Calling all bookworms!
Books that will get you ON the couch!
I thought I'd share a few inspirational reads/authors that have helped pave the path to my interests today. By the way, if you ever have a chance to see Jonathan Kozol speak, do! He's entertaining and enlightening.
If you have any titles to share with everyone please do post them in the comments below.
* Savage Inequalities, by Jonothan Kozol
* Letters To A Young Teacher, by Jonothan Kozol
* 'Tis, by Frank McCourt
* Teacher Man, by Frank McCourt
* Inside Mrs. B's Classroom
* Learning Gap: Why Our Schools Are Failing And What We Can Learn From Japanese And Chinese Education by Harold W. Stevenson
* The Great Expectations School ; A Rookie Year in the New Blackboard Jungle, by Dan Brown
*Leave No Child Behind: Preparing Today's Youth for Tomorrow's World, by Dr. James Comer M.D.
*My BloodyLife;The Making of a Latin King, by Reymundo Sanchez (a school where I taught)
*Educating Esmé; Diary of a Teacher's First Year by Esmé Raji Codell (Chicago school)
*Schoolgirls: Young Women, Self Esteem, and the Confidence Gap, by Peggy Orenstein
*The Energy Bus, by Jon Gordon
*Yet More Everyday Science Mysteries: Stories for Inquiry-Based Science Teaching,
(2011) by Richard Konicek-Moran
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