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Teachers and Merit Pay

April 11, 2011

Teachers and Merit Pay

In the News: Florida has adopted a new law that changes the way teachers will be evaluated and paid. It ties teachers’ pay to their overall effectiveness and relies heavily on student test scores as a way of judging teacher quality.

Conflicting Missions?: Teachers Union and Educational Reform
Edited by Tom Loveless. Brookings Institution Press, 20000
Call Number: LB2844.53 .U62 C66 2000

Curriculum Alignment: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement
By David A. Squires. Corwin Press, 2009
Call Number: LB2806.15 .S732 2009

The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice are Undermining Education
By Diane Ravitch. Basic Books, 2010
Call Number: LA217.2 .R38 2010

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Ronald Reagan

March 21, 2011

Ronald Reagan

In the News: 2011 marks the 100th birthday of Ronald Reagan, former Hollywood actor, California governor, and President of the United States.

The Age of Reagan. The Conservative Counterrevolution, 1980-1989
By Steven F. Hayward. Crown Forum, 2009
Call Number: E876 .H39 2009

The Age of Reagan: The Fall of the Old Liberal Order, 1964-1980
By Steven F. Hayward. Forum, 2001
Call Number: E839.5 .H39 2001

The Age of Reagan: A History, 1974-2008
By Sean Wilentz. Harper, 2008
Call Number: E839.5 .W535 2008 Continue reading

Qaddafi and Libya / Triangle Factory Fire

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March 28, 2011

Qaddafi and Libya / Triangle Factory Fire

In the News: This week we take a look at the North African country of Libya as well as its leader, Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi, who has been in power since 1969.

Also In the News: March 25th was the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire that claimed the lives of 146 immigrant workers. According to the ILR School at Cornell University, this incident continues to have great significance because “it highlights the inhumane working conditions to which industrial workers can be subjected. To many, its horrors epitomize the extremes of industrialism.” Visit the ILR School Kheel Center’s site for more resources on the fire.

QADDAFI AND LIBYA

The American Bombing of Libya: A Study of the Force of Miscalculation in Reagan Foreign Policy
By Nicholas Laham. McFarland & Co., 2008
Call Number: E183.8 .L75 L34 2008

El Dorado Canyon: Reagan’s Undeclared War with Qaddafi
By Joseph T. Stanik. Naval Institute Press, 2003
Call Number: E183.8 .L75 S726 2003

Gadaffi: The Desert Mystic
By George Tremlett. Carroll & Graf, 1993
Call Number: DT236 .T74 1993 Continue reading

College of Science Research Day and Integrative Biology Scientific Talks

Join the College of Science on Friday March 25 for Research Day from 10:00 a.m. -2:00 p.m.  on Boca Raton Campus Sanson Life Science Building (East Patio) followed by two presentations. Dr. Stephen O’Brien, chief of the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity at the National Cancer Institute, will be keynote speaker on “Tears of the Panther, Mark of the Plague-Natural History Adventure Stories in the Genomics Era.” Dr. Catherine Trivigno, 2011 Distinguished Alumni will be speaking on “Surviving Grad School:  The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.”

  Location: PA 101 2:45-5:00 PM

  RSVP FAU.IB.Retreat@gmail.com

 

Nuclear Energy

March 21, 2011

Nuclear Energy

In the News: The 8.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Japan on March 11th triggered a tsunami that swept over the country’s Pacific coast line. The death toll will likely exceed 10,000. Three nuclear reactors suffered partial meltdowns while another saw the release of radioactive material into the atmosphere. These devastating events have brought the debate over the pros and cons of nuclear energy to the forefront.

20 Years After the Chernobyl Accident: Past, Present and Future
Edited  by Elena B. Burlakova and Valeria I. Naidich. Nova Science Publishers, 2006
Call Number: QH652 .A12 2006

At the Nuclear Precipice: Catastrophe or Transformation?
Edited by Richard Falk and David Krieger. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
Call Number: JZ5675 .A89 2008

Atomic Culture: How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Edited by Scott C. Zeman and Michael A. Amundson. University Press of Colorado, 2004
Call Number: E169.12 .Z46 2004

Atoms for Peace: A Future after Fifty Years?
Edited by Joseph F. Pilat. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007
Call Number: HD9698 .A2 A837 2007 Continue reading

Women in Business

March 14, 2011

Women in Business

In the News: FAU’s Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, the Adams Center for Entrepreneurship, and the President’s Diversity Committee present the Third Annual Women’s Leadership Forum on Friday, March 16, 2011. This year’s theme is Women, Business, and Power.

