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1. Making Classrooms Better: 50 Practical Applications of Mind, Brain, and Education Science

   Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa

   A practical, classroom-oriented guide to best-practice teaching.More

2. Positive Psychology in the Elementary School Classroom

   Patty O'Grady

   Use the neuroscience of emotional learning to transform your teaching.More

3. The Art of Freedom: Teaching the Humanities to the Poor

   Earl Shorris

   A conversation in a prison cell sparks an ambitious undertaking to attack the roots of long-term poverty.More

4. The Social Neuroscience of Education: Optimizing Attachment and Learning in the Classroom

   Louis Cozolino

   Creating a healthy, social classroom environment.More

5. Thinking at Every Desk: Four Simple Skills to Transform Your Classroom

   Derek Cabrera, Laura Colosi

   Cutting-edge skills for twenty-first-century learners and educators.More

6. Teaching and the Adolescent Brain: An Educator's Guide

   Jeb Schenck

   Using cognitive neuroscience to rethink traditional teaching methods and strategies.More

7. Mind, Brain, and Education Science: A Comprehensive Guide to the New Brain-Based Teaching

   Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa

   Establishing the parameters and goals of the new field of mind, brain, and education science.More

8. The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University

   Louis Menand

   "Crisp and illuminating . . . well worth reading."—Wall Street Journal More

9. Intelligence and How to Get It: Why Schools and Cultures Count

   Richard E. Nisbett

   “[Nisbett] weighs in forcefully and articulately . . . [using] a thoroughly appealing style to engage . . . throughout.”—Publishers WeeklyMore

10. The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home

    Susan Wise Bauer, Jessie Wise

    Third Edition

    "Outstanding ... should be on every home educator's reference bookshelf." —Homeschooling TodayMore

11. Enchanted Hunters: The Power of Stories in Childhood

    Maria Tatar

    Highly illuminating for parents, vital for students and book lovers alike, Enchanted Hunters transforms our understanding of why children should read.More

12. What's Liberal About the Liberal Arts?: Classroom Politics and "Bias" in Higher Education

    Michael Bérubé

    "A sensitive, sensible, and compelling account of American education at its best."—Philadelphia InquirerMore

13. When Sex Goes to School: Warring Views on Sex--and Sex Education--Since the Sixties

    Kristin Luker

    "It is difficult to imagine a juicier subject, or a more thoughtful, fluent, trustworthy guide for its exploration."—San Francisco ChronicleMore

14. Cyber Rules: What You Really Need to Know about the Internet: The Essential Guide for Clinicians, Educators, and Parents

    Joanie Farley-Gillispie, Jayne Gackenbach

    The Internet socializes people in new ways, encouraging the development of innovative approaches to communication and online identity. As new technology and media emerge, cyber behaviors will continue to affect us, our relationships, our communities, and the world, both on- and offline.More

15. Welcome to the Real World: You Got an Education, Now Get a Life!

    Stacy Kravetz

    For every college graduate—the savvy, witty, comprehensive survival guide to getting on your feet in the Real World.More