Policy Books


Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns Best Price: $16.90 Disrupting Class is a must read for educators, politicians, or anyone else who is interested in...	Teaching With Love and Logic: Taking Control of the Classroom Best Price: $10.75 I found the first few chapters of this book very useful for my teaching practice but I never...	The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America Best Price: $8.44 Sheesh....if Kozol is suppose to be some type of expert in public education, you think he would...	Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work (Book & CD-ROM) Best Price: $17.39 If you want to learn an entirely new set of buzz words, this is the book for you! It is not...	Results Now: How We Can Achieve Unprecedented Improvements in Teaching And Learning Best Price: $14.75 "Results Now" is a great jumpstart on how to tie your curriculum achievement goals in...



Professional Learning Communities at Work: Best Practices for Enhancing Student Achievement Best Price: $7.00 As the educational jargon increases and changes, it is important to keep abreast of the latest. ...	Relentless Pursuit: A Year in the Trenches with Teach for America Best Price: $15.14 Relentless Pursuit is a strong examination of one of the nation's most intriguing volunteer...	Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom, Updated Edition Best Price: $10.00 If you work with students from dominated cultures, this is a must read. Delpit examines the...	Teaching Montessori in the Home: Pre-School Years: The Pre-School Years (Teaching Montessori in the Home) Best Price: $6.68 I am fortunate enough to be able to be a stay at home with my children because I want my kids to...	Study Strategies Made Easy (School Success Series) Best Price: $6.99 Among the ten books I have read for this age group, this book is in the top group. It is...



The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric Best Price: $10.69 This excellent work is certainly a challenge, even for someone, like myself, who studied...	A Mind at a Time Best Price: $3.66 Dr. Mel Levine has worked for a long time with children so that they could grow up feeling...	Best Practice, Third Edition: Today's Standards for Teaching and Learning in America's Schools Best Price: $24.00 Book was delivered on time. I would purchase from seller again. Thank you very much.	Fires in the Middle School Bathroom: Advice to Teachers from Middle Schoolers Best Price: $14.51 The highly anticipated sequel to the bestselling Fires in the Bathroom filled with...	The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children Best Price: $8.95 The author of Dreamkeepers makes the argument that African American children can be successful...

Getting Started: Reculturing Schools to Become Professional Learning Communities Best Price: $4.99 As a public school teacher and teacher trainer I feel strongly that the best reform schools can...	Studio Thinking: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education Best Price: $22.46 I teach elementary art so this book is a bit above my students level (it focus' on high school...	An Ethic of Excellence: Building a Culture of Craftsmanship in Schools Best Price: $14.65 Amazing read. Gets to the heart of community, educating children, instilling work ethic, pride,...	Why Didn't I Learn This in College? Best Price: $6.50 I received this book from my school district as a new teacher, and I was fairly disappointed by...	You're Going to Love This Kid!: Teaching Students With Autism in the Inclusive Classroom Best Price: $18.26 As an elementary teacher and a mother of a child with an autism spectrum disorder, I found this...

Because Writing Matters: Improving Student Writing in Our Schools Best Price: $10.71 This book is a must for teachers, parents, and administrators who want to understand...	Data Wise: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching And Learning Best Price: $26.96 Very good reference. Recommended by ABCTE, an alternative route to teaching in USA. ABCTE is a...	Everyday Antiracism: Getting Real About Race in School Best Price: $14.48 Leading experts offer concrete and realistic strategies for dealing with race in schools in a...	Results: The Key to Continuous School Improvement, Second Edition Best Price: $6.75 This book takes issue with how the teaching business is the only business where it's...	Through My Eyes Best Price: $6.77 This book is fantastic and I bought it for my students. The problem is she uses the N word so...

The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom Best Price: $5.74 I picked up this book at a friend's house and gave it a quick read. It was interesting enough I...	Unwrapping the Standards: A Simple Process to Make Standards Manageable Best Price: $14.50 A step-by-step process to understand what each standard is requiring a student to know and be...	The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College Best Price: $4.43 Once I began reading this book, I couldn't put it down. I should also admit that I am a college...	Turning Points 2000: Educating Adolescents in the 21st Century Best Price: $14.00 This book is filled with information regarding the restructuring of schools, which is a hot...	The Human Side of School Change: Reform, Resistance, and the Real-Life Problems of Innovation (Jossey-Bass Education Series) Best Price: $22.60 This book is a reasonably good discussion of the dynamics of organizational change. But it does...

