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Teaching College: The Ultimate Guide to Lecturing, Presenting, and Engaging Students (2017)
by Norman Eng
Good Thinking: Teaching Argument, Persuasion, and Reasoning (2016)
by Erik Palmer
The Classroom Chef: Sharpen Your Lessons, Season Your Classes, Make Math Meaningful (2016)
by John Stevens & Matt Vaudrey
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools (2016)
by Monique Morris
Visible Learning for Teachers: Maximizing Impact on Learning (2011)
by John Hattie
The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed (2015)
by Jessica Lahey
Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning (2011)
by Mike Schmoker
Hacking Education: 10 Quick Fixes for Every School (2015)
by Mark Barnes and Jennifer Gonzalez
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning (2014)
by Peter Brown, Henry Roediger, and Mark McDaniel
Unshakeable: 20 Ways to Enjoy Teaching Every Day…No Matter What (2015)
by Angela Watson
The Teacher’s Guide to Tech: A Cult of Pedagogy Digital Binder (2015)
by Jennifer Gonzalez
Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students (2014)
by Zaretta Hammond
A Non-Freaked Out Guide to Teaching the Common Core: Using the 32 Literacy Anchor Standards to Develop College- and Career-Ready Students (2014)
by Dave Stuart, Jr.
You’ve Gotta Connect: Building Relationships that Lead to Engaged Students, Productive Classrooms, and Higher Achievement (2014)
by James Sturtevant
Teach, Breathe, Learn: Mindfulness in and out of the Classroom (2014)
by Meena Srinivasan
Awakened: Change Your Mindset to Transform Your Teaching (2011)
by Angela Watson
Teaching Digital Natives: Partnering for Real Learning (2010)
by Marc Prensky
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Understanding by Design (2005)
by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe
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The Strategic Teacher (2007)
by Harvey Silver, Richard Strong, and Matthew Perini
Strategies I’ve Explored from This Book
This Is Not a Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class and Education (2014)
by José Vilson
The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism (2013)
by Naoki Higashida
Start Where You Are, But Don’t Stay There: Understanding Diversity, Opportunity Gaps, and Teaching in Today’s Classrooms (2010)
by H. Richard Milner IV
Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools (2013)
by Diane Ravitch
The Best-Kept Teaching Secret: How Written Conversations Engage Kids, Activate Learning, and Grow Fluent Writers, K-12 (2013)
by Harvey “Smokey” Daniels and Elaine Daniels
Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (2008, 2011)
by Garr Reynolds
How to Talk So Kids Can Learn: At Home and in School (1996)
by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
