23 must-read education books like We Got This.: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be by Cornelius Minor

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We Got This.: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be

By: Cornelius Minor

4.43

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

"That's the problem with you, Minor" a student huffed. "You want to make everything about reading o…

If you liked the education plot in We Got This.: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be by Cornelius Minor , here is a list of 23 books like this:

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1. Choice Words: How Our Language Affects Children's Learning

By: Peter H. Johnston

4.15

Format: 118 pages, Paperback

In productive classrooms, teachers don't just teach children skills: they build emotionally and rel… read more

Similar categories in Peter H. Johnston's Choice Words: How Our Language Affects Children's Learning book and Cornelius Minor's We Got This.: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be

  • school
  • teaching
  • grad school
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • education
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2. Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College

By: Doug Lemov

4.01

Format: 332 pages, Paperback

***PLEASE NOTE, THIS EDITION IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT. THERE IS A NEW EDITION AVAILABLE, TEACH L… read more

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  • school
  • teaching
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • education
  • audiobook
"One of the problems with teaching is that there's a temptation to evaluate what we do in the classroom based on how clever it aligns with a larger philosophy , or even how gratifying it is to use not…"

-Doug Lemov, Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College

"...we spend a lot of time defining behavior by the negative "that was inappropriate." These commands are vague and inefficient...Telling students what to do in a way that is specific, concrete, seque…"

-Doug Lemov, Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College

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3. The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness

By: Todd Rose

4.05

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In this ground-breaking book perfect for readers of The Power of Habitand Quiet, Harvard scientist … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • education
Cover of Teaching with Poverty in Mind: What Being Poor Does to Kids' Brains and What Schools Can Do about It by Eric Jensen

4. Teaching with Poverty in Mind: What Being Poor Does to Kids' Brains and What Schools Can Do about It

By: Eric Jensen

3.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Eric Jensen, author of Teaching with the Brain in Mind, examines how poverty hurts children, famili… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • school
  • education
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5. Is Everyone Really Equal?: An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education

By: Robin DiAngelo , None , Özlem Sensoy

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

This practical handbook will introduce readers to social justice education, providing tools for dev… read more

Similar categories in Robin DiAngelo's Is Everyone Really Equal?: An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education book and Cornelius Minor's We Got This.: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be

  • race
  • school
  • teaching
  • education
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • anti racist
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6. Book Love: Developing Depth, Stamina, and Passion in Adolescent Readers

By: Penny Kittle

4.03

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

"I believe each of my students must craft an individual reading life of challenge, whim, curiosity,… read more

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  • school
  • teaching
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • education

7. Making All Things New: An Invitation to the Spiritual Life

By: Henri J.M. Nouwen

3.61

Format: 8 pages, Hardcover

Newly repackaged, Making All Things Newis an eloquent and simple explanation of the spiritual life … read more

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8. Unsettled

By: Reem Faruqi

4.20

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A stirring, hopeful immigration story of Nurah and her family, who move from Karachi, Pakistan, to … read more

Similar categories in Reem Faruqi's Unsettled book and Cornelius Minor's We Got This.: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be

  • audiobook
Cover of I Talk Like a River by Jordan  Scott

9. I Talk Like a River

By: Jordan Scott

4.48

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Um retrato sensível do isolamento e do estigma sentido por uma criança com dificuldades de fala. … read more

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  • school
  • audiobook
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10. We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom

By: Bettina L. Love

4.54

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Drawing on personal stories, research, and historical events, an esteemed educator offers a vision … read more

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  • race
  • school
  • teaching
  • education
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • anti racist
  • audiobook
"When you understand how these theories function, when they become your North Star, you understand why progress is so hard and why survival is a constant struggle. Theories are more than just academic…"

-Bettina L. Love, We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom

"The four major testing companies—Pearson Education, Educational Testing Service, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and McGraw Hill—make $2 billion a year in revenue while spending $20 million a year lobbyin…"

-Bettina L. Love, We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom

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11. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's And Then, Boom! book and Cornelius Minor's We Got This.: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be

  • audiobook
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

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12. Hacking School Discipline: 9 Ways to Create a Culture of Empathy and Responsibility Using Restorative Justice

By: Nathan Maynard

3.98

Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition

Eliminate old-school punishments and create a community of responsible, productive learners Are yo… read more

Similar categories in Nathan Maynard's Hacking School Discipline: 9 Ways to Create a Culture of Empathy and Responsibility Using Restorative Justice book and Cornelius Minor's We Got This.: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be

  • school
  • teaching
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • audiobook
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13. Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School

By: Tiffany Jewell

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Book Is Anti-Racist and The Antiracist Kid , … read more

Similar categories in Tiffany Jewell's Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School book and Cornelius Minor's We Got This.: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be

  • race
  • teaching
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • education
  • audiobook
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14. Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal

By: Bettina L. Love

4.41

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

“I am an eighties baby who grew to hate school. I never fully understood why. Until now. Until Bett… read more

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  • race
  • teaching
  • education
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • adult
  • anti racist
  • audiobook
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15. This Is My America

By: Kim Johnson

4.46

Format: 416 pages, ebook

Dear Martin meets Just Mercy in this unflinching yet uplifting YA novel that explores the racist in… read more

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  • race
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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16. 180 Days: Two Teachers and the Quest to Engage and Empower Adolescents

By: Penny Kittle

4.54

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

"Teaching is art-creation-and a curriculum map is only as good as the teacher who considers it, who… read more

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  • school
  • teaching
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • audiobook
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17. Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You

By: A'ja Wilson

4.58

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

From Olympic gold medalist and two-time professional basketball MVP A’ja Wilson comes an inspiratio… read more

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  • race
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Uncommon Sense Teaching: Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn by Barbara Oakley

18. Uncommon Sense Teaching: Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn

By: Barbara Oakley

4.20

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Top 10 Pick for Learning Ladders’ Best Books for Educators Summer 2021 A groundbreaking guide to i… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • education
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19. The Storyteller

By: Kathryn Williams

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This story follows a teenage girl’s quest to uncover the truth behind her secretive great aunt Anna… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy by Gholdy Muhammad

20. Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy

By: Gholdy Muhammad

4.45

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

In Cultivating Genius, Dr. Gholdy E. Muhammad presents a four-layered equity framework—one that is … read more

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  • race
  • school
  • teaching
  • education
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • adult
  • anti racist
"As long as oppression is present in the world, young people need pedagogy that nurtures criticality."