Change Leadership: A Practical Guide to Transforming Our Schools (Jossey-Bass Education) Best Price: $22.44 The Change Leadership Group at the Harvard School of Education has, through its work with...	Shaping School Culture: The Heart of Leadership (Jossey-Bass Education) Best Price: $21.14 In Shaping School Culture: the Heart of Leadership, Terrence Deal and Kent Peterson illustrate...	The Quality School Best Price: $7.31 Glasser cannot be more wrong when he beats his drum for increased anarchy at all levels in the...	Guiding School Improvement With Action Research Best Price: $4.99 Our district used to bring Dr. Sagor in for Action Research, and it was a great help. I spent...	The New Meaning of Educational Change, Fourth Edition Best Price: $25.16 Fullan presents a well written account of educational change and the theories behind it. Well...

Leadership Capacity for Lasting School Improvement Best Price: $12.98 This book is written for practising school leaders. It offers guidance in fine tuning...	The Skin That We Speak: Thoughts on Language and Culture in the Classroom, New Edition Best Price: $10.45 I am very satisfied with the quality of the book and the expedience of the delivery.	Teaching As a Subversive Activity Best Price: $8.93 Most reviewers seem to like Teaching as a Subversive Activity. I am not among the book's fans. ...	From Good Schools to Great Schools: What Their Principals Do Well Best Price: $28.44 Leadership in anything is the difference between mediocrity and greatness, and "From Good...	One Day, All Children...: The Unlikely Triumph Of Teach For America And What I Learned Along The Way Best Price: $3.99 This is the story of a dedicated, serious young woman who has done a lot to put education front...

No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning Best Price: $8.55 "No Excuses" opens with a harsh dose of reality. By the 12th grade, on average, black...	Tinkering toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reform Best Price: $19.99 Having read Tinkering Toward Utopia for one of my graduate classes in administration at the GSE...	Beyond the Bake Sale: The Essential Guide to Family/School Partnerships Best Price: $15.58 I will not be surprised when Beyond the Bake Sale becomes referenced as the quintessential book...	Working on the Work: An Action Plan for Teachers, Principals, and Superintendents (Jossey Bass Education Series) Best Price: $16.50 Schlechty's Shaking Up the Schoolhouse is the parent to Working on the Work. Both books make the...	Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning More (New Edition) Best Price: $12.95 President Bok obviously understands colleges and what ails them. Though no polemic, this book...

Becoming a Literacy Leader: Supporting Learning And Change Best Price: $10.00 This is a very practical book for a new literacy leader in a school building.	The Power of Their Ideas: Lessons for America from a Small School in Harlem Best Price: $5.57 The Power of Their Ideas, by Deborah Meier. Boston: Beacon Press, 1995 Long before the...	School, Family, and Community Partnerships : Preparing Educators and Improving Schools Best Price: $40.32 This is the best book on the market about school, family, and community partnerships for use in...	Turning Learning Right Side Up: Putting Education Back on Track Best Price: $18.58 This is the best book I've read in years. If our candidates for elected office would articulate...	The Educated Child: A Parents Guide From Preschool Through Eighth Grade Best Price: $4.49 The authors make the case for parent involvement by providing a clear picture of America's...

The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don't Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need--And What We Can Do About It Best Price: $17.79 Despite the best efforts of educators, our nation’s schools are dangerously obsolete....	Improving Schools Through Action Research: A Comprehensive Guide for Educators (2nd Edition) Best Price: $29.30 As educators we often desire to determine the status and effectiveness of a program, process, or...	Taking the Stress Out of Raising Great Kids Best Price: $5.20 I have both this and the other "Parenting with Less Stress" books, as well as...	Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect Best Price: $17.93 Reading this book gave me a great peace of mind. I'm an environmental scientist, but I wanted to...	Learning Theories: An Educational Perspective (5th Edition) Best Price: $51.54 I am studying at University of Phoenix online at doctoral level. I found this book to be very...

The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards" Best Price: $1.99 Reading this book, I got the distinct impression that in his schools, everyone would spend time...	Words for Smart Test Takers 2nd Edition (Academic Test Preparation Series) Best Price: $7.00 I took the GRE years ago, but had to take it again since my score expired. I used this book to...

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