Favorite Resources for Schools

  • Among Friends: Classrooms Where Caring and Learning Prevails by Joan Dalton and Marilyn Watson (2001)
  • Great Places to Learn: How Asset-Building Schools Help Students Succeed by Neal Starkman Ph.D., Peter Scales Ph.D., and Clay Roberts MS with the Search Institute (2006)
  • How to Discover and Develop Your Child’s Strengths: A Guide for Parents and Teachers by Jenifer Fox (2008)
  • Overcoming Underachieving: A Simple Plan to Boost Your Kids’ Grades and End the Homework Hassles by Ruth Peters Ph.D. (2000)
  • Place-Based Education: Connecting Classrooms and Communities by David Sobel (2004)
  • The Pressured Child: Helping Your Child Find Success in School and Life by Michael Thompson Ph.D. with Teresa Barker (2004)
  • Raising Lifelong Learners: A Parent’s Guide by Lucy Calkins and Lyle Bellino (1998)
  • Seven Kinds of Smart: Identifying and Developing Your Multiple Intelligences by Thomas Armstrong (1999)
  • Teaching with the Brain in Mind by Eric Jensen (2005)
  • Ways We Want Our Class to Be: Class Meetings that Build Commitment to Kindness and Learning by Developmental Studies (1996)
  • What Do We Say? What Do We Do? Vital Solutions for Children’s Educational Success by Dorothy Rich Ed. D (1997)
  • Your Hyperactive Child: A Parent’s Guide to Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder by Barbara Ingersoll Ph.D. (1988)

Web Sites

  • Challenge Newsletter: U.S. Dept. of Education publication for Creating Safe and Drug-Free Schools www.thechallenge.org
  • Education Resource Information Center (ERIC): Produces a database of journal and non-journal education literature. Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. www.eric.ed.gov
  • Family Empowerment Network: In addition to being the creators of the Raising Our Daughters/Sons books, FEN also offers great resources for educators. www.family-empower.com
  • National Parent Information Network (NPIN) Educational software and services for middle school, high school, and college students. www.npin.org
  • Parent Teacher Association (PTA): Parent and teacher resources. www.pta.org