24 must-read education books like Unearthing Joy: A Guide to Culturally and Historically Responsive Curriculum and Instruction by Gholdy Muhammad

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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…

If you liked the education plot in Unearthing Joy: A Guide to Culturally and Historically Responsive Curriculum and Instruction by Gholdy Muhammad , here is a list of 24 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

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • school
  • education
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2. My Name Is María Isabel

By: Alma Flor Ada , Ana M. Cerro , Kathryn Dyble Thompson

3.94

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

For Maria Isabel Salazar Lopez, the hardest thing about being the new girl in school is that the te… read more

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  • school
Cover of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students by Zaretta Lynn Hammond

3. Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students

By: Zaretta Lynn Hammond

4.27

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

A bold, brain-based teaching approach to culturally responsive instruction To close the achievement… read more

Similar categories in Zaretta Lynn Hammond's Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students book and Gholdy Muhammad's Unearthing Joy: A Guide to Culturally and Historically Responsive Curriculum and Instruction

  • school
  • teaching
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • education

4. Troublemakers: Lessons in Freedom from Young Children at School

By: None

2.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this dazzling debut, Carla Shalaby, a former elementary school teacher, explores the everyday li… read more

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5. After The Shot Drops

By: Randy Ribay

4.36

Format: 94 pages, ebook

A powerful novel about friendship, basketball, and one teen's mission to create a better life for h… read more

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6. The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot #3)

By: Peter Brown

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The action-packed third installment in Peter Brown's internationally bestselling The Wild Robot ser… read more

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  • audiobook
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7. Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators

By: Elena Aguilar

4.31

Format: 384 pages, ebook

A practical framework to avoid burnout and keep great teachers teaching Onward tackles the problem… read more

Similar categories in Elena Aguilar's Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators book and Gholdy Muhammad's Unearthing Joy: A Guide to Culturally and Historically Responsive Curriculum and Instruction

  • school
  • teaching
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • education
  • leadership
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8. 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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  • nonfiction
  • education
  • audiobook
"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

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

9. 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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  • 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

Cover of Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World--And How You Can, Too by Ijeoma Oluo

10. Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World--And How You Can, Too

By: Ijeoma Oluo

4.46

Format: 256 pages, ebook

From the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre, an ey… read more

Similar categories in Ijeoma Oluo's Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World--And How You Can, Too book and Gholdy Muhammad's Unearthing Joy: A Guide to Culturally and Historically Responsive Curriculum and Instruction

  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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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

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  • 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!

Cover of Grading for Equity: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms by Joe Feldman

12. Grading for Equity: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms

By: Joe Feldman

4.21

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

"Joe Feldman shows us how we can use grading to help students become the leaders of their own learn… read more

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  • school
  • teaching
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • education
Cover of Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal by Bettina L. Love

13. 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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  • teaching
  • education
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • anti racist
  • audiobook
Cover of Street Data: A Next-Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy, and School Transformation by Shane Safir

14. Street Data: A Next-Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy, and School Transformation

By: Shane Safir

4.27

Format: None pages, ebook

Radically reimagine our ways of being, learning, and doing Education can be transformed if we erad… read more

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  • teaching
  • education
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • anti racist
  • leadership
Cover of The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System--and How to Fix it by Natalie Wexler

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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  • school
  • teaching
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • education
  • audiobook
Cover of Uncommon Sense Teaching: Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn by Barbara Oakley

16. 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
Cover of Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom by Jan Burkins

17. Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom

By: Jan Burkins

4.39

Format: 203 pages, Paperback

The current emphasis on the body of research known as the "Science of Reading" has renewed the read… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • school
  • education
Cover of The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades by Judith C. Hochman

18. 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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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • school
  • education
Cover of Shifting the Balance, Grades 3-5: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Upper Elementary Classroom by Katie Cunningham

19. Shifting the Balance, Grades 3-5: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Upper Elementary Classroom

By: Katie Cunningham

4.53

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In this much anticipated follow-up to their groundbreaking book, Shifting the 6 Ways to Bring the … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • school
  • education
Cover of We Got This.: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be by Cornelius Minor

20. 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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  • school
  • teaching
  • education
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • anti racist
  • audiobook
Cover of Coaching for Equity: Conversations That Change Practice by Elena Aguilar

21. Coaching for Equity: Conversations That Change Practice

By: Elena Aguilar

4.48

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Your Guide to Creating Equitable Schools If we hope to interrupt educational inequities and create … read more

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  • leadership
  • teaching
  • education
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • anti racist
  • audiobook
"Why can't there be more white people coaching each other on their racism?"

