Insightful books on leadership, education reform and college admissions

Captain D. Michael Abrashoff, It's your ship. Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy. Business Plus, 2012.

Ken Iverson, Plan Talk. Lessons from a Business Maverick. John Wiley and Sons, 1998.

Amand Ripley, The Smartest Kids in the World and How They Got that way. Simon & Schuster, 2013.

Joel Klein, Lessons of Hope. How to Fix Our Schools. Harper Collins Publishers, 2014.

Kelly McGonigal, The Upside of Stress: Why Stress is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It. Avery Publishers, 2015.

Kegan, R & Lahey, L, Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock Potential in Yourself and your Organization. Harvard Business Press, 2009.

Herminia Ibarra. Act Like a Leader. Think Like a Leader. Harvard Business Review, 2015

Morgen Witzel, Managin for Success: Spotting Danger Signals - and Fixing Problems Before They Happen. Bloomsbury, 2015

Jay Matthews, Harvard Schmarvard: Getting Beyond the Ivy League to the College That Is Best for You, 2003

Jay Matthews, Supertest: How the International Baccalaureate Can Strengthen Our Schools Hardcover – March 10, 2005

Jay Matthews, Question Everything: The Rise of AVID as America's Largest College Readiness Program Hardcover – April 27, 2015

Jay Matthews, Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America Paperback – January 20, 2009

Frank Bruni, Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania, 2015

Michael Marmot, The Status Syndrome: How Social Standing Affects Our Health and Longevity Paperback – August 25, 2005

Micheel Marmot, The Health Gap: The Challenge of an Unequal World Hardcover – November 3, 2015

Julie Paterson Combs, Sandra Harris and  Stacey Edmonson, The trust Factor: Strategies for School Leaders. Routledge, 2013

Eva Moskowitz and Arin Lavinia, Mission Possible: How the Secrets of the Success Academies Can Work in Any School, John Wiley and Sons publishers, 2012.