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Little Brother (Little Brother, #1)
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The Knowledge Deficit: Closing the Shocking Education Gap for American Children
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Child and Adolescent Development for Educators
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Schooled: Ordinary, Extraordinary Teaching in an Age of Change
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Black History for Beginners
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How Children Fail
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Making schools work: A reporter's journey through some of America's most remarkable classrooms
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Inside the Writer's-Reader's Notebook pack: A Workshop Essential
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Of Love and Other Demons
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Quiet at School: An Educator's Guide to Shy Children
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Women's History For Beginners
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Learning All the Time
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The Way It Spozed to Be (Innovators in Education)
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The Least of These:: Stories of Schoolchildren
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Science Formative Assessment: 75 Practical Strategies for Linking Assessment, Instruction, and Learning
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A Poet's Guide to Poetry
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The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work
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Shawn Achor (Goodreads Author)
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Gender & Sexuality For Beginners
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Reflective Practice: Writing and Professional Development
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The Queen of Education: Rules for Making School Work
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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
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Literary Theory For Beginners
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Teach Your Own: The John Holt Book Of Homeschooling
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Making Schools Work: A Revolutionary Plan to Get Your Children the Education They Need
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Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
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Linguistics For Beginners
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Inside Group Work: A guide to reflective practice
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Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me: Debunking the False Narratives Defining America's School Curricula
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Making Thinking Visible: How to Promote Engagement, Understanding, and Independence for All Learners
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Ron Ritchhart (Goodreads Author)
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Art Theory For Beginners
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Natural Born Learners: Unschooling and Autonomy in Education.
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Beatrice Ekwa Ekoko (editor)
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Passion-Driven Education: How to Use Your Child's Interests to Ignite a Lifelong Love of Learning
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Connor Boyack (Goodreads Author)
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U.S. Constitution For Beginners
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FDR and the New Deal For Beginners
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Democracy For Beginners
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Setting Limits in the Classroom: How to Move Beyond the Dance of Discipline in Today's Classrooms
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Philosophy for Beginners
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A Framework for Understanding Poverty
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See You When We Get There: Young Teachers Working for Change (The Teaching for Social Justice Series)
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When Kids Can't Read: What Teachers Can Do: A Guide for Teachers 6-12
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Kylene Beers (Goodreads Author)
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Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children
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Catching Up or Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization
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Stray Dogs, Saints, and Saviors: Fighting for the Soul of America's Toughest High School
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Understanding Waldorf Education: Teaching from the Inside Out
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Jul 01, 2012 07:31PM
Liten to me! An exploration of the Students' Voices Regarding Homework by Gladys Landing-Corretjer (May 2011, paperback) Also available in Kindle through Amazon.com
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Ok, I added it to the list, you can add more if you'd like!
How about A.S. Neill Summerhill, Ivan Illich Deschooling Society and anything by John Taylor Gatto
Schooled: Ordinary, Extraordinary Teaching in an Age of ChangePersonal Narrative, Revised: Writing Love and Agency in the High School Classroom
Author spam currently in the top spot has nothing to do with education. Does the list creator want it removed?
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