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Student Voice Research by Marc Brasof & Joseph Levitan
Teachers College Press, Teachers College, Columbia University, October 28, 2022
Screen Damage: The Dangers of Digital Media for Children by Michel Desmurget
Polity Press, December 28, 2022
ChatGPT is going to change education, not destroy it by Will Douglas Heaven
MIT Technology Review, April 6, 2023
Combating antisemitism today: Holocaust education in the era of Twitter and TikTok by Alan Marcus
The Conversation, January 24, 2023
Inclusion on Purpose: An Intersectional Approach to Creating a Culture of Belonging at Work by Ruchika Tulshyan
The MIT Press, March 1, 2022
Reframing Self-Care for Independent School Faculty
Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education, 2023
Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want by Ruha Benjamin
Princeton University Press, October 11, 2022
Do You Wonder? by Wallace Edwards
North Winds Press, September 6, 2022
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
Little, Brown and Company, June 1, 2021
Teachers’ Global Perceptions and Views, Practices and Needs in Multicultural Settings by Zoe Karanikola, Glykeria Katsiouli and Nektaria Palaiologou
Education Sciences, April 13, 2022
Magic Words: What to Say to Get Your Way by Jonah Berger
Harper Collins, March 7, 2023
Ratchetdemic: Reimagining Academic Success by Christopher Emdin
Beacon Press, August 10, 2021
“Imaginology” by Stephen T. Asma
Aeon, May 26, 2022
Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces 2004 - 2021 by Margaret Atwood
Doubleday Books, March 1, 2022
Want to Retain IT Staff? Start with Stay Interviews by Robert Sidford and Dr. Lisa Gonzales
Tech & Learning, February 16, 2023
The Shift to Student-Led: Reimagining Classroom Workflows with UDL and Blended Learning by Caitlin R. Tucker and Katie Novak
IMPress, November 9, 2022
This Conversation About the 'Reading Mind' Is a Gift by Ezra Klein and Maryanne Wolf
New York Times, November 22, 2022
Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems by Wendy K. Smith and Marianne W. Lewis
Harvard Business Review Press, August 9, 2022
Five Ways to Support the Well-Being of School Leaders by Julia Mahfouz, Kathleen King, Danny Yahya
Greater Good Magazine: University of California, Berkeley, September 6, 2022
“Teen Girls Report Record Levels of Sadness, CDC Finds” by Azeen Ghorayshiand Roni Caryn Rabin
New York Times, February 13, 2023
“Teens Are Struggling Right Now. What Can Parents Do?” by Melinda Wenner Moyer
New York Times, February 20, 2023
“American Teens Are Really Miserable. Why?” by Ross Douthat
New York Times, February 18, 2023
The Teacher's Principal: How School Leaders Can Support and Motivate Their Teachers by Jen Schwanke
ASCD, July 2022
Learning and Teaching While White: Antiracist Strategies for School Communities by Jenna Chandler-Ward and Elizabeth Denevi
Norton Professional Books, July 26, 2022
"How social-emotional learning became a frontline in the battle against CRT" by Meg Anderson
All Things Considered, National Public Radio, September 26, 2022
Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics by Peter Liljedahl
Corwin Mathematics, October 1, 2020
Learning Through Play at School – A Framework for Policy and Practice by Rachel Parker, Bo Stjerne Thomsen, and Amy Berry
Frontiers in Education, February 17, 2022
Critiquing Racial Literacy: Presenting a Continuum of Racial Literacies by Laura C. Chavez-Moreno
Educational Researcher, AERA, April 28, 2022
Belonging: The Science of Creating Connection And Bridging Divides by Geoffrey L. Cohen
W. W. Norton & Company, September 13, 2022
“The College Essay Is Dead” by Stephen Marche, "The End of High School English" by Daniel Herman, and "The Transcendent Brain" by Alan Lightman
The Atlantic, December 5, 2022 - December 9, 2022
The Slowdown, Episode 758: What You Missed the Day You Were Absent from Fourth Grade by Ada Limón, Brad Aaron Modlin
September 8, 2022
Why American Teens Are So Sad by Derek Thompson
The Atlantic, April 11, 2022
Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else) by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
Haymarket, May 3, 2022
Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be by Dr. Becky Kennedy
HarperCollins, September 13, 2022
Dear Math: Why Kids Hate Math and What Teachers Can Do About It by Sarah Strong and Gigi Butterfield
Times 10 Publications, June 22, 2022
When You Wonder, You’re Learning: Mr. Rogers’ Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids by Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski
Hachette Books, April 1, 2021
Back to Basics, Not Back to "Normal" by Eric Hudson
Global Online Academy Insights Blog, August 23, 2022
Uncommon Sense Teaching: Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn by Barbara Oakley, Beth Rogowsky, and Terrence J. Sejnowski
TarcherPerigee, June 15, 2021
The Matter of Black Living: The Aesthetic Experiment of Racial Data, 1880-1930 by Autumn Womack
The University of Chicago Press, April 4, 2022
"Strategic Planning Should Be a Strategic Exercise" by Graham Kenny
Harvard Business Review, October 4, 2022
Unraveling Faculty Burnout: Pathways to Reckoning and Renewal by Rebecca Pope-Ruark
Johns Hopkins University Press, September 20,2022
The Power of Doing Less In Schools by Justin Reich
ASCD Educational Leadership, Vol. 80, No. 2, October 1, 2022
The Equity and Social Justice Education 50: Critical Questions for Improving Opportunities and Outcomes for Black Students by Baruti K. Kafele
ASCD, May 1, 2021
Dr. Jennifer Heisz "Move Your Body, Heal Your Mind" by Jonathan Fields
Good Life Podcast, July 14, 2022
The Sum Of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee
Random House, February 9, 2021
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, August 10, 2021
What Is School For?
