Topic · 24 books

Teaching and schools

Books about teaching and schools by teachers, principals, coaches and founders of education programs: classrooms that work, reaching students who struggle, and changing how schools run.

This list holds 24 books published between 2018 and 2026, 1 with an audiobook edition. A book is on it only when teaching and schools is a central subject of the book, judged from the book's own description, not when it comes up in passing. The most-rated on Amazon come first.

Books about teaching and schools

Cover of When Are We Going to Teach Health? by Duncan Van Dusen

When Are We Going to Teach Health?

Duncan Van Dusen

Fact: Health improves learning. Yet nationwide, elementary school students spend twelve times more classroom hours studying history than health. Worse, most kids don’t get enough physical activity and over 5 million underage youth vape. In When Are We Going…

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Frontlines

Isabel Brown · 2021

A shocking and honest account of the culture war at American universities, giving you a front-row seat to campus indoctrination. As a biomedical sciences student, Isabel Brown never anticipated finding herself immersed in a world of leftism, silenced by the…

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Cover of Rethinking Math Learning by Aditya Nagrath

Rethinking Math Learning

Teach Your Kids 1 Year of Mathematics in 3 Months

Aditya Nagrath · 2020

Low mathematics scores are a good predictor of high school dropout rates. Even when students do graduate, only 1 out of 4 are proficient at high-school level mathematics. In college, 69% of STEM majors switch to fields with fewer mathematics requirements.…

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Wild Dogs

Christos Kalogirou · 2021

A desire for power and respect can make you do crazy things, especially in high school. After all, there’s no greater reward than the attention of your peers. Christos Kalogirou was fifteen when his parents enrolled him in the Athol Murray College of Notre…

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Cover of Can You Hear Me Now? by Suzanne DeMallie

Can You Hear Me Now?

Suzanne DeMallie

The public education system is failing our children. Almost two-thirds of our eighth graders aren’t proficient in reading or math. And in a single school year, US public schools see almost a million incidents of violence, a number that continues to grow. In…

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The Sport of School

Help Your Student-Athlete Win in the Classroom

Christian Buck · 2020

As a parent, coach, or educator, you've probably noticed that many student-athletes are driven on the field, but struggle academically. You may be wondering: What can I do to help? The Sport of School offers a proven solution: take what you know about your…

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Cover of Hope Is Not a Strategy by Brandi Chin

Hope Is Not a Strategy

How Great Leaders Build Real Accountability

Brandi Chin · 2026

The best schools embrace accountability, they don't run from it. You've got strong teachers. A solid plan. Deep belief in your students. So why are you still getting inconsistent results? Why do some teachers thrive while others struggle with the same…

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The Leader's Algorithm

Pablo Munoz · 2023

Systems of all kinds resist change. Once an underperforming culture takes hold in a school district, it will perpetuate until someone steps up. When there are systemic problems, effective leaders must make systemic changes. In The Leader’s Algorithm…

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Cover of Inspired Guide to Writing the Short Story by Christina Heffner

Inspired Guide to Writing the Short Story

Christina Heffner

SHORT-STORY WRITING is the perfect avenue for students to ignite their voices and let their creativity shine. Concise to the core, short stories distill an author's message to leave a lasting impression. Every student has a story to tell. However, instructors…

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Cover of Rough Diamonds by Wilfried Vanhonacker

Rough Diamonds

Wilfried Vanhonacker

From Dr. Wilfried R. Vanhonacker's Rough Diamonds: "The future of formal education is about enabling and supporting lifelong learning." Today, formal education is not focused on learning. Instead, it is focused on efficient delivery. It has become a machine…

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Cover of A Fire to Be Kindled by Kelly Smith

A Fire to Be Kindled

Kelly Smith · 2023 · Audiobook

How would things be different if everyone adopted learning as a way of life? Can intentional, messy, audacious learning unlock the power to live meaningfully and contribute to the world? The human capacity for learning has enormous potential, but most of us…

