Books recommended by Sarah Persha concerning the presentation "Race to Nowhere"

Becoming Adult: How Teenagers Prepare for a World of Work
Mihaly Csikszantmihaly and Barbara Schneider

Colleges That Change Lives
Loren Pope, 2nd Edition

The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, and The Blessing of a B-,
Wendy Mogel

Emotional Intelligence
Daniel Goleman

Raising Resilient Children
Brooks and Goldstein

The Global Achievement Gap, and Creating Innovators,
Tony Wagner

Peak Everything
Richard Heinberg

Girls on the Edge, and Boys Adrift
Leonard Sax

Why Boys Fail
Richard Whitmire

Intelligence of Play
Joseph Chilton Pearce

The Talent Code
Daniel Coyle

Not Quite Adults: Why 20-Somethings Are Choosing A Slower Path to Adulthood
Rick Setterstein and Barbara Ray

The Resiliency Advantage
Al Siebert

Bring Your “A” Game: The 10 Career Secrets of the High Achiever
Robert J McGovern

Additional resources, provided by Vicki Vanburen:

Homework

1. "High Quality Homework," Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher. Principal Leadership, October 2011 (Vol. 12, #2, p. 56-58).
2. "What is Effective Homework?" Cathy Vatterott. ASCD Express, January 2008 (Vol. 5, #2, p. 9-10).
3. Rethinking Homework: Best Practices that Support Diverse Needs, Cathy Vatterrott. Virginia: ASCD, 2009.
4. "Effective Homework Assignments," National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Research Brief, 2008.
5. "Good Homework Policy," Nancy Protheroe. Principal, September/October 2009, (p. 42-45).
6. "The Case for and Against Homework," Robert J. Marzano and Debra J. Pickering. Educational Leadership, March 2007 (Vol. 64, #6, p. 74-79).
7. "Homework and Practice," Marzano, Pickering, Pollock. Classroom Instruction that Works. Virginia: ASCD, 2001.

Grading

1. "Five Obstacles to Grading Reform," Thomas Guskey. Educational Leadership, November 2011 (Vol. 69, #3, p. 16-21).
2. "Making High School Grades Meaningful," Thomas Guskey. Phi Delta Kappan, May 2006 (Vol. 87, #9, p. 670-675).
3. "Grading Policies that Work Against Standards. . .and How to Fix Them," Thomas R. Guskey. National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) Bulletin, December 2000 (Vol. 84, #620, p. 20-27).
4. "Are Zeroes Your Ultimate Weapon," Thomas R. Guskey. The Education Digest, November 2004. (p. 31-35).
5. "Leading to Change/Effective Grading Practices," Douglas B. Reeves. Educational Leadership, February 2008 (Vol. 65, #8, p. 85-87).
6. "The Case Against the Zero," Douglas B. Reeves. Phi Delta Kappan, December 2004 (Vol. 86, #4, p. 324-325).