50 Books like The Water Is Wide

Reading with Patrick

by Michelle Kuo • 2017

Her student was in jail for murder. She returned to the Delta with books.

4.16

6k+

🏫 Educational Inequality ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🤝 Teacher-Student Relationship 🌾 Rural Poverty 🍎 Memoir Of Teaching

Reading with Patrick 97%

Her student was in jail for murder. She returned to the Delta with books.

by Michelle Kuo 2017

4.16

6k+ ratings

🏫 Educational Inequality ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🤝 Teacher-Student Relationship 🌾 Rural Poverty 🍎 Memoir Of Teaching

Warriors Don't Cry

by Melba Pattillo Beals • 1994

Acid in her eyes, threats at every turn: a 15-year-old's year integrating an Arkansas high school.

4.18

16k+

✊ Civil Rights Movement 🏫 School Desegregation 🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance 💔 Trauma And Resilience 👩🏾 Teen Memoir

Warriors Don't Cry 94%

Acid in her eyes, threats at every turn: a 15-year-old's year integrating an Arkansas high school.

by Melba Pattillo Beals 1994

4.18

16k+ ratings

✊ Civil Rights Movement 🏫 School Desegregation 🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance 💔 Trauma And Resilience 👩🏾 Teen Memoir

None of the Above

by Shani Robinson • 2019

An Atlanta teacher indicted for cheating tells what the trial never let her say.

3.94

190

🏫 Public Education 📝 High-Stakes Testing ⛓️ School-To-Prison Pipeline 🔒 Mass Incarceration 💼 Corporate Education Reform

None of the Above 93%

An Atlanta teacher indicted for cheating tells what the trial never let her say.

by Shani Robinson 2019

3.94

190 ratings

🏫 Public Education 📝 High-Stakes Testing ⛓️ School-To-Prison Pipeline 🔒 Mass Incarceration 💼 Corporate Education Reform

A Smile as Big as the Moon

by Mike Kersjes • 2002

They said special ed kids couldn't handle Space Camp. His class went anyway, and won.

4.31

527

🧩 Special Education 🔬 Experiential Learning ✊ Disability Advocacy 🏫 Underdog Classrooms 👩‍🏫 Special Educators

A Smile as Big as the Moon 93%

They said special ed kids couldn't handle Space Camp. His class went anyway, and won.

by Mike Kersjes 2002

4.31

527 ratings

🧩 Special Education 🔬 Experiential Learning ✊ Disability Advocacy 🏫 Underdog Classrooms 👩‍🏫 Special Educators

I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had

by Tony Danza • 2012

A sitcom star teaches 10th-grade English in Philadelphia. The punchlines stop on day one.

3.86

4k+

🏫 Public Education 👨‍🏫 First Year Teacher 🔬 Immersion Memoir 🏙️ Urban Education 📋 Classroom Management

I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had Summary

I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had 93%

A sitcom star teaches 10th-grade English in Philadelphia. The punchlines stop on day one.

by Tony Danza 2012

3.86

4k+ ratings

🏫 Public Education 👨‍🏫 First Year Teacher 🔬 Immersion Memoir 🏙️ Urban Education 📋 Classroom Management

Never Far from Home

by Bruce Jackson • 2023

Amsterdam Houses to Microsoft: a Black lawyer's climb through music, race, and two worlds.

4.12

257

🪜 Upward Mobility 🚧 Racial Barriers 🎓 First-Gen Professionals 💻 Diversity In Tech 🎵 Music Industry

Never Far from Home 93%

Amsterdam Houses to Microsoft: a Black lawyer's climb through music, race, and two worlds.

by Bruce Jackson 2023

4.12

257 ratings

🪜 Upward Mobility 🚧 Racial Barriers 🎓 First-Gen Professionals 💻 Diversity In Tech 🎵 Music Industry

Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools

by Tyrone C. Howard • 2010

Race predicts who gets suspended, tracked, and left behind. The best schools don't ignore it.

