Resources

Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them. -- Lemony Snicket

In addition to the texts I use to host book clubs for parents five evenings each school year, I recommend the following books.

**Denotes a book I would recommended for parents as well as teachers

Child Development and Parenting

Carlisle Solomon, Deborah. Baby Knows Best: Raising a Confident and Resourceful Child, the RIE Way. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 2013. Print.**
Christakis, Erika. The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups. New York: Viking. 2016. Print.**
Daum, Meghan. Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the Decision Not to Have Kids. London: Picador. 2016. Print.**

Faber, Adele and Elaine Mazlish. How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk. New York: Scribner. 2012. Kindle.**
Gray, Peter. Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life. New York: Basic Books. 2013. Print.**
Holt, John. How Children Learn. New York: Da Capo Press. 2009. Kindle.**
Lanza, Mike. Playborhood: Turn Your Neighborhood Into a Place for Play. Menlo Park: Free Play Press. 2012. Print.**
Mohr Lone, Jana. The Philosophical Child. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2015. Print.**
Shumaker, Heather. It's OK Not to Share and Other Renegade Rules for Raising Competent and Compassionate Kids. New York: Tarcher. 2012. Print.**
Tough, Paul. How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2012. Print.

Children's Rights and Equity Issues

Cohen, Howard. Equal Rights for Children. Totowa: Littlefield, Adams and Co. 1980. Print.
Goyal, Nikhil. Schools on Trial: How Freedom and Creativity Can Fix Our Educational Malpractice. New York: Doubleday. 2016. Print.
Holt, John. Escape From Childhood: The Needs and Rights of Children. Medford: HoltGWS LLC. 2013. Kindle.
Sprung, Barbara. Non-Sexist Education for Young Children: A Practical Guide. New York: Citation Press. 1975. Print.
Sylvester, Paul Skilton. "Teaching and Practice: Elementary School Curricula and Urban Transformation." Harvard Educational Review. Harvard Education Publishing Group. 1994. Print. 2010. Online. 23 May 2013.
Wardy, Melissa Atkins. Redefining Girly: How Parents Can Fight the Stereotyping and Sexualizing of Girlhood, from Birth to Tween. Chicago: Chicago Review Press. 2014. Print.**

Classroom and School Design

Greenberg, Daniel. Free at Last: The Sudbury Valley School. Framingham: Sudbury Valley School Press. 1995. Print.
Henderson, Anne T. Beyond the Bake Sale: The Essential Guide to Family-School Partnerships. New York: The New Press. 2007. Print.**
Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara. The Essential Conversation: What Teachers and Parents Can Learn from Each Other. New York: Ballantine Books. 2004. Print.**
Lit, Ira W. The Bus Kids: Children's Experiences with Voluntary Desegregation. New Haven: Yale University Press. 2009. Print.
Meier, Deborah. The Power of Their Ideas: Lessons for America from a Small School in Harlem. New York: Beacon Press. 2002. Print.
Sizer, Theodore R. and Nancy Faust Sizer. The Students Are Watching: Schools and the Moral Contract. Boston: Beacon Press. 2000. Print.

Classroom Read Alouds

Dahl, Roald. D Is for Dahl. London: Puffin. 2007. Print.
Fletcher, Ralph. Marshfield Dreams: When I Was a Kid. New York: Collins. 2005. Print.
Gray-Kanatiiosh, Barbara A. The Ohlone. Edina: ABDO. 2002. Print.
Kelley, True. Who Was Roald Dahl? New York: Grosset & Dunlap. 2012. Print.
Williams, Jack S. The Library of Native Americans: The Ohlone of California. New York: Rosen Publishing Group. 2003. Print.

