Calling all bookworms! These titles will get you ON the couch!
I thought I'd share a few authors/books that helped pave the way to who I am today and where my interests lie.
By the way, if you ever get an opportunity to hear Jonathan Kozol speak, do! He's entertaining and enlightening.
Finally, if you have any titles to suggest please add them in the Comments section below.
* Savage Inequalities, by Jonathan Kozol
* Letters To A Young Teacher, by Jonathan Kozol
* 'Tis, by Frank McCourt
* Teacher Man, by Frank McCourt
* Educating Esme, by Esme Raji Codll
* Learning Gap: Why Our Schools Are Failing And What We Can Learn From Japanese And Chinese Education, by Harold W. Stevenson
* Leave No Child Behind: Preparing Today's Youth for Tomorrow's World, by Dr. James Comer
* The Great Expectations School; A Rookie Year in the New Blackboard Jungle, by Dan Brown
* My Bloody Life: The Making of a Latin King, by Reymundo Sanchez (Chicago school student, takes place in a school where I taught)
* Up the Down Stair Case, by Bel Kaufman
* Schoolgirls: Young Women, Self Esteem, and the Confidence Gap, by Peggy Orenstein
* The Energy Bus, Jon Gordon (An easy must-read for ALL professionals!)
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