Aims & Objectives
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The Perfect Assessment System
$27.95 Add to cartIt’s time to move our assessment practices from the 1950s to the century we’re living in. It’s time to invest in our teachers and local school leaders instead of in more tests. It’s time to help all s
- Author: Stiggins, Rick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 122
- Publish Date: March 24 2017
- ISBN10: 1416623817
- Language: English
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All 4s and 5s: A Guide to Teaching and Leading Advanced Placement Programs
$24.95 Add to cartPassing “the test” is only one part of this story.
When Andrew Sharos began teaching Advanced Placement US History (APUSH), the school’s track record on AP exams left something to be desired. The schoo
- Author: Sharos, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 182
- Publish Date: March 16 2018
- ISBN10: 1946444650
- Language: English
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Not Getting Stuck: Success Stories of being Latina and Transferring from a California Community College
$16.95 Add to cartNot Getting Stuck, by Lily E. Espinoza, is the first book on college success from the Latina point-of-view. Showcased are voices of Latina students in the transfer process from community college to th
- Author: Espinoza, Lily E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 198
- Publish Date: April 17 2017
- ISBN10: 1631320394
- Language: English
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Hacking Instructional Design: 33 Extraordinary Ways to Create a Contemporary Curriculum
$28.95 Add to cartWhether you want to make subtle changes to your instructional design or turn it on its head–Hacking Instructional Design provides a toolbox of options. Discover just-in-time tools to design, upgrade,
- Series: Hack Learning #21
- Author: Fisher, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 238
- Publish Date: November 15 2018
- ISBN10: 1948212110
- Language: English
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International Schools: Navigating Leadership Culture and Context
$15.95 Add to cartThis book is a “drop-in” helpful guide for those new to leadership or moving to a different or more senior leadership role. This is a “for your eyes only” guide, providing ideas for managing the chall
- Author: McPhee, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 140
- Publish Date: October 27 2023
- ISBN10: 9798889824329
- Language: English
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Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race
$31.95 Add to cart- Author: Sue, Derald Wing
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1119241987
- Language: English
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Inside American Education
$24.95 Add to cartAn illuminating examination of the deterioration of the current school system in America, backed by detailed research and shocking statistics.
An indictment of the American educational system criticiz- Author: Sowell, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 14 2003
- ISBN10: 0743254082
- Language: English
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Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto
$19.99 Add to cart“Kevin Gannon asks that the contemporary university’s manifold problems be approached as opportunities for critical engagement, arguing that, when done effectively, teaching is by definition emancipat… [more below]
- Series: Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
- Author: Gannon, Kevin M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 180
- Publish Date: February 26 2020
- ISBN10: 1949199517
- Language: English
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Culture, Class, and Race: Constructive Conversations That Unite and Energize Your School and Community
$30.95 Add to cartAdvancing equity in our schools and society requires deep thought and honest conversations about tough topics. These conversations about emotionally charged subjects, including race, class, and cultur
- Author: Campbelljones, Brenda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 135
- Publish Date: January 16 2020
- ISBN10: 1416628320
- Language: English
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Educating for Global Competence: Preparing Our Students to Engage the World
$32.95 Add to cartPreparing students to participate fully in today’s and tomorrow’s world demands that we nurture their global competence, and this book shows teachers how to do just that.
In a world rife with rapid cha
- Author: Boix Mansilla, Veronica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: November 28 2022
- ISBN10: 1416631585
- Language: English
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The Formative Five: Fostering Grit, Empathy, and Other Success Skills Every Student Needs
$33.95 Add to cartFor success in school and life, students need more than proficiency in academic subjects and good scores on tests; those goals should form the floor, not the ceiling, of their education. To truly thri
- Author: Hoerr, Thomas R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 204
- Publish Date: November 16 2016
- ISBN10: 1416622691
- Language: English
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Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation
$41.58 Add to cartA Dominican-born academic tells the story of how the Great Books transformed his life-and why they have the power to speak to people of all backgrounds
What is the value of a liberal education? Tradit- Author: Montás, Roosevelt
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: November 16 2021
- ISBN10: 0691200394
- Language: English
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The Water Is Wide: A Memoir
$27.99 Read more“A powerfully moving book . . . You will laugh, you will weep, you will be proud and you will rail.” —Charleston News and Courier
Yamacraw Island was haunting, nearly deserted, and beautiful. Separate
- Author: Conroy, Pat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: December 12 2023
- ISBN10: 0063347873
- Language: English
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Moving Beyond for Multilingual Learners: Innovative Supports for Linguistically Diverse Students
$20.00 Add to cartAfter serving in linguistically diverse schools for over a decade, Carly Spina has scoured for the most effective and meaningful ways to support multilingual learners. The overwhelming answer has alwa
- Author: Spina, Carly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: November 16 2021
- ISBN10: 1953852440
- Language: English
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So Each May Soar: The Principles and Practices of Learner-Centered Classrooms
$39.95 Add to cartUse this book’s curated collection of strategies to reconnect with professional and personal aspirations, build an energized and mutually respectful classroom community, and deliver instruction that f
- Author: Tomlinson, Carol Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: June 28 2021
- ISBN10: 1416630295
- Language: English
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Now That’s a Good Question!: How to Promote Cognitive Rigor Through Classroom Questioning
$32.95 Add to cartIn this book, Erik M. Francis explores how one of the most fundamental instructional strategies–questioning–can provide the proper scaffolding to deepen student thinking, understanding, and applicat
- Author: Francis, Erik M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 175
- Publish Date: July 22 2016
- ISBN10: 1416620753
- Language: English
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All In: Taking a Gamble in Education
$21.99 Add to cartWHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS…
Unlike Nevada’s slogan of “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, this book reminds us that what happens in the classroom, should never stay within the classroomIt spotligh
- Author: Nan, Kristen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 262
- Publish Date: December 5, 2019
- ISBN10: 1970133406
- Language: English
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Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation
$17.95 Read moreA Dominican-born academic tells the story of how the Great Books transformed his life–and why they have the power to speak to people of all backgrounds
What is the value of a liberal education? Tradi- Author: Mont?s, Roosevelt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0691224390
- Language: English
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Dive into Inquiry
$24.99 Add to cartWhat do you truly love to do? That single question put educator Trevor MacKenzie and a struggling student on an unintended and life-changing journey of inquiry, discovery, and meaningful learning. It
- Author: MacKenzie, Trevor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 12, 2019
- ISBN10: 1733646825
- Language: English
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Disrupting Thinking
$34.99 Add to cartIn their hit books Notice and Note and Reading Nonfiction, Kylene Beers and Bob Probst showed teachers how to help students become close readers. Now, in Disrupting Thinking they take teachers a step
- Author: Beers, Kylene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 31, 2017
- ISBN10: 1338132903
- Language: English
