Secondary Education

Recently graduated from Harvard University, Michelle Kuo arrived in the rural town of Helena, Arkansas, as a Teach for America volunteer, bursting with optimism and drive....

The Newcomers follows and reflects on the lives of 22 immigrant teenagers throughout the course of their 2015-2016 school year at Denver's South High School....

Hundreds of thousands of teachers have used this highly practical guide to help K-12 students enlarge their vocabulary and get involved in noticing, understanding, and using new words....

This book will share with you the proven tips and strategies to help you confidently manage your classroom, delight your students, de-stress, set clear boundaries for great discipline and behavior, feel in control, and love your job again....

In a smart, entertaining, reassuring book that reads like fiction, Alexandra Robbins manages to explain the fascinating psychology and science behind popularity and outcasthood....

Why would the multimillionaire producer of Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, and Miss Saigon take his limo from Manhattan to the struggling former steel town of Levittown, Pennsylvania, to see a high school production of Les Misérables? To see the show performed by the astoundingly successful theater company at Harry S Truman High School....

Compared to the Normandy invasion in World War II, Antietam produced four times as many casualties....

I’d Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had is sometimes laugh-out-loud funny but is mostly filled with hard-won wisdom and feel-good tears....

This book is a compilation of teaching techniques that have worked for the author over the years. It can help new middle school teachers or veterans find techniques and ideas....

Homeschooling is the safest and most stress-free way to approach everyday educational needs....

Jamie Is Autistic is the story of one young girl's struggles as an autistic learner. Through support from parents, teachers, and a school counselor, she is able to learn and make friends....

The inspiring stories of six people who changed history....

In 2009, when Jonathan Starr decided to found Abaarso, a secondary school in Somaliland, the choice seemed crazy to even his closest friends....

Discover how to bolster any middle schooler’s resilience by leveraging the 12 Middle School Superpowers they need to manage disappointment, self-regulate emotions, take healthy risks, and recover from any setback....

Are you a high school or college student who is already leading or wants to lead groups?...

In this fascinating work, winner of the Wolfson Prize for History Mark Mazower uncovers the history of the Balkans with detail and clarity....

At 15, Victor Rios found himself a human target - flat on his ass amid a hail of shotgun fire, desperate for money and a place on the street....

In this teen mental health book for parents, teachers, and youth leaders, international speaker Joe Beckman takes the popular presentations he’s shared with more than 1,500 schools, to create truly empowered mentors—and reconnected kids....

Harnessing the insights and experience of renowned educators Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and John Hattie, The Distance Learning Playbook applies the wisdom and evidence of VISIBLE LEARNING research to understand what works best with distance learning....

"You're a high school substitute? Are you crazy? We were so mean to them!" This is a common reaction when I tell people what I do, but I love substitute teaching....