General Interest and Professional Development Resources
Spring 2018
General Interest
Manhattan Beach
by Jennifer Egan
Anna Kerrigan, the first female diver at the Brooklyn Naval Yard during World War II, meets with a man who helps her understand why her father disappeared.
The Potlikker Papers
by John T. Edge
Edge reveals how Southern food has become a shared culinary language and tells a people's history of the modern South, through its food.
The Golden House
by Salman Rushdie
A story about the hope that surrounds, and is made brighter by, even the darkest of situations. A tale of exile wrapped in a murder mystery.
A Column of Fire
by Ken Follett
A pair of lovers finds themselves on opposite sides of a conflict while Queen Elizabeth fights to maintain her throne.
Boundless
by Jillian Tamaki
A graphic novel filled with short stories that explores the lives of women and how the expectations of others influence their real and virtual selves.
Fifty Years of 60 Minutes
by Jeff Fager
At once a sweeping portrait of fifty years of American cultural history and an intimate look at how the news gets made.
Professional Development
The Testing Charade
by Daniel Koretz
Koretz argues that the whole idea of test-based accountability has failed - it has increasingly become an end in itself, harming students and corrupting the very ideals of teaching.
Best Practice in Engaging Online Learners through Active and Experiential Learning Strategies
by Stephanie Smith Budhai and Ke’Anna Brown Skipwith
The authors provide guidelines for the development of participatory peer-learning, cooperative education, and service learning opportunities in the online classroom.
It Won’t Be Easy
by Tom Rademacher
Mercifully short on jargon and long on practical wisdom, accessible to anyone—teacher, student, parent, pundit—who is interested in a behind-the-curtain look at teaching.
