Join Tom on a rainy walk to the subway as he shares his damp advice with an undergraduate student who is becoming a teacher. Wanting to teach in the neighborhood she grew up in, she asked Tom what advice he has for new teachers and, particularly, what books he might recommend she reads. Well, here you go. 

Books Tom Recommended

• Chris Emdin's For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education [buy here]
• Mike Rose's Why School? Reclaiming Education for Us All [buy here]
• Maxine Greene's Releasing the Imagination: Essays on Education, the Arts, and Social Change [buy here]

Other Resources for Any New (or Old) Teacher

• A Great Video about the History of US Education
• Simon Sinek's Talk on the Golden Circle
• One Question that Changes Your Education Paradigm
• What US Schools Can Learn from Other Nations
• States of Education (interactive map)

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