5 Best memoir books like Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56 by Rafe Esquith

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Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56

By: Rafe Esquith

3.59

Format: 251 pages,

From one of America's most celebrated educators, an inspiring guide to transforming every child's e…

If you liked the memoir plot in Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56 by Rafe Esquith , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had: My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High

By: Tony Danza

3.86

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

I’d Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had is television, screen and stage star Tony Danza’s… read more

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  • memoir
  • teaching
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • education
"the prospect of beginning a third- act career scared me almost as much as it attracted me."

-Tony Danza, I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had: My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High

"Teaching is different today. Teachers don’t just stand at the board and lecture while the kids take notes. What we’re ultimately teaching them is to teach themselves."

-Tony Danza, I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had: My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High

"And whether or not the educators who are trying to raise up America's students can actually set and meet higher academic standards, our cultural values make their job next to impossible. It's so much…"

-Tony Danza, I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had: My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High

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2. Visions of Gerard

By: Jack Kerouac

3.74

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

"His life...ended when he was nine and the nuns of St. Louis de France Parochial School were at his… read more

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3. He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys

By: Liz Tuccillo , Greg Behrendt

3.66

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Everyone can use a daily wake-up call. Now in bite-size mantras, the abridged empathetic wit and… read more

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  • adult
  • nonfiction
"He's just not that into you."

-Liz Tuccillo, He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys

"You are not easily forgotten."

-Liz Tuccillo, He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys

"I believe in love the verb, not the noun."

-Liz Tuccillo, He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys

"He doesn't need to be reminded you're great."

-Liz Tuccillo, He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys

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4. 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
  • teachers
"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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5. Classroom Management That Works: Research-Based Strategies for Every Teacher

By: Robert J. Marzano , Debra J. Pickering , Jana S. Marzano

3.72

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

How does classroom management affect student achievement? What techniques do teachers find most eff… read more

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  • school
  • teaching
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • teachers
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6. The First Days of School: How to Be An Effective Teacher [with CD]

By: Harry K. Wong , Rosemary T. Wong

3.99

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

Over 3 million copies have been sold of the preeminent book on classroom management and teaching fo… read more

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  • school
  • teaching
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • education
  • teachers
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7. The Forgetting (The Forgetting, #1)

By: Sharon Cameron

3.00

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

What isn't written, isn't remembered. Even your crimes. Nadia lives in the city of Canaan, where li… read more

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8. 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
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9. Teacher Misery: Helicopter Parents, Special Snowflakes and Other Bullshit

By: Jane Morris

4.25

Format: 355 pages,

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  • memoir
  • teaching
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • education
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10. The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child

By: Donalyn Miller

4.39

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • school
  • teaching
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • education
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11. How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character

By: Paul Tough

3.50

Format: 93 pages, Hardcover

Why do some children succeed while others fail? The story we usually tell about childhood and succe… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • education

12. The Finisher (Vega Jane, #1)

By: David Baldacci

4.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Welcome to Wormwood: a place where curiosity is discouraged and no one has ever left. Until one gir… read more

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13. Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56

By: Rafe Esquith

3.59

Format: 251 pages,

From one of America's most celebrated educators, an inspiring guide to transforming every child's e… read more

Similar categories in Rafe Esquith's Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56 book and Rafe Esquith's Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56

  • memoir
  • school
  • teaching
  • nonfiction
  • adult
  • education
  • teachers

14. Lonesome Traveler

By: Jack Kerouac

3.99

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

As he roams the US, Mexico, Morocco, Paris and London, Jack Kerouac breathlessly records, in prose … read more

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15. Teaching to Change Lives: Seven Proven Ways to Make Your Teaching Come Alive

By: None

2.65

Format: 34 pages, Paperback

One of the most effective and influential Christian teachers of this century reveals how all teache… read more

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16. Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom

By: Herbert R. Kohl , None

2.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

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17. The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life

By: Parker J. Palmer

4.00

Format: 191 pages,

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18. The Quest Begins (Seekers, #1)

By: Erin Hunter

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The first book in a thrilling animal fantasy series following the epic journey of three bears, from… read more

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19. Tisha: The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness

By: Robert Specht

4.32

Format: 466 pages, Kindle Edition

Anne Hobbs is a prim and proper 19-year-old schoolteacher who yearns for adventure. She finds this … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"It was like traveling through a stage setting, the air clear and tingling, the moonlight sparkling off bushes laced with frost."

-Robert Specht, Tisha: The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness

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20. 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
  • teachers
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21. Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give

By: Ada Calhoun

3.75

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Seven essays celebrating the beauty of the imperfect marriage. We hear plenty about whether or not … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Failure is part of being human, and it is definitely part of being married."

-Ada Calhoun, Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give

"Forsaking all others means going deep with one person -- exhaustingly deep."

-Ada Calhoun, Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give

"The boring parts don't last forever. In retrospect, they aren't even boring."

-Ada Calhoun, Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give

"...even good marriages sometimes involve flinging a remote control at the wall."

-Ada Calhoun, Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give

7 Best adult books like Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56 by Rafe Esquith

Transform Your Habits

I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had: My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High

Tony Danza

3.86

Transform Your Habits

He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys

Liz Tuccillo , Greg Behrendt

3.66

Transform Your Habits

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

Doug Lemov

4.01

Transform Your Habits

The First Days of School: How to Be An Effective Teacher [with CD]

Harry K. Wong , Rosemary T. Wong

3.99

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16 Best audiobook books like Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give by Ada Calhoun

Transform Your Habits

How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

Harrison Scott Key

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Grief Is for People

Sloane Crosley

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Tits Up: What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts

Sarah Thornton

3.77

Transform Your Habits

No Two Persons

Erica Bauermeister

4.09

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