4.13

165

⚖️ Educational Equity 📉 Achievement Gap 🧑‍🏫 Culturally Responsive Teaching 🏛️ Critical Race Theory In Education ✊ Social Justice Education

Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools Summary

Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools 93%

Race predicts who gets suspended, tracked, and left behind. The best schools don't ignore it.

by Tyrone C. Howard 2010

4.13

165 ratings

⚖️ Educational Equity 📉 Achievement Gap 🧑‍🏫 Culturally Responsive Teaching 🏛️ Critical Race Theory In Education ✊ Social Justice Education

Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy

by Sarah Diem • 2020

School choice, testing, and colorblind discipline don't fix inequity. They weren't designed to.

4.53

🏛️ Education Policy 🏫 Educational Leadership ✊ Anti-Racist Education ⛓️ School To Prison Pipeline 📚 Critical Race Theory

Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy Summary

Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy 92%

School choice, testing, and colorblind discipline don't fix inequity. They weren't designed to.

by Sarah Diem 2020

4.53

15 ratings

🏛️ Education Policy 🏫 Educational Leadership ✊ Anti-Racist Education ⛓️ School To Prison Pipeline 📚 Critical Race Theory

Home in the World

by Amartya Sen • 2021

What shaped a Nobel economist: Tagore's open-air school, a Kolkata coffee house, and a cancer ward.

4.15

825

💰 Economic Inequality 🇮🇳 Indian History ✊🏽 Anti-Colonial Thought 🌍 Multicultural Identity 🔗 Polymathic Thinking

Home in the World 92%

What shaped a Nobel economist: Tagore's open-air school, a Kolkata coffee house, and a cancer ward.

by Amartya Sen 2021

4.15

825 ratings

💰 Economic Inequality 🇮🇳 Indian History ✊🏽 Anti-Colonial Thought 🌍 Multicultural Identity 🔗 Polymathic Thinking

Young, Gifted, and Black

by Theresa Perry • 2003

Forget the white-Black comparison. The real gap is between African American students and excellence.

4.04

322

📏 Achievement Gap 📚 Black Education 🏫 Culturally Responsive Pedagogy 👩‍🏫 Teacher Quality 🌱 Asset-Based Pedagogy

Young, Gifted, and Black 92%

Forget the white-Black comparison. The real gap is between African American students and excellence.

by Theresa Perry 2003

4.04

322 ratings

📏 Achievement Gap 📚 Black Education 🏫 Culturally Responsive Pedagogy 👩‍🏫 Teacher Quality 🌱 Asset-Based Pedagogy

Bad Boy

by Walter Dean Myers • 2001

He missed his own high school graduation. No arrest, no dropout. He simply stopped showing up.

3.73

3k+

🧠 Intellectual Coming Of Age ✊🏾 Racial Identity 🏙️ Harlem Life 🥊 Urban Violence 🌧️ Depression Memoirs

Bad Boy 92%

He missed his own high school graduation. No arrest, no dropout. He simply stopped showing up.

by Walter Dean Myers 2001

3.73

3k+ ratings

🧠 Intellectual Coming Of Age ✊🏾 Racial Identity 🏙️ Harlem Life 🥊 Urban Violence 🌧️ Depression Memoirs

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World

by John Wood • 2006

A trekking trip, an empty library: why a Microsoft exec quit to build schools across Asia.

4.10

5k+

🚀 Social Entrepreneurship 🌍 Global Development 📖 Founder Memoir 🏘️ Community Development 👧 Girls' Education

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World Summary

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World 92%

A trekking trip, an empty library: why a Microsoft exec quit to build schools across Asia.

by John Wood 2006

4.10

5k+ ratings

🚀 Social Entrepreneurship 🌍 Global Development 📖 Founder Memoir 🏘️ Community Development 👧 Girls' Education

Rosa Parks

by Rosa Parks • 1948

A lifetime of slights, one refusal: Rosa Parks tells the story behind the bus seat.

4.19

3k+

✊🏽 Civil Rights Movement 🚫 Jim Crow South 📖 Activist Memoirs 🤝 Community Organizing ☮️ Nonviolent Resistance

Rosa Parks 92%

A lifetime of slights, one refusal: Rosa Parks tells the story behind the bus seat.

by Rosa Parks 1948

4.19

3k+ ratings

✊🏽 Civil Rights Movement 🚫 Jim Crow South 📖 Activist Memoirs 🤝 Community Organizing ☮️ Nonviolent Resistance

Class

by Stephanie Land • 2023

To afford college, she scrubbed toilets. The welfare office told her to drop out instead.

