Yvette Jackson: 5 books
The Pedagogy of Confidence
Inspiring High Intellectual Performance in Urban Schools
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In her new book, Yvette Jackson shows educators how to focus on students’ strengths to inspire learning and high intellectual performance. Jackson asserts that the myth that the route to increasing achievement by focusing on weaknesses (promoted by policies such as NCLB) has blinded us to the...
Unlocking Student Potential
How do I identify and activate student strengths? (ASCD Arias)
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2015
What if your next faculty meeting began with this question: What are the strengths of our underachieving students?
When teachers recognize and focus on student strengths, they transform the learning environment into one of positivity and potential. Students begin to believe in themselves as...
Aim High, Achieve More
How to Transform Urban Schools Through Fearless Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012
Many urban educators live in fear: of their schools being labeled failures, of increasingly punitive sanctions, of loss of respect and livelihood. This fear pervades the entire school community, affecting the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of its members. The authors of this guide to transformation...
Mindfulness Practices
Cultivating Heart Centered Communities Where Students Focus and Flourish (Creating a Positive Learning Environment Through Mindfulness in Schools)
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2018
With foreword by Paul Liabenow
Build compassionate classroom environments and mindful schools that prioritize high levels of achievement and high levels of well-being. Based on the latest neuroscience research, Mindfulness Practices details how mindfulness in schools can lead to new, improved...
by Patricia Woodside, Venita Alderman Sadler, Jamantha Williams Watson
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2016
Christmas Time Is Here… And Brown Girls Books is bringing you nineteen talented writers, sharing heartwarming stories filled with the joy, sorrow and downright drama of this magical season. Christmas time brings out the best – and for some, the worst – in us and these holiday tales capture it...