List of 100+ Books for Educators

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6 min readAug 10, 2019

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100+ Books for Educators

Top and the best books for Educators in 2019 A list for Teachers, Principals, Superintendents School Staff, Parents, and for everyone interested in School Education System.

  1. Natural Born Learners: Inside the Global Learning Revolution- Alex Beard
  2. Enticing Hard-to-Reach Writers- Ruth Ayres
  3. The Rise and Fall of an Urban School System: Detroit, 1907–81- Jeffrey Mirel
  4. The Hidden Lives of Learners- Graham Nuthall
  5. Intention: Critical Creativity in the Classroom- Amy Burvall, Dan Ryder
  6. Personalized Professional Learning: A Job-Embedded Pathway for Elevating Teacher Voice- Allison Rodman
  7. Tech with Heart: Leveraging Technology to Empower Student Voice, Ease Anxiety, & Create Compassionate Classrooms- Stacey Roshan, Alan November
  8. Education Law: Principles, Policies, and Practice, Second Edition- Dr. John Dayton
  9. Education for Liberation: The Politics of Promise and Reform Inside and Beyond America’s Prisons- Gerard Robinson, Elizabeth English Smith, Newt Gingrich, Van Jones
  10. STEM Training Guide Book: Guide book for teachers, educators, homeschoolers and parents who want to get started on STEM teaching- Sumita Mukherjee
  11. Pivot: A Vision For The New University- Joanne Soliday, Dr. Mark Lombardi
  12. How Humans Learn: The Science and Stories behind Effective College Teaching (Teaching and Learning in Higher Education)- Joshua R. Eyler
  13. Fact Vs. Fiction: Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in the Age of Fake News- Jennifer LaGarde, Darren Hudgins
  14. Mindfulness Practices: Cultivating Heart Centered Communities Where Students Focus and Flourish (Creating a Positive Learning Environment Through Mindfulness in Schools)- Christine Mason, Michele M. Rivers Murphy, Yvette Jackson
  15. Lessons Learned from the Special Education Classroom: Creating Opportunities for All Students to Listen, Learn, and Lead- Peg Grafwallner
  16. Learning How to Learn: How to Succeed in School Without Spending All Your Time Studying; A Guide for Kids and Teens- Barbara Oakley PhD, Terrence Sejnowski PhD, Alistair McConville
  17. Lead Like a PIRATE: Make School Amazing for Your Students and Staff- Shelley Burgess, Beth Houf
  18. Troublemakers: Lessons in Freedom from Young Children at School- Carla Shalaby
  19. The Curious Classroom: 10 Structures for Teaching with Student-Directed Inquiry- Harvey “Smokey” Daniels
  20. Google Apps for Littles: Believe They Can- Christine Pinto, Alice Keeler
  21. Shake Up Learning: Practical Ideas to Move Learning from Static to Dynamic- Kasey Bell
  22. We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom eBook- Bettina Love
  23. The Reading Strategies Book: Your Everything Guide to Developing Skilled Readers- Jennifer Serravallo
  24. Cultivating Mindfulness in the Classroom -effective, low-cost way for educators to help students manage stress (The Classroom Strategies)- Jeanie M. Iberlin, Mike Ruyle
  25. The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child- Donalyn Miller
  26. Urban Myths about Learning and Education- Pedro De Bruyckere, Paul A. Kirschner, Casper D. Hulshof
  27. Inquiry Mindset: Nurturing the Dreams, Wonders, and Curiosities of Our Youngest Learners- Trevor MacKenzie, Rebecca Bathurst-Hunt
  28. The EduProtocol Field Guide: 16 Student-Centered Lesson Frames for Infinite Learning Possibilities eBook- Marlena Hebern, Jon Corippo
  29. Empower: What Happens When Students Own Their Learning- John Spencer, A.J. Juliani
  30. Handwriting Brain-Body DisConnect: Adaptive teaching techniques to unlock a child’s dysgraphia for the classroom and at home- Cheri L Dotterer, William Houlette, Bethany Peat, Alyssa Marzili, Anita M McLaurin
  31. The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life- Julie Bogart, Susan Wise Bauer
  32. Grading for Equity: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms- Joe Feldman
  33. Educated: A Memoir — Tara Westover
  34. Notice & Note: Strategies for Close Reading- Kylene Beers, Robert E Probst
  35. Reading Nonfiction: Notice & Note Stances, Signposts, and Strategies- Kylene Beers, Robert E Probst
  36. Embedded Formative Assessment (Strategies for Classroom Formative Assessment That Drives Student Engagement and Learning)- Dylan Wiliam
  37. Mathematical Mindsets: Unleashing Students’ Potential through Creative Math, Inspiring Messages and Innovative Teaching- Jo Boaler, Carol Dweck
  38. The Google Infused Classroom: A Guidebook to Making Thinking Visible and Amplifying Student Voice- Holly Clark, Tanya Avrith
  39. Take Control of the Noisy Class: Chaos to Calm in 15 Seconds (Super-effective classroom management strategies for teachers in today’s toughest classrooms)- Rob Plevin
  40. The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure- Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt
  41. Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools- Diane Ravitch
  42. Closing the Vocabulary Gap- Alex Quigley
  43. What School Could Be: Insights and Inspiration from Teachers across America- Ted Dintersmith
  44. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban- Malala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb
  45. Teachers and Machines: The Classroom Use of Technology Since 1920 — Larry Cuban
  46. Why Don’t Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom- Daniel T. Willingham
  47. Visible Learning and the Science of How We Learn- John Hattie, Gregory C. R. Yates
  48. Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning- Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel
  49. The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students- Anthony Abraham Jack
  50. The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way- Amanda Ripley
  51. Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, 10th Anniversary Edition- John Taylor Gatto, Thomas Moore
  52. The Teacher Wars: A History of America’s Most Embattled Profession- Dana Goldstein
  53. Disrupting Thinking: Why How We Read Matters- Kylene Beers, Robert E. Probst
  54. THE First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher- Harry K. Wong;Rosemary T. Wong
  55. Trivium 21c: Preparing Young People for the Future with Lessons From the Past- Martin Robinson, Ian Gilbert
  56. Embedded Formative Assessment — Practical strategies and tools for K-12 teachers- Dylan Wiliam
  57. Seven Myths About Education- Daisy Christodoulou
  58. Why Knowledge Matters: Rescuing Our Children from Failed Educational Theories- E. D. Hirsch Jr
  59. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance- Angela Duckworth
  60. The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education- Diane Ravitch
  61. Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom (Harvest in Translation)- Bell hooks
  62. “For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood… and the Rest of Y’all Too : Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education (Race, Education, and Democracy)”- Christopher Emdin
  63. Conscious Discipline Building Resilient Classrooms Expanded & Updated Edition- Dr. Becky A. Bailey
  64. The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter- Michael D. Watkins
  65. When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing- Daniel H. Pink
  66. Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools- Jonathan Kozol
  67. The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life, 20th Anniversary Edition- Parker J. Palmer
  68. School Culture Rewired: How to Define, Assess, and Transform It- Steve Gruenert, Todd Whitaker
  69. The Tyranny of Metrics- Jerry Z. Muller
  70. What Works in Schools: Translating Research into Action- Robert J. Marzano
  71. The Big Test: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy- Nicholas Lemann
  72. Why Didn’t I Learn This in College? Second Edition- Paula Rutherford
  73. The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything- Ken Robinson, Lou Aronica
  74. Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative- Ken Robinson
  75. Pedagogy of the Oppressed: 50th Anniversary Edition- Paulo Freire, Donaldo Macedo
  76. Visible Learning- John Hattie
  77. Understanding By Design- Grant Wiggins, Jay McTighe
  78. Your First Year- Todd Whitaker, Madeline Whitaker, Katherine Whitaker
  79. Educational Economics: Where Do School Funds Go?- Marguerite Roza
  80. How Children Fail (Classics in Child Development)- John Holt
  81. Death at an Early Age: The Classic Indictment of Inner-City Education- Jonathan Kozol, Robert Coles
  82. A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change- Douglas Thomas, John Seely Brown
  83. DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education- Anya Kamenetz
  84. Five Minds for the Future (Leadership for the Common Good)- Howard Gardner
  85. The Space: A Guide For Educators- Rebecca Louise Hare, Dr. Robert Dillon
  86. Other People’s Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom- Lisa Delpit
  87. Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain- Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
  88. Finding Joy in Teaching Students of Diverse Backgrounds: Culturally Responsive and Socially Just Practices in U.S. Classrooms- Sonia Nieto
  89. John Dewey: Democracy and Education, an Introduction to the Philosophy of Education- John Dewey
  90. Natural Born Learners: Unschooling And Autonomy In Education- Beatrice Ekwa Ekoko, Carlo Ricci
  91. Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are — Robert Plomin
  92. The Roving Mind by Isaac Asimov- C. Clarke
  93. Emile, or On Education- Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Barbara Foxley
  94. Waiting for “”SUPERMAN””: How We Can Save America’s Failing Public Schools- Karl Weber
  95. Working With Parents Building Relationships for Student Success- Ruby K. Payne
  96. The Uses of the University: Fifth Edition (The Godkin Lectures on the Essentials of Free Government and the Duties of the Citizen)- Clark Kerr
  97. FTCE Business Education 6–12 Exam: Florida Teacher Certification Examinations- Educational Testing Group
  98. The Teacher Gap- Rebecca Allen, Sam Sims
  99. How to Survive in Teaching: Without imploding, exploding or walking away- Emma Kell
  100. Responsive Teaching: Cognitive Science and Formative Assessment in Practice- Harry Fletcher-Wood
  101. Creating the Schools Our Children Need: Why What We’re Doing Now Won’t Help Much (And What We Can Do Instead)- Dylan Wiliam
  102. Liberating Learning (Routledge Leading Change Series)- Santiago Rincón-Gallardo

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