Looking for some great professional development books to dive into this summer? Check out 20 of the must-have education/teaching books below. Is your favorite not listed? Leave a comment below and let us know which ones you would recommend!
Education Books for Teachers
- The First Days of School by Harry and Rosemary Wong
- Literacy Work Stations by Debbie Diller
- Classrooms that Work: They Can All Read and Write by Patricia Cunningham and Richard Allington
- Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques That Put Students on the Path to College by Doug Lemov
- What Great Teachers Do Differently: 14 Things That Matter Most by Todd Whitaker
- The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners by Carol Ann Tomlinson
- Never Work Harder Than Your Students and Other Principles of Great Teaching by Robyn Renee Jackson
- Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise, and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn
- The Mind of Boys: Saving Our Sons from Falling Behind in School and Life by Michael Gurian
- Teaching Outside the Box: How to Grab Your Students by Their Brains by LouAnne Johnson
- The First-Year Teacher’s Survival Guide by Julia Thompson
- Teaching with Love and Logic: Taking Control of the Classroom by Jim Fay and David Funk
- Learn Me Good by John Pearson
- Teaching As Leadership: The Highly Effective Teacher’s Guide to Closing the Achievement Gap by Steven Farr, Wendy Kopp, and Jason Kamras
- The Daily Five by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser
- Reluctant Disciplinarian: Advice on Classroom Management from a Softy Who Became (Eventually) a Successful Teacher by Gary Rubinstein
- The Organized Teacher: A Hands-On Guide to Setting Up and Running a Terrific Classroom by Steve Springer and Brandy Alexander
- Ask the Teacher: A Practitioner’s Guide to Teaching and Learning in the Diverse Classroom (2nd Edition) by Mark Ryan
- The CAFE Book: Engaging All Students in Daily Literary Assessment and Instruction by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser
- Making Words by Patricia Cunningham and Dorothy Hall