teacher-student relationships

Examines discoveries in neuroscience on how the brain develops and on the link between cognition and emotion, looks at interactions between teachers and students that lead to accelerated reading and writing progress, and discusses the reasoning of expert teachers.

Ruby wants to fit in on her first day at school, so she begins to copy her classmate Angela; but then Ruby's teacher shows her how much fun it is to just be herself.

A fourteen-year-old girl, who can transform herself into an owl at will, discovers interesting new relationships with both humans and owls when she develops a crush on her science teacher.

Alex, suffering a bit of a crush on her eighth-grade teacher Simon, becomes confused about what is true when a new girl at Forest Alternative claims Simon has been molesting her and Alex.

A fourteen-year-old girl, who can transform into an owl, has a crush on her science teacher which leads her into interesting new relationships with both humans and owls.

Essays that challenge accepted viewpoints on major issues in education.

Mark Salzman chronicles his first years teaching at Central Juvenile Hall, a lockup for Los Angeles's most violent teenage offenders, discussing what his students taught him about life.

Second grader Woody is having trouble with Miss Plunkett, the new student teacher who doesn't like his show-and-tell, and with Ethan, the kid who lives across the street.