3.61

15k+

👩‍👧 Single Motherhood 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival 👩‍🎓 Poverty And Education ⚖️ Systemic Inequality 🏭 Working Class Memoirs

Class 92%

To afford college, she scrubbed toilets. The welfare office told her to drop out instead.

by Stephanie Land 2023

3.61

15k+ ratings

👩‍👧 Single Motherhood 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival 👩‍🎓 Poverty And Education ⚖️ Systemic Inequality 🏭 Working Class Memoirs

Bitita's Diary

by Carolina Maria de Jesus • 1960

Seven years old, Black, and poor in rural Brazil: learning to read became her revenge.

4.49

10k+

🇧🇷 Brazilian Literature 🏚️ Childhood Poverty ✍🏾 Black Women Writers 📖 Literacy As Liberation ⚖️ Racial Inequality

Bitita's Diary 92%

Seven years old, Black, and poor in rural Brazil: learning to read became her revenge.

by Carolina Maria de Jesus 1960

4.49

10k+ ratings

🇧🇷 Brazilian Literature 🏚️ Childhood Poverty ✍🏾 Black Women Writers 📖 Literacy As Liberation ⚖️ Racial Inequality

Somebody Else's Kids

by Torey L. Hayden • 1981

Boo barely spoke. Lori couldn't read. Tomaso raged. Claudia was pregnant. They were just kids.

4.28

7k+

🏫 Special Education 💔 Childhood Trauma 🩹 Trauma-Informed Teaching 🍎 Memoirs By Teachers 🧩 Autism In Children

Somebody Else's Kids 92%

Boo barely spoke. Lori couldn't read. Tomaso raged. Claudia was pregnant. They were just kids.

by Torey L. Hayden 1981

4.28

7k+ ratings

🏫 Special Education 💔 Childhood Trauma 🩹 Trauma-Informed Teaching 🍎 Memoirs By Teachers 🧩 Autism In Children

Street Data

by Shane Safir • 2021

Real equity starts with listening to the students who show up as gaps in your data.

4.21

876

⚖️ Educational Equity 🗣️ Student Voice 🌍 Culturally Responsive Teaching ✊ Anti-Racist Education 🚀 Student Agency

Street Data 92%

Real equity starts with listening to the students who show up as gaps in your data.

by Shane Safir 2021

4.21

876 ratings

⚖️ Educational Equity 🗣️ Student Voice 🌍 Culturally Responsive Teaching ✊ Anti-Racist Education 🚀 Student Agency

The Other Wes Moore

by Wes Moore • 2010

Two boys named Wes Moore, same city. One became a Rhodes Scholar; the other got life.

3.87

60k+

👥 Parallel Lives 🏙️ Urban Poverty 🌱 Coming Of Age 🔒 Mass Incarceration 🔄 Second Chances

The Other Wes Moore 92%

Two boys named Wes Moore, same city. One became a Rhodes Scholar; the other got life.

by Wes Moore 2010

3.87

60k+ ratings

👥 Parallel Lives 🏙️ Urban Poverty 🌱 Coming Of Age 🔒 Mass Incarceration 🔄 Second Chances

The Secret Teacher

by Anonymous • 2018

Reading aloud was his rebellion. An anonymous teacher tells the truth about the classroom.

3.72

1k+

🏙️ Urban Schools 🇬🇧 Uk Education System 🍎 Classroom Memoir 😮‍💨 Teacher Burnout 📊 Standardized Testing

The Secret Teacher 92%

Reading aloud was his rebellion. An anonymous teacher tells the truth about the classroom.

by Anonymous 2018

3.72

1k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Schools 🇬🇧 Uk Education System 🍎 Classroom Memoir 😮‍💨 Teacher Burnout 📊 Standardized Testing

Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire

by Rafe Esquith • 2007

Fear gets compliance. Trust gets fifth graders playing Shakespeare and running a homeless charity.

