{"product_id":"sips-of-hemlock-paperback","title":"Sips of Hemlock - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGene Bans\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnze Ban Virant\u003c\/b\u003e (Cover Design by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause of her positivity, charisma, and love for education, Tara Almquest, veteran teacher, is chosen to enter a global spotlight at a pivotal moment in a\u003cstrong\u003e future timeline\u003c\/strong\u003e. As one of the first \u003cstrong\u003ecelebrity teachers, \u003c\/strong\u003eTara is given \u003cstrong\u003estudent data \u003c\/strong\u003eand a production team to improve student learning. Can she \"up her game\" to navigate an intersection of \u003cstrong\u003ecorporate and governmental power and greed\u003c\/strong\u003e, while still trying to live a healthy, happy life? Will her young, but overworked assistant, Emory, be the next celebrity teacher or leave her career behind after finding her man? How would you feel if \u003cstrong\u003eteachers earned millions\u003c\/strong\u003e?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSips of Hemlock\u003c\/em\u003e is a fictional tale centered around \u003cstrong\u003estrong female leads\u003c\/strong\u003e tossed into a changing world of \u003cstrong\u003eeducation, government, and business\u003c\/strong\u003e. It's currently one of Amazon's \"Top New Releases in Federal Education Legislation.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2025 Idaho state legislature voted to give private school families $5000 per child in tax credits, while the federal government started cutting funding for the \u003cstrong\u003eUS Department of Education\u003c\/strong\u003e. The scenarios explored in Sips of Hemlock aren't far from possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone interested in the \u003cstrong\u003epublic school versus private school funding \u003c\/strong\u003edebate, \u003cem\u003eSips of Hemlock\u003c\/em\u003e explores a fictional future where \u003cstrong\u003eprivatization\u003c\/strong\u003e becomes the norm. In this era, smaller companies are being bought out by bigger corporations. Schools are tech-controlled, satellite classrooms taught by celebrity teachers but maintained by minimum wage workers. Students are bio-monitored to improve learning (and grab data) and parents, while allowed to attend school with their kids, lose the ability to influence curricular policy choices. Future educational corporations share who the loud ones are and ban them (like airlines sharing no-fly lists).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre classrooms safer? Do students learn more? Are parents satisfied? Are teachers happier earning millions?\u003cem\u003e Sips of Hemlock \u003c\/em\u003eexplores the \u003cstrong\u003efuture of education \u003c\/strong\u003eand its fictional \u003cstrong\u003erelationships.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 254\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 21, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48439095820537,"sku":"9798886270952","price":18.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/BekyFOfTs39798886270952.webp?v=1779620112","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/sips-of-hemlock-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}