Today's classrooms are filled with diverse students with a variety of needs and abilities, including English language learners, students with disabilities, and gifted/talented students. While diversi
"No Child Left Behind and accountability programs generally operate via assessment-driven instruction causing a de-professionalization of teachers and a disengagement of students. Chris Gallagher offe
Offers suggestions for tailoring classroom practices to the motivational needs of each and every student and examines what it means to engage young adults in their learning.
Helping emerging readers and writers reach their full potential requires a delicate balance between teacher assistance and student independence. With Scaffolding Literacy Instruction you can create th
High expectations play a central role in encouraging student achievement, argues Massachusetts public school teacher and education consultant Berger. He describes his work with students and schoolteac
Mackowski (journalism and mass communication, St. Bonaventure U.) reconciles his split personality as daytime academic and nighttime playwright by setting out principles for community theaters to cond
On Solid Ground is informed by current thinking, yet loaded with advice, booklists, ready-to-use reproducibles, and - of course - the words and work of real children.
Don and Jenny Killgallon's sentence-composing approach helps students all across America develop into more proficient and sophisticated writers. Now in this powerful worktext, the Killgallons use thei
Don and Jenny Killgallon's sentence-composing approach helps students all across America develop into more proficient and sophisticated writers. Now in this powerful worktext, the Killgallons use thei
Shannon (reading specialist program, Pennsylvania State U.) assembles nine essays by education professors in the US, who examine the Common Core State Standards and their advantages and disadvantages.
Dobbertin, a former teacher and current professional development director and college instructor who designs Common Core State Standards units, shows teachers how to plan instruction that addresses th
An account of the life of Apache warrior and leader, Geronimo, including his role in the Apache Wars, his surrender at Skeleton Canyon, and his post-war life.
Instructors of composition and women's studies explore the rhetoric of recent women writers and its implications for teaching rhetoric. Their topics include the rhetorics of radical feminist pedagogy
Suggests activities for preschool and kindergarten classes that allow children to explore their bodies, feelings, relationships, and perceptions of other people. The ideas are divided into sections f
In this practical, hands-on guidebook, JoAnne Schudt Caldwell and Michael P. Ford describe a variety of grouping patterns and ways to implement them throughout the elementary grades.
In "applied learning" projects, children select an area of interest and work collaboratively to research the topic. Diffily (early childhood education, Southern Methodist U.) and Sassman (an elementar
Kohn's central message is that standardized tests are "not a force of nature but a force of politics-and political decisions can be questioned, challenged, and ultimately reversed."
Want students to understand-really understand-and retain the math they're learning? Focus on building your classroom community first. In Thinking Together, veteran teachers Rozlynn Dance and Tessa Ka
"Young children are naturally curious and observant, and enter school ready to connect their rich informal understandings about the world around them to their experiences in classrooms." -Thomas Carp
In a culture that demands change and innovation, how can the individual teacher effect change that's both meaningful and achievable? Innovative Educators shows teachers how to adapt existing practices
Miller, a consultant, author, and professional development provider, and Moss (San Diego State U.) argue that independent reading with no instructional framework is not enough to improve children's re
Laman (instruction and teacher education, U. of South Carolina) enumerates writing tools and strategies that educators can use with English language learners in a workshop format that incorporates the
Following the success of their Sentence-Composing series and their Grammar: A Sentence-Composing Approach series, Don and Jenny Killgallon present a new series, Paragraphs: A Sentence-Composing Approa
Chronicles the life and career of the noted aviator, with an emphasis on how her pioneering work in aviation opened the skies to women, and discusses her mysterious disappearance.
Presents the life of the African-American activist, describing his difficult childhood, criminal activities and imprisonment, conversion to the Nation of Islam and later break with the organization, a
Discusses the ways in which people are different; how people perform such activities as playing, reading, and learning in different ways; and the importance of respecting other people's differences.
In The Big Dinner the preparation of a turkey dinner introduces early multiplication strategies and supports automatizing the facts, using the ratio table, and developing the distributive property wit
Why just "sit and get" professional development when you can take charge of it? Schools nationwide are using professional learning communities to revitalize staff development, and "Literacy Learning C
Children are incredible learners; even before arriving at school, they deftly absorb and interconnect the symbols and sounds of their world. In Phonics, Naturally, teacher-researcher Robin Campbell ex
In this collection of provocative articles and blog posts originally published between 2010 and 2014, Alfie Kohn challenges the conventional wisdom about topics ranging from how low-income children ar
Imagine It Better features 18 provocative invitations from some of the most brilliant and creative minds in education today, including Tony Wagner, Andy Hargreaves, Noam Chomsky, and Linda Darling-Ham
Serravallo, a literacy consultant, speaker, and author, leads third through sixth grade literacy teachers through a four-step assessment process that focuses on meeting the needs of students and plann
Schwarz (education, National Louis U.) presents practices, processes, and tools for teaching diverse learners in the inclusive classroom. Each chapter offers a tool, the rationale for using it, and su
Middle schoolers can be the masters of disengagement. Recognizing that all students, adept and struggling writers alike, lose steam at times and need a revitalizing jump start, Christopher Lehman offe
Parsons author of First Grade Writers and Second Grade Writers, offers educators a year's worth of reading instruction and development with a holistic approach to teaching reading skills. She divides
"With the generosity, thoughtfulness, and practicality we have come to appreciate from this extraordinary classroom teacher, Linda gives us the structures and models we need to invite every student we
With the generosity, thoughtfulness, and practicality we have come to appreciate from this extraordinary classroom teacher, Linda gives us the structures and models we need to invite every student we
The first edition of "The Playwright's Survival Guide" made life simpler for writers by offering an emotional, spiritual, and commonsensical approach to the profession and, most important, to their ow
In Knee to Knee, Eye to Eye Cole addresses text, organization, management, assessment, and the tremendous amount of learning that occurs through the powerful, engaging combination of books and talk.
Focusing on the role and impact of commercialism, market logic, and privatization in the school system, these sixteen papers demonstrate the extent to which corporate power has already penetrated educ
