Education - Audiobooks

The harsh lights stung Corrie's blackened eyes as she entered the Gestapo-controlled police station in Haarlem. How true her elderly father's wowrds had been that quiet evening before Hitler's madness descended on Holland: "Germany will invade Holland. We will lose. God help all those...

Being a teacher can be one of the most rewarding professions, but also one of the most frustrating. Many teachers feel very prepared to instruct students in their chosen subjects, but don't have quite as much training in managing classroom discipline--yet experienced educators know...

Teach Like a Champion 3.0 is the long-awaited update to Doug Lemov's highly regarded guide to the craft of teaching. This book teaches you how to create a positive and productive classroom that encourages student engagement, trust, respect, accountability, and excellence. In this edition,...

Teachers are the heroes we too often forget to thank. And we need heroes more than ever. From across the country, from kindergarten to high school, from public, private, religious, or military schools, teachers tell us about their classrooms. They tell us what it...

Musical Bingo is the perfect activity for day centres, residential care homes, clubs, family gatherings, parties and other groups of two or more people. This revised and easily portable version of the ever popular game allows for great flexibility - simply print off the...

In Complaint! Sara Ahmed examines what we can learn about power from those who complain about abuses of power. Drawing on oral and written testimonies from academics and students who have made complaints about harassment, bullying, and unequal working conditions at universities, Ahmed explores...

The Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn French Whether you want to travel, communicate with friends or colleagues, reconnect with family, or just understand more of what's going on in the world around you, learning French will expand your horizons and immeasurably enrich your...

Formulas are usually understood as rhetorical devices that are found in close textual proximity and, because they are intended for emphasis, cannot possibly escape the notice of the reader. The formulas Howard traces in this study are far more difficult to find because they...

Dr. Russell Barkley, internationally respected expert on ADHD, draws on his forty years of clinical work with thousands of students, teachers, and schools to create a definitive resource for the most effective methods in overcoming impairments for children and teens with ADHD. Managing ADHD...

Allow your children to experience the adventure, freedom, and wonder of childhood with this practical guide that provides all the information, inspiration, and advice you need for creating a modern, quality homeschool education.Inspired by the spirit of Henry David Thoreau--"All good things are wild...

This illuminating book offers an extensive, expert analysis of a school system that bears the legacy, hallmarks, and consequences that lie at the intersection of race and education.Urban education scholar Camika Royal deftly analyzes decades of efforts aimed at improving school performance within the...

In Discredited, education scholars Lauren Schudde and Huriya Jabbar illuminate the successes and failures of the systems that support student transfer among postsecondary institutions. Schudde and Jabbar show how the decentralized, bureaucracy-ridden, and often confusing process undermines equity and access in higher education. They...

The Big Lie About Race in America's Schools delivers a collective response to the challenge of racially charged misinformation, disinformation, and censorship that increasingly permeates and weakens not only US education but also our democracy. Royel Johnson and Shaun Harper bring together leading education...

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year In Deliberative Policymaking, Elizabeth Grant advances a fresh framework for making collective decisions about US schools. Grant argues that education policy can be made better by improving education policymaking methods. Informed by accounts of policymaking actions...

A new history of US education through the nineteenth century that rigorously accounts for Black, Native, and white experiences; a story that exposes the idea of American education as "the great equalizer" to not only be a lie, but also a myth that reproduces...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Who Gets In and Why, a must-have playbook for families coping with a more stressful era of startling low admission rates and sky-high prices--one that widens the aperture beyond the Top 25 schools and connects students,...

In 1954, the Supreme Court's Brown decision ended segregated schooling in the United States, but regrettably, as documented in congressional testimony and transcripts, it also ended the careers of a generation of highly qualified and credentialed Black teachers and principals. In the Deep South...

Every child deserves to know that a path to a successful life exists and that they have the power to follow it. But many never set foot on that path because they grow up hearing the message that systemic forces control their destinies, or...

Author: Judith C. Hochman, Natalie WexlerISBN-13: 9798228610293Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/29/2025Format: CD

Winner of the Grand Prize for Instruction and Insight and First Place in Psychology, Chanticleer International Book Awards One of the autism community's most beloved classics, Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew has informed, delighted, and guided millions of families and...

Author: Joe Kernen, Blake KernenISBN-13: 9798200090907Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/22/2011Format: CD

James Anderson critically reinterprets the history of southern black education from Reconstruction to the Great Depression. By placing black schooling within a political, cultural, and economic context, he offers fresh insights into black commitment to education, the peculiar significance of Tuskegee Institute, and the...

Student-loan horror stories are a dime a dozen. But students today are faced with a seemingly insurmountable paradox: Research consistently shows that the clearest viable option to financial stability is a college degree. But if and when Americans decide to pursue diplomas, student loan...

Modern parenting is defined by an unprecedented level of overprotectiveness: parents now rush to school to deliver forgotten assignments, challenge teachers on report card disappointments, mastermind children's friendships, and interfere on the playing field. As teacher, journalist, and parent Jessica Lahey explains, even though...

Academia is not, by and large, a kind place. Individualism and competition are what count. But without kindness at its core, Catherine Denial suggests, higher education fails students and instructors--and its mission--in critical ways. Part manifesto, part teaching memoir, part how-to guide, A Pedagogy...

The Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn Hebrew Whether you want to travel, communicate with friends or colleagues, reconnect with family, or just understand more of what's going on in the world around you, learning Hebrew will expand your horizons and immeasurably enrich your...

A relatable personal finance guide that gives a fresh take on how to control your impulse spending so you can stick to a budget and pay off debt, without the guilt and shame of traditional financial advice--from the hosts of the beloved Frugal Friends...

A deep-dive investigation of education privatization that reveals voucher programs as the faulty products of decades of work by wealthy patrons and influential conservatives This thought-provoking work traces the origins of voucher-based education reform to mid-twentieth-century fears over school desegregation. It shows how, in...

If teachers want an inclusive, engaging classroom, they must learn their students' names. Sound advice, but rarely does it come with practical guidance--which is precisely what this book offers. Eschewing the random tips and mnemonic tricks that invariably fall short, Michelle D. Miller offers...

A deep-dive investigation of education privatization that reveals voucher programs as the faulty products of decades of work by wealthy patrons and influential conservatives This thought-provoking work traces the origins of voucher-based education reform to mid-twentieth-century fears over school desegregation. It shows how, in...

Author: Adam LaatsISBN-10: 1665219882ISBN-13: 9781665219884Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/14/2018Format: MP3 CD

A new history of school desegregation in America, revealing how girls and women led the fight for interracial education.The struggle to desegregate America's schools was a grassroots movement, and young women were its vanguard. In the late 1940s, parents began to file desegregation lawsuits...

Author: William DeresiewiczISBN-13: 9798200039098Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/19/2014Format: CD

In this groundbreaking and practical guide, teachers will discover how to harness and manage AI as a powerful teaching tool. José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson present emerging and powerful research on the seismic changes AI is already creating in schools and the...

In this groundbreaking and practical guide, teachers will discover how to harness and manage AI as a powerful teaching tool. José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson present emerging and powerful research on the seismic changes AI is already creating in schools and the...

From the Stanford professor--an expert in the field of mathematics education--and author of Limitless Mind, a groundbreaking guide to finding joy and understanding by adopting a diverse approach to learning math.Mathematics is a fundamental part of life, yet every one of us has a...

From the Stanford professor--an expert in the field of mathematics education--and author of Limitless Mind, a groundbreaking guide to finding joy and understanding by adopting a diverse approach to learning math.Mathematics is a fundamental part of life, yet every one of us has a...

The urgent, revelatory story of how a school board win for the conservative right in one Texas suburb inspired a Christian nationalist campaign now threatening to undermine public education in America--from an NBC investigative reporter and co-creator of the Peabody Award-winning and Pulitzer Prize...

A vast censorship regime has smothered America's digital marketplace of ideas, squelching free speech on vital policy issues. Its supporters regard its benefits as morally and politically beyond question. They contend it's carried out by private social media platforms, not governmental authorities. In Free...

The Intentional IEP shows special education teachers how to successfully collaborate with all stakeholders to work toward students' success. Too many of us aren't trained to write the Individualized Education Programs that help millions of students with thrive in school. This book fills that...

In Freedom Teaching, educator and distinguished anti-racism practitioner Matthew Kincaid delivers a one-stop resource for educators and educational leaders seeking to improve equity and increase the cultural responsiveness of their school. In this book, you'll discover the meaning and fundamentals of anti-racist education and...

In Freedom Teaching, educator and distinguished anti-racism practitioner Matthew Kincaid delivers a one-stop resource for educators and educational leaders seeking to improve equity and increase the cultural responsiveness of their school. In this book, you'll discover the meaning and fundamentals of anti-racist education and...

Are you satisfied that your children's current educational environment is bringing out their best potential? In a world where traditional education systems make little or no accommodation for individual learning styles, and they're failing to teach even the basics, it's time for parents to...

Are you satisfied that your children's current educational environment is bringing out their best potential? In a world where traditional education systems make little or no accommodation for individual learning styles, and they're failing to teach even the basics, it's time for parents to...

Do Less, Live More, Get Accepted What if getting into your reach schools didn't require four years of excessive AP classes, overwhelming activity schedules, and constant stress? In How to Be a High School Superstar, Cal Newport explores the world of relaxed superstars--students who...

The urgent, revelatory story of how a school board win for the conservative right in one Texas suburb inspired a Christian nationalist campaign now threatening to undermine public education in America--from an NBC investigative reporter and co-creator of the Peabody Award-winning and Pulitzer Prize...

In Woven Together: How Unpacking Your Teacher Identity Creates a Stronger Learning Community, expert educator Dr. Courtney E. Rose delivers a student-driven approach to teaching that demonstrates how to bring your full self to the classroom. You'll learn to create space for your students...

Supporting transgender children in school means far more than deciding which bathroom they use or on which sports team they play The purpose of this book is to move beyond the unproductive and polarizing debates that occur over which bathroom/locker room transgender children should...

Supporting transgender children in school means far more than deciding which bathroom they use or on which sports team they play The purpose of this book is to move beyond the unproductive and polarizing debates that occur over which bathroom/locker room transgender children should...

There is no shortage of challenges in schools today--from bullying to gun violence and beyond--yet The Magical Place We Call School reminds us of the extraordinary things that still happen in classrooms all across America and that school truly can be a safe and...