Teach with Your Heart
Lessons I Learned from the Freedom Writers
Written by Erin Gruwell

Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: January 9, 2007
Price: $13.99

In this memoir and call to arms, Erin Gruwell, the dynamic young teacher who nurtured a remarkable group of high school students from Long Beach, California, who called themselves the Freedom Writers, picks up where The Freedom Writers Diary (and the movie The Freedom Writers) end and catches the reader up... Read more >

Baby Minds
Brain-Building Games Your Baby Will Love
Written by Linda Acredolo, Ph.D. and Susan Goodwyn, Ph.D.

Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: September 7, 2011
Price: $11.99

More than 65 delightful games and activities to jump-start your baby's amazing brainpower

Can simply singing a song or blowing a dandelion under a toddler's nose help her mind to blossom? Can your baby count, remember events, and solve problems even before he can talk? The exciting answer to both questions is... Read more >

Homeschooling: The Teen Years
Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the 13- to 18- Year-Old
Written by Cafi Cohen

Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2010
Price: $13.99

Discover the Rewards of Homeschooling Your Teen
·Create unlimited learning on a limited budget
·Discover teaching methods for teens with different learning styles
·Utilize the best resources and technology
·Prepare your teen for college, career, and adult life
The teen years can be the most exciting time in your child's life. He or... Read more >

Cool Colleges
For the Hyper-Intelligent, Self-Directed, Late Blooming, and Just Plain Differen t
Written by Donald Asher

Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: June 29, 2011
Price: $14.99

Fully revised since the first edition, COOL COLLEGES covers the most exciting schools in the U.S. and Canada, with a new chapter on eco schools, an update on tuition-free schools, and the total low-down on the so-called top-ranked schools. Are you hyper-intelligent? Self-directed? A late-bloomer? Or just different? Then you need... Read more >

Positive Discipline: A Teacher's A-Z Guide
Hundreds of Solutions for Almost Every Classroom Behavior Problem!
Written by Jane Nelsen, Ed.D. and Linda Escobar

Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2009
Price: $14.99

Take Back the Classroom and Make a Positive Difference in Your Students' Lives
Many teachers today are facing problems and discipline issues they never dreamed of when they decided to become teachers. Combine violence, behavioral disorders, and downright defiant attitudes from students with the age-old problems of bullying, poor attendance, and more... Read more >

Montessori Method

Written by Maria Montessori

Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2010
Price: $12.99

This book is Montessori's own exposition of the theory behind her innovative educational techniques. She shows parents, teachers and administrators how to "free a child to learn through his own efforts".


From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >

Lost in the Meritocracy
The Undereducation of an Overachiever
Written by Walter Kirn

Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $11.99

A New York Times Notable Book
A Daily Beast Best Book of the Year
A Huffington Post Best Book of the Year

From elementary school on, Walter Kirn knew how to stay at the top of his class: He clapped erasers, memorized answer keys, and parroted his teachers’ pet theories. But when... Read more >

Educating for Character
How Our Schools Can Teach Respect and Responsibility
Written by Thomas Lickona

Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: September 2, 2009
Price: $17.99

Calls for renewed moral education in America's schools, offering dozens of programs schools can adopt to teach students respect, responsibility, hard work, and other values that should not be left to parents to teach. Read more >

Degree Mills
The Billion-Dollar Industry That Has Sold Over a Million Fake Diplomas
Edited by Allen Ezell

Format: eBook
On Sale: April 24, 2012
Price: $11.99

When the first edition of Degree Mills was published, fake universities and counterfeit degrees were already a significant problem. Fueled by the Internet, this scam continues to grow—now more than half of all people claiming a new PhD in fact have a fake degree.
In this updated edition, experts Allen Ezell and... Read more >

Teaching Montessori In the Home

Written by Elizabeth Hainstock

Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2013
Price: $11.99

Claim quality togetherness with your child and fully enjoy the sensitive and formative years from two to five by adopting proven teaching techniques in your own home. This acclaimed guide puts the entire range of the Montessori system within your reach, so you can make the most of your child's vital... Read more >