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1. A deadly wandering: a tale of tragedy and redemption in the age of attention

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Richtel, Matt
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East Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
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Oberlin Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
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"From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Matt Richtel, a brilliant, narrative-driven exploration of technology's vast influence on the human mind and society, dramatically-told through the lens of a tragic "texting-while-driving" car crash that claimed the lives of two rocket scientists in 2006. In this ambitious, compelling, and beautifully written book, Matt Richtel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the New York Times, examines the impact of...

2. For white folks who teach in the hood ...and the rest of y'all too: reality pedagogy and urban education

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Emdin, Christopher
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Non-Fiction has 2
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Leesville Community - Adult Non-Fiction
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Middlecreek Community - Adult Non-Fiction
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"Merging real stories with theory, research, and practice, a prominent scholar offers a new approach to teaching and learning for every stakeholder in urban education. Drawing on his own experience of feeling undervalued and invisible in science classrooms as a young man of color, Christopher Emdin offers a new lens on and approach to teaching in urban schools. Putting forth his theory of Reality Pedagogy, Emdin provides practical tools to unleash...