3.94

6k+

🧱 Classroom Culture 🏫 Elementary Education 🧭 Intrinsic Motivation 🎭 Arts Integration 📚 Reading Instruction

Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire 92%

Fear gets compliance. Trust gets fifth graders playing Shakespeare and running a homeless charity.

by Rafe Esquith 2007

3.94

6k+ ratings

🧱 Classroom Culture 🏫 Elementary Education 🧭 Intrinsic Motivation 🎭 Arts Integration 📚 Reading Instruction

I Got Schooled

by M. Night Shyamalan • 2013

Five data-backed patterns that close America's education gap, from a filmmaker who hunted them down.

3.67

324

📉 Achievement Gap 🔧 Education Reform 📊 Data-Driven Instruction 🎓 Teacher Effectiveness ⚖️ Education Equity

I Got Schooled 92%

Five data-backed patterns that close America's education gap, from a filmmaker who hunted them down.

by M. Night Shyamalan 2013

3.67

324 ratings

📉 Achievement Gap 🔧 Education Reform 📊 Data-Driven Instruction 🎓 Teacher Effectiveness ⚖️ Education Equity

Troublemakers

by Carla Shalaby • 2017

Disruptive kids are the classroom's alarm system. Silencing them only makes the air more toxic.

4.23

3k+

🚸 Classroom Discipline 🌱 Progressive Education 🧒 Early Childhood Education ⛓️ School To Prison Pipeline 🕊️ Restorative Justice In Schools

Troublemakers 92%

Disruptive kids are the classroom's alarm system. Silencing them only makes the air more toxic.

by Carla Shalaby 2017

4.23

3k+ ratings

🚸 Classroom Discipline 🌱 Progressive Education 🧒 Early Childhood Education ⛓️ School To Prison Pipeline 🕊️ Restorative Justice In Schools

Paper Girl

by Beth Macy • 2025

A Pell Grant was her exit from working-class Ohio. Four decades later, the road is closed.

4.02

11k+

🏡 Rural America 👷 Working-Class Memoir 🏭 Post-Industrial Decline 🔄 Generational Poverty 🔀 Political Polarization

Paper Girl 92%

A Pell Grant was her exit from working-class Ohio. Four decades later, the road is closed.

by Beth Macy 2025

4.02

11k+ ratings

🏡 Rural America 👷 Working-Class Memoir 🏭 Post-Industrial Decline 🔄 Generational Poverty 🔀 Political Polarization

No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy

by Mark Hodkinson • 2022

One book in his house growing up. Now he owns 3,500 and publishes his own.

3.74

688

🏭 Working Class Literature 📚 Bibliophilia 🎓 Autodidact Stories 🎭 Kitchen-Sink Realism 🖨️ Print Culture

No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy 92%

One book in his house growing up. Now he owns 3,500 and publishes his own.

by Mark Hodkinson 2022

3.74

688 ratings

🏭 Working Class Literature 📚 Bibliophilia 🎓 Autodidact Stories 🎭 Kitchen-Sink Realism 🖨️ Print Culture

Three Cups of Tea

by Greg Mortenson • 2006

A failed K2 climb. A remote Pakistani village. The promise: one school they'd never had.

3.66

359k+

📚 Educational Philanthropy 🎓 Girls Education 🌍 Cross-Cultural Aid 🏘️ Grassroots Development ⛰️ Mountain Communities

Three Cups of Tea 92%

A failed K2 climb. A remote Pakistani village. The promise: one school they'd never had.

by Greg Mortenson 2006

3.66

359k+ ratings

📚 Educational Philanthropy 🎓 Girls Education 🌍 Cross-Cultural Aid 🏘️ Grassroots Development ⛰️ Mountain Communities

Same Kind of Different as Me

by Ron Hall • 2006

An art dealer, a homeless man, and the woman who bound them together. Then cancer came.

4.20

93k+

👥 Dual Memoir ⛪ Faith Testimony 🤝 Interracial Friendship 🏚️ Homelessness Narratives ⛓️ Modern-Day Slavery

Same Kind of Different as Me 92%

An art dealer, a homeless man, and the woman who bound them together. Then cancer came.

by Ron Hall 2006

4.20

93k+ ratings

👥 Dual Memoir ⛪ Faith Testimony 🤝 Interracial Friendship 🏚️ Homelessness Narratives ⛓️ Modern-Day Slavery

A Childhood

by Harry Crews • 1978

By age six he had lived a lifetime. The writing was just aftermath.

