Author Alfie Kohn Description Mind-opening writing on what kids need from school, from one of education’s most outspoken voices Arguing that our schools are currently
Author Alison Gopnik Description One of the world’s leading child psychologists shatters the myth of “good parenting” Caring deeply about our children is part of
Author David Elkind Description Examine the evolution of developmentally appropriate practice with this biographical history of early childhood education. This book explores the theory’s progression—from
Author John Taylor Gatto Description After over 100 years of mandatory schooling in the U.S., literacy rates have dropped, families are fragmented, learning “disabilities” are
Author Friedrich Froebel Description The Education of Man (1826) had a profound effect on the approach to early childhood education. Friedrich Froebel believed in the
Author John Dewey Description Experience and Education is the best concise statement on education ever published by John Dewey, the man acknowledged to be the
Author Bob Hughes Description Play is a crucial component in the development of all children. In this fully updated and revised edition of his classic
Author Ivan Illich Description Schools have failed our individual needs, supporting false and misleading notions of ‘progress’ and development fostered by the belief that ever-increasing
Author Bryan Caplan Description Despite being immensely popular―and immensely lucrative―education is grossly overrated. Now with a new afterword by Bryan Caplan, this explosive book argues
Author Ken Robinson Description Ken Robinson is one of the world’s most influential voices in education, and his 2006 TED Talk on the subject is
Author Tony Wagner Description Harvard education expert Tony Wagner explores what parents, teachers, and employers must do to develop the capacities of young people to
Author Daniel Hodgins Description This book, unlike any other books on gender differences, reports on the differences of boys and girls in early childhood settings