Education

Heart-Centered Connections teaches the best practices to support kids who are misunderstood and marginalized—those who are neurodivergent, have a learning disability, or are trauma survivors. They have extraordinary potential waiting to be unleashed. Heart-Centered Connections is based on decades of groundbreaking research with over 1,000 child-serving professionals—principals, teachers, foster care program directors, social workers, and parents. Dr. Elliott offers seven pillars that will help you create environments where kids can achieve their full potential.

AN ESSENTIAL GUIDE FOR ALL TEENAGERS CONSIDERING EDUCATION OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL Does any of this sound like you? · You find regularly attending school difficult or you have been excluded · School makes you feel unhappy, ill or overwhelmed · You get so angry at school that you just can't keep...

Do you feel like your brain doesn't work as well as it used to? In an age of constant connectivity, Digital Amnesia plagues us all. We outsource our recall to search engines, our directions to GPS, and our schedules to notifications. Our internal memory systems are decaying. But your memory isn't broken. It's just out of practice.

Command respect in every conversation. The way you communicate shapes how others see you. Speak with clarity, confidence, and purpose, and every conversation becomes an opportunity. No more rushing. No more rambling. No more being overlooked.

An evidence-based approach to community college transformation featuring innovative practices that strengthen offerings and foster student success In More Essential Than Ever, researchers Davis Jenkins, Hana Lahr, John Fink, Serena C. Klempin, and Maggie P. Fay center US community colleges as...

The important role of play, sound, music, and the heart for life-long learning, joy and parenting is presented in this wonderfully readable synthesis of scientific research and story. Biologist, educator and author, Carla Hannaford, beautifully reinforces what we instinctively know will heal our...

Sex Therapy: The Basics offers an introduction to modern sex therapy and is essential listening for anyone working professionally with sexual issues or just interested in sex. This book contains all you need to know to get started, find more information, or learn how and when to refer. Current...

High-Ticket Coaches Closing Discovery Calls Without Freezing reveals what actually breaks high-ticket discovery calls at the exact moment most coaches don’t realize they’re losing the deal. It’s not the lack of leads. It’s not the offer. And it’s not even objections. It’s what happens in the shift. The moment the conversation moves from fit → value → fee… something changes. Coaches who were confident just seconds earlier start overexplaining. They hesitate. They rush. They soften their pricing. Or they keep talking when the real decision point has already passed.

Leading with Love: The JUST CARE Framework for Transformative Leadership presents a research-informed model for leadership grounded in empathy, authenticity, and human connection. Drawing upon the JUST CARE acronym — Joy, Undo Your Tie (Humanity), Surrender Success, Take Time to Listen, Communicate, Affirm/Acknowledge/Account For, Reflect, and Exemplify Excellence, Dr. Queinnise Miller integrates theory, practice, and narrative to demonstrate how love-centered leadership fosters organizational trust, collaboration, and growth.

Building Thinking, Not Answers challenges one of the biggest misconceptions about artificial intelligence in education: that AI is either a shortcut to answers or a threat to learning. Drawing on decades of experience in K-12 education, corporate training, instructional design, and advanced manufacturing, educator Paul Warrick presents a practical approach that uses AI as a thinking partner rather than an answer generator. Instead of replacing student work, AI becomes a guide that asks better questions, helps organize ideas, encourages reflection, and builds student ownership.

Looking for a powerful, unique way to engage your staff or team? This parable from bestselling author Todd Whitaker offers a refreshingly different form of professional development. It is a beautifully designed short story about a veteran teacher who reconnects with a former student who manages...

This text outlines the relative merits of qualitative interviewing to new and emerging scholars in an accessible way. This is achieved not by providing an exhaustive 'how-to' guide but in introducing researchers to the interview technique and using examples of 'best practice' from across the...

This book provides tips and strategies to help school leaders improve, neutralize, or eliminate resistant and negative teachers. Learn how to handle staff members who gossip in the teacher's lounge, consistently say "it won't work" when any new idea is suggested, send an excessive number of...

The Cemetery of Untold Genius explores the quiet places inside us where ideas wait, where talent sits unclaimed, and where ambition whispers but never fully steps forward. It begins with a simple truth: the richest ground on Earth is the cemetery, the vast landscape of potential left untouched. This book reframes that loss not as a misunderstanding, but as a gap between what we feel called to do and what we allow ourselves to begin.

You’ve built the systems and followed the playbook, yet when the lights go out, you’re still the one carrying it all. School leaders were told that hiring well and documenting everything would bring peace. It didn’t. Because systems create structure and standards create clarity—but only rhythms create safety.

Get ready to have your mind blown—one astonishing fact at a time. The Book of Astonishment: Uncovering the World's Strangest and Most Incredible Facts by Clarence Carter Boucher is the ultimate audio companion for the endlessly curious. Packed with jaw-dropping, mind-bending, and laugh-out-loud surprising facts from every corner of the globe, this audiobook is impossible to put down.

Explore the joys and benefits of home education through the lives of ten home-educated figures from history. Reimagine Home Education with these Ten Historical Heroes Institutional schools are falling short, not only in fostering creativity and virtue in children but in nearly every key area...

The demands on a junior high teacher are many: educator, entertainer, organizer, diplomat, and morally upright leader. How can any teacher meet all these needs while maintaining his/her sanity? As a teacher with over thirty years of experience, Susan Carter explores both the practical and entertaining aspects of this challenging profession.

Keep in Mind explores already available resources that makes practical mental health possible for everyone. Taking a holistic approach, the book presents fifteen resources that serve the full spectrum of the human experience. Organized topically for ease of reference, Keep in Mind celebrates...

Most of us assume that public schools in America are unequal—that the quality of the education varies with the location of the school and that as a result, children learn more in the schools that serve mostly rich, white kids than in the schools serving mostly poor, black kids. But it turns...

"Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Autism" is a comprehensive resource designed to provide listeners with a clear and compassionate understanding of autism spectrum disorder. This guide explores the causes, characteristics, and challenges associated with autism while celebrating the unique strengths of individuals on the spectrum.

This audiobook pioneers a comprehensive exploration of how Black women educators navigate societal stigmas surrounding their natural hairstyles. It unveils the complexities of their hair journey and its profound influence on their teaching methodologies. Offering a radical new perspective, this audiobook challenges conventional narratives by centering Black women educators' lived experiences. It highlights their ingenuity in subverting oppressive norms and fostering empowering learning environments for all students.

An eye-opening look at the relationship between students' majors and their entry-level jobs. Humanities majors are used to answering the question, "So, what are you going to do with that degree?" The common misconception is that students in humanities programs don't learn any useful skills for...

What if your memory isn't broken… but misunderstood? You read, study, and try to remember—yet information slips away. Names disappear. Ideas fade. Knowledge feels unstable. But the problem isn't your memory. It's how you've been using it. In The Living Memory Loop, neuroscientist Moawiah Naffaa, PhD reveals a powerful truth: Memory is not storage. It is a living system.

Trusted Adults = Accessible, Boundaried, Caring. Research shows that just one trusted adult can have a profound effect on a child’s life, influencing that young person toward positive growth, greater engagement in school and community activities, and better overall health. Those of us who teach and mentor young people must learn to build trust while outlining clearly the limits that keep the relationship healthy and our professional practices sustainable.