4.34

3k+

🏚️ Rural Poverty 🌾 Southern Memoir 🩸 Childhood Trauma 🗣️ Oral Tradition 🦴 Southern Gothic

A Childhood 92%

By age six he had lived a lifetime. The writing was just aftermath.

by Harry Crews 1978

4.34

3k+ ratings

🏚️ Rural Poverty 🌾 Southern Memoir 🩸 Childhood Trauma 🗣️ Oral Tradition 🦴 Southern Gothic

Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education (Equity and Social Justice in Education)

by Alex Shevrin Venet • 2021

Your school's policies may be causing trauma. The shift from fixing kids to fixing systems.

4.49

556

🧠 Trauma Informed Teaching ⚖️ Equity In Education 📚 Critical Pedagogy 🌿 Teacher Wellness 🏫 School Culture

Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education (Equity and Social Justice in Education) Summary

Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education (Equity and Social Justice in Education) 92%

Your school's policies may be causing trauma. The shift from fixing kids to fixing systems.

by Alex Shevrin Venet 2021

4.49

556 ratings

🧠 Trauma Informed Teaching ⚖️ Equity In Education 📚 Critical Pedagogy 🌿 Teacher Wellness 🏫 School Culture

Where We Stand

by bell hooks • 2000

Feminism and antiracism won't succeed until they confront the thing they most ignore: class.

4.24

3k+

🤝 Intersectional Feminism 🏛️ Class Analysis ✊🏾 Black Feminism 💸 Poverty In America 🏚️ Housing Discrimination

Where We Stand 92%

Feminism and antiracism won't succeed until they confront the thing they most ignore: class.

by bell hooks 2000

4.24

3k+ ratings

🤝 Intersectional Feminism 🏛️ Class Analysis ✊🏾 Black Feminism 💸 Poverty In America 🏚️ Housing Discrimination

I Wish My Teacher Knew

by Kyle Schwartz • 2016

One question reveals what students hide: hunger, grief, instability. How teachers can respond.

3.95

2k+

🔗 Classroom Relationships 🛡️ Trauma-Informed Teaching 🏚️ Student Poverty ❤️ Social-Emotional Learning ⚖️ Character Education

I Wish My Teacher Knew 92%

One question reveals what students hide: hunger, grief, instability. How teachers can respond.

by Kyle Schwartz 2016

3.95

2k+ ratings

🔗 Classroom Relationships 🛡️ Trauma-Informed Teaching 🏚️ Student Poverty ❤️ Social-Emotional Learning ⚖️ Character Education

For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too

by Christopher Emdin • 2016

For teachers in the hood: how the black church and hip-hop can turn your classroom around.

4.06

5k+

🏙️ Urban Education 📚 Culturally Responsive Teaching 🎤 Hip-Hop Pedagogy 🗣️ Student Voice ✊ Critical Pedagogy

For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too Summary

For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too 92%

For teachers in the hood: how the black church and hip-hop can turn your classroom around.

by Christopher Emdin 2016

4.06

5k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Education 📚 Culturally Responsive Teaching 🎤 Hip-Hop Pedagogy 🗣️ Student Voice ✊ Critical Pedagogy

All Souls

by Michael Patrick MacDonald • 1999

His mother buried four sons. Southie's code demanded no one ask why.

4.09

14k+

🏙️ Urban Poverty 🏛️ Boston History 🍀 Irish American 🚌 Busing Crisis 🤫 Code Of Silence

All Souls 91%

His mother buried four sons. Southie's code demanded no one ask why.

by Michael Patrick MacDonald 1999

4.09

14k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Poverty 🏛️ Boston History 🍀 Irish American 🚌 Busing Crisis 🤫 Code Of Silence

Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind

by Eric Jensen • 2013

The classroom moves that overcome poverty's grip on learning, even when motivation is scarce.

