teachers

Follows the efforts of young Ikal and his friends to achieve an education in the face of scarce resources, brutal corruption, and their own burgeoning self-confidence, an effort marked by the customs of the world's largest Muslim society and two remarkable teachers.

Presents an adaptation of the familiar holiday poem in which Santa, having lost his list, must depend on the world's teachers to tell him who has been naughty and who has been nice.

When the origami pig that Song Lee made for her grandmother is seized by a substitute teacher, the usually well-behaved third-grader breaks a classroom rule to rescue it from the "June box.".

Daniel Robb chronicles the experiences he had while living on a remote island off the coast of Cape Cod working with troubled boys.

A collection of inspirational true stories by teachers in which they recall moments or events that have reminded them why they chose to teach.

Provides simple concepts about what teachers do using short sentences and repetition of words.

A time management resource for teachers, covering planning ahead, organizing work and classrooms, and including sample to-do lists, calendars, and E-mail in-boxes.

A novel by Thorton Wilder that is part autobiographical and part the imagined adventures of his twin brother who died at birth, in which Theophilus North sets out to see the world in the summer of 1926.

Looks at how audio-visual education can help reach new levels of excellence in schools.