Books for Educators
Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek. A series of real-life stories that provides readers with information on what it takes to be an effective leader and inspire others to do the same.
Disrupting Thinking: Why How We Read Matters by Kylene Beers and Robert E. Probst. A study on reading habits that explains how to help students become close readers and critical thinkers.
Teach Like a Pirate: Increase Student Engagement, Boost Your Creativity, and Transform Your Life as an Educator by Dave Burgess. A teacher's guide to engaging students with creative lessons.
The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller. Sixth grade teacher Donalyn Miller describes the instructional approach she uses to turn children into readers, based on a combination of individual choice, a program of independent reading, a collection of high-interest books, and appropriate and authentic reading behavior modeling.
Culturize: Every Student, Every Day, Whatever It Takes by Jimmy Casas. Insights into what it takes to cultivate a community of learners who embody the innately human traits our world desperately needs, such as kindness, honesty, and compassion.
The Innovator’s Mindset: Empower Learning, Unleash Talent, and Lead a Culture of Creativity by George Couros. George Couros encourages teachers and administrators to empower their learners to wonder, to explore--and to become forward-thinking leaders.
Fact vs. Fiction: Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in the Age of Fake News by Jennifer LaGarde and Darren Hudgins. Provides resources to help students discern fact from fiction in the information they access not only at school, but on the devices they carry in their pockets and backpacks.