New York Times, September 1, 2022
The Real World of College: What Higher Education Is and What It Can Be by Wendy Fischman and Howard Gardner
MIT Press, March 22, 2022
Book of Questions by Pablo Neruda, Translated by Sara Lissa Paulson
Enchanted Lion Books, April 26, 2022
Mindful Admissions: An Insider's Guide to Staying Sane, Applying Well And Getting Accepted To College by Laurén Carter
Laurén Carter, January 20, 2022
Why Do I Have To Read This? Literacy Strategies to Engage Our Most Reluctant Students by Cris Tovani
Stenhouse Publishers, December 11, 2020
Dedicated: The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing by Pete Davis
Simon and Schuster, May 4, 2021
The Redemption of Frederick Shegog by Eric Hoover
The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 9, 2022
Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey - United States, January-June 2021 by Adriana Rico et. al
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, April 1, 2022
Leading with Dignity: How to create a culture that brings out the best in people by Donna Hicks, PhD
Yale University Press, October 8, 2019
Proof Points: Debunking the myth that teachers stop improving after five years by Jill Barshay
The Hechinger Report, March 7, 2022
The Waste-Free World: How the Circular Economy Will Take Less, Make More, and Save the Planet by Ron Gonen
Portfolio: Penguin Random House, April 6, 2021
Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It by Ethan Kross
Crown, February 1, 2022
Black Education in the Wake of Covid-19 & Systemic Racism by Sonya Douglass Horsford, Leana Cabral, Cami Touloukian, Siettah Parks, Phillip A. Smith, Chy McGhee, Fawziah Qadir, Dominique Lester, & Jade Jacobs
Black Education Research Collective, Black Education Research Collective, July 1, 2021
Why the School Wars Still Rage by Jill Lepore
The New Yorker, March 21, 2022
Who's Unhappy With Schools? The Answer Surprised Me by Jessica Grose
The New York Times, March 19, 2022
I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times by Mónica Guzmán
BenBella Books, March 8, 2022
Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention – And How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari
Crown (Penguin), January 25, 2022
“The Grown-Ups Are Losing It” by George Packer
The Atlantic, March 10, 2022
Allies: Real Talk About Showing Up, Screwing Up, and Trying Again edited by Shakirah Bourne and Dana Alison Levy
DK Penguin Random House, September 14, 2021
Making Grades Matter: Standards-Based Grading in a Secondary PLC by Matt Townsley and Nathan L. Wear
SolutionTree, March 13, 2020
Bending the Arc Toward Justice: Equity-Focused Practices for Educational Leaders by Jajni Shankar-Brown (Editor)
Information Age Publishing, September 1, 2022
Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School by Kendra James
Grand Central Publishing, January 18, 2022
The Case for Believing in Yourself by Dacher Keltner and Shuka Kalantari
Episode 108, The Greater Good Science Center, January 6, 2022
5 Ways to Teach Climate Change, COVID-19 in Polarized Times by Madeline Will
Education Week, Vol. 41, Issue 14, November 24, 2021
"A Story Of Us?" by Ramtin Arablouei, Rund Abdelfatah, Tamim Ansary
NPR's Throughline, February 3, 2022
How Much Does a Great School Cost?: School Economies and School Values by Barbara J. Smith
Rowman and Littlefield Publishers Inc., April 1, 2021
The Story of Climate Change: A first book about how we can help save our planet by Catherine Barr and Steve Williams
The Quarto Group, March 2, 2021
"What Are You Doing to Help Students Understand Systemic Racism and Combat It" by Larry Ferlazzo
EdWeek, December 7, 2021
On Being with Krista Tippett | Episode: The Deepest Meanings of Intelligence and Vocation by Krista Tippett
October 7, 2021
The Question We've Stopped Asking About Teen-Agers and Social Media by Cal Newport
The New Yorker, November 9, 2021
Social Justice Parenting: How to Raise Compassionate, Anti-Racist, Justice-Minded Kids in an Unjust World. by Dr. Traci Baxley
HarperCollins, October 19, 2021
Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education by Alex Shevrin Venet
W.W. Norton & Company, May 25, 2021
Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown
Random House Books, November 30, 2021
Textured Teaching: A Framework for Culturally Sustaining Practices by Lorena Escoto Germán
Heinemann, September 10, 2021
"Great Attrition" or "Great Attraction"? The choice is yours by Aaron De Smet, Bonnie Dowling, Marino Mugayar-Baldocchi, and Bill Schaninger
McKinsey Quarterly, September 1, 2021
The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth by Jonathan Rauch
Brookings Institution Press, June 21, 2021
New View EDU Podcast, Episode 8: Schools as Practice Zones for Adulting by Tim Fish and Lisa Kay Solomon with Julie Lythcott-Haims
NAIS, September 28, 2021
"Middle and High School Students Need Social Emotional Learning, Too. Are They Getting It?" by Arianna Prothero
Education Week, October 12, 2021
"How the Bobos Broke America" by David Brooks
The Atlantic, August 2, 2021
How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community by Mia Birdsong
Hachette Go, June 2, 2020
Creative Acts for Creative People: How to Think, Create, and Lead in Unconventional Ways by Sarah Stein Greenberg
Ten Speed Press/d.School, September 21, 2021
"Gifted Education: Losing the Racism and Elitism" by Dona Matthews
Psychology Today blog, September 28, 2021
Revisionist History, season 6, "Project Dillard" and "Lord of the Rankings" by Malcolm Gladwell
July 8, 2021
The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain by Annie Murphy Paul
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, June 8, 2021
"This Is Our Chance to Pull Teenagers Out of the Smartphone Trap" by Jonathan Haidt and Jean M. Twenge
The New York Times, July 31, 2021
