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Retired Ohio Educator Myrna Sanner Publishes Case for Classical Education in New Book
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Myrna Sanner, an educator with more than four decades of classroom experience, has released "Pushing the Education Reset Button: Acquiring Knowledge and Building Character," published through Covenant Books.
The book argues that federal involvement in schools, teachers’ unions, university-level teacher training, and heavy classroom use of technology have weakened American education, according to the announcement. Sanner’s proposed remedy is a return to what she calls holistic, classical education, which the book positions as a way to rebuild academic rigor, improve attendance and test scores, and strengthen student character and behavior.
According to a synopsis of the book, Sanner frames her argument around a set of figures and concerns: national data showing roughly 31 percent of fourth-graders proficient in reading, and U.S. student rankings of 38th in math and 24th in science compared with other countries internationally. The book also raises concerns about ideological content in schools and what Sanner describes as a decline in shared values such as respect, responsibility and hard work, which she argues classical education historically reinforced.
Sanner’s background spans more than thirty classrooms over her career, work helping launch early Head Start programs, a teaching stint at the American School in Japan, and service on multiple curriculum development committees, the announcement states. She was on staff at an Ohio elementary school when it was named Ohio School of the Year, holds advanced degrees in education and counseling, and has completed Professional Teachers Certification. She has also mentored more than fifty teachers, according to the release.
"My diverse experience in education, as a teacher and mother, has convinced me that returning to the fundamental principles of holistic, classical education presents our most promising opportunity to rebuild academic excellence and strengthen the character of our students," Sanner said in a statement accompanying the release.
The book arrives as the publisher notes the United States marking the 250th anniversary of its founding this year, a framing Sanner invokes directly, tying her argument for classical education to the country’s founding-era emphasis on education as, in her words, a safeguard for a free and unified society.
"Pushing the Education Reset Button" is available through Covenant Books’ website, as well as major retailers including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google Play and the Apple iTunes Store.
Studio CarryOnHarry will be watching whether Sanner’s classical-education argument gets traction beyond the book itself, given how contested the debate over curriculum and teacher training has become in American schools.
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Roberta Lydick, an elementary school educator from Hookstown, Pennsylvania, has published her debut book, "Scams, Scams, Scams, and More Scams," a resource designed to help readers identify scams and prevent financial loss. The book came out through Hawes & Jenkins in July 2026, according to publisher listings, and is available in paperback for $16.95 as well as through major e-book retailers.
Lydick wrote the book after years of watching the toll fraud takes on people close to her, according to the announcement. She draws on that experience, rather than a background in law enforcement or cybersecurity, to walk readers through how scams typically unfold.
The book covers a wide range of schemes, the publisher’s description states, including online impersonation, romance scams, social media exploitation, identity theft, and financial fraud. Beyond explaining how scammers operate and what warning signs to watch for, it also addresses what to do after the fact, offering steps toward recovery for people who have already been targeted.
"I have met too many people who blame themselves for being scammed, when they are truly victims," Lydick said in a statement. "My hope is that this book helps everyone recognize the dangers around them and take control of their own protection."
The subject is a crowded one. Books on scam recognition and online fraud prevention have circulated for more than a decade, often written by cybersecurity professionals or journalists. What distinguishes Lydick’s entry, based on the material supplied, is its framing around shame and self-blame among victims rather than purely technical mechanics of fraud.
The book is sold through Hawes & Jenkins’ website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google Play, and the Apple iTunes Store, along with bookstores generally.
Studio CarryOnHarry sees the real value in a book like this less in novelty and more in reach — fraud education written by someone outside the security industry may land differently with readers who’d tune out a more technical guide.
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Mario Alvarado has published a new novel, "Walking Through the Valleys of the Shadows of Death," a work of fiction set in inner-city Los Angeles that follows a boy navigating poverty, gang violence and a system the book portrays as stacked against him. The 164-page paperback came out in September through Hawes & Jenkins and is available now in bookstores and through major online retailers.
The novel draws on Alvarado’s own background. He grew up in East and South-East Los Angeles, where, according to the announcement, boxing was less a sport than a means of survival. He trained in the sport for sixteen years, starting at age thirteen, before a conversation at his high school’s career office redirected him toward college. The announcement describes him as the first in his family to attend one. A spiritual awakening at nineteen, which he credits with helping him push past the obstacles in front of him, became the basis for the book’s central arc.
In the novel, the protagonist initially gives in to the future he believes has been written for him, then works through a period the publisher describes as spiritual rebirth. With the support of a group called the Rebels and a Christian woman named Kathy, he returns to boxing, not for his own sake alone but, per the announcement, to give the younger kids who remind him of himself something to hope for. exploring themes of faith restored, community forged through shared struggle, and the power of refusing predetermined failure.
"This book emerges from my belief that every human journey deserves to be told," Alvarado said in the announcement. "I wanted to show young people that even when society writes your ending, you have the power to rewrite it, and that faith, community, and courage can transform valleys into mountaintops."
The title echoes a 2005 book by a different author, Dr. Robert E. Kasey, though the two appear to be unrelated works. For Studio CarryOnHarry, the more interesting story here isn’t the book alone but the life behind it — a sixteen-year boxing career and a first-in-family college path that reads like material for more than one book.
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