Education:

I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had
My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High
Written by Tony Danza

Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $24.00

I’d Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had is television, screen and stage star Tony Danza’s absorbing account of a year spent teaching tenth-grade English at Northeast High -- Philadelphia’s largest high school with 3600 students. 
 
Entering Northeast’s crowded halls in September of 2009, Tony found his way to... Read more >

I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had
My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High
Written by Tony Danza

Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $12.99

I’d Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had is television, screen and stage star Tony Danza’s absorbing account of a year spent teaching tenth-grade English at Northeast High -- Philadelphia’s largest high school with 3600 students. 
 
Entering Northeast’s crowded halls in September of 2009, Tony found his way to... Read more >

Positive Discipline for Teenagers, Revised 3rd Edition
Empowering Your Teens and Yourself Through Kind and Firm Parenting
Written by Jane Nelsen and Lynn Lott

Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $12.99

A Positive Approach To Raising Happy, Healthy and Mature Teenagers
 
Adolescence can be a time of great stress and turmoil—not only for kids going through it, but for their parents as well. It’s normal for teens to explore a new sense of freedom and to redefine the ways in which they relate... Read more >

Positive Discipline for Teenagers, Revised 3rd Edition
Empowering Your Teens and Yourself Through Kind and Firm Parenting
Written by Jane Nelsen and Lynn Lott

Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $17.00

A Positive Approach To Raising Happy, Healthy and Mature Teenagers
 
Adolescence can be a time of great stress and turmoil—not only for kids going through it, but for their parents as well. It’s normal for teens to explore a new sense of freedom and to redefine the ways in which they relate... Read more >

Parents' Guide to the Middle School Years

Written by Joe Bruzzese

Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: May 18, 2011
Price: $13.99

OMG PAW G2G.
Oh my god, parents are watching, got to go.

Today’s text-messaging middle schoolers may seem like a different species from how parents remember themselves as sixth, seventh, and eighth graders. Children are often forced to confront serious issues like drugs, violence, sexuality, and technology at an age that would... Read more >

The Hardest Questions Aren't on the Test
Lessons from an Innovative Urban School
Written by Linda Nathan

Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: September 7, 2010
Price: $16.00

The Boston Arts Academy comprises an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse student body, yet 94 percent of its graduates are accepted to college. This remarkable success rate, writes Principal Linda Nathan, is in large part due to asking the right questions and being open to seeking solutions collaboratively with faculty, parents, and... Read more >

Don't Stalk the Admissions Officer
How to Survive the College Admissions Process without Losing Your Mind
Written by Risa Lewak

Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: July 13, 2010
Price: $11.99

The college admissions process is:
   A) Similar to gallbladder surgery without anesthesia
   B) Worse than watching American Idol auditions without earplugs
   C) Soul-destroying, ego-crushing, and life-sucking
   D) Actually kind of funny when you think about it
   E) All of the above
 
There’s no denying it: Applying to college is a...

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Don't Stalk the Admissions Officer
How to Survive the College Admissions Process without Losing Your Mind
Written by Risa Lewak

Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: July 13, 2010
Price: $13.99

The college admissions process is:
   A) Similar to gallbladder surgery without anesthesia
   B) Worse than watching American Idol auditions without earplugs
   C) Soul-destroying, ego-crushing, and life-sucking
   D) Actually kind of funny when you think about it
   E) All of the above
 
There’s no denying it: Applying to college is a...

Read more >

The Hardest Questions Aren't on the Test
Lessons from an Innovative Urban School
Written by Linda Nathan

Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2009
Price: $25.95

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Great Books for High School Kids
A Teachers' Guide to Books That Can Change Teens' Lives
Edited by Rick Ayers and Amy Crawford

Format: Trade Paperback, 260 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2004
Price: $18.00

Teachers Rick Ayers and Amy Crawford always wanted to find a guide to the vast world of great books for teenagers-one that didn't talk down or moralize. When they couldn't find one, they set out to create it.

An early prototype offered at Cody's Bookstore in Berkeley, California, was an instant... Read more >

Great Books for High School Kids
A Teachers' Guide to Books That Can Change Teens' Lives
Edited by Rick Ayers and Amy Crawford

Format: eBook
On Sale: May 15, 2004
Price: $12.95

Teachers Rick Ayers and Amy Crawford always wanted to find a guide to the vast world of great books for teenagers-one that didn't talk down or moralize. When they couldn't find one, they set out to create it.

An early prototype offered at Cody's Bookstore in Berkeley, California, was an instant... Read more >