Professional books

Updated March 9, 2025
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Brainstorm : the power and purpose of the teenage brain
Siegel, Daniel J.
Paper Book
In this New York Times-bestselling book, Dr. Daniel Siegel shows parents how to turn one of the most challenging developmental periods in their children's lives into one of the most rewarding. Between the ages of 12 and 24, the brain changes in important, and oftentimes...
How we learn : the surprising truth about when, where, and why it happens
Carey, Benedict
Paper Book
In the tradition of The Power of Habit and Thinking, Fast and Slow comes a practical, playful, and endlessly fascinating guide to what we really know about learning and memory today--and how we can apply it to our own lives. From an early age, it is drilled into our...
Make it stick : the science of successful learning
Brown, Peter C.
Paper Book
To most of us, learning something "the hard way" implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we believe, should be creatively tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier. Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like these on...
Nice racism : how progressive white people perpetuate racial harm
DiAngelo, Robin J.
Ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Building on the groundwork laid in the New York Times bestseller White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo explores how a culture of niceness inadvertently promotes racism. In White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo explained...
The teachers : a year inside America's most vulnerable, important profession
Robbins, Alexandra
Paper Book
A National Bestseller *Winner of the 2024 DKG International Educators Book Award* A riveting, must-read, year-in-the-life account of three teachers, combined with reporting that reveals what's really going on behind school doors, by New York Times...
10 to 25 : the science of motivating young people : a groundbreaking approach to leading the next generation-and making your own life easier
Yeager, David S.
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Acclaimed developmental psychologist David Yeager reveals the new science of motivating young people ages ten through twenty-five in this groundbreaking book that is a must-read for managers, parents, educators, coaches, and mentors everywhere. ...
Sexual harassment and bullying : a guide to keeping kids safe and holding schools accountable
Strauss, Susan
Paper Book
Bullying in schools is often discussed, but sexual harassment in schools, and how it differs from bullying is often overlooked. In fact, though, sexual harassment (committed both by fellow students and school personnel) is more common and yet more easily and quickly dismissed by those involved,...
It's complicated : the social lives of networked teens
boyd, danah
Paper Book
"boyd's new book is layered and smart . . . It's Complicated will update your mind."--Alissa Quart, New York Times Book Review   "A fascinating, well-researched and (mostly) reassuring look at how today's tech-savvy teenagers are using...

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