Deeper Learning and Project-Based Learning

Berger, Ron. An Ethic of Excellence: Building a Culture of Craftsmanship with Students. Portsmouth: Heinemann. 2003. Print.**
Berger, Ron, Leah Rugen, and Libby Woodfin. Leaders of Their Own Learning: Transforming Schools Through Student-Engaged Assessment. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 2014. Print.
Berger, Ron, Libby Woodfin, and Anne Vilen. Learning That Lasts: Challenging, Engaging, and Empowering Students with Deeper Instruction. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 2016. Print.
Hallerman, Sara, John Larmer, and John R. Mergendoller. PBL in the Elementary Grades. Novato: Buck Institute for Education. 2011. Print.
Lenz, Bob, Justin Wells, and Sally Kingston. Transforming Schools: Using Project-Based Learning, Performance Assessment, and Common Core Standards. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 2015. Print.
Levy, Steven. Starting From Scratch: One Classroom Builds Its Own Curriculum. Portsmouth: Heinemann. 1996. Print.
Maker Ed. Open Portfolio Project Research Brief Series. Oakland: Maker Ed. 2015. Online 30 July 2015.
Patton, Alec. Work That Matters: The Teacher's Guide to Project-Based Learning. London: Paul Hamlyn Foundation. 2012. Online. 23 May 2013.
Vander Ark, Tom and Carri Schenider. Deeper Learning: For Every Student Every Day. Getting Smart. 2014. Online. 22 Jan 2015.

Social-Emotional Learning

Costello, Bob. Restorative Circles in Schools: Building Community and Enhancing Learning. Bethlehem: International Institute for Restorative Practices. 2010. Print.
Costello, Bob. The Restorative Practices Handbook for Teachers, Disciplinarians, and Administrators. Bethlehem: International Institute for Restorative Practices. 2009. Print.
Gibbs, Jeanne. Reaching All by Creating Tribes Learning Communities. Windsor: CenterSource Systems, LLC. 2006. Print.

Professional Development and Teaching Practice

The d.school. Bootcamp Bootleg. Stanford: The d.school. 2011. Online. 18 January 2014.
Glasser, William. Choice Theory in the Classroom. New York: Harper Perennial. 1998. Print.
Glasser, William. Schools Without Failure. New York: Harper Perennial. 1975. Print.
Grant, Adam. Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World. New York: Viking. 2016. Print.
Hattie, John. Visible Learning and the Science of How We Learn. New York: Routledge. 2013. Kindle.
IDEO. Design Thinking for Educators. Palo Alto: IDEO. 2013. Online. 18 January 2014.
Kleon, Austin. Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered. Austin: Workman Publishing Company. 2014. Kindle.
Kleon, Austin. Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative. Austin: Workman Publishing Company. 2012. Kindle.
McKeown, Greg. Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. New York: Crown Business. 2014. Print.
Stone, Douglas. Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well. New York: Viking. 2014.

Teaching Profession

Botstein, Leon. Jefferson's Children: Education and the Promise of American Culture. New York: Doubleday. 1997. Print.
Deresiewicz, William. Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life. New York: Free Press. Kindle.**
Godin, Seth. Stop Stealing Dreams: What Is School For?. 2012. Online. 7 April 2014.**
Goldstein, Dana. The Teacher Wars: A History of America's Most Embattled Profession. New York: Random House. 2014. Kindle.**
Green, Katherine. Building a Better Teacher: How Teaching Works (and How to Teach It to Everyone). New York: W. W. Norton & Company. 2014. Kindle.
Kahlenberg, Richard D. Tough Liberal: Albert Shanker and the Battle Over Schools, Unions, Race, and Democracy. New York: Columbia. 2009. Print.
Keizer, Garret. Getting Schooled: The Reeducation of an American Teacher. New York: Picador. 2015. Print.**
Ravitch, Diane. Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools. New York: Random House. 2013 Kindle.

Writing Instruction

Fletcher, Ralph. How to Write Your Life Story. New York: Collins. 2007. Print.
Fox, Roy. Facing the Sky: Composing Through Trauma. Anderson: Parlor Press. 2015. Print.
Stock, Gregory. The Kids' Book of Questions. New York: Workman Publishing. 2004. Print.

I also recommend the following videos and podcasts.

Films

August to June. Dir. Tom and Amy Valens. Tamalpais, 2011. Film.
The Hobart Shakespeareans. Dir. Mel Stuart. PBS, 2005. Film.
Most Likely to Succeed. Dir. Greg Whiteley. One Potato Productions, 2015. Film.
On the Path. Steven Levy. Burlington: Vanguard Video, 1996. Film. Available for purchase directly from Steven Levy.
The Voyage of Pilgrims. Steven Levy. Santa Monica: New American Schools Development Corporation, 1992. Film. Available for purchase directly from Steven Levy.

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Podcasts

Ed Next Book Club: Elizabeth Green on Building a Better Teacher (August 2014)

Ed Next Book Club: Richard Whitmire on On the Rocketship (June 2014)