Jason is forced to become a mentor to a young boy, Ben, as part of a class project; but what started out as a boring venture, turned into a learning experience for both Jason and Ben.

Describes how mentors are role models, volunteers, and leaders; and lists practical ways that kids can be mentors in their families, schools, and communities. Also discusses how to be a mentee. Includes a profile of Sally Ride, color photographs, a glossary, and further resources.

"Russell Brand explores the idea of mentoring and shares what he's learned from the guidance of his own helpers, heroes and mentors,"--Amazon.com.

"[This book] is a comprehensive guide for educators who are committed to creating equitable schools. It offers concrete strategies, a sequence of action steps, inspiring anecdotes, information, and resources. [It] responds to the following commonly asked questions: What does equity mean? What does an equitable school look like? How can I recognize inequity? What does itlook like in my classroom and school? How did we get here--to a place where there...

In our increasingly accelerated world that venerates the new, bright and shiny, many of us in mid-career sense that the ground is shifting beneath our feet, leaving us feeling invisible, undervalued and threatened by the 'digital natives' nipping at our heels. Chip Conley is not buying it, arguing that experience is on the brink of a comeback. At age 52, after selling the boutique hotel company he founded and ran for 24 years, Conley joined Airbnb...

Gunn is known for his kind but firm approach in providing wisdom, guidance, and support to the scores of design hopefuls on Project Runway. Divided into sections on common themes, this practical book takes us on a journey through life lessons and uses Gunn's own experiences, from the classroom to the therapist's office, to illustrate larger concepts. He challenges you to apply the lessons you learn in practical mentoring or teaching situations, in...

"A shocking stunner in every way. The perfect thriller." --Robert Crais When darkness closes in--he's your last, best hope. Evan Smoak returns in Gregg Hurwitz's #1 international bestselling Orphan X series. Taken from a group home at age twelve, Evan Smoak was raised and trained as part of the Orphan Program, an off-the-books operation designed to create deniable intelligence assets--i.e. assassins. Evan was Orphan X. He broke with the Program, using...

When his attempt to avenge his little sister's death places him under house arrest, Teddy Anderson is forced by his probation officer to tutor a twelve-year-old orphan--a community service assignment that changes his life.

When Tim Daniels, now fourteen, returns to Camp Wickasaukee he serves as mentor to three rookie basketball players, continues to work on keeping his short stature from getting in his way, faces a bully, and gets help from NCAA player Dick Dunbar.

"Diane Tavenner, founder of Summit Public Schools, offers a blueprint for a better way to educate our children, based on the revolutionary lessons, insights, and methodology she and her faculty developed over 15 years at their famously successful charter schools in California and Washington, which she is now introducing to public school systems across the country that Summit is partnering with to transform education and better prepare our children...