The lineage of American schoolbooks, like that of our educational system, goes back to Europe and, particularly, to England. The first schoolbooks used in the United States were printed in England and for two hundred years a great influx of books came from sources outside this country. However, with the break from England and the emergence of the United States as a nation, text book publishing came into being in America. This book presents a general portrayal of American textbooks, and along with this, as a requisite accompaniment, a picture of the pioneer-day school system insofar as it had to do with production and early usage of schoolbooks. The author shows how the first textbooks came to be, tells of textbook writers, and traces through the bulk of the material presented the changes that most of the textbook authors brought about. The types of books discussed include the New England primers as well as other types of primers; readers, specially the McGuffey readers; rhetoric and foreign language books; arithmetics; spelling books; literature texts; elocution texts; handwriting and copy books; histories; and many other books that made our school systems what they are today. Besides being a study of the textbook field in America, History of American Schoolbooks is also a history of the United States as reflected in the type of teaching and instructional aids used to educate Americans. A study of this subject is by no means just an interesting side trip into America's past. Many of the books are still influential, and many of the old methods are staging a come back in the educational field, History of American Schoolbooks should be of interest to educators and historians, as well as teachers, librarians, book collectors, publishers, and general readers who are interested in the evolution and growth of a segment of education and educational publishing that is one of the most important and vital in our country.

The Core Success Journal will inspire you to set clear goals, identify a personal life mission and begin moving toward creating a destiny for yourself. The core principles in this book are supported by research and results. Every effort is made to provide substantial evidence to support the dynamic success building techniques in this book. You will soon be living with greater confidence, stronger relationships, a sense of purpose and gratifying personal power.

In 2003, Congress passed the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act, which established a 5-year, $15 billion initiative to help countries around the world respond to their AIDS epidemics. The initiative is generally referred to by the title of the 5-year strategy required by the act-PEPFAR, or the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. PEPFAR Implementation evaluates this initiative's progress and concludes that although PEPFAR has made a promising start, U.S. leadership is still needed in the effort to respond to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The book recommends that the program transition from its focus on emergency relief to an emphasis on the long-term strategic planning and capacity building necessary for a sustainable response. PEPFAR Implementation will be of interest to policy makers, health care professionals, special interest groups, and others interested in global AIDS relief. Table of Contents Front Matter Abstract and Summary Part I The U.S. Global AIDS Initiative, 1 Introduction 2 The U.S. Global AIDS Initiative: Context and Background Part II Progress on the First 5-Year Strategy -- PEPFAR, 3 PEPFAR's Management 4 PEPFAR's Prevention Category 5 PEPFAR's Treatment Category 6 PEPFAR's Care Category 7 PEPFAR's Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children Category Part III Looking to the Future, 8 Toward Sustainability Appendix A Acknowledgments Appendix B Methods Appendix C Plan for a Short-term Evaluation of PEPFAR Implementation -- Letter Report # 1 Appendix D Selected Bibliography for 25-Year Overview of Global HIV/AIDS Appendix E Abbreviations and Acronyms Appendix F Committee and Staff Biographies Appendix G Information-Gathering Meeting Agendas Index