Straightforward how-to's from practicing classroom teachers, print and web-based resources, and assessment tips help educators cultivate lasting student engagement and transform educational outcomes with this must-have resource!

Guides readers through an understanding of how to create and sustain school cultures that value dispositional learning; ideally suited for use with Common Core implementation initiatives at school and district level.

With instructive sample blog posts from sites like Blogger and Wordpress and generous examples and resource listings, this guide helps busy educators learn: the value of blogging for professional learning; best practices for safe digital citizenship; how to deal with the technical aspects of blogging; and, platform-building tips and writing ideas.

Backed by over 20 years of research, the Authentic Intellectual Work (AIW) framework helps school-based teams improve the quality of instruction, assessment, and curriculum for higher and more equitable student learning.

This updated edition includes a generous selection of user-friendly strategies that help teachers assess struggling learners, students with special needs, children who are performing at grade level, and advanced learners. Included are practical tools that improve student performance and help them take responsibility for their own learning.

This is the beginner's guide for K-12 educators who want to know how to integrate coding and computational thinking into their curriculum.

Your students are telling you what they need next, you just need to know what to look and listen for. Two renowned educators show you how to mine what readers write and say for clues that guide follow up lessons.

This ground-breaking book combines the benefits of classic literature with the motivational power of choice reading to create vibrant reading environments.

Help striving writers thrive through UDL principles, instructional best practices, classroom-management strategies, low- and high-tech solutions, differentiated instruction, and reproducible tools.