Books on Education, Brain Research, and Teaching:

Brain Rules - John Medina

Mindsets- Carol Dweck

Talent Code - Daniel Coyle

Nurture Shock - Po Bronson

The Element – How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything - Ken Robinson

Habits of Goodness - Ruth Charney

The Challenge to Care in Schools - Nel Noddings

A Mind at a Time - Mel Levine

A Whole New Mind - Daniel Pink

The Quality School, Choice Theory in the Classroom - William Glasser, M.D.

Family Matters - Robert Evans

Best Practice - Zemelman, Daniels, & Hyde

Alfie Kohn - Beyond Discipline, Punished by Rewards

Restitution – Restructuring School Discipline - Diane Chelsom Gossen

The Courage to Teach - Parker Palmer

Five Minds for the Future - Howard Gardner

Teach Like a Champion - Doug Lemov

Douglas Heath - Fulfilling Lives & Schools of Hope (out of print but still available)

Roots of Empathy – Changing the World Child by Child - Mary Gordon

**Just Published! - The Blessing of a B Minus – Wendy Mogel

**Just Published!Little Girls Can be Mean – Four Steps to Bully-proof Girls In the Early Grades - Michelle Anthony & Reyna Lindert

**Just Published!- Your Fantastic Elastic Brain  – A book for kids on brain Development - Joanne Deak

The Blessing of a Skinned Knee - Wendy Mogel

How Girls Thrive, Girls will be Girls, - Joanne Deak

The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness - Ed. Hallowell

Michael Thompson: (Best Friends/Worst Enemies, Raising Cain, Speaking of Boys,The Pressured Child)

Queen Bees and Wannabees - Rosalind Wiseman

Last Child in the Woods - Richard Louv

Raising Resilient Children -Robert Brooks, Ph.D. and Sam Goldstein, Ph.D.

In a Different Voice - Carol Gilligan

Daniel Goleman: Emotional Intelligence & Social Intelligence

Parenting with Love and Logic - Cline and Fay

Nancy Blakey - Go Outside, Over 130 Activities for Outdoor Adventure

Respectful Parents, Respectful Kids - Sue Hart and Victoria Kindle Hodson

The Hurried Child - David Elkind

Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish - How to Talk so Kids Will Listen and How to Listen so Kids Will Talk, Siblings Without Rivalry, Respectful Parents, Liberated Parents – Liberated Children

Your Child’s Self Esteem - Dorothy Corkille Briggs

The Measure of Our Success – A Letter to My Children and Yours - Marion Wright Edelman

Choices that Change Lives, The 10 Commandments of Common Sense (Wisdom from the Scriptures for People of all Beliefs)- Hal Urban

The Inverse Power of Praise - Po Bronson - Article on useful and negative praise.

Useful & Interesting Web Resources:

Villa Academy Contact Information

Archdiocese of Seattle

Pacific Northwest Association of Independent Schools – PNAIS

Washington Federation of Independent Schools – WFIS

The Deak Group – Raising Strong Girls and the latest in Brain Research

All Kinds of Minds - Resource on all types of learners and learning challenges

Love and Logic - Resources for Parents and Educators

The Whole Child

Howard Gardner.com Up to date thoughts from the father of multiple intelligences

Villa Library Home Page with book recommendations for every age.

Education.com - A variety of resources including developmental milestones

Kidsgrowth.com - Growth milestones from a medical perspective

Daniel Goleman on Social Intelligence – You Tube – 58 Minutes

John Medina on “Brain Rules” at Google University – You Tube – 52 minutes

Yong Zhao – Professor at Michigan St. and antidote to Friedman’s “Flat World”

“What Other Countries are Really Doing in Education” Wash. Post Answer Sheet