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With summer in full swing, and the start of fall classes only a few weeks away, there’s one thing for certain.., the back-to-school season is upon us. And with this time of year, BarChart Publishing's new lineup of QuickStudy Laminated Study Guides is sure to be in demand ahead of the upcoming 2022/2023 school year.With a special emphasis on updating and expanding popular titles and creating new and insightful ones surrounding many of today’s primary course subjects, this new crop of Q …

In this edition of our Author Spotlight Series, BarCharts Publishing is pleased to introduce to you, Jane Parks Gardner, MSc, MScEd.With more than 50 nonfiction titles for K-12 and Higher Ed publication, Jane is the author of three QuickStudy laminated study guides: Chemistry 2, Physical Science, and Global Climate Change—which is the focus of our Author Spotlight Q&A. In addition to over two decades working in educational publishing, writing STEM curricula, authoring ed …

Earth Day, now more than ever, is both a celebration of our celestial home and a call to action to all who inhabit it. More than a holiday, it is a unification to change our ways as a global society - a partnership for the planet. This year, like many before it, Earth Day continues to challenge governments, businesses, and citizens around the world to act (boldly), innovate (broadly), and implement (equitably) by combining all efforts (collectively) to aid in reversing the negative effects of cl …

It’s often considered the biggest counter-productive distraction for young people ever created. A proverbial thorn in the side of parents since the very day they went against their morals and gave their children a way out of reality.Video games. Two words that make even the strongest of non-helicopter parents cringe in horror. It became such a nuisance in China that children there are now banned from playing them at all during the school week AND are only allotted 1 hour of playing time on Frida …

When it comes to the rising costs of college textbooks, students and parents alike cringe at the thought of just how much they will need to shell out, and whether or not such costs are worthwhile.Unfortunately, the outcomes of both concerns are almost always not positive. In fact, they’re usually met with anger and frustration. New or used, the value of college textbooks is almost always more due to it’s demand, by way of the college courses requiring them than what is actually contained in the …