11 best-selling nonfiction books like Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning by Michael J. Schmoker

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Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning

By: Michael J. Schmoker

4.11

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

In this 2nd edition of Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning, Mike Schmok…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning by Michael J. Schmoker , here is a list of 11 books like this:

1. The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate The Three Essential Virtues

By: Patrick Lencioni

3.71

Format: 656 pages,

In his classic book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni laid out a groundbreaking ap… read more

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2. Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea

By: Sungju Lee , Susan Elizabeth McClelland

4.07

Format: 242 pages, Hardcover

Every Falling Star, the first book to portray contemporary North Korea to a young audience, is the … read more

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  • nonfiction
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3. Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work (Book & CD-ROM)

By: Richard DuFour , Rebecca DuFour , Robert E. Eaker

3.79

Format: None pages,

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • school
  • education
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4. Step on a Crack (Michael Bennett, #1)

By: James Patterson , Michael Ledwidge

4.13

Format: None pages,

Patterson and Ledwidge introduce a new hero in an exciting thriller set in the heart of Manhattan. … read more

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5. Lead Like a Pirate: Make School Amazing for Your Students and Staff

By: Shelley Burgess , Beth Houf

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

Are You a Treasure Seeker? Pirates are on a constant quest for riches, but PIRATE Leaders seek even… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • education

6. Leaders of Learning: How District, School, and Classroom Leaders Improve Student Achievement

By: Richard DuFour , Robert J. Marzano

3.38

Format: None pages, Paperback

For many years, coauthors Rick DuFour and Bob Marzano have been co-travelers on the journey to help… read more

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7. The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You

By: John C. Maxwell , Zig Ziglar

4.01

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

What would happen if a top expert with more than thirty years of leadership experience were willing… read more

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8. Leading with Focus: Elevating the Essentials for School and District Improvement

By: Mike Schmoker

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

This companion to the 2011 best-seller Focus shows district and school leaders how to apply the ten… read more

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9. Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling

By: Edgar H. Schein

4.16

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Key to Effective Communication Communication is essential in a healthy organization. But all to… read more

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10. The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill

By: Brad Meltzer

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the authors of The First Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes the little-known true sto… read more

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  • nonfiction
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11. The Eyes and the Impossible

By: Dave Eggers

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The illustrated story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals. Johanne… read more

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"What monster would turn up his snout at the thought-through help of all the friends he had?"

-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible

"Every reasonable creature knows that the worst thing any creature can do all day is think of themselves. If there are troubles in your mind, you should think first of the troubles of others; it is th…"

-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible

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12. Welcome to Dunder Mifflin: The Ultimate Oral History of The Office

By: Brian Baumgartner

4.28

Format: 352 pages, ebook

The official oral history book of The Office, featuring exclusive interviews with every major playe… read more

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  • nonfiction
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13. One Puzzling Afternoon

By: Emily Critchley

3.86

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

A mystery she can't remember. A friend she can't forget. I kept your secret Lucy. I've kept it f… read more

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14. Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall

By: Zeke Faux

4.26

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In 2021 cryptocurrency went mainstream. Giant investment funds were buying it; celebrities like Tom… read more

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  • nonfiction
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15. America Fantastica

By: Tim O'Brien

3.45

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

At 11:34 a.m. one Saturday in August 2019, Boyd Halverson strode into Community National Bank in No… read more

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16. The One and Only Ruby (The One and Only #3)

By: Katherine Applegate

4.28

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

Ruby’s story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob. Now living in a wildli… read more

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17. Remember

By: Joy Harjo

4.42

Format: 40 pages, None

Michaela Goade, invites young readers to pause and reflect on the wonder of the world around them, … read more

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18. Culturize: Every Student. Every Day. Whatever It Takes.

By: Jimmy Casas

3.86

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

Eradicate Average! CULTURIZE Your School. Average schools don’t inspire greatness—and greatness is … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • school
  • education
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19. Patron Saints of Nothing

By: Randy Ribay

4.23

Format: 323 pages, Hardcover

A coming-of-age story about grief, guilt, and the risks a Filipino-American teenager takes to uncov… read more

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"We failed him in life. We should not fail him in death."

-Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing

"English is a language that lives in the middle of the mouth, but Tagalog is more of an open throat song that dances between the tip of the tongue and the teeth. My mouth feels too heavy, too thick, t…"

-Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing

"But there are good things I can hold on to and there are other things I have the power to change. My family, myself, this world--al of us are flawed. But flawed doesn't mean hopeless. It doesn't mean…"

-Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing

"Maybe he was reaching out to me through those words, and I let him slip away. I stayed silent. If I had written to him more often, been more honest, would it have helped him work through some of his …"

-Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing

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20. The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession

By: Alexandra Robbins

4.19

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

The hit national bestseller - a New York Times Spring Nonfiction Pick, USA Today "Hottest New Book… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • education
"Teachers deserve a well-defined, realistic job description and enough protected school day planning time to fulfill that job within their paid contracted hours."

-Alexandra Robbins, The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession

"Teachers deserve to helm every committee determining school operations rather than policymakers who proclaim what should happen in the classroom despite never having taught in one."

-Alexandra Robbins, The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession

"Teachers deserve a safe working environment in which violence is not tolerated from students, parents, or staff, and educators can report it and other transgressions without fear of retaliation."

-Alexandra Robbins, The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession

"By the fall of 2021, schools across the country had lost a staggering number of teachers, paraeducators, substitutes, bus drivers, and other staff who quit, retired early, got sick, or died because o…"

-Alexandra Robbins, The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession

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21. Thrivers

By: Michele Borba

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The bestselling author of UnSelfie explains why the old markers of accomplishment (grades, test sco… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • education
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22. Six Feet Below Zero

By: Ena Jones

3.99

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A dead body. A missing will. An evil relative. The good news is, Great Grammy has a plan. The bad n… read more

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23. Why Knowledge Matters: Rescuing Our Children from Failed Educational Theories

By: E.D. Hirsch Jr.

4.19

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

In Why Knowledge Matters , E. D. Hirsch, Jr., presents evidence from cognitive science, sociology, … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • education
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24. Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning

By: Michael J. Schmoker

4.11

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

In this 2nd edition of Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning, Mike Schmok… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • school
  • education
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25. Every School, Every Team, Every Classroom: District Leadership for Growing Professional Learning Communities at WorkTM

By: Robert E. Eaker

3.81

Format: 240 pages, Perfect Paperback

The PLC journey begins by articulating a moral a dedication to ensuring that every student learns.… read more

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  • education
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26. Transforming Professional Practice: A Framework for Effective Leadership

By: Kimberly T. Strike

3.15

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

Educational accountability for excellence begins with educational leaders. In the past decade state… read more

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27. Results Now 2.0: The Untapped Opportunities for Swift, Dramatic Gains in Achievement

By: Mike Schmoker

4.04

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

Decades of research clearly show what works in schools, yet a huge gap persists between those instr… read more

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28. Coherent School Leadership: Forging Clarity from Complexity

By: Michael Fullan

3.65

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

While leaders may desire or have been told that they must put certain structures into place in orde… read more

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29. The Ethics of School Administration (Professional Ethics in Education Series)

By: Kenneth A. Strike

3.41

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

This popular text features a rigorous yet practical approach to the difficult dilemmas that so ofte… read more

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  • education
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30. Practicing the Art of Leadership: A Problem-Based Approach to Implementing the Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (Pearson Educational Leadership)

By: Reginald Leon Green

3.50

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

This is the bound book only and does not include access to the Enhanced Pearson eText. To order th… read more

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31. Principaled: Navigating the Leadership Learning Curve

By: Kate Barker

4.25

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

Veteran principals Kate Barker, Kourtney Ferrua, and Rachael George draw back the curtain on their … read more

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  • education

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Transform Your Habits

Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work (Book & CD-ROM)

Richard DuFour , Rebecca DuFour , Robert E. Eaker

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Lead Like a Pirate: Make School Amazing for Your Students and Staff

Shelley Burgess , Beth Houf

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Culturize: Every Student. Every Day. Whatever It Takes.

Jimmy Casas

3.86

Transform Your Habits

The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession

Alexandra Robbins

4.19

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Transform Your Habits

Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education

Stephanie Land

3.62

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James McBride

4.00

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We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America

Roxanna Asgarian

4.32

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