-Elena Aguilar, Coaching for Equity: Conversations That Change Practice

"Remember: It's not your fault that things are the way they are, but it is your responsibility to do something about them."

-Elena Aguilar, Coaching for Equity: Conversations That Change Practice

"Resources are limited in many schools--however, if we prioritize dismantling systemic oppression, if we prioritize the needs of our most marginalized students, we can find the time, support, money, a…"

-Elena Aguilar, Coaching for Equity: Conversations That Change Practice

"You can strive to make every conversation one that dismantles white supremacy and systems of oppression. Every conversation can contribute to building a more just and equitable world, a world in whic…"

-Elena Aguilar, Coaching for Equity: Conversations That Change Practice

Cover of 7 Mighty Moves: Research-Backed, Classroom-Tested Strategies to Ensure K-to-3 Reading Success (The Science of Reading in Practice) by Lindsay Kemeny

22. 7 Mighty Moves: Research-Backed, Classroom-Tested Strategies to Ensure K-to-3 Reading Success (The Science of Reading in Practice)

By: Lindsay Kemeny

4.65

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

In this no-nonsense guide, primary reading expert and classroom teacher Lindsay Kemeny shares seven… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • education
Cover of Every Connection Matters: How to Build, Maintain, and Restore Relationships Inside the Classroom and Out by Michael Creekmore

23. Every Connection Matters: How to Build, Maintain, and Restore Relationships Inside the Classroom and Out

By: Michael Creekmore

3.23

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

A practical guide to the ins and outs of building, maintaining, and restoring positive and producti… read more

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  • education
Cover of Unearthing Joy: A Guide to Culturally and Historically Responsive Curriculum and Instruction by Gholdy Muhammad

24. 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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  • school
  • leadership
  • teaching
  • education
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • anti racist
  • audiobook
Cover of Ratchetdemic: Reimagining Academic Success by Christopher Emdin

25. Ratchetdemic: Reimagining Academic Success

By: Christopher Emdin

4.46

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

A revolutionary new educational model that encourages educators to provide spaces for students to d… read more

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  • teaching
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • education
  • audiobook
Cover of Ruthless Equity: Disrupt the Status Quo and Ensure Learning for ALL Students by Ken Williams

26. Ruthless Equity: Disrupt the Status Quo and Ensure Learning for ALL Students

By: Ken Williams

4.19

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

Can you imagine being empowered with the knowledge work with super-charged confidence because you… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • education
  • leadership
Cover of Wayi Wah! Indigenous Pedagogies: An Act for Reconciliation and Anti-Racist Education by Jo Chrona

27. Wayi Wah! Indigenous Pedagogies: An Act for Reconciliation and Anti-Racist Education

By: Jo Chrona

4.53

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

★ Starred selection for CCBC's Best Books Ideal for Teachers 2023! Now a National Best Seller! How … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • education
Cover of Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Creating a Culture of Belonging at Work by Ruchika T. Malhotra

28. Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Creating a Culture of Belonging at Work

By: Ruchika T. Malhotra

4.31

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

How organizations can foster diversity, equity, and taking action to address and prevent workplace… read more

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  • leadership
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
Cover of Fix Injustice, Not Kids and Other Principles for Transformative Equity Leadership by Paul Gorski

29. Fix Injustice, Not Kids and Other Principles for Transformative Equity Leadership

By: Paul Gorski

4.51

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Six principles for leading unequivocally in ways that disrupt inequity at its roots. Fix Injustice,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • education
Cover of Teaching When the World Is on Fire by Lisa D. Delpit

30. Teaching When the World Is on Fire

By: Lisa D. Delpit

3.97

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In this inspiring collection, the award-winning, bestselling author—and MacArthur genius—gathers al… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • school
  • education
Cover of Humans Who Teach by Shamari Reid

31. Humans Who Teach

By: Shamari Reid

4.31

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Love. Love now. Love always. Time and lives are wasting. All of the humans in schools—kids and a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • education

12 Top audiobook books like Unearthing Joy: A Guide to Culturally and Historically Responsive Curriculum and Instruction by Gholdy Muhammad

Transform Your Habits

The Wild Robot Protects (The Wild Robot #3)

Peter Brown

4.20

Transform Your Habits

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

Jonathan Haidt

4.46

Transform Your Habits

We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom

Bettina L. Love

4.54

Transform Your Habits

Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World--And How You Can, Too

Ijeoma Oluo

4.46

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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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