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Difference Is Not Deficit
In this urgent and inspiring call to action, Dr. Bibi Pirayesh invites educators to radically reimagine how we support neurodiverse students—not as problems to solve, but as people with insight, strength, and agency. Rooted in principles of social...
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Diverse Learners in the Mainstream Classroom
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 diversity is enriching, it also brings challenges,...
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Do-able Differentiation: Varying Groups, Texts, and Supports to Reach Readers
Lots of books claim to make differentiated instruction possible in any classroom. Do-able Differentiation makes it practical for your classroom. And helps you meet the needs of your students. Instead of time-consuming jargon, Do-able Differentiation...
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Finding Joy in Teaching Students of Diverse Backgrounds
“While no check-list of attitudes, dispositions, behaviors, or actions can define what thriving teachers look like, the teachers interviewed here give us powerful examples of what it takes to face their profession with courage, their content with...
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Humans Who Teach
Love. Love now. Love always. Time and lives are wasting. Humans Who Teach invites readers to explore the complicated humanity of those who teach, with a focus on how we have been socialized to accept the status quo, our very real fears in disrupting...
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I'm the Kind of Kid Who . . . Invitations That Support Learner Identity and Agency
A framework for introducing choice making in the classroom, through “invitations” that encourage students to find out who they are, how they learn, and what they need to thrive. “I’m the kind of kid who builds...
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Kids Behind the Label : An inside Look at ADHD for Classroom Teachers
You’ve had them in your class. Their behavior has troubled you. Their lack of academic focus has frustrated you. And the problem of what to do about them has stretched your every professional nerve to its breaking point. So imagine what school is...
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Learning from Loss: A Trauma Informed Approach to Supporting Grieving Students
Grief and grieving apply to anyone experiencing loss, even if that loss is not tied to a death. Though it may feel difficult to address the topics of grief and loss, as we return to school after an unprecedented year, it’s no longer a question of...
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No More Reading Instruction Without Differentiation
The research is compelling: when teachers differentiate reading instruction, students learn more. But teachers are too often given the expectation of differentiation without the details on how to make it work. In No More Reading Instruction Without...