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1	The Memory Book: The Classic Guide to Improving Your Memory at Work, at School, and at Play more books like this by Harry Lorayne, Jerry Lucas add to wishlist In this classic guide, with a fresh new cover look, the authors help readers improve their memory, covering topics such as reading with greater speed and understanding, filing away important information in one's memory bank, learning foreign words and phrases, and remembering anniversaries and other important dates. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.92! \| signed copies \| SVS
2	The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don't Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need--And What We Can Do about It more books like this by Tony Wagner add to wishlist Despite the best efforts of educators, our nations schools are dangerously obsolete. Instead of teaching students to be critical thinkers and problem-solvers, we are asking them to memorize facts for multiple choice tests. This problem isnt limited to low-income school districts: even our top schools arent teaching or testing the skills that ... see all copies from $14.73! new only from $15.36! \| SVS
3	Kevin Trudeau's Mega Memory: How to Release Your Superpower Memory in 30 Minutes or Less a Day more books like this by Kevin Trudeau add to wishlist Millions have benefited from memory expert Kevin Trudeau's Mega Memory system--an innovative program designed to stimulate the brain's photographic memory and increase one's powers of recall. Each home-study lesson takes no more than 30 minutes a day, and with this simple system, readers will instantly remember names, phone numbers, financial data ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Quality School: Managing Students Without Coercion more books like this by William Glasser, M.D. add to wishlist The concept of "the quality school" is one that replaces "bossing" with a system of management that brings students and teachers together. Based on his work on choice theory, this text by William Glasser offers teaching techniques which emphasize co-operation and creativity. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.39! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Results Now: How We Can Achieve Unprecedented Improvements in Teaching and Learning more books like this by Michael J Schmoker add to wishlist see all copies from $4.25! new only from $12.50! \| SVS
6	Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work more books like this by Richard DuFour, Robert Eaker, Rebecca DuFour add to wishlist Learning by Doing is a guide to help educators take ACTION. After working with schools throughout the U.S. and Canada, the authors discovered that "schools that take the plunge and actually begin doing the work of a PLC develop their capacity to help all students learn at high levels far more effectively than schools that spend years preparing to ... see all copies from $14.00! new only from $20.57! \| SVS
7	Keep Your Brain Alive: 83 Neurobic Exercises to Help Prevent Memory Loss and Increase Mental Fitness more books like this by Lawrence C Katz, Manning Rubin (Read by) add to wishlist This selection of neurobic exercises aims to help everyone whose memory is slipping with a regimen of mental cross-training that can be done anywhere, by anyone at any time. The premise is: exercising the brain releases natural growth factors, which enhance the brain's level of fitness. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards" more books like this by Alfie Kohn add to wishlist Author Alfie Kohn discusses why standardized testing is a dangerous practice--instead of helping students become active thinkers, the tests make students "walking repositories of knowledge;" they merely memorize and answer questions by rote. He also posits that standardized testing does not prepare students for the real world, nor does it allow ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
9	What Works in Schools: Translating Research Into Action more books like this by R Marzano add to wishlist see all copies from $14.45! new only from $24.24! \| SVS
10	Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot: Unleashing Your Brain's Potential more books like this by Richard M Restak, M.D. add to wishlist Using the latest research in neurology and psychology, Restak, an eminent neuropsychologist and bestselling author of "The Brain Has a Mind of Its Own, " explains how the brain works and tells how to make it work better. Included are 28 easy, practical exercises designed to improve cognitive abilities. 44 illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.50! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Memory Bible: An Innovative Strategy for Keeping Your Brain Young more books like this by Gary Small, M.D. add to wishlist Small, a neuroscientist and director of the UCLA Memory Clinic and Center on Aging, offers readers simple exercises and advice, like getting enough sleep and minimizing stress, to increase memory. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Principalship: A Reflective Practice Perspective more books like this by Dr. Thomas J Sergiovanni add to wishlist The Principalship focuses on how school leaders can create outstanding schools using reflective practice and moral authority. This book continues to emphasize school culture, standards, building community, and providing a moral basis for leadership as a means of navigating through contextual issues and constraints that principals routinely face. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $39.95! \| SVS
