10 Steps for Hiring Effective Teachers

Whether you are new to teacher hiring or ready for a fresh approach, this invaluable guide helps you select the best possible candidates. Mary Clement, a nationally-awarded expert on teacher hiring,...

30 Big-Idea Lessons for Small Groups: The Teaching Framework for Any Text and Every Reader by Michael J Refferty

In 30 Big Idea Lessons for Small Groups, educators Rafferty, Morello, and Rountos provide an amazing framework that gets students interacting with texts. You prompt and guide, but they...

5 Principles of the Modern Mathematics Classroom: Creating a Culture of Innovative Thinking by Gerald W Aungst

Students pursue problems they’re curious about, not problems they’re told to solve.Creating a math classroom filled with confident problem solvers starts by introducing challenges...

5 Skills for the Global Learner: What Everyone Needs to Navigate the Digital World

Tap the power of digital learning! In today’s digital world, distance and cultural differences are inconsequential.  Technology empowers students and provides them with unlimited...

A Fresh Look at Phonics, Grades K-2: Common Causes of Failure and 7 Ingredients for Success by Wiley W Blevins

Picture a class of kindergarteners singing the alphabet song, and teaching phonics  seems as easy as one-two, three, A, B, C, right? In a Fresh Look at Phonics, Wiley Blevins explains why...

Academic Language! Academic Literacy!: A Guide for K-12 Educators by Eli R Johnson

Develop students' understanding of academic language and watch literacy skills soar! To achieve higher levels of learning, students must be able to understand academic language—the formalized...

Academic Moves for College and Career Readiness, Grades 6-12: Must-Have Skills Every Student Needs to Achieve by James R Burke

Analyze, argue, compare/contrast, describe, determine, develop, evaluate, explain, imagine, integrate, interpret, organize, summarize, support, and transform . . . Can a mere fifteen words turn...

Action Science: Relevant Teaching and Active Learning by William H Robertson

Put student engagement on the fast-track Think action sports like skateboarding and BMX have nothing to do with physical science? Think again, especially as they relate to fundamental physics...

Active Lessons for Active Brains: Teaching Boys and Other Experiential Learners, Grades 3-10 by Abigail Norfleet James

What to do when their feet just can't keep still   If you're tired of repeating yourself to students who aren't listening, try a little less talk and a lot more action. The authors follow the...

Advancing the Three-Minute Walk-Through: Mastering Reflective Practice by Carolyn J Downey

This sequel to the best-selling The Three-Minute Classroom Walk-Through gives school leaders an expanded examination of the Downey Walk-Through model of coaching and supervision. Clarifying common...

All Together Now: How to Engage Your Stakeholders in Reimagining School by Suzanne K Boss

A framework to reimagine schools for the 21st century  Education is evolving rapidly. To sustain change, school communities need broad support for shifts in teaching and learning that promise...

An Apple for the Teacher by Melissa Evans-Andris

Take a look at the use of computers in classrooms from the teacher's perspective. Explore the best (and worst) ways to use computers in the classroom. Evans-Andris gives you models of the three...