Race to Nowhere: Resources

RESOURCES

Websites:

Commonwealth Parenting – www.commonwealthparenting.org

Race to Nowhere – www.racetonowhere.com

The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry – www.aacap.org

Hold Hope – www.holdhope.org

Regional Drug Free Alliance – www.drugfreealliance.org

The Partnership for a Drug Free America – www.drugfree.org

Join Together – www.jointogether.org

Teen Drug Abuse – www.teendrugabuse.org

Students First – www.studentsfirst.org

Henrico County School Board – Henrico.k12.va.us/SchoolBoard/

Henrico County’s Too Smart 2 Start Coalition – www.toosmart2start.com

Chesterfield County School Board- chesterfield.k12.va.us/CCPS/school_board/board.htm

Richmond School Board – newweb.richmond.k12.va.us/administration/school-board/

The Education Conservancy – www.educationconservancy.org

The National Center for Fair and Open Testing – www.fairtest.org

Books:

• ·      The Blessing of a Skinned Knee and The Blessing of a B- by Wendy Mogel, Ph.D
• ·      The Price of Privilege by Madeline Levine, Ph.D.
• ·      Positive Pushing by Jim Taylor, Ph.D
• ·      The Hardest Questions Aren’t on the Test by Linda Nathan
• ·      The Hurried Child by David Elkind
• ·      Boys and Girls Learn Differently by Michael Gurian
• ·      A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink
• ·      The Case Against Homework by Sara Bennett and Nancy Kalish
• ·      Doing School by Denise Pope
• ·      How to Raise a Drug-Free Kid by Joseph Califano
• ·      The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have: The Hyde School Program for Character-Based Education and Parenting by Laura and Malcolm Gauld
• ·      Raising Resilient Children and Raising a Self-Disciplined Child: Help Your Child Become More Responsible, Confident, and Resilient by Dr. Robert Brooks and Sam Goldstein

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