-Gholdy Muhammad, Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy

"Perhaps the people who need criticality the most become those who share identities with the greatest oppressors of the world."

-Gholdy Muhammad, Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy

"We live in a period where there's no time for "urgent-free pedagogy." Our instructional pursuits must be honest, bold, raw, unapologetic, and responsive to the social times."

-Gholdy Muhammad, Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy

"The need to agitate for criticality historically spoke to the social unrest at the time, and I argue that the need to agitate is still necessary and pressing in classrooms today."

-Gholdy Muhammad, Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy

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21. Flirty Little Secret

By: Jessica Lepe

3.53

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

School counselor Lucy Galindo has a secret. To her coworkers, friends, and even family, she’s s… read more

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  • adult
  • audiobook
"It is so important to take the time to refill our own cups before returning to work to take care of everyone else. Burnout is the #1 reason more than half of our nation's school teachers want to leav…"

-Jessica Lepe, Flirty Little Secret

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22. The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades

By: Judith C. Hochman

4.39

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

Why you need a writing revolution in your classroom and how to lead it The Writing Revolution (TWR… read more

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  • school
  • teaching
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • education
Cover of Start Here, Start Now: A Guide to Antibias and Antiracist Work in Your School Community by Liz Kleinrock

23. Start Here, Start Now: A Guide to Antibias and Antiracist Work in Your School Community

By: Liz Kleinrock

4.52

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Most educators want to cultivate an antibias and antiracist classroom and school community, but the… read more

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  • race
  • school
  • teaching
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • education
  • audiobook
Cover of Being the Change: Lessons and Strategies to Teach Social Comprehension by Sara K. Ahmed

24. Being the Change: Lessons and Strategies to Teach Social Comprehension

By: Sara K. Ahmed

4.43

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Topics such as race , gender , politics , religion , and sexuality are part of our students' lives,… read more

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  • race
  • teaching
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • adult
  • education
  • audiobook
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25. We Got This.: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be

By: Cornelius Minor

4.43

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

"That's the problem with you, Minor" a student huffed. "You want to make everything about reading o… read more

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  • teaching
  • education
  • grad school
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • adult
  • anti racist
  • audiobook
Cover of Why They Can't Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities by John  Warner

26. Why They Can't Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities

By: John Warner

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An important challenge to what currently masquerades as conventional wisdom regarding the teaching … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • school
  • education
Cover of Teaching Fiercely: Spreading Joy and Justice in Our Schools by Kass Minor

27. Teaching Fiercely: Spreading Joy and Justice in Our Schools

By: Kass Minor

3.92

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Revolutionize the way you negotiate the realities of childhood education In Teaching Spreading Joy… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • education
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28. Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education

By: Alex Shevrin Venet

4.56

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Trauma-informed initiatives tend to focus on the challenging behaviors of students and ascribe them… read more

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  • school
  • teaching
  • education
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • anti racist
Cover of Unearthing Joy: A Guide to Culturally and Historically Responsive Curriculum and Instruction by Gholdy Muhammad

29. Unearthing Joy: A Guide to Culturally and Historically Responsive Curriculum and Instruction

By: Gholdy Muhammad

4.33

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In this follow-up to Cultivating Genius, Dr. Gholdy Muhammad adds a fifth pursuit―joy―to her ground… read more

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  • education
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • anti racist
  • audiobook
Cover of Antiracism and Universal Design for Learning: Building Expressways to Success by Andratesha Fritzgerald

30. Antiracism and Universal Design for Learning: Building Expressways to Success

By: Andratesha Fritzgerald

4.14

Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition

Andratesha Fritzgerald presents Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in a new light: As an effective… read more

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  • race
  • teaching
  • education
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • anti racist
Cover of Differentiating Phonics Instruction for Maximum Impact: How to Scaffold Whole-Group Instruction So All Students Can Access Grade-Level Content (Corwin Literacy) by Wiley Blevins

31. Differentiating Phonics Instruction for Maximum Impact: How to Scaffold Whole-Group Instruction So All Students Can Access Grade-Level Content (Corwin Literacy)

By: Wiley Blevins

4.61

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Teacher be nimble, teacher be quick―the routines in this book make phonics learning stick. Author W… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • education

9 best-selling adult books like We Got This.: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be by Cornelius Minor

Transform Your Habits

Choice Words: How Our Language Affects Children's Learning

Peter H. Johnston

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College

Doug Lemov

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Book Love: Developing Depth, Stamina, and Passion in Adolescent Readers

Penny Kittle

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal

Bettina L. Love

4.41

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11 Top poetry books like Unsettled by Reem Faruqi

Transform Your Habits

Something Like Home

Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Mascot

Charles Waters

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Everywhere Blue

Joanne Rossmassler Fritz

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Good Different

Meg Eden Kuyatt

4.52

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