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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time
by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

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Nelson Mandela once said, "Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world." Mortenson and Relin's Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time is a powerful contribution to that arsenal. If there... (read more)
 
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Teaching Social Studies

Lies My Teacher Told Me
by James W Loewen

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Winner of the 1996 American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship Americans have lost touch with their history, and in this thought-provoking book, Professor James Loewen shows why. After surveying twelve... (read more)
 
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Learning Disabilities

The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal
by Jonathan Mooney

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“What makes this journey so inspiring is Mooney’s transcendent humor; the self he has become does not turn away from old pain but can laugh at it, make fun of it, make it into something beautiful.”—Los Angeles Times Labeled... (read more)
 
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Teaching Math and Science

Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail
by Danica Mckellar

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The runaway national bestseller, now in... (read more)
 
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Conflict Resolution

Nonviolent Communication 2ND Edition
by Marshall Rosenberg

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Do you hunger for skills to improve the quality of your relationships, to deepen your sense of personal empowerment or to simply communicate more effectively? Unfortunately, for centuries our culture has taught us to think and speak in ways that can... (read more)
 
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Teaching Reading and Writing

Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation with Sticker
by Lynne Truss

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We all know the basics of punctuation. Or do we? A look at most neighborhood signage tells a different story. Through sloppy usage and low standards on the internet, in email, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species... (read more)
 
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Classroom Resources

Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56
by Rafe Esquith

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Few teachers get the recognition that Rafe Esquith has received during his extraordinary career, but in this case, it is so richly deserved. In a recent poll, over 60 percent of Americans said our country is headed in the "wrong direction." As I read... (read more)
 
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Teaching Guides

Reason for Handwriting - Cursive F: Cursive Student Workbook (Reason for Handwriting)
by Carol Ann Retzer

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A full-color cursive student workbook recommended for 6th grade featuring 10-15 minutes of daily practice on the Scripture verse of the week. Verses are taken from Proverbs. Includes discussion questions for values application and Scripture Border Sheets... (read more)
 
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Special Education

The Black Book of Colors Black Book of Colors
by Menena Cottin

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Living with the use of one's eyes can make imagining blindness difficult, but this innovative title invites readers to imagine living without sight through remarkable illustrations done with raised lines and descriptions of colors based on imagery... (read more)
 
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by Harpercollins

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Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation
by Parker J Palmer

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With wisdom, compassion, and gentle humor, Parker J. Palmer invites us to listen to the inner teacher and follow its leadings toward a sense of meaning and purpose. Telling stories from his own life and the lives of others who have made a difference, he... (read more)
 
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Teaching Drama

Theatre for Young Audiences: 20 Great Plays for Children
by Coleman Jennings

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Presented with the right plays, children are the most honest and appreciative of audiences. This anthology, compiled by an authority on children's theatre, collects new and overlooked scripts that represent the best of modern playwriting for children... (read more)
 
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Assessment

Teaching To Transgress : Education As the Practice of Freedom (94 Edition)
by bell hooks

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Widely admired as a leading black intellectual, hooks is also an inspired teacher. Here, she offers her ideas about teaching that fundamentally rethink democratic participation. These essays face squarely the problems of today's classrooms, including... (read more)
 
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Skill Builders

Teaching with Love and Logic: Taking Control of the Classroom
by Jim Fay

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Discover why love and logic works in the classroom and understand the psychological reasons for its effectiveness.... (read more)
 
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Workbooks

Five Minute Addition, 6-9 Years: Fun Time Learning (5 Minute Learning Pads)
by Matt (ilt) Ward

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ADDITION Pit your wits against the clock. Do the tests in five minutes tops. Then check your answers-- tick, tick, tick Get all the Five Minute titles Addition - Division - Multiplication - Math - Phonics - Spelling - Handwriting... (read more)
 
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Higher Education

Getting What You Came for: The Smart Student's Guide to Earning an M.A. or a PH.D.
by Robert L Peters

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Is graduate school right for you? Should you get a master's or a Ph.D.? How can you choose the best possible school? This classic guide helps students answer these vital questions and much more. It will also help graduate students finish in less... (read more)
 
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School Reform & Controversy

Tinkering Toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reform
by David Tyack

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For over a century, Americans have translated their cultural anxieties and hopes into dramatic demands for educational reform. Although policy talk has sounded a millennial tone, the actual reforms have been gradual and incremental. Tinkering toward... (read more)
 
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