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quality education
 The Very Hungry Caterpillar $10.99 As a tiny green caterpillar eats his way through the book, he is transformed into a beautiful butterfly, in a board book edition of the classic picture book.  Beyond The Standards Movement: Defending Quality Education in an Age of Test Scores $99.95 Teachers and administrators will learn that a preoccupation with raising standards may have exactly the opposite effect. Alfie Kohn, nationally-renowned lecturer and author, offers a powerful argument against the obsession with standardized tests and the tendency to place so much emphasis on student performance that the process of learning becomes endangered. Instead of motivating students to learn and teachers to excel, it will create a system drive by coercion, a fear of failure, and unrelenting competition between students, teachers, and schools, all of which undermine excellence.  Art Marker, Non_Washable, Broad Line Point, Classic Colors, 8/Set BIN587708 $4.00 Classic, durable, long-lasting markers in a variety of colors and formulas. Crayola markers meet the creative and colorful needs of children. Long-lasting, high-quality Crayola Markers lay down lots of brilliant color, yet don't bleed through paper. The water-based ink goes on smoothly and brightly. Versatile conical tips write at any angle and make both thick and thin lines; ideal for coloring large areas. Set includes 8 Classic colors: red, yellow, orange, blue, green, violet, brown, and black. AP Certified nontoxic.  Wisdom by Willow Tree $14.99 Willow Tree represents qualities and sentiments that help us feel close to others, heal wounds or treasure relationships. Artist Susan Lordi's sculptures communicate elegance, simplicity, peace and serenity. Her hand-carved forms reveal their expression through gestures only¸«¤¸¢Ć a tilt of the head, placement of the hands, a turn of the body. "Emotions and feelings are left to the viewer to discern," says Susan, "which makes them very personal." |
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