* A hands-on, well-illustrated reference that helps architects and contractors avoid making common errors in traditional construction details * Graphical approach allows users to quickly visualize design solutions 
 * Lists the rules-of-thumb for each detail, and correct and incorrect examples of how to design or construct each detail

Traditional Construction Patterns: Design and Detail Rules-of-Thumb

Arts & Photography

Susan Henderson

Stephen Mouzon

Architecture

McGraw=Hill

In 1996 and again in 2001, researchers at Boston College surveyed a representative sample of urban Catholic elementary school in the United States. Based on these empirical data, the authors provide insights into this sector of Catholic education. The first chapter of the book examines the legacy of urban Catholic schools and offers a theological and historical rationale for their continued existence. The next chapter examines student demographics using key variables such as socioeconomic status, geography, race and religion. The third chapter looks at staffing patterns, with a focus on teacher qualifications, teacher retention and the principalship. It also examines the role of other professional and non-professional staff. The fourth chapter explores school structure, from curriculum to technology to physical plant and finances. In addition, it highlights ways in which schools collaborate with other community organizations. In the last chapter, the authors summarize trends suggested by the data, and then recommend policies and practices that can sustain and enhance this important ministry of the church.Also available:Endangered Species: Urban and Rural Catholic Schools - ISBN 155833386XCatholic Schools for Children and Youth in Poverty: SPICE Conversations in Excellence 2003 - ISBN 1558333258Our titles help all catholic educators and administrators have the professional resources to meet the highest standards of excellence in Catholic education. We provide resources for school, parish, diocesan offices, professional organizations and higher education institutions.  Some of the areas we publish in include:  Administration and Planning Classroom Materials Legal Issues Staff Development Governance Boards Religious Education Research and History Recruitment Curriculum Development Seminary Education Multicultural Issues Technology

Sustaining the Legacy : Urban Catholic Elementary Schools in the United States

Joseph M. O'Keefe

Jessica Greene

Religion & Spirituality

National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)

Tillie is an eight-year-old girl who doesn't stop. She buzzes with an incessant creative energy, dreaming and dancing and always talking, talking, talking: and all for her beautiful mother Mara. But for Mara even the ordinary world is too much; suffocating under an unshakeable misery, all she longs for is life to leave her alone. When Tillie's father receives a promotion, he sees a new chance to impose order - and by the time Tillie arrives in their new house her mother is nowhere to be seen. Tillie's imagination feverishly tries to solve the mystery, but the truth is far more distressing than she ever could have thought. An achingly real depiction of a family struggling with mental illness, Up from the Blue is a wrenching debut recalling the works of Lionel Shriver, Mark Haddon, and Emma Donoghue.

Up from the Blue

Oneworld Publications

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