4.09

858

💸 Poverty And Education 🎒 Student Engagement 🏃 Active Learning ❤️ Social-Emotional Learning 🧠 Brain-Based Teaching

Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind Summary

Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind 91%

The classroom moves that overcome poverty's grip on learning, even when motivation is scarce.

by Eric Jensen 2013

4.09

858 ratings

💸 Poverty And Education 🎒 Student Engagement 🏃 Active Learning ❤️ Social-Emotional Learning 🧠 Brain-Based Teaching

Invisible Child

by Andrea Elliott • 2021

Born homeless in Brooklyn, Dasani gets one shot: a boarding school that accepts one in ten.

4.70

20k+

🏙️ Urban Poverty 🛡️ Child Welfare 🔁 Intergenerational Poverty 🏗️ Gentrification 🏚️ Homelessness

Invisible Child 91%

Born homeless in Brooklyn, Dasani gets one shot: a boarding school that accepts one in ten.

by Andrea Elliott 2021

4.70

20k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Poverty 🛡️ Child Welfare 🔁 Intergenerational Poverty 🏗️ Gentrification 🏚️ Homelessness

The Art of Teaching Children

by Phillip Done • 2022

What three decades inside a classroom teach you about children that no training program covers.

4.41

356

🍎 Classroom Wisdom 🏫 Teaching Memoirs 🎯 Classroom Management 🧠 Growth Mindset 🌱 New Teachers

The Art of Teaching Children 91%

What three decades inside a classroom teach you about children that no training program covers.

by Phillip Done 2022

4.41

356 ratings

🍎 Classroom Wisdom 🏫 Teaching Memoirs 🎯 Classroom Management 🧠 Growth Mindset 🌱 New Teachers

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

by Maya Angelou • 1969

After an assault at eight, she went mute for five years. Then books taught her to speak.

4.30

586k+

📖 Literary Memoir 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 🏚️ Jim Crow South 💔 Childhood Sexual Abuse 🎤 Finding Your Voice

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 91%

After an assault at eight, she went mute for five years. Then books taught her to speak.

by Maya Angelou 1969

4.30

586k+ ratings

📖 Literary Memoir 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 🏚️ Jim Crow South 💔 Childhood Sexual Abuse 🎤 Finding Your Voice

Stand Before Your God

by Paul Watkins • 1994

Seven years old, American, alone in an English boarding school where names cut deeper than fists.

4.04

343

🏫 Boarding School Stories 🇺🇸 American In England 🎓 Elite Education 🦋 Loss Of Innocence 💔 School Bullying

Stand Before Your God 91%

Seven years old, American, alone in an English boarding school where names cut deeper than fists.

by Paul Watkins 1994

4.04

343 ratings

🏫 Boarding School Stories 🇺🇸 American In England 🎓 Elite Education 🦋 Loss Of Innocence 💔 School Bullying

A Class of Their Own

by Matthew Hammett Knott • 2022

The children had private jets. They needed a Cambridge graduate to do their homework.

3.61

376

🎓 Elite Education 💰 Wealth Inequality 👔 Class Memoir 🤡 Absurdist Memoir 🎭 Imposter Syndrome

A Class of Their Own 91%

The children had private jets. They needed a Cambridge graduate to do their homework.

by Matthew Hammett Knott 2022

3.61

376 ratings

🎓 Elite Education 💰 Wealth Inequality 👔 Class Memoir 🤡 Absurdist Memoir 🎭 Imposter Syndrome

In Search of Deeper Learning

by Jal Mehta • 2019

The richest learning in high school happens after the bell, in theater, debate, and journalism.

4.31

320

🔄 Education Reform 🏫 High School Education 🌱 Progressive Education 🛠️ Project-Based Learning 🎯 Inquiry-Based Learning

In Search of Deeper Learning 91%

The richest learning in high school happens after the bell, in theater, debate, and journalism.

by Jal Mehta 2019

4.31

320 ratings

🔄 Education Reform 🏫 High School Education 🌱 Progressive Education 🛠️ Project-Based Learning 🎯 Inquiry-Based Learning

Teaching to Transgress

by bell hooks • 1994

Teaching as resistance: bell hooks demands a classroom that confronts power, not just transmits it.

