Educational strategies and policy Books

Infuse the powerful vocabulary of growth mindset into your lesson plans, feedback and student guidanceChoosing the Right WordsFrom the authors of the bestselling The Growth Mindset Coach, this handy companion is a must-have if you want to...

An easy-to-implement collection of creative ideas and new strategies that inspire students with the power of growth mindsetStudents who harness the power of growth mindset can succeed beyond their wildest imagination. The key is having a growth-mindset...

A complete and easy-to-follow guide for inspiring every student with the power of growth mindset.Created by teachers for teachers, this is the ultimate guide for unleashing students' potential through creative lessons, empowering messages and innovative...

An invitation and guide for leaders "to cast a courageous and imaginative vision, to lead resiliently, and to be present and steady in times of deep anxiety."Ed Friedman's genius was to see the individual in the family in the larger group, bringing the...

Tens of millions of Americans are between the ages of 18 and 30. These Americans, known as millennials, are, or soon will be, entering the workforce. For them, achieving success will be more difficult than it was for young people in the past. This is not...

Discover how educators, researchers, IT support, and administrators can transform education inside and out, now and for the future.Geographic information system (GIS) technology offers a powerful decision-making tool in various aspects of education. It...

Key Note: Seniors is the fasting growing demographic of pot users in the U.S. And everyone is talking about it! This book is HOT! CANNABIS FOR SENIORS explains how seniors aged 55 and older can employ the therapeutic uses-both social and medical-of...

"I must refrain from shouting what a brilliant work this is (prteritio). Farnsworth has written the book as he ought to have written it and as only he could have written it (symploce). Buy it and read it buy it and read it (epimone)."-Bryan A. Garner,...

Make your writing and speech shine like the sun! Here's the most entertaining and instructive book about both enlivening and clarifying communication with the art of comparison. "Ward Farnsworth is a witty commentator...It's a book to dip in and savor...

You've seen the news. You may have experienced some level of it in your relationship or someone close to you has experienced it. How can two people go from loving relationship to relationship failure? Is your relationship destined to fail? Is there a...

'An important resource that also lays a foundation for social change.' - Edna Acosta-Beln, distinguished professor, University at Albany, SUNY Physical, emotional, verbal, and now cyber bullying are an increasing problem in our nation's schools...

Renowned author Franca Iacovetta provides a new perspective on multiculturalism by examining the hopes and challenges of women activists associated with the Toronto International Institute.For almost two decades before Canada officially adopted...

How is social action related to aesthetics, and anthropology to theatre? What is the meaning of such concepts as "work," "play, "liminal," and "flow"? In this highly influential book, Turner elaborates on ritual and theatre, persona and individual,...

'Beyond the Tiger Mom is a brilliant book-hard-hitting and brutally honest but also balanced, insightful, and funny.' - Amy Chua, author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother Dispel the hype and myths about Asian parenting and...

What is the value of a liberal education? Traditionally characterised by a rigorous engagement with the classics of Western thought and literature, this approach to education is all but extinct in American universities, replaced by flexible distribution...

The essential how-to guide to successful college teaching and learningThe college classroom is a place where students have the opportunity to be transformed and inspired through learning-but teachers need to understand how students actually learn. Robert...

From the bestselling author of What the Best College Teachers Do, the story of a new breed of amazingly innovative courses that inspire students and improve learning Decades of research have produced profound insights into how student learning and...

An inspiring account of teachers in ordinary circumstances doing extraordinary things, showing us how to transform educationWhat School Could Be offers an inspiring vision of what our teachers and students can accomplish if trusted with the challenge of...

Hi! I'm Pep Pep Loo Loo and I'm starring in an all new children's book about my adventures in potty training!Pep Pep Loo Loo is a fun loving dog who wants to learn how to use the potty! She gets a few lessons from her mom and her toy friend stuffies:...

Countless studies demonstrate that students with parents actively involved in their education at home and school are more likely to earn higher grades and test scores, enroll in higher-level programs, graduate from high school, and go on to...

World famous competitive skydiver and coach Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld presents proven tools and techniques for success and explains how they can be used in everyday life. Dan survived a plane crash from which sixteen of the twenty-two people on board were...

An updated edition of the classic revolutionary analysis of the role of race in the classroom Winner of an American Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice Award and Choice Magazine's Outstanding Academic Book Award, and voted one of Teacher...

*Winner of a creative writing fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts Blue collar worker stories Author's first fiction collection

John Taylor Gatto's Weapons of Mass Instruction, now available in paperback, focuses on mechanisms of traditional education that cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as a byproduct of rote-memorization...

This book warns of a future where the hardest schools for Australian parents to get their kids into will be public ones. With insight, passion and a great sense of urgency Chris Bonnor and Jane Caro show how government, anxious parents, the church and...

In a work of narrative nonfiction that weaves together the racially fraught history of public education in Milwaukee and the broader story of hypersegregation in the rust belt, Lessons from the Heartland tells of an iconic city's fall from grace - and of...