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Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst...

Humans are capable of horrifying aggression, dehumanization, destruction, and violence and at the same time…



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Bold Moves for Schools: How We Create Remarkable Learning Environments...

Today’s learners have different needs than those of yesterday. Educators and policy makers, therefore, need…



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The Reading Mind: A Cognitive Approach to Understanding How the...

Reading is a complex cognitive task. How is it that our minds are able to…



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The Brain: The Story of You by David Eagleman

As an easy-to-read and engaging textbook or as a scientifically accurate and detailed popular psychology…



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The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World by...

People are inherently information seekers. In today’s high-tech world this tendency can draw us to…



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Unselfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-about-me World by...

Children and adolescents with greater empathy tend to be happier, more successful, more resilient, and…



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The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to...

Imagine your son leaving for school with his homework forgotten on the kitchen table or…



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The Formative Five: Fostering Grit, Empathy, and Other Success Skills...

“Who you are is more important than what you know.” This principle forms the basis…



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The Nurture Effect: How the Science of Human Behavior Can...

What if there existed a secret recipe for curing nearly all of our most serious…



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Counting What Counts: Reframing Education Evaluation by Yong Zhao

In our quest to assess and compare educational outcomes of students, teachers, schools, districts, states,…



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