Relevant education-related readings. Each category in no particular order.
What I’ve read recently
- Excellence and Equity: Five Principles of Courageous Leadership to Guide Achievement for Every Student (Eds. Pedro Noguera and Alan Blankstein with Lorena Kelly)
- Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
- Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson)
- For White People Who Teach in the Hood . . . and the Rest of Y’all Too: Reality Pedagogy in Urban Education (Christopher Emdin)
- Mathematical Mindsets (Jo Boaler)
- The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way (Amanda Ripley)
Books/readings I recommend
- Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack (Peggy McIntosh)
- The Death and Life of the Great American School System (Diane Ravitch)
- Professional Capital: Transforming Teaching in Every School (Andy Hargreaves and Michael Fullan)
- Kids First (David Kirp)
- Leading for Equity: The Pursuit of Excellence in Montgomery County Public Schools (Stacey M. Childress, Denis P. Doyle, David A. Thomas)
- The Trouble With Black Boys . . . And Other Reflections on Race, Equity, and the Future of Public Education (Pedro A. Noguera)
Books/readings on my list (not yet read)
- Beyond Measure (Vicky Abeles)
- This is Not a Test (Jose Luis Vilson)
- Finnish Lessons (Paasi Stahlberg)
- Mindset (Carol Dweck)
- The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and in Business (Charles Duhigg)
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