Education

Treatise on Parents and Children
by George Bernard Shaw
To my mind, a glance at the subjects now taught in schools ought to convince any reasonable person that the object of the lessons is to keep children out of mischief, and not to qualify them for their part in life as responsible citizens of a free State.

How to Get on in the World: A Ladder to Practical Success
by Major A.R. Calhoon
Although not the same kind, there is as much difference between education and learning, as there is between character and reputation. Learning may be regarded as mental capital, in the way of accumulated facts.

The American Child
by Elizabeth McCracken
An elderly woman was talking to me not long ago about her childhood. 'No, my dear, I did not have a governess,' she said, in answer to my questionings. 'Neither did I attend the public schools, though I lived in the city. I went to a private school.

The Rising Costs of Education
Generation Debt: Take Control of Your Money - A How-to Guide
by Carmen Wong Ulrich
Why does it cost so damn much if it's basically a requirement? We can go to public high schools on our parents' tax dollars because it's required. So why is a college education getting exorbitantly - almost prohibitively - expensive the more we need it?

Single-Sex Education and Why It Matters
All Girls: Single-Sex Education and Why It Matters
by Karen Stabiner
A friend with a daughter older than my own was trying to make an impossible decision. Should she send the girl to a coed school for seventh grade, or to an all-girls school? She had no idea what a girls' school was like; she and everyone she knew had gone

The Tortilla Test
The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College
by Jacques Steinberg
In the fall of 1999, New York Times education reporter Jacques Steinberg was given an unprecedented opportunity to observe the admissions process at prestigious Wesleyan University. Over the course of nearly a year, Steinberg accompanied admissions office

Blundering Into the Future: Hype and Hope
Failure to Connect
by Jane M. Healy, Ph.D.
Technology shapes the growing mind. The younger the mind, the more malleable it is. The younger the technology, the more unproven it is. We enthusiastically expose our youngsters to new digital teachers and playmates, but we also express concern about

Higher and Higher Education
Strapped
by Tamara Draut
Soaring tuition costs combined with cuts to financial aid have forced students into massive debt and priced many smart kids out of four-year colleges altogether.

Introduction
The Educated Child
by William J. Bennett, Chester E. Finn, Jr., John T. E. Cribb, Jr.
The purpose of this book is to help you secure a good education for your child from early childhood through the eighth grade. As far as learning goes, these years are far and away the most important.

Why College Makes No Sense
Real World Careers: Why College Is Not the Only Path to Becoming Rich
by Betsy Cummings
A Great Career-Without a College Degree! Possible? Absolutely! Today's job market has lots of room for people who leave school early or don't plan to go to college at all.

Reading, Writing, and Your First Grader
What Your First Grader Needs to Know: Fundamentals of a Good First-Grade Education
by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
What will your child be expected to learn in the first grade? How can you help him or her at home? How can teachers foster active, successful learning in the classroom? This book answers these all-important questions and more

Work Accomplished
How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less
by Cal Newport
Looking to jumpstart your GPA? Most college students believe that straight A's can be achieved only through cramming and painful all-nighters at the library. But Cal Newport knows that real straight-A students don't study harder - they study smarter.

Introduction
Roadblocks to Learning: Understanding the Obstacles that Can Sabotage Your Child's Academic Success
by Lawrence J. Greene
This comprehensive and easy-to-understand guide explains more than seventy types of learning impediments and counterproductive behaviors - including dyslexia, depression, test-taking phobias, ineffectual problem solving, teacher-child conflict

The $500,000 Question
The Kindergarten Wars: The Battle to Get into America's Best Private Schools
by Alan Eisenstock
Honest, funny, suspenseful, and emotional, this is the first nonfiction book ever to take you inside all aspects of the private-school application process. Alan Eisenstock followed several families across the country from their first school tours

Elementary School Success Helps Keep Kids Drug Free
by SAMHSA
Children in elementary school learn that part of being a success is doing well in the classroom. But there's another benefit to school success: Kids who do well in school are more likely to be drug free.

Continued Education Failure
The Schools We Need: And Why We Don't Have Them
by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
For over fifty years, American schools have operated under the assumption that challenging children academically is unnatural for them, that teachers do not need to know the subjects they teach, that the learning 'process' should be emphasized

What Is Your Child Learning In School?
What Your Sixth Grader Needs to Know
by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
What should your child learn in the sixth grade? How can you help him or her at home? This book answers these important questions and more, offering the specific shared knowledge that thousands of parents and teachers across the nation have agreed upon

The Power of the Hook
The College Hook: Packaging Yourself to Win the College Admissions Game
by Pam Proctor
A comprehensive guide to the powerful packaging tool called the 'Hook' - a special talent or achievement that leaps off the page of a college application and catches the eye of admissions officers.