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Coach Better, Lead Better

Coaching Excellence for School and District Leaders

Melinda Baiza Lorna Klokkenga · 2025

Coaching: How Lifelong Learners Become Lifelong Leaders Whether you are the principal of a small school or an administrator in a large district, a time may come when you feel stuck. Stalled. Powerless. When next steps are uncertain but you’re motivated to…

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Cover of A Drop of Light by Dr. Savita Datt

A Drop of Light

Dr. Savita Datt · 2023

A Drop of Light shares the inspiring, uplifting, and heartwarming story of the PrakashDeep School in Faridabad, India. Arriving barefoot and in tatters, most of the underprivileged children of PrakashDeep have spent their young lives working menial jobs to…

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Music on Mars

Neil Moore · 2025

All human beings, without exception, are profoundly musical. Even you! As ever-increasingly advanced technologies redefine life on Earth, and redefine what it means to be human, developing our creative capability is more important now than at any other time…

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Leading in Chaos

A Commonsense Blueprint for New and Aspiring School Leaders

James Largent · 2022

A social climate pervaded by culture wars, tribalism, and identity politics has put school leaders under fire from radicals on both sides of the political spectrum, as well as legislators, parents, and other individuals who no longer respect the very…

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Impacting the Future of Higher Education

Becky Takeda-Tinker

There is a crisis in higher education. Fewer students are attending traditional four-year colleges and universities, and increasing numbers of those who do aren’t completing their degrees. Tuition and fees continue to increase, and even students with degrees…

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Engaging Generation Z

Kirk Daulerio

Student recruitment for higher education has evolved from the days of glossy brochures. As technology advances, generations change, and so must the way institutions interact with them. Take Generation Z. Born after the Millennials into the most…

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Behind the Educator

Finding Light When Life Unravels

Amy Paulson · 2026

Things can’t change until you understand the problem. Amy Paulson and her husband, Joshua, thought their struggle to have the children they desperately wanted was the most difficult challenge their marriage would face. They had no idea how wrong they were. …

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F College

A Memoir of Doubt, Self-Discovery, and Resilience

Joy Lane · 2026

Sometimes college feels rigged against you. In her sixth year of community college, Joy Lane is broken. She spends hours studying, but is failing her classes. As she teeters on the brink of giving up, her childhood dream of being an inventor seems…

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Cover of Full Flight by Monifa McKnight

Full Flight

Lessons in Leading as a Black Woman in Education

Monifa McKnight · 2026

Expect the unexpected. Dr. Monifa McKnight found her passion in education. After four years as a middle school principal, she rose through the ranks and became a deputy superintendent, then the first woman to serve as superintendent in one of the largest…

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Great on Their Behalf

AJ Crabill · 2023

School systems nationwide are struggling to excel as they lurch from crisis to crisis, teacher shortages, school shootings, high turnover rates, weak discipline systems, and more. These things can pull the focus of school boards away from why school systems…

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Cover of America’s Higher Education Goes Global by Christine Schiwietz

America’s Higher Education Goes Global

Christine Schiwietz · 2022

"Dr. Christine Schiwietz’ groundbreaking book on what I believe to be the most important development in American higher education in the twenty-first century could not have come at a more opportune time.", Patrick Theros, U.S. Ambassador American…

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Rebel Educator

Tanya Sheckley · 2022

As a caring, dedicated teacher, parent, or educational professional, are you feeling more and more frustrated by the confines of today’s educational environment? Rebel Educator takes a tough, honest look at our modern educational system while providing…

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The 5-Hour School Week

An Inspirational Guide to Leaving the Classroom to Embrace Learning in a Way You Never Imagined

Kaleena and Aaron Amuchastegui · 2018

Up early for class and up late for homework. Outdated, overcrowded schools are taking up our children’s time and taking away from valuable life experiences. There’s a better way to learn, and The 5-Hour School Week is how we hacked homeschool so we could…

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