 | Reluctant Disciplinarian: Advice on Classroom Management From a Softy who Became (Eventually) a Successful Teacher by Gary Rubinstein
Buy new: $7.40 / Used from: $6.50 A memoir I wrote about my first two years of teaching.
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 | One Day, All Children...: The Unlikely Triumph of Teach For America and What I Learned Along the Way by Wendy Kopp
Buy used from: $0.01 The birth of the movement by the founder of TFA.
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 | Mr. Lowe: Cartoons from the Classroom by Mark Pett
Buy used from: $99.95 A comic strip about an idealistic young teacher by a 1994 alum.
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 | In the Deep Heart's Core by Michael Johnston
Buy used from: $0.01 A moving memoir about the first two years of teaching by a 1997 alum.
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 | The First Year of Teaching: Real World Stories from America's Teachers
Buy used from: $0.01 A collection of essays about the first year of teaching. Intro by TFA founder.
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 | Death at an Early Age (Plume) by Jonathan Kozol
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $0.01 Kozol's first year of teaching in Boston.
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 | Among Schoolchildren by Tracy Kidder
Buy new: $10.07 / Used from: $0.01 A year with an experienced elementary teacher by Kidder.
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 | Dangerous Minds: They Were Problem Kids With One Last Chance . . . Her by LouAnne Johnson
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 Stories about the first year of teaching. Better than the movie.
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 | The Act of Teaching by Donald R. Cruickshank
Buy used from: $0.01 An excellent, yet expensive, textbook for teachers.
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 | The Water Is Wide by Pat Conroy
Buy used from: $0.01 Pat Conroy's first year of teaching. Was made into the movie 'Conrack'
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 | Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $0.94 A classic memoir about a rookie teacher.
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 | The First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher by Harry K. Wong
Buy used from: $0.47 A text for first year teachers.
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