The Best Books on Writing Essays 2025

1. Be the Dream - Paperback

Twenty-five years ago, an elementary school teacher in the Bronx had a vision: No bright, determined, spirited child should be left behind because of the circumstances of race or poverty. Out of that vision, Prep for Prep was born, to identify gifted children and provide them access to a first-rate education. Thousands of these students have graduated from America's most demanding universities and gone on to become leaders in their communities. Thirty-five of them have written about the experience - an experience that changed their lives. Their stories offer indisputable proof that education empowers people to do great things

• ISBN:9781565124172 • Format:Paperback • Publication Date:2003-06-15

2. Teacher Miracles : Inspirational True Stories from the Classroom

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Paperback, Adams Media Corp, 2007, ISBN13 9781598691351, ISBN10 159869135X

3. Educational Foundations: An Anthology of Critical Readings, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

Pre-Owned - FULL DESCRIPTION Why Teach? Who Are Today's Students? What Makes a Good Teacher? Educational Foundations: An Anthology of Critical Readings answers these questions and more, provid

Educational Foundations: An Anthology of Critical Readings, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

4. Why School?, Pre-Owned (Hardcover)

Pre-Owned - In the tradition of Jonathan Kozol, this little book is driven by big questions. What does it mean to be educated? What is intelligence? How should we think about intelligence, education, and opportunity in an open society? Why is a commitment to the public sphere central to the way we answer these questions? Drawing on forty years of teaching and research, from primary school to adult education and workplace training, award-winning author Mike Rose reflects on these and other questions related to public schooling in America. He answers them in beautifully written chapters that are both rich in detail--a first-grader conducting a science experiment, a carpenter solving a problem on the fly, a college student's encounter with a story by James Joyce--and informed by a deep and powerful understanding of history, the psychology of learning, and the politics of education. Rose decries the narrow focus of educational policy in our time: the drumbeat of test scores and economic competition. Why School? will be embraced by parents and teachers alike, and readers everywhere will be captivated by Rose's eloquent call for a bountiful democratic vision of the purpose of schooling.

Why School?, Pre-Owned (Hardcover)