Five notable books on teaching and learning

One title on the Barnes & Noble Review's list of five top books on teaching and learning:

Work Hard. Be Nice.
by Jay Mathews

The inspiring, important, and compelling story of how two young educators turned their personal failures in the Teach for America program into a new classroom paradigm, creating the acclaimed Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP), which today includes 66 schools in 19 states.

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See John Mullan's ten best teachers in literature.

--Marshal Zeringue