August 2010

Paying students to study

Students at schools in Dallas, Chicago, NYC, and DC were paid for various postitive behaviours, such as reading books, performing well on tests, or attending school.

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College textbooks

Unfortunately, the Pollak Library doesn’t buy textbooks. However, you’re often asked to purchase books that aren’t textbooks and you can look for those books using Find Books which will search the Pollak and area public libraries.

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According to a What Works Clearinghouse report, two studies that met WWC standards found that Accelerated Reader had no impact on fluency or comprehension for adolescent readers.

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