Recommended Reading

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21st Century Skills
Art
Assessment
Coaching and Mentoring
Community Building
Data
Differentiation
ESL
Expeditionary Learning
Inquiry
Instructional Practice
Leadership

Literacy
Math
Outward Bound
Primary
Project-Based Learning
Reading
School Culture
School Improvement 
Science
Service
Social Studies
Teaching and Learning
Writing

21st Century Skills

Intellectual Character: What it Is? Why it matters? And How to Get It?
Ron Ritchhart

Art

Engaging Classrooms and Communities Through Art: The Guide to Designing and Implementing Community Based Art Education
Beth Krensky and Seana Lowe Steffen

The Languages of Learning: How Children Talk, Write, Dance, Draw, and Sing Their Understanding of the World
Karen Gallas

A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
Daniel H. Pink

The Arts in Schools: Principles, Practice and Provision
Ken Robinson

Strong Arts, Strong School: The Promising Potential and Shortsighted Disregard of the Arts in American Schooling
Charles Fowler

Art Education and Human Development
Howard Gardner

Why Our Schools Need the Arts
Jessica Hoffmann Davis

Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative
Ken Robinson

The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything
Ken Robinson and Lou Aronica

Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul
Stuart Brown and Christopher Vaughan

Assessment

Active Assessment for Science
George E. Hein and Sabra Price

An Ethic of Excellence: Building a Culture of Craftsmanship with Students
Ron Berger

Assessment as Learning: Using Classroom Assessment to Maximize Student Learning
Lorna M. Earl

Educative Assessment: Designing Assessments to Inform and Improve Student Performance
Grant Wiggins

Classroom Assessment for Student Learning: Doing It Right-Using It Well
Richard J. Stiggins, Judith A. Arter, Jan Chappuis, and Stephen Chappuis

Developing Grading and Reporting Systems for Student Learning
Thomas Guskey and Jane Bailey

Fair Isn’t Always Equal: Assessing and Grading in the Differentiated Classroom
Rick Wormeli

How to Grade for Learning, K-12
Ken O’Connor

Put Thinking to the Test
Lori Conrad, et al

Repair Kit for Grading: 15 Fixes for Broken Grades
Ken O'Connor

School Portfolio Toolkit: Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation for Continuous School Improvement
Victoria Bernhardt

Student-Led Conferencing Using Showcase Portfolios
Barbara Benson and Susan Barnett

The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice are Undermining Education
Diane Ravitch

Transforming Classroom Grading
Robert Marzano

Active Learning Through Formative Assessment
Shirley Clarke

How to Give Effective Feedback to Your Students
Susan Brookhart

Coaching and Mentoring

Coaching: Approaches and Perspectives
Edited by Jim Knight

Intructional Coaching: A Partnership Approach to