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All That Matters : What Is It We Value in School and Beyond?
This book examines learning and evaluation and the need to bring the two together in more relevant ways. Rief and Barbieri invite us to consider how we might best develop our students' strengths,...
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DIY Literacy: Teaching Tools for Differentiation, Rigor, and Independence
“We have never seen teachers work harder than we do now. These tools inspire kids to work as hard as we are.”—Kate Roberts and Maggie Beattie Roberts What’s DIY Literacy? It’s making your own visual...
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How to Align Literacy Instruction, Assessment, and Standards: And Achieve Results You NEVER Dreamed Possible
In this book, Nancy Akhavan details the stories and strategies that enabled her school to move from "under-performing" status to one in which students achieve and teachers have a whole new...
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How to Catch a Shark : And Other Stories About Teaching and Learning
"I submit that the well-told, well-chosen story can tell the most about the qualitative status of both teaching and learning in the classroom." So says Donald Graves, author of this unique new book...
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Imagine It Better
Visions of What School Might Be Imagine It Better features 18 provocative invitations from some of the most brilliant and creative minds in education today, including Tony Wagner, Andy Hargreaves,...
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Innovative Educators
An Action Plan for Teachers 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...
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Literacy's Democratic Roots: A Personal Tour Through Eight Big Ideas
Take a tour with author Tom Newkirk through eight big ideas in literacy instruction and their embodiment of democratic values. He explores ideas from the founders of the “writing renaissance,”...
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Mapmaking with Children : Sense of Place Education for the Elementary Years
The current crisis in geography education has spawned several new books on mapmaking, many of which advocate either recitation and drill or a conceptual top-down model that ignores children's...
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Not Quite Burned Out But Crispy Around the Edges : Inspiration, Laughter, and Encouragement for Teachers
Faced with low salaries, overcrowded classrooms, and dwindling public support, teachers are expected to improve student performance, answer public scrutiny, and solve society’s problems—with just a...
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Point-Less: An English Teacher's Guide to More Meaningful Grading
From the Foreword by Cris Tovani: “Sarah Zerwin has written the book I desperately needed to help my beliefs about learning match my assessment practices. In Point-Less, she nudges teachers to...