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Commercialising Public Schooling

Practices of Profit-Making

by Anna Hogan ...

Series series Routledge Research in Education
This book delves into the pervasive commercialisation of public schooling, tracing its roots and examining its current manifestations. From the evolution of textbook publishing to the digital transformation led by global edu-businesses, it sheds light on how commercial interests have reshaped education policy, curriculum design, and teaching practices worldwide.Through a series of in-depth case ... Read more

$64.99 USD

This book delves into the pervasive commercialisation of public schooling, tracing its roots and examining its current manifestations. From the evolution of textbook publishing to the digital transformation led by global edu-businesses, it sheds light on how commercial interests have reshaped education policy, curriculum design, and teaching practices worldwide.Through a series of in-depth case
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Teaching and Time Poverty

Understanding Workload and Work Intensification in Schools

Edited by Greg Thompson, Anna Hogan ...

As teacher shortages reach a global crisis point, this book explores how time poverty has become a critical factor in the working lives of teachers and school leaders. Arguing that we need to move away from framing the problem of teachers’ work as simply workload, this book suggests that understanding time poverty is the first step in moving toward more manageable working lives.The book brings ... Read more

$54.99 USD

As teacher shortages reach a global crisis point, this book explores how time poverty has become a critical factor in the working lives of teachers and school leaders. Arguing that we need to move away from framing the problem of teachers’ work as simply workload, this book suggests that understanding time poverty is the first step in moving toward more manageable working lives.The book brings
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Privatisation and Commercialisation in Public Education

How the Public Nature of Schooling is Changing

Edited by Anna Hogan, Greg Thompson ...

Privatisation and Commercialisation in Public Education asks how publicness is being redefined through the restructuring of nominally public school systems. Over the past few decades, governments have engineered a wave of reforms in their public systems opening them to privatisation and commercialisation. In public education systems competition, choice and autonomy have become entrenched vectors ... Read more

$57.99 USD

Privatisation and Commercialisation in Public Education asks how publicness is being redefined through the restructuring of nominally public school systems. Over the past few decades, governments have engineered a wave of reforms in their public systems opening them to privatisation and commercialisation. In public education systems competition, choice and autonomy have become entrenched vectors
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Nettle

by Bex Hogan ...

Narrated by Anna Burnett ...

Unabridged

6 hours 23 min

Inspired by faery myth and folklore, the haunting, heart-wrenching YA tale of a girl called Nettle in a dark, foreboding faery kingdom.A wild misfit in the human world, Nettle is enthralled by the glamor of the faery realm, with its two moons and scarlet stars. She grows close to Conor, a human stolen centuries before, and she also falls under the spell of mysterious Ellion, a shadow faery. To try ... Read more

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Inspired by faery myth and folklore, the haunting, heart-wrenching YA tale of a girl called Nettle in a dark, foreboding faery kingdom.A wild misfit in the human world, Nettle is enthralled by the glamor of the faery realm, with its two moons and scarlet stars. She grows close to Conor, a human stolen centuries before, and she also falls under the spell of mysterious Ellion, a shadow faery. To try
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Owl King

by Bex Hogan ...

Narrated by Anna Burnett ...

Series series Faery Realms
Unabridged

6 hours 9 min

A dark, captivating YA tale of deception and survival, set in the same faery world as Nettle.Long ago, kings and queens of the faery realms exchanged talismans with one another to maintain harmony in their world. The Stag King gave up a shard of antler, the Owl King a feather, and the Minnow Queen a shimmering, silver scale. But the Owl King has grown restless, and his kingdom has become dangerous ... Read more

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A dark, captivating YA tale of deception and survival, set in the same faery world as Nettle.Long ago, kings and queens of the faery realms exchanged talismans with one another to maintain harmony in their world. The Stag King gave up a shard of antler, the Owl King a feather, and the Minnow Queen a shimmering, silver scale. But the Owl King has grown restless, and his kingdom has become dangerous
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Spiral Jetta

A Road Trip through the Land Art of the American West

by Erin Hogan ...

Narrated by Jo Anna Perrin ...

Series series Culture Trails: Adventures in Travel
Unabridged

5 hours 38 min

Erin Hogan hit the road in her Volkswagen Jetta and headed west from Chicago in search of the monuments of American land art: a salty coil of rocks, four hundred stainless steel poles, a gash in a mesa, four concrete tubes, and military sheds filled with cubes. Her journey took her through the states of Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. It also took her through the states of anxiety, ... Read more

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Erin Hogan hit the road in her Volkswagen Jetta and headed west from Chicago in search of the monuments of American land art: a salty coil of rocks, four hundred stainless steel poles, a gash in a mesa, four concrete tubes, and military sheds filled with cubes. Her journey took her through the states of Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. It also took her through the states of anxiety,
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The Beasts We Bury

by D. L. Taylor ...

