groundbreaking book challenges the outdated, time-based school model and introduces a mastery-based learning system built on neuroscience, cognitive psychology, chronotype science, and real-world application....

Extraordinary Learning for All delivers a hopeful, humane, realistic, and compelling portrait for how we must reinvent schooling for a new century, drawing on the voices and experiences of real school communities who are on that journey and illuminating the specific actions that school and system leaders can take to spark these journeys in their communities.

Discover the transformative power of Montessori education in this comprehensive guide from the Montessori Foundation. Over twenty years after the first edition laid the groundwork for twenty-first-century Montessori education, this revised and expanded edition of The Montessori Way incorporates...

A powerful guide to why even the most well-intentioned innovations go haywire, and the surprising ways we can change course to create a more positive future, by two celebrated experts working at the intersection of design, technology, and learning at Stanford University’s acclaimed d.school...

"Informative and entertaining...Rogers is a seasoned raconteur, unreeling an eons-spanning tale with skill." —Wall Street Journal A lively account of our age-old quest for brighter colors, which changed the way we see the world, from the best-selling author of Proof: The Science of Booze From...

A practical guide to prototyping as a way to revolutionize your work and creative life, from Stanford University's world-renowned Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, aka the d.school. Prototyping is a way to test an idea to see if it can be successful before investing too much time and too many...

Are you tired of feeling like your career plans are being rendered obsolete by rapidly advancing AI? Do you wish you could build a career that offers both financial stability and a life you genuinely love? What if you could stop chasing a single, outdated path and instead build a life-long toolkit that thrives in any economy? Your First Career in the Age of AI is the essential guide for the modern era, helping young adults navigate the chaotic landscape of today's job market. In a world where traditional formulas no longer apply, this book provides the clarity and confidence you need to ...

Feels overwhelmed by constant classroom disruptions? Struggles to keep students engaged during lessons? Dreams of a more harmonious and productive learning environment? If you answered YES to at least one of these questions, you MUST keep reading… Every day, dedicated educators face an uphill battle against disruptive behaviors, waning attention spans, and the pressure to maintain order. The fear of losing control can be paralyzing, leaving you questioning your abilities and dreading each new school day. You're not alone in this struggle, but traditional methods often fall short, leading ...

Michael Ventura, entrepreneur and CEO of award-winning strategy and design firm Sub Rosa, shares “how to unlock our ability to design solutions, spark innovation, and solve tough challenges with empathy at the center” (Arianna Huffington). Having built his career working with iconic brands...

Death. It's something that Ada Palomino has always known so well, having grown up in a house of horrors, surrounded by a family plagued by ghosts and demons and things that go bump in the night. But after the sudden and tragic death of her mother two years ago, death has never felt so personal. Or so close. Now 18, Ada is trying to move on with her life, and the last month of summer holds nothing but sunshine and promises, with her first year at a Portland design school just around the bend.

One of the most critical issues prevalent in America’s educational system is the high school dropout rate (Barton, 2005). The problem of school dropouts is widespread among most of the nation’s school districts (Christenson & Thurlow, 2004). Over 50 years ago, Conant (1961) wrote that America was allowing “social dynamite” to accumulate in its most populated areas of the nation. In these areas of our nation, the dropout rates are alarming and are partially the result of several predictor variables! DROPPED was designed to research the relationship between these dropout variables and...

Ao se tornar sócia da empresa de eventos Ocasiões Especiais com as duas irmãs, a jovem viúva Eliza Pierce experimenta uma segurança financeira e uma liberdade com as quais nunca se atreveu a sonhar. A vida parece ter entrado nos eixos e se tornado previsível e prazerosa. Até que Nathaniel Stanton, o conde de Foxstead, melhor amigo de seu falecido marido, decide contratar as três para ajudar outra jovem viúva a ser aceita pela sociedade. Logo o que começa como um simples trabalho acaba com a paz de Eliza, porque a proximidade dela com o conde acende uma chama impossível de apagar.