Ad Women: How They Impact What We Need, Want, and Buy
By Juliann Sivulka. Prometheus Books, 2009
Call Number: HF5813 .U6 S54 2009

Beauty Shop Politics: African American Women’s Activism in the Beauty Industry
By Tiffany m. Gill. University of Illinois Press, 2010
Call Number: E185.86 .G494 2010

The Best-Kept Secret: Women, Corporate Lobbyists, Policy, and Power in the United States
By Denise Benoit. Rutger University Press, 2007
Call Number: HD6095 .B46 2007 (Also available online via NetLibrary) Continue reading

Labor Unions and Collective Bargaining (Part 2) / Dr. Seuss

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Labor Unions and Collective Bargaining (Part 2) / Dr. Seuss

In the News: Anti-union measures have been proposed in some state legislatures throughout the Midwest. This week we once again share some resources on
labor unions and collective bargaining. (Be sure to take a look at our post on unions from 2009.)

Also In the News: Happy Birthday to Dr. Seuss! The National Education Association’s Read Across America event took place on March 2, 2011, Dr. Seuss’s birthday. Here are some books about the author himself, a.k.a. Theodor Geisel.

LABOR UNIONS AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

Academic Collective Bargaining
Edited by Ernst Benjamin and Michael Mauer. American Association of University Professors, 2006
Call Number: LB2335.885 .U6 A233 2006

Black Americans and Organized Labor: A New History
By Paul D. Moreno. Louisiana State University Press, 2006
Call Number: HD6490 .R22 U649 2005

Black and Blue: African Americans, the Labor Movement, and the Decline of the Democratic Party
By Paul Frymer. Princeton University Press, 2008
Call Number: HD8072 .F86 2008

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Black History

February 28, 2011

Black History Month

In the News: Although Black History Month is coming to an end, it doesn’t mean that we cannot continue to commemorate the achievements of Blacks and celebrate their rich history. So this week we share some of the library’s newest titles on Black history and culture.

Acting White: The Curious History of a Racial Slur
By Ron Christie. St. Martin’s Press, 2010
Call Number: E185.625 .C495 2010

African American Actresses: The Struggle for Visibility, 1900-1960
By Charlene Regester. Indiana University Press, 2010
Call Number: PN1995.9 .N4 R42 2010

The African American Entrepreneur: Then and Now
By W. Sherman Rogers. Praeger, 2010
Call Number: HD2358.5 .U6 R65 2010 Continue reading

Planned Parenthood

February 21, 2011

Planned Parenthood

In the News: Planned Parenthood, a provider of reproductive healthcare, may be in jeopardy of losing its federal funding. The House of Representatives is proposing a cut to the entire $317 million program of family planning aid, known as Title X, that Planned Parenthood receives.

Abortion in Asia: Local Dilemmas, Global Politics
Edited by Andrea Whittaker. Berghahn Books, 2010
Call Number: HQ767.5 .A7 A26 2010

Abortion in the United States: A Reference Handbook
By Dorothy McBride. ABC-CLIO, 2008
Call Number: HQ767.5 .U5 M3727 2008

America and the Pill: A history of Promise, Peril, and Liberation
By Elaine Tyler May. Basic Books, 2010
Call Number: HQ766.5 .U5 M39 2010 Continue reading

Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2011

Valentine’s Day

In the News: This week we cover St. Valentine’s Day: Love • Lust • Romance • Infatuation • Affection • Crushes • Intimacy • Courtship • Marriage • Spouse • Partner • Companion • Mate • Chocolate • Flowers •

We also consider the other end of the spectrum: Breakups • Broken Hearts • Divorce

Fiction/Drama Titles • Non-Fiction Titles

FICTION/DRAMA

03: A Novel
By Jean-Christophe Valtat. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010
Call Number: PQ2682 .A438 O1813 2010

The Act of Love
By Howard Jacobson. Simon & Schuster, 2009
Call Number: PR6060 .A32 A64 2009

Angst Essen Seele Auf (Ali, Fear Eats the Soul) (DVD)
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Criterion Collection, 2003
Call Number: PN1997 .A535 2003 (Boca Raton Media Center)

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