Books that influenced my views on education and learning

I’ve linked to the Twitter accounts, where available, of each author. Expanding our networks and participating in the created serendipity of the great online is part of the learning. Most of these authors are active on Twitter and talking about education. Follow along.

• NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silberman
• Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism by Barry M. Prizant
• Design for Real Life by Eric Meyer and Sara Wachter-Boettcher
• Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era by Tony Wagner and Ted Dintersmith
• The Open Schoolhouse: Building a Technology Program to Transform Learning and Empower Students by Charlie Reisinger
• The Innovator’s Mindset: Empower Learning, Unleash Talent, and Lead a Culture of Creativity by George Couros
• Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life by William Deresiewicz
• Launch: Using Design Thinking to Boost Creativity and Bring Out the Maker in Every Student by John Spencer and A.J. Juiliani
• The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan: A Blueprint for Renewing Your Child’s Confidence and Love of Learning by Ben Foss
• Ditch That Textbook: Free Your Teaching and Revolutionize Your Classroom by Matt Miller
• Hacking Assessment: 10 Ways to Go Gradeless in a Traditional Grades School by Starr Sackstein
• Hacking Homework: 10 Strategies That Inspire Learning Outside the Classroom by  Starr Sackstein and Connie Hamilton
• Thinking, Fast and Slow  by Daniel Kahneman
• The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World that Values Sameness by Todd Rose
• Breaking Smart Season 1: How software is eating the world by Venkatesh Rao
• Smarter Than You Think: How Technology Is Changing Our Minds for the Better by Clive Thompson
• Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O’Neil
• For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood… and the Rest of Y’all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education by Christopher Emdin
• Make Writing: 5 Teaching Strategies That Turn Writers Workshop Into a Maker Space by Angela Stockman
• ADHD Nation: Children, Doctors, Big Pharma, and the Making of an American Epidemic by Alan Schwarz
• Inquiry and Innovation in the Classroom: Using 20% Time, Genius Hour, and PBL to Drive Student Success by A.J. Juiliani
• Learning Outside The Lines: Two Ivy League Students With Learning Disabilities And ADHD Give You The Tools For Academic Success and Educational Revolution by Jonathan Mooney
• The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal  by Jonathan Mooney
• Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy by Tressie McMillan Cottom
• Digital Writing for English Language Learners by Rusul Alrubail
• When Grit Isn’t Enough: A High School Principal Examines How Poverty and Inequality Thwart the College-for-All Promise by Linda Nathan

•  The Essential Elements of Digital Literacies by Doug Belshaw

• Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor by Virginia Eubanks
• Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream by Sara Goldrick-Rab

See also my neurodiversity library and this book list from George Couros, author of The Innovator’s Mindset.