Suggested Readings

These books will assist you in understanding why we stand as firmly as we do on the Garden of Angels School Vision and Philosophy.

A Different Kind of Teacher – John Taylor Gatto
Endangered Minds (Why Kids Can’t Think and How We Can Help Them) – Jane Healy
Punished by Rewards – Alfie Kohn
The Schools Our Children Deserve – Alfie Kohn
Waking Up In Time – Peter Russell
Jefferson’s Children – Leon Botstein
I Am Right, You Are Wrong – Edward De Bono
Teach Your Child How To Think – Edward De Bono
Global Mind Change – Willis Harman
The Hundred Languages of Children – Reggio Emilio
Total Leadership – Bill Spady
My Ishmael and Ishmael – Daniel Quinn
7 Habits of Highly Effective Families – Stephen R. Covey
The Optimistic Child – Martin E. P. Seligman
Drawing from the Right Side of the Brain – Betty Edwards
Raising Cain (Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys) – Dan Kindlon and Michael Thompson
Summer Hill – A. S. Neill
Chomsky on MisEducation – Noam Chomsky
Raising Your Emotional Intelligence – Jeanne Segal
The End of Homework – Etta Kralovec and John Buell
Freedom and Beyond – John Holt
How Children Fail – John Holt
Flow – The Psychology of Optimal Experience – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Top 10 Myths in Education – Larry E. Frase and William Streshly
Stealing Innocence, Corporate Culture’s War on Children – Henry A. Giroux
The Compassionate Classroom – Sura Har
Loving Your Child on Purpose – Danny Silk