education

Rethinking Democracy from the Classroom Up

What does it mean to teach democracy — not just as a form of government, but as a habit of mind, a civic culture, even a way of understanding the self? That is the large and difficult question Robert Mitchell sets for himself in Education and the Culture of Democracy.…

BookTribApril 10, 2026

Nonfiction Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: Irene Daria: How Schools Fail to Teach Reading (And What Parents Can Do)

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he…

Blaine DesantisNovember 20, 2024

Better Self Nonfiction

Anxious About Your Child’s Distance-Learning Education? This Handbook Will Help.

One of the more surprising reveals of the pandemic lockdown has been watching movie stars and other celebrities going a little crazy trying to figure out full-time parenting. While I admit to a little schadenfreude over seeing people who never had to lift a finger suddenly be plunged into child…

JeriAnn GellerOctober 20, 2020

Nonfiction Recommended

A Professional’s Effort to Curb the Crisis of Functional Illiteracy in Children

When I was a child, I could play the piano by ear. If I could whistle a tune, I could play it on the piano. My parents recognized this and got me taking lessons at a young age. I was pretty good. Grownups were really impressed. This kid’s going places,…

Jim AlkonJanuary 10, 2023

Nonfiction Recommended

Enlightening Guide Teaches Us How to Optimize Children’s Education

“The human brain and the human body are very complicated, and so is human education.” Those are the words of Donald Sung, who believes childhood education is the foundation for people, families, society, and the future of the world. Sung has addressed this belief in his scholarly work Principles…

Jim AlkonJanuary 13, 2023

Children's Books Children's Books - Featured

An Award-Winning Guide to Teaching “Math That Makes Sense” in Home Learning

A quick glance through the pages of Dr. Carol Ameche’s Math That Makes Sense: Algebra 1 Homeschool Edition could be enough to easily intimidate any prospective math student. But the book is designed to do exactly the opposite — and that’s just the point. “Working directly with home-school students and…

Jim AlkonSeptember 3, 2022

Children's Books Children's Books - Featured

Get a Jumpstart on Your Child’s Education with the “TI Town Books” Series

If there’s a simple message to deliver to kids, no need complicating things. In fact, keeping it simple often is the most effective way to communicate with children. That’s the thinking behind Teaching International’s three-book children’s series TI Town Books by Martha Allen. The books are designed to teach babies,…

BookTribAugust 17, 2022

Miscellany

AuthorBuzz Giveaway: Romance and Transformation

This week's AuthorBuzz giveaway features a suspenseful romance and a powerful tale on the transforming experience of teaching for many unruly students as a substitute teacher. Read more straight from the authors about the intriguing titles they are giving away! Dear Reader, For one year I worked as a substitute…

AuthorBuzzSeptember 17, 2018

Nonfiction

Writer’s Bone Podcast: Sam Quinones’ ‘True Tale of an American Epidemic’ in ‘Dreamland’

Author and journalist Sam Quinones talks to Daniel Ford about what led him to journalism, his research and writing process for Dreamland, and his experience testifying in front of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee about the opioid crisis in the United States. Read a preview of Dreamland…

Aisha K. StaggersJanuary 31, 2018

Fiction Romance Romance - Featured

A Childlike Janitor Slowly Catches the Attention of Sophisticated School Principal

There is a scene in Gordon Castelnero’s light romance, Toyful Love, when Dr. Sharp, an elementary school principal in the upper Midwest, attends a formal affair and asks her surprising love interest, school janitor Henry Hubbard, whether he has something appropriate to wear. As it turns out, he shows up…

Jim AlkonNovember 10, 2021

Children's Books Children's Books - Featured

Shanelle Harrison’s “Curious Colors” Makes Everyday Life Even More Vibrant

So says award-winning visual artist, educator and author Shanelle Harrison, who puts into practice what she preaches in the interactive children’s book Curious Colors (Uptown Press), a 58-page activity book that introduces young readers to colors, color theory and shapes. The book, geared for ages four and up, helps establish…

BookTribJuly 27, 2021

Business Business - Featured Nonfiction

Video: Missed It? Watch Interview with Carolyn Carpeneti and Taking Flight: Mastering Executive Function

What should we do when our children struggle academically? Should we let them fail so they’ll learn from their mistakes and do better next time? Perhaps. But what if they lack the organizational tools to succeed? Carolyn Carpeneti’s son had effectively coped with learning differences through high school and was…

BookTribJune 16, 2016

Business Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

The Death of Cryptocurreny Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

Some crypto-pundits compare the cryptocurrency phenomenon to the Internet — a specialized technology that became universal. Cryptocurrency hasn’t yet become part of most daily lives, but according to that same New York Times column, “20 percent of American adults, and 36 percent of millennials, own cryptocurrency.” Blockchain Ethics: Fighting Honorable…

Joanna PoncavageMay 16, 2022

Author Spotlight

Rosalind Wiseman on Distance Learning Challenges and Solutions

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/booktrib_rosalind-wiseman-author-spotlight.jpg “Distance learning is not going to harm your child’s education if there is a partnership between you, your child, and the teacher,” write the top-notch team of educators and child psychology experts behind The Distance Learning Playbook for Parents (Corwin). The writing team includes Rosalind Wiseman, best known for…

BookTribNovember 9, 2020

BookBites

BookBites: True Crime, Historical Fact and Fiction, and Learning Tips for Parents

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BookBites.FINAL-3-1180x234.jpg No Angels by Steve Jackson Fourteen-year-old Brandy DuVall waits for a ride home at a bus stop, wearing a bright-red Chicago Bulls jersey bearing the number of Michael Jordan. The shirt attracts five young gang members in a circling car. Why would Brandy get in the car? Was it…

BookTribNovember 12, 2020

Children's Books Listicles

Read Across America With Our 7 Favorite Children’s Books About Reading

Today is a special day for book lovers, especially those who deeply appreciate the wonderful world of illustrated children’s books. March 2 is Read Across America Day, as named by the National Education Association (NEA). The Association includes over 3 million people — “educators, students, activists, workers, parents, neighbors, friends…

Judy MorenoMarch 2, 2021

Rethinking Democracy from the Classroom Up

Books & Looks Podcast: Irene Daria: How Schools Fail to Teach Reading (And What Parents Can Do)

Anxious About Your Child’s Distance-Learning Education? This Handbook Will Help.

A Professional’s Effort to Curb the Crisis of Functional Illiteracy in Children

Enlightening Guide Teaches Us How to Optimize Children’s Education

An Award-Winning Guide to Teaching “Math That Makes Sense” in Home Learning

Get a Jumpstart on Your Child’s Education with the “TI Town Books” Series

AuthorBuzz Giveaway: Romance and Transformation

Writer’s Bone Podcast: Sam Quinones’ ‘True Tale of an American Epidemic’ in ‘Dreamland’

Shanelle Harrison’s “Curious Colors” Makes Everyday Life Even More Vibrant

Video: Missed It? Watch Interview with Carolyn Carpeneti and Taking Flight: Mastering Executive Function

The Death of Cryptocurreny Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

Rosalind Wiseman on Distance Learning Challenges and Solutions

BookBites: True Crime, Historical Fact and Fiction, and Learning Tips for Parents

Read Across America With Our 7 Favorite Children’s Books About Reading

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