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Featuring three new chapters and extensive updating, the second edition of this groundbreaking book describes current research that confirms the importance of key elements in the authors' summer reading model that are essential to ensure gains for low-income, low-achieving students.

In this graphic novel, Branham advocates for art education in school, while also providing a rationale for how art education can play a part in enhancing education curricula in the common core era, and provides a succinct look at art education and its history and function in the American education system in the form of a graphic novel.

Based on a major international teacher education research project - the Mathematics Teaching in the 21st Century Study (MT21) - this book investigates the pre-service preparation of middle school mathematics teachers in the United States, South Korea, Taiwan, Germany, Bulgaria, and Mexico. The study was funded by the National Science Foundation and the participating countries.

Presents the newest research linking graphic narratives and literacy learning, as well as the tools teachers will need to make comic book projects a success in their classrooms.

Asks a question that many educators may think, but won't say out loud: Does compliance with IDEA legislation matter? The author acknowledges that, while compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is important, it can also be an administrative burden that detracts from practitioners' capacity to serve students with disabilities.

Through research data and conversations among teachers, readers will explore the impact trauma has on the lives of African American students, examine how their own identities and perceptions of these students influence their text selections and instruction, and identify the conditions needed to engage African American male students in literacy.

Blending vivid descriptions of classroom life with equity and language research, the author urges teachers to be aware of and intentional about the power of their interactions with students - in everything from their classroom decor and informal hallway chats to their responses to challenging moments during class and in after-class discussions.

Outlines what good teachers know, what they do, and how they embrace culturally responsive teaching. This book includes school reform efforts, an introduction and a chapter that talks about the issues such as closing the achievement gap, and to legislation such as No Child Left Behind.

Learn how to engage and advocate for undocumented children and youth with this new resource written by and for teachers. Teachers as Allies provides educators with the information and tools they need to involve immigrant students and their peers in inclusive and transformative classroom experiences.

Amusing stories about a variety of familiar situations are written in a clear style using common, easily understood words. The stories have humorous aspects that add to reading enjoyment and provoke discussion. The ten Yes-No questions following each story aid to checking each learner's progress in reading and thinking skills.

Word study integrates decoding/phonics, spelling, and vocabulary instruction to help struggling readers identify unfamiliar words in order to improve reading comprehension. This book provides secondary teachers with practical strategies to embed word study instruction in content area classes and support the needs of adolescent readers, particularly those with disabilities.

Offers a solid research and theoretical foundation for combining social studies and literacy instruction. A collaboration between a literacy scholar, two classroom teachers, and a school librarian, this volume also shows teachers how to engage middle and high school students in historical inquiry that incorporates literacy skills like reading complex texts and writing elaborated arguments.

Filled with day-to-day practices, this book will help elementary school teachers tackle the imbalance of privilege in literacy education. Readers will learn about culturally relevant pedagogies as young children learn literacy and a critical stance through music, oral histories, name stories, intergenerational texts, and heritage lessons.

Provides classroom examples to demonstrate how identity-making is integral to the teaching and learning process. Based on an in-depth study of two classrooms in urban K-8 schools, the book illuminates the importance of allowing teachers the freedom to make pedagogical adjustments based on their knowledge of students' needs, backgrounds, and interests.

Developed by faculty at Teachers College, Columbia University, this work includes chapters on history, media literacy, civics, economics and geography. It provides resources, such as a detailed timeline of the unfolding of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, as well as a map of the New Orleans levee system.

Addresses the critical need for a process of instructional design that allows K - 12 teachers to maintain their creativity within the increasing pressures of external accountability. This title empowers teachers to examine state content standards, design effective classroom assessments, and deliver engaging instructional strategies.

Discover the inner workings of schools that successfully serve multilingual students. They do this through school-wide initiatives that include developing students' home languages, recruiting community members to mentor students, establishing positive and respectful climates, and providing rigorous instructional interventions.

Offers practical, evidenced-based strategies for teaching literature, informational texts, writing, and communication to students on the spectrum. The final chapter illustrates how curriculum focused on commonly taught literary works can be reimagined to accommodate the needs and draw on the strengths of students on the spectrum.

Examines two waves of business influence that created models of schooling that are out of touch with the experiences of students, the professional expertise of teachers, and the needs of local communities. The book also describes the forms of resistance that are currently emerging to fight for the democratic mission of a public education.

Explores the important role of the SHEEO and its impact on issues of higher education access, opportunity, and impact. Chapters present historical investigations, original research, and reflections and advice for current and aspiring SHEEOs, state policy leaders, and students of higher education.

Reviews core elements of ELA instruction - response to literature, classroom discussion, research, and digital literacy - and demonstrates how to adapt these activities to foster critical thinking and empathetic perspectives among students.

Delineates the ethical issues most salient and pressing to special education and provides a philosophically grounded framework for their discussion. Using the case method, the text presents 35 real-life situations that raise personal, institutional and policy issues.

Invites those caring for infants to join as companions on an incredible journey. Each chapter taps a distinct area of research to shed light on babies' biological expectations for care and their amazing competence as active participants in that care. The guide includes ways to help infants and families recover from trauma.

This celebrated narrative captured the attention of educators and the media by depicting the journey of one teacher and his students juxtaposed against the bureaucracy of Chicago's public education system. This second edition examines how school reform continues to fail students in urban contexts and offers compelling updates on students.

This practical resource will assist secondary educators in creating equitable schooling environments for racially diverse youth. The authors identify key aspects of successful strategies and offer recommendations for tackling the many challenges of implementing effective school change.

Presents best practices for coaches to use in their work with teachers and administrators to help them improve classrooms and teaching practices. The author includes guidance and activities for facilitating group meetings, professional learning communities, and staff workshops. Appropriate for use with ECERS-3 and ECERS-R.

The authors offer strategies for addressing a variety of issues related to authority, religion, gender, race, media, sports, entertainment, class and poverty, capitalism and socialism, and equality and justice. The emphasis is on the use of critical thinking to understand and collaborate, not simply to win arguments.

Education privatization is a global phenomenon that crystallizes in countries with very different cultural, political, and economic backgrounds. In this book, the authors examine how privatization policies are being adopted and why so many countries are engaging in this type of education reform.

Emphasizing learning over evaluation, the think-aloud approach is especially well-suited to revealing students' strengths and helping them overcome common challenges to writing. This book describes how to implement the think-aloud method and shows how this method is flexible and adaptable to any writing assignment and classroom context.