The Teacher's Bookshelf
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Episode Resources

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EP 1
Mindset — Carol Dweck

State Testing Percentiles are Trash. Track Personal Bests Instead.

Framework: Growth Measurement

How Dweck's growth mindset research reveals that percentile rankings trap students in fixed thinking — and what to track instead.

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EP 2
The Art of Learning — Josh Waitzkin

The Grading Hack That Saves Me 10 Hours a Week

Framework: Building Your Trigger

Waitzkin's trigger-building framework turns scattered grading sessions into focused flow states that save real hours.

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EP 3
Grit — Angela Duckworth

Science Teachers: Stop Failing Kids for First Attempts (Do This Instead)

Framework: First Attempt Framework

Duckworth's deliberate practice research proves first attempts should be diagnostic data, not final verdicts.

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EP 4
Deep Work — Cal Newport

The Spreadsheet Lie: What Your Gradebook Hides From You

Framework: Gradebook Audit

Newport's shallow-vs-deep framework reveals what your gradebook averages are actually hiding about student learning.

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EP 5
The Creative Act — Rick Rubin

Let AI Grade the Math. You Grade the Meaning.

Framework: AI Grading Decision Tree

Rubin's Source-and-Filter framework shows which parts of grading belong to AI and which belong to your irreplaceable human judgment.

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EP 6
Mastery — Robert Greene

Why 'Teacher-Only' Grading is a Huge Missed Opportunity

Framework: Peer Review Launch Kit

Greene's mastery framework proves the person who learns most from evaluation is the evaluator — not the evaluated.

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EP 7
Mindset — Carol Dweck

The 'Accuracy First' Lie: Why Your Class Needs More Failure

Framework: Productive Failure Protocol

Dweck's research shows accuracy-obsessed grading culture sends the same toxic message as intelligence praise.

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EP 8
$100M Offers — Alex Hormozi

Read this if you want to win... at grading

Framework: Grading Strategy Playbook

Hormozi's Value Equation reveals that every assignment is an offer to students — and most grading systems are terrible offers.

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About The Series

The Teacher's Bookshelf is a weekly YouTube series where Ben takes one framework from a metalearning or creativity book and shows exactly how to apply it to a specific teaching decision.

No generic book summaries. No "5 tips" fluff. Each 12-20 minute episode goes deep on one idea and turns it into something you can bring to your classroom. The framework card is your one-page takeaway — print it, pin it, share it with your department.

12-20 min deep-dives
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