4.44

13k+

📚 Critical Pedagogy ✊🏿 Anti-Racist Education 🚺 Feminist Pedagogy 🌍 Multicultural Education 🌱 Holistic Education

Teaching to Transgress 91%

Teaching as resistance: bell hooks demands a classroom that confronts power, not just transmits it.

by bell hooks 1994

4.44

13k+ ratings

📚 Critical Pedagogy ✊🏿 Anti-Racist Education 🚺 Feminist Pedagogy 🌍 Multicultural Education 🌱 Holistic Education

How to Educate a Citizen

by E.D. Hirsch Jr. • 2020

Shared knowledge once held America together. Schools abandoned it. Evidence shows it's reversible.

3.80

430

🔧 Education Reform 📋 Curriculum Design 🏛️ Civic Education 📚 Content Knowledge 📖 Reading Wars

How to Educate a Citizen 91%

Shared knowledge once held America together. Schools abandoned it. Evidence shows it's reversible.

by E.D. Hirsch Jr. 2020

3.80

430 ratings

🔧 Education Reform 📋 Curriculum Design 🏛️ Civic Education 📚 Content Knowledge 📖 Reading Wars

Beyond Test Scores

by Jack Schneider • 2017

Test scores mostly rate a school's zip code, not its teaching. A better framework exists.

4.13

🏛️ Education Policy 📝 Testing Reform 🌱 Whole Child Education 🏫 School Culture 🧑‍🏫 Teacher Development

Beyond Test Scores 91%

Test scores mostly rate a school's zip code, not its teaching. A better framework exists.

by Jack Schneider 2017

4.13

53 ratings

🏛️ Education Policy 📝 Testing Reform 🌱 Whole Child Education 🏫 School Culture 🧑‍🏫 Teacher Development

Last to Eat, Last to Learn

by Pashtana Durrani • 2023

Afghanistan's first female tribal chief ran secret tablet schools until the Taliban came for her.

4.38

626

🎓 Girls' Education 🧕 Afghan Women 📚 Conflict-Zone Education 🏫 Rural Education 👑 Tribal Leadership

Last to Eat, Last to Learn 91%

Afghanistan's first female tribal chief ran secret tablet schools until the Taliban came for her.

by Pashtana Durrani 2023

4.38

626 ratings

🎓 Girls' Education 🧕 Afghan Women 📚 Conflict-Zone Education 🏫 Rural Education 👑 Tribal Leadership

A Man Called White

by Walter Francis White • 1948

Blue-eyed and Black, he could pass for white, so he walked straight into lynch mobs.

4.23

✊🏾 Civil Rights Movement ⛓️ Jim Crow Era 🪢 Anti-Lynching Activism 🪞 Passing Narratives 🗳️ Voting Rights

A Man Called White 91%

Blue-eyed and Black, he could pass for white, so he walked straight into lynch mobs.

by Walter Francis White 1948

4.23

48 ratings

✊🏾 Civil Rights Movement ⛓️ Jim Crow Era 🪢 Anti-Lynching Activism 🪞 Passing Narratives 🗳️ Voting Rights

Radical Inclusion

by David Moinina Sengeh • 2023

A minister's playbook for breaking systemic exclusion, forged in a battle over pregnant schoolgirls.

4.00

645

🚫 Structural Exclusion 📚 Educational Equity 🧱 Coalition Building 📢 Storytelling For Change 📋 Policy Advocacy

Radical Inclusion 91%

A minister's playbook for breaking systemic exclusion, forged in a battle over pregnant schoolgirls.

by David Moinina Sengeh 2023

4.00

645 ratings

🚫 Structural Exclusion 📚 Educational Equity 🧱 Coalition Building 📢 Storytelling For Change 📋 Policy Advocacy

Loving Learning

by Tom Little • 2015

American schools got hooked on standardized tests. The antidote began in 1919.

3.88

209

📚 Progressive Education 🔄 Education Reform 👧 Child-Centered Learning 🔬 Experiential Learning 🎲 Play-Based Learning

Loving Learning 91%

American schools got hooked on standardized tests. The antidote began in 1919.

by Tom Little 2015

3.88

209 ratings

📚 Progressive Education 🔄 Education Reform 👧 Child-Centered Learning 🔬 Experiential Learning 🎲 Play-Based Learning

How to Be Less Stupid About Race

by Crystal Marie Fleming • 2018

Racial ignorance is not innocent. A crash course in the history and theory that dismantle it.

4.27

3k+

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