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Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year
Esmé Raji Codell
Algonquin Books, 2001
Wonderful Read
This book is a great book for anyone looking at the teaching profession. I used it in an education introduction class and it is very insightful as well as just a great read. This is a real life personal experience in the first year of teaching for Esme, and shows the ...
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The Sixty-Second Motivator
Jim Johnson
Dog Ear Publishing, LLC, 2006
Small Book With a BIG Impact
Being a cardiac rehab nurse and spending a lot of time each day trying to get people to change their lifestyles to create better health, this book caught my eye. After reading it, I found the principles instantly useful for me to use at work. They can help anyone get ...
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The Trouble with Boys: A Surprising Report Card on Our Sons, Their Problems at School, and What Parents and ...
Peg Tyre
Crown, 2008
Why are boys falling behind?
This book is a follow on to the author's Newsweek cover story about the widening gap between boys and girls academic performance in the United States. She makes the case that, just as we rallied in the 90s to help girls catch up to boys in math and science, we need to ...
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
Mitch Albom
Broadway, 2002
A heartfelt reminder of the important things in life.
After reading so many spectacular reviews, I decided to give this book a whirl myself, and I'm so thankful I did. First of all, I hate to read. Well, let me rephrase that. I USED to hate to read. Doing so much reading in college leaves me with little energy outside of ...
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Teacher Man: A Memoir
Frank McCourt
Scribner, 2005
Come and check out this FANTASTIC EVENT for TEACHER MAN
Hey everyone! I just wanted to let you know there is a GREAT event coming up almost a week away in New York City. The American Place Theatre's Festival: Literature to Life is performing a theatrical adaptation of TEACHER MAN by Frank McCourt on September 21st, 2008. ...
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The Essential 55: An Award-winning Educator's Rules for Discovering the Successful Student in Every Child
Ron Clark
Hyperion, 2004
Good Book
Very Interesting Outlook on Everyday Skills as well as Classroom Skills!!
I LOVED IT
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Schools That Learn: A Fifth Discipline Fieldbook for Educators, Parents, and Everyone Who Cares About ...
Peter M. Senge, Nelda H. Cambron McCabe, ...
Doubleday Business, 2000
A great resource book for educators
This is an essential book for anyone interested in education. Its comprehensive coverage gives much background, even at the risk of being distracting when you want to follow-up on the leads to so many interesting source-books and links. Though you are told to dip in ...
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
Three Cups of Tea
A must read book that is truly inspirational about what one man is doing to change the world!
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Angels & Demons
Dan Brown
Pocket, 2006
Angels and Demons Book Review
Angels and Demons is Dan Brown's prequel to The DaVinci Code, taking place approximately one year before the events in his best selling novel. The incidents in this book are hinted at in The DaVinci Code and only help to whet the appetite, and this book does not ...
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How Full Is Your Bucket? Educator's Edition: Positive Strategies for Work and Life
Tom Rath, Donald O. Clifton
Gallup Press, 2007
Wonderful!!
Wonderful thoughts in this book. How did they ever think of this?! Everyone should read this book. Not only is it is uplifting but it makes one think about the others in the world and your effect on them. During and after you read this book you will feel good. Let a ...
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Nurse As Educator: Principles of Teaching and Learning for Nursing Practice
Susan B. Bastable
Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2007
Nurse as Educator: Principles of teaching and learning for n
Nurse as Educator: Principles of teaching and learning for nursing practice 2nd ed. by Susan B. Bastable Fifteen chapters are divided into three parts: 1. perspectives on teaching and learning, 2. characteristics of the learner, and 3. techniques and strategies for ...
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'Tis: A Memoir
Frank McCourt
Scribner, 2000
A sometimes whiny yet heart-breaking sequel
Oh my word. I don't know what most reviewers are talking about. Tis is a true gift to readers who're interested in the author's life. Angela's Ashes had more poetry while Tis has more modern day cynicism being caged to a life imposes. In transparent words, this is the ...
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To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher
William Ayers
Teachers College Press, 2001
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This book is one that each and every teacher should read. It is valuable not only because of the content (which is exceptional), it is also very easy to read. I would recommend this book to any teacher.
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Marva Collins' Way: Updated
Marva Collins
Tarcher, 1990
Marva is a teacher one would want for every child on earth!
I read about 70 pages of the book and unfortunately lost it during my travel. I will be buying this book again. Marva is an extraordinary teacher who has taught me at my middle age that NO CHILD CAN FAIL TO SUCCEED in school. She has achieved this with such ...
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MTEL Communication & Literacy Skills (REA) The Best Test Prep for the Massachusetts Tests for Educator ...
Gail Rae, Ann Jenson-Wilson, ...
Research & Education Association, 2006
Pass the MTEL Test with the Best Preparation
This is the best way to prepare for the MTEL test. This book contains 3 practice tests. I took one each week prior to taking the MTEL test in September 2008. The tests in the book were harder than the actual test, and I felt that I couldn't have prepared better. ...
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