For some of us, a 'Book for Dummies' isn't simple enough (The Canton Repository)

For some of us, a 'Book for Dummies' isn't simple enough (The Canton Repository)

"Complete Idiot's Guide to Mortgages." "Complete MBA For Dummies." When I saw the titles of those new volumes at the "Complete Idiot's" and "For Dummies" Web sites, suddenly it became clearer why we have problems in this country with housing foreclosures and business failures.

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[Micheals]

All the teachers at my school are reading The Talent Code, by Daniel Coyle. It's about how skill grows in the brain, and how to get more of it -- super-interesting, and useful . There's some great stuff about what successful schools do to motivate students, too.