Narrated by Brenda Scott Wlazlo, Jake Chronister ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Broken Citadel
Unabridged

11 hours 36 min

In this electric enemies-to-lovers romantic fantasy, the heir to the throne falls for a thief who plans to manipulate her into helping him steal from her father in an act of revenge and desperation.Will he steal her heart or her chance at the throne?Daughter and heir to the throne, Mancella Cliff yearns for a life without bloodshed. But as a child, she emerged from the Broken Citadel with the ... Read more

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In this electric enemies-to-lovers romantic fantasy, the heir to the throne falls for a thief who plans to manipulate her into helping him steal from her father in an act of revenge and desperation.Will he steal her heart or her chance at the throne?Daughter and heir to the throne, Mancella Cliff yearns for a life without bloodshed. But as a child, she emerged from the Broken Citadel with the
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The Pumpkin Princess and the Forever Night

by Steven Banbury ...

Narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan ...

Unabridged

9 hours 33 min

A spooky yet heartwarming adventure about one girl's journey into the land of the undead, and the unexpected family she finds along the way. Perfect for fans of Nevermoor and the hit series Wednesday.On Halloween, it is always wise to expect the unexpected, but no amount of planning could have prepared Eve for that particular night. Fleeing an unpleasant orphanage, she’s saved by someone who she ... Read more

$27.99 USD

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A spooky yet heartwarming adventure about one girl's journey into the land of the undead, and the unexpected family she finds along the way. Perfect for fans of Nevermoor and the hit series Wednesday.On Halloween, it is always wise to expect the unexpected, but no amount of planning could have prepared Eve for that particular night. Fleeing an unpleasant orphanage, she’s saved by someone who she
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Forging Silver into Stars

by Brigid Kemmerer ...

Narrated by Cecily Bednar Schmidt, Chase Brown, Nezar Alderazi ...

Series series Forging Silver into Stars
Unabridged

17 hours 28 min

Bloomsbury presents Forging Silver into Stars by Brigid Kemmerer, read by Nezar Alderazi, Chase Brown and Cecily Bednar Schmidt.An instant New York Times bestseller!Forbidden magic. Secret romance. Dangerous alliances. Enter the world of New York Times bestselling author Brigid Kemmerer's electrifying series.When nineteen-year-old Tycho, the King’s Courier, arrives in the remote village of ... Read more

$30.99 USD

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Bloomsbury presents Forging Silver into Stars by Brigid Kemmerer, read by Nezar Alderazi, Chase Brown and Cecily Bednar Schmidt.An instant New York Times bestseller!Forbidden magic. Secret romance. Dangerous alliances. Enter the world of New York Times bestselling author Brigid Kemmerer's electrifying series.When nineteen-year-old Tycho, the King’s Courier, arrives in the remote village of
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A Door in the Dark

by Scott Reintgen ...

Narrated by Jesse Vilinsky ...

Series series Waxways
Unabridged

11 hours 12 min

An instant New York Times bestseller!“For readers who have just finished Naomi Novik’s The Golden Enclaves and are ravenous for more dark academia” (Booklist), this “pulse-pounding” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) fantasy thriller follows six teenage wizards as they fight to make it home alive after a malfunctioning spell leaves them stranded in the wilderness.Ren Monroe has spent fou... ... Read more

$26.99 USD

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An instant New York Times bestseller!“For readers who have just finished Naomi Novik’s The Golden Enclaves and are ravenous for more dark academia” (Booklist), this “pulse-pounding” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) fantasy thriller follows six teenage wizards as they fight to make it home alive after a malfunctioning spell leaves them stranded in the wilderness.Ren Monroe has spent fou...
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Social Enterprise, Health, and Wellbeing

Theory, Methods, and Practice

Edited by Jane Farmer, Michael Roy ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Social Enterprise & Social Innovation
In recent decades, governments have promoted social enterprise as a means to address welfare and tackle disadvantage. Early academic work on social enterprises reflected this development and engaged with their ability to deliver and create jobs, work towards remedial environmental goals, and address a range of societal challenges. More recently, researchers have started to investigate the broader ... Read more

$62.99 USD

In recent decades, governments have promoted social enterprise as a means to address welfare and tackle disadvantage. Early academic work on social enterprises reflected this development and engaged with their ability to deliver and create jobs, work towards remedial environmental goals, and address a range of societal challenges. More recently, researchers have started to investigate the broader
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Harnessing Complexity for Better Outcomes in Public and Non-profit Services

by Max French, Hannah Hesselgreaves, Rob Wilson, Melissa Hawkins, Toby Lowe ...

ePDF and ePUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.How can public services and social interventions create and sustain good outcomes for the populations they serve?Building on research in public health, social epidemiology and the social determinants of health, this book presents complexity theory as an alternative basis for an outcome-oriented public management praxis. It takes a ... Read more

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ePDF and ePUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.How can public services and social interventions create and sustain good outcomes for the populations they serve?Building on research in public health, social epidemiology and the social determinants of health, this book presents complexity theory as an alternative basis for an outcome-oriented public management praxis. It takes a
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