Roger's over a decade of teaching had been rocky but nothing compares to the two stints he did in The Rubber Room - New York City's Teacher Jail.

Katey demanded, "When will I see you again?" Jerry gripped his cane hard till the knuckles on his hand went white with rage. "Better make that never plus ten years!" he shouted. Katey and Jerry are caught up in the three Cs: change, commitment, and challenges. They have had their differences over the years, and through the numerous bumps in their mutual happiness, they have always managed to hold onto each other. But when a vicious and vindictive CEO begins plotting to oust Jerry even to the point of physical threats, their happy union is threatened. Can Katey and Jerry save their company from the machinations of an egomaniacal railroad mogul? Will their love manage to overcome the ultimate test? What about you? Can you handle the three Cs in your life? Find out in Ivan Bosanko's thrilling, inspirational novel, The Rubber Room, Volume 2.

Alex Fry (Beams) has a great life. He's a famous sidekick, works for one of the best superheroes in the world, and is even dating the girl of his dreams. While Alex can't publicly accept the praise and accolades his sidekick persona receives from fans, his life is good nonetheless. That is, until he becomes the target of the most infamous assassin in the world, whose presence in Golden City forces him to go on the run. Even with the arrival of a new superhero to protect him, Alex's life is still turned upside down, forcing him to remain in hiding to avoid getting killed. Now Alex must catch the assassin before the assassin finds him. If Alex fails to defeat the assassin, then everything he's worked for will collapse. KEYWORDS: superhero action fiction, superhero fantasy, superhero fiction novel, superhero science fiction, superhero scifi, superhero young adult, superhero city, superhero books, superhero action, superhero books for kids, superheroes, cool superheroes, action adventure books, superhero action adventure books, action adventure fiction, superhero action adventure fiction, young adult action adventure, action adventure young adult, coming of age books

As new jails fill up almost as soon as they open, conflict continues to grow among public officials, who, in turn, create policies that do little more than avoid blame and temporarily control the crisis. This book proposes that we can understand this crisis by tracing the interdependence of the jail system with local agencies of criminal justice.

This work looks at why many of America's schools are failing and relates how parents, activists, and education reformers are joining together to fix a system that works for adults but consistently fails the children it is meant to educate. In it the author takes a look at the adults who are fighting over America's failure to educate its children, and points the way to reversing that failure.

Why are America's public schools falling so short of the mark in educating the nation's children? Why are they organized in ineffective ways that fly in the face of common sense, to the point that it is virtually impossible to get even the worst teachers out of the classroom? And why, after more than a quarter century of costly education reform, have the schools proven so resistant to change and so difficult to improve? In this path-breaking book, Terry M. Moe demonstrates that the answers to these questions have a great deal to do with teachers unions—which are by far the most powerful forces in American education and use their power to promote their own special interests at the expense of what is best for kids. Despite their importance, the teachers unions have barely been studied. Special Interest fills that gap with an extraordinary analysis that is at once brilliant and kaleidoscopic—shedding new light on their historical rise to power, the organizational foundations of that power, the ways it is exercised in collective bargaining and politics, and its vast consequences for American education. The bottom line is simple but devastating: as long as the teachers unions remain powerful, the nation's schools will never be organized to provide kids with the most effective education possible. Moe sees light at the end of the tunnel, however, due to two major transformations. One is political, the other technological, and the combination is destined to weaken the unions considerably in the coming years—loosening their special-interest grip and opening up a new era in which America's schools can finally be organized in the best interests of children.