The Holmes Education Post (THEP) is an education focused Internet newspaper designed to improve public education. THEP provide free educational resources such as an ebook and pilot anti-hazing curriculum and other publications to educators across the nation.

As a part of its mission, THEP publishes books in a variety of areas. These books’ titles and descriptions are: Jacob’s Dream! A Story of Animals in Africa; Jacob’s Dream! A Story of Careers for Children; Completing the Dissertation: Tips, techniques and real-life experiences from Ph.D. graduates; Your Answers to Education Questions; Professional Career Paths; How to Eradicate Hazing; Current Issues and Answers in Education and Education Questions to be Answered.

This book exposes children to 16 African animals and their habitats. It provides colorful illustrations to capture children’s imagination while developing their reading and thinking skills. Children can color the illustrations on each page, which further enhances the learning process. It will be especially useful for elementary teachers as they can use the book’s lesson plan tied to the Common Core State Standards to facilitate classroom instructions on the lifestyles of animals in Africa, build student vocabulary skills and apply learning to practice. To order the book, visit: Amazon.com

Jacob’s Dream! A Story of Careers for Children – This book exposes children at an early age to sixteen professional careers through Jacob’s dream. It provides colorful illustrations to capture children’s interest while developing their reading skills. It also provides an opportunity for children to color the illustrations on each page, which will further enhance the learning process. To order the book, visit: Amazon.com.

Completing the Dissertation – Forty-three percent of graduate students do not complete the Ph.D. with many students struggling to fulfill the requirements of the dissertation. The purpose of this book is to help potential and current graduate students learn from Ph.D. graduates who successfully completed the dissertation. To order the book, visit: Amazon.com.

Your Answers to Education Questions – Through empirical research, this book provides educators and other followers of THEP with the solutions to education questions in our educational institutions. These solutions include 30 articles on some of our latest interventions to address challenges plaguing our institutions. To order the book, visit: Amazon.com.

Professional Career Paths – Public school students in many states are given the opportunity to choose a potential job to pursue or path of study in one of the 16 national career clusters delineated by the U.S. Department of Education. Some of these career clusters include (1) agriculture, food and natural resources; (2) audio/visual technology and communications; (3) architecture and construction; (4) business, management and administration and (5) education and training. This book provides an excerpt of interviews of 57 professionals in different occupations (teacher, lawyer, doctor, entrepreneur, etc.) to help students learn of jobs for successful employment. To order the book, visit: Amazon.com.

 How to Eradicate Hazing – Hazing has been defined in a number of ways, but the resulting consequences are the same – ridicule, humiliation, embarrassment and abuse. Despite contrary beliefs, hazing impacts all ages and segments of society. Society must therefore be engaged in educational strategies to understand the causes and effects of hazing and research-based strategies for prevention that over time will eliminate the negative consequences. The book by Dr. Ronald Holmes provides a framework for K-20 educators and others to have an in depth look at hazing and begin to develop anti-hazing strategies to overcome the negative consequences in our communities, schools, institutions and society. It is a must read for those interested in using knowledge and collaborative strategies to understand and prevent hazing. Dr. George E. Cooper, former president of South Carolina State University. To order the book, visit: Amazon.com.

Current Issues and Answers in Education – Through extensive research and best practices of various schools nationwide, this book provides educators with solutions to the problems in our public schools. These solutions include articles on some of the latest federal programs afforded to state education agencies to address challenges plaguing public schools such as the No Child Left Behind Act. The book can be very helpful to school stakeholders such as parents, teachers, principals and district administrators since the topics focus on the K-12 environments. With a plethora of references to support numerous suggestions, discrepancies and issues, this book can be useful to graduate students, professors, researchers, university administrators and education state agencies. In a proposal format, this book also provides a roadmap for successful and struggling schools in the U.S. with objectives, goals, strategies and performance measures. To order the book, visit: Amazon.com

Education Questions to be Answered – In a time of an uncertain economy, this book provides solutions for improving America’s schools through federal funding, programs, services, community partnerships, accreditation and leadership standards. The book can be very helpful to school stakeholders such as parents, teachers, principals and district administrators since the topics focus on the K-12 environments. With a plethora of references to support numerous suggestions, discrepancies and issues, this book can be useful to graduate students, professors, researchers, university administrators and education state agencies. While America’s schools are faced with numerous challenges in today’s society such as the lack of family stability and parental involvement, this book also provides a roadmap for successful and struggling schools in the U.S. To order the book, visit: Amazon.com.

Dr. Ronald Holmes is the author of eight books, Jacob’s Dream! A Story of Careers for Children; Completing the Dissertation: Tips, techniques and real-life experiences from Ph.D. graduates; Your Answers to Education Questions; Professional Career Paths; How to Eradicate Hazing; Current Issues and Answers in Education; Education Questions to be Answered and How to revitalize the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. He is publisher of “The Holmes Education Post,” an education focused Internet newspaper.  Holmes is a former teacher, school administrator and district superintendent. He can be reached at [email protected]