LouAnne Johnson

Alternative Ed
Meet Eddie Corazon, a 16-year-old former straight-A student turned juvenile delinquent. Eddie is on his way to becoming a "bad-ass," when he meets a teacher, a police officer, and a brilliant girl. These women inspire Eddie to see himself in a different light -- and he likes what he sees!

TEACHING OUTSIDE THE BOX
Advice for new and experienced teachers on classroom management, discipline, motivation, and morale. Practical suggestions for arranging your room, talking to students, avoiding the misbehavior cycle, and making school a place where students learn and teachers teach. Includes Q&A from teachers, letters from students, tips for developing and grading portfolio assignments, and step-by-step instructions for introducing Shakespeare to reluctant readers.

Dangerous Minds
(My Posse Don't Do Homework)
My Posse was retitled Dangerous Minds in 1995 after the movie starring Michelle Pfeiffer. Because I wasn't involved in writing the script, the movie is quite different from the book. The book describes real events and real students -- and I may be biased, but I think it's better than the movie.

Queen of Education
This book really isn't Rules for Making Schools Work -- it's Ranting and Raving About Our Schools, a collection of essays, including the complete Queen of Education essay that was published in EdWeek and Teacher magazines, along with chapters on Scotopic Sensitivity, EFAs and the brain, teacher Q&A, tips for administrators who want to keep their new teachers, Down with Detention, letters from students, and a very special Open Letter to Teachers.

The Girls in the Back of the Class
Meet more students who overcame incredible challenges and emerged as successful high school graduates. Read about "My Spanish Babies," lots of student journals, and find out what really happened to Emilio. In this book, my junior class reads The Merchant of Venice -- then they rewrite and perform the play as The Lonely Tycoon.

Currently out of print, but will be republished soon. If you need a copy asap, send me an email.

Making Waves: a woman in this man's navy
Guaranteed to make you laugh out loud at least once. When I was 18, I went to college for 45 days and came home because I "didn't know how to go to college." So my mother, who had never been outside our county, suggested I join the navy because she saw a brochure at the local post office. "It won't just be a job," she said, "it will be an adventure." It surely was.