Professional Book List

These are the books I’ll be reading this summer or that I’ve already read and recommend. Send me your recommendations and I’ll add them.

Summer 2017

• The Perfect Assessment System by Rick Stiggins
• Mathematical Mindsets by Jo Boaler
• Write Beside Them by Penny Kittle
• Minds Made for Stories by Thomas Newkirk

Summer 2016

• Reading Nonfiction Notice & Note Stances, Signposts, and Strategies by Kylene Beers and Robert E. Probst
• Book Love: Developing Depth, Stamina, and Passion in Adolescent Readers by Penny Kittle
• Visible Learning for Literacy, Grades K-12: Implementing the Practices That Work Best to Accelerate Student Learning by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and John Hattie
• In Praise of American Educators: And How They Can Become Even Better by Richard Dufour
• Tap, Click, Read: Growing Readers in a World of Screens by Lisa Guernsey and Michael H. Levine
• Hacking Assessment: 10 Ways to Go Gradeless in a Traditional Grades School by Starr Sackstein

Summer 2015

• Assessment 3.0 by Mark Barnes
• Ditch That Textbook: Free Your Teaching and Revolutionize Your Classroom by Matt Miller
• 50 Myths & Lies That Threaten America’s Public Schools by David C. Berliner and Gene V. Glass (recommended by Shawn Carlson)
• Teach Like a Pirate: Increase Student Engagement, Boost Your Creativity, and Transform Your Life as an Educator by Dave Burgess (recommended by Mike Arsenault)
• Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, and Mark A. McDaniel
• Read, Write, Lead: Breakthrough Strategies for Schoolwide Literacy Success by Regie Routman
• Uncommon Core: Where the Authors of the Standards Go Wrong About Instruction –and How You Can Get it Right by Michael W. Smith, Deborah Appleman, and Jeffrey D. Wilhelm
• Invent to Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom by Sylvia Libow Martinez and Gary Stager