John Stanford’s life as a farmer in wild places has given him a fine sense of how animals and humans get along together (or don’t).

These seven tales, expressively illustrated by Meg Jordi, will appeal to adults and children and animals alike.

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John Stanford’s anecjokes are yarns against adversity, told with elegance and wry humour.

Spanning half a century from the 1930s to the 1980s, they range from the psychology of sheep to frozen tractor valves to ancestral aunts. Many of the same characters re-appear, forming a patchwork of stories that becomes a rich and lively portrait of both an extended family and a farming community.

Education is not just a matter for the politicians and professionals; it is a matter for all of us. For we are the public in public education. When we work together, we can do it...we can reach and teach these children.

Meet John Stanford, the successfully unorthodox superintendent of Seattle public schools and former U.S. Army major general, whose gutsy, no-nonsense educational reforms and inspirational leadership have sparked a revolution in public education. Under his visionary guidance, test scores are improving, violence has declined to a ten-year low, student/teacher morale is soaring, and the community has rallied around the schools as never before.

In this remarkable book, he outlines the essential strategies a school district can use to transform the system and offers a concrete plan of action to mobilize educators, parents, and the community at large into an army of educators.

Learn how your school district can:

Establish standards of achievement for both students and educators
Ensure that the school system believes that all children can learn--and that they act on that belief
Encourage schools to run themselves like businesses, turning principals into enterprising CEOs, promoting high performance through competition, and drawing vital investments from the private sector
Enlist the aid of local businesses, nonprofit, religious, and ethnic organizations, and volunteers in order to meet the needs of every child
Expand the traditional classroom to include the surrounding community

Here is a new, dynamic plan to help you and your community achieve Victory in Our Schools.

The perfect book for those who are advancing in years. This Large Print Volume contains more than 100 contiributions (all quite brief) from dozens of godly authors including; AUGUSTINE, JOSEPH ADDISION, THOMAS ADAMS, J.W. ALEXANDER, WILLIAM BATES, RICHARD BAXTER, EDWARD BICKERSTETH, THOMAS BINNEY, HORATIOUS BONAR, CHARLES BRIDGES, THOMAS BROOKS, JOHN BUNYAN, GEORGE CHEEVER, CHRYSOSTOM, SAMUEL DAVIES, JOHN FLAVEL, JOHN GILL, THOMAS GUTHRIE, JOHN HALL, JAMES HAMILTON, ROBERT HAWKER, MATTHEW HENRY, PHILIP HENRY, JAMES HERVEY, JOHN HOWE, WILLIAM JAY, F.W. KRUMMACHER, ROBERT LEIGHTON, J.R. MACDUFF, HENRY MARTYN, R..M. M'CHEYNE, JOHN MILTON, HANNAH MORE, JOHN NEWTON, ELIZABETH PRENTISS, WILLIAM ROMAINE, SAMUEL RUTHERFORD, RICHARD SIBBES, C.H. SPURGEON, JEREMY TAYLOR, A.M. TOPLADY, R.C. TRENCH, C.J. VAUGHN, ISAAC WATTS, CHARLES WESLEY, MRS. WESLEY, WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, and MARY WINSLOW.

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