13 view cover	Failure Is Not an Option(tm): Six Principles That Guide Student Achievement in High-Performing Schools more books like this by Alan M Blankstein (Editor) add to wishlist 'Failure Is Not an Option is a deeply passionate call to arms, combined with an entire arsenal of information - from the worlds of research and classroom practice - to enable the reader to take systematic, continuous and effective action. This book is absolutely a must read for all those interested in reform because it is simultaneously inspiring ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $26.73! \| SVS
14 view cover	Carved in Sand: When Attention Fails and Memory Fades in Midlife more books like this by Cathryn Jakobson Ramin add to wishlist An acclaimed journalist's lively investigation of what happens to memory and attention in middle age combines extraordinary reporting, memoir, and hard science. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Mind Map Book: How to Use Radiant Thinking to Maximize Your Brain's Untapped Potential more books like this by Tony Buzan, Professor Barry Buzan add to wishlist The potential of the human mind is absolutely phenomenal, and Tony Buzan is one of the world's leading experts on how people can maximize their brainpower. Now, in his most comprehensive book yet on the topic, Buzan reveals exciting new ways to improve one's memory, concentration, creativity, ability to learn, and more. see all copies from $6.12! new only from $13.52! \| SVS
16 view cover	Think Smart: A Neuroscientist's Prescription for Improving Your Brain's Performance more books like this by Richard M Restak, M.D. add to wishlist A leading neuroscientist and "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot" distills the research on the brain and serves up practical, surprising, and illuminating recommendations for warding off neurological decline, cognitive function, and encouraging smarter thinking day to day. In "Think Smart," the renowned ... see all copies from $3.59! new only from $3.59! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	How to Develop a Brilliant Memory Week by Week: 52 Proven Ways to Enhance Your Memory Skills more books like this by Dominic O'Brien add to wishlist From the little things (recalling statistics and facts) to the big (keeping track of anniversaries and important appointments), a good memory is essential to a happy life and a successful career. Improve yours, with these 52 proven techniques that helped win Dominic O'Brien accolades such as "Brain of the Year" and "Grandmaster of Memory." O'Brien ... see all copies from $5.11! new only from $5.30! \| SVS
18 view cover	Let's Get Well more books like this by Adelle Davis add to wishlist From allergies to eczema, arthritis to heart disease, the author offers clear explanations intended to reassure and provide a way to better health. The book contains information on every aspect of health and nutrition including clear nutritional tables. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Schools That Learn: A Fifth Discipline Fieldbook for Educators, Parents and Everyone Who Cares about Education more books like this by Peter M Senge, Dr. Nelda Cambron-McCabe, Timothy Lucas add to wishlist Written by bestselling author and MIT professor Senge and his Fifth Discipline team, this new addition to The Fifth Discipline Resource Book series offers practical advice for educators, administrators, and parents on how to apply learning organization principles to help strengthen and rebuild schools. see all copies from $14.04! new only from $22.09! \| SVS
20 view cover	Leading Change in Your School: How to Conquer Myths, Build Commitment, and Get Results more books like this by Mr. Douglas B Reeves, PH.D. add to wishlist see all copies from $9.14! new only from $9.14! \| SVS
21 view cover	Getting Started more books like this by Robert Eaker, Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.91! \| SVS
22 view cover	Super Memory - Super Student: How to Raise Your Grades in 30 Days more books like this by Harry Lorayne add to wishlist Harry Lorayne is an internationally acclaimed memory expert. Here he displays his remarkable memory-training abilities in a book aimed at high-school and college students. see all copies from $4.15! new only from $8.17! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Learning Leader: How to Focus School Improvement for Better Results more books like this by Mr. Douglas B Reeves, PH.D. add to wishlist see all copies from $2.41! new only from $5.50! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Transformative Assessment more books like this by W James Popham add to wishlist For a definitive guide to formative assessment???what it is, how it works, and why you want to use it in your school or classroom???look no further than this foundational book by a renowned expert. W. James Popham clarifies the unique ability of formative assessment to transform education into a more powerful and positive process. Get step-by-step ... see all copies from $3.51! new only from $10.10! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Recovering the Lost Tools more books like this by Douglas Wilson, Marvin Olasky (Editor) add to wishlist Douglas Wilson, director of the renowned Logos School, puts forth his ideas for the restoration in the curriculum of "Christian humanism"--as contrasted with what Christopher Dawson has called "secular humanism. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.57! \| first editions \| SVS

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