Recommended Reading on Inspiration
- Barth. Lessons Learned: Shaping Relationships and the Culture of the Workplace, Corwin Press, 2003.
- Bell, ed. We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change with Myles Horton and Paulo Freire, Temple University Press, 1990.
- Caruana. The Complete Apples & Chalkdust: Inspirational Stories and Encouragement for Teachers, River Oak, 2002.
- Cummins. Proceed with Passion: Engaging Students in Meaningful Education, Red Hen Press, 2004.
- Cusick. A Passion for Learning: The Education of Seven Eminent Americans, Teachers College Press, 2005.
- Davis. Framing Education As Art, Teachers College Press, 2005.
- Esquith. Lighting Their Fires: Raising Extraordinary Children in a Mixed-up, Muddled-up, Shook-up World, Viking Press, 2009.
- Esquith. Teach Like Your Hair’s on Fire, Viking Press, 2007.
- Esquith. There Are No Shortcuts, Anchor Press, 2004.
- Freire. Education for Critical Consciousness, Seabury Press, 1973.
- Freire. Pedagogy of the Hearts, Continuum Publishing, 1997.
- Freire. Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Seabury Press, 1970.
- Freire. Teachers as Cultural Workers: Letters to Those Who Dare Teach,, Westview Press, 1998.
- Fried. The Passionate Teacher: A Practical Guide (2nd Ed.), Beacon Press, 2001. (2 copies)
- Garrison. Dewey and Eros: Wisdom and Desire in the Art of Teaching, Teachers College Press, 1997.
- Goodlad. Access to Knowledge: An Agenda for our Nation’s Schools, The College Board, 1990.
- Goodlad. A Place Called School: Prospects for the Future, McGraw-Hill, 1984.
- Goodlad. Educational Renewal: Better Teachers, Better Schools, Jossey-Bass, 1994.
- Goodlad. The Ecology of School Renewal, National Society for the Study of Education, 1987.
- Graves. The Energy to Teach, Heinemann, 2001. (2 copies)
- Howe. 1001 Smartest Things Teachers Ever Said, Lyons Press, 2010.
- Intrator & Scribner. Leading from Within: Poetry that Sustains the Courage to Lead, Jossey-Bass, 2007.
- Intrator & Scribner. Teaching with Fire: Poetry that Sustains the Courage to Teach, Jossey-Bass, 2003.
- Intrator. Stories of the Courage to Teaching: Honoring the Teacher’s Heart, Jossey-Bass, 2002
- Levine. A Passion for Teaching, ASCD, 1999.
- Mendler. When the Going Gets Tough: Smart Ways to Reclaim Your Game, ASCD, 2012.
- Palmer. The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life, Jossey-Bass, 1998.
- Pink. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, Riverhead Books, 2009.
- Reavis. The Animal School, Crystal Springs Books, 1999.
- Reynolds, ed. Imagine It Better: Visions of What School Might Be, Heinemann, 2014.
- Robinson. The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, Viking, 2009.
- Rose. Possible Lives: The Promise of Public Education in America, Penguin Books, 1995.
- Rose. Why School, Penguin Books, 2009.
- Shribman. I Remember My Teacher: 365 Reminiscences of the Teachers Who Changed Our Lives, Andrews McMeel Publishing 2001.
- Shulman. The Wisdom of Practice: Essays on Teaching, Learning, and Learning to Teach, Jossey-Bass, 2004.
- Thorne-Thomsen. The Huntington for Kids, Huntington Library Press, 2008.