"Schools are busy places! Lots of community helpers are needed to make a school run smoothly. Readers will learn about who works at a school, what the workers do, and what makes a school special. Simple, at-level text and vibrant photos help readers learn all about schools in the community"--Provided by publisher.

Teaches young readers about a school principal's responsibilities, such as setting educational goals for the school, ensuring learning standards are taught, hiring and evaluating school staff, and working with students.

"This book is a deep dive into mass shootings--events in which one or more gunmen shoot more than four people--which have become increasingly common, particularly in America, over the last six decades. The book opens on a personal note, describing an event in which the author failed to protect an innocent man from violence, which he likens to our national inability to act and protect each other from these atrocities. From there, he goes back to August...

It was just another ordinary day at McKinley High-until a massive explosion devastated the school. When loner David Thorpe tried to help his English teacher to safety, the teacher convulsed and died right in front of him. And that was just the beginning. A year later, McKinley has descended into chaos. All the students are infected with a virus that makes them deadly to adults. The school is under military quarantine. The teachers are gone. Violent...

"A year in the life of a Chicago high school that has one of the highest proportions of refugees of any school in the nation"--

"A September morning in 1989 changed Alton's history forever. At 7:34 a.m., a Dr Pepper truck collided with Mission School Bus no. 6. After the bus and its occupants plunged into a water-filled caliche pit, twenty-one students lost their lives. The resulting investigation flooded the small South Texas community with reporters and lawyers. The heavily scrutinized legal battle divided the city, but it did ultimately produce changes in school bus safety...

"A psychologist's gripping, troubling, and moving exploration of the brutal murder of a possibly transgender middle school student by an eighth grade classmate. On Feb. 12, 2008, at E.O. Green Junior High in Oxnard, CA, 14-year-old Brandon McInerney shot and killed his classmate, Larry King, who had recently begun to call himself "Leticia" and wear makeup and jewelry to school. Profoundly shaken by the news, and unsettled by media coverage that sidestepped...

Traces the experiences of a disadvantaged black youth who after receiving an education at Beverly Hills High became one of its teachers, eventually partnering with a former student to save the school from political and financial challenges.

This title will inform readers about the Little Rock Nine including who they were, what they went through to attend a former whites-only school, and what they would go on to accomplish. Vivid details, well-chosen photographs, and primary sources bring this story and this case to life.

From the transportation used to get to and from school to the subjects studied during class, this book looks at the diversity of schools around the world. Well-crafted text and vibrant photographs introduce readers to the different ways children learn, share ideas, and grow. This inviting new title will surely earn top marks with young readers!