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 …
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1. The Professor's House
By: Willa Cather , A.S. Byatt
3.77
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
On the eve of his move to a new, more desirable residence, Professor Godfrey St. Peter finds himsel… read more
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"He knew that he was terribly selfish about personal pleasures, fought for them. if a thing gave him delight, he got it, if he sold his shirt for it. By doing without many so-called necessities he had…"-Willa Cather, The Professor's House
"To people off alone, as we were, there is something stirring about finding evidence of human labour and care in the soil of an empty country. It comes to you as a sort of message, makes you feel diff…"-Willa Cather, The Professor's House
"It struck him that the seasons sometimes gain by being brought into the house, just as they gain by being brought into painting, and into poetry. The hand, fastidious and bold which selected and plac…"-Willa Cather, The Professor's House
"I had no plans, I wanted nothing but to get back to the mesa and live a free life and breathe free air, and never, never again to see hundreds of little black-coated men pouring out of white building…"-Willa Cather, The Professor's House
2. Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It
By: Richard L. Allington , Kelly Gallagher
4.29
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
The systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practi… read more
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- school
- teaching
- academic
- read for school
- nonfiction
- education
"...read books through the lens of life preparation."-Richard L. Allington, Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It
"What do we mean when we say our school 'values' reading?"-Richard L. Allington, Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It
"I am not simply teaching the reading; I am teaching the reader."-Richard L. Allington, Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It
"To become a lifelong reader, one has to do a lot of varied and interesting reading."-Richard L. Allington, Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It
3. Why Poetry
By: Matthew Zapruder
4.16
Format: 256 pages, ebook
An impassioned call for a return to reading poetry and an incisive argument for poetry’s accessibil… read more
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- nonfiction
- teaching
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4. One Half from the East
By: Nadia Hashimi
3.67
Format: 230 pages, ebook
Internationally bestselling author Nadia Hashimi's first novel for young readers is an emotional, b… read more
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5. Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom
By: Daniel T. Willingham
4.04
Format: 180 pages, Hardcover
Kids are naturally curious, but when it comes to school it seems like their minds are turned off. W… read more
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- nonfiction
- teaching
- school
- education
6. Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?
By: Roz Chast
4.29
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
#1 New York TimesBestseller 2014 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST In her first memoir, Roz Chast brings… read more
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- nonfiction
7. They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing
By: Gerald Graff , None
4.48
Format: None pages, Paperback
"They Say / I Say"shows that writing well means mastering some key rhetorical moves, the most impor… read more
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8. A Death in the Family
By: James Agee , None
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The classic American novel, re-published for the 100th anniversary of James Agee's birth Published … read more
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9. Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction
By: Jarrett J. Krosoczka
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy.… read more
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"I AM WHO I AM IN SPITE OF MY MOTHER, BUT I ALSO AM WHO I AM BECAUSE OF HER."-Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction
"I NOW KNOW WHAT JOE MEANT WHEN HE ALWAYS SAID THAT HIS PARENTS WOULD'VE LOVED ME."-Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction
"I AM NOW LIVING OUT MY CHILDHOOD DREAMS OF MAKING A LIVING AS AN AUTHOR AND AN ARTIST, BUT IT IS A GREATER TRIUMPH FOR ME TO HAVE CREATED A STABLE, LOVING HOME WITH MY WIFE."-Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction
"When you're a kid and a teen, you're not in control of your circumstances. But the beautiful thing about growing up is that you get to create your own reality and your own family. That family might b…"-Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction
10. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.46
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in t… read more
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- education
"Socially prescribed perfectionism is closely related to anxiety; people who suffer from anxiety are more prone to it. Being a perfectionist also increases your anxiety because you fear the shame of p…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
"Girls in virtual networks are subjected to hundreds of times more social comparison than girls had experienced for all of human evolution. They are exposed to more cruelty and bullying because social…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
11. Above Ground
By: Clint Smith
4.56
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
A remarkable poetry collection with "inextinguishable generosity and abundant wisdom" (Monica Youn)… read more
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- nonfiction
12. Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
By: Ethan Mollick
4.13
Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition
**A New York Times Bestseller**'Co-Intelligence is the very best book I know about the ins, outs, a… read more
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- education
13. Poet Warrior: A Memoir
By: Joy Harjo
4.35
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Poet Laureate Joy Harjo offers a vivid, lyrical, and inspiring call for love and justice in this co… read more
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- nonfiction
"Our physical living is held together by plant sacrifice. We eat, wear, and are sheltered by plants and plant material. Nearly all of our medicines are plant-derived. We need to take time with them, g…"-Joy Harjo, Poet Warrior: A Memoir
14. Shout
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
4.26
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
A searing poetic memoir and call to action from the bestselling and award-winning author of Speak, … read more
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"I could only fix myself"-Laurie Halse Anderson, Shout
"Eve ate the apple because Adam was afraid"-Laurie Halse Anderson, Shout
"When we were girls we rode horses disguised as bicycles"-Laurie Halse Anderson, Shout
"when I wasn't stoned the only thing that helped me breathe was a book"-Laurie Halse Anderson, Shout
15. The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System--and How to Fix it
By: Natalie Wexler
4.16
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The untold story of the root cause of America's education crisis--and the seemingly endless cycle o… read more
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- teaching
- school
- education
16. Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead) (Teaching and Learning in Higher Education)
By: Alfie Kohn
4.10
Format: 269 pages, Paperback
The moment is right for critical reflection on what has been assumed to be a core part of schooling… read more
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- school
- teaching
- academic
- nonfiction
- education
17. Clyde's
By: Lynn Nottage
4.04
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
A funny, moving, and urgent new play from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage. In this r… read more
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18. 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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- read for school
- nonfiction
- writing
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19. Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps
By: Jon Favreau
4.17
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From your friends at Pod Save America and Crooked Media comes a useful and illustrated guide to sa… read more
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20. A Teacher’s Guide to Mentor Texts, 6-12: The Classroom Essentials Series
By: Katie Wood Ray
4.54
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Using mentor texts from a range of high-interest sources and diverse authors can be a real game cha… read more
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21. Mother Country
By: Jacinda Townsend
3.68
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A transnational feminist novel about human trafficking and motherhood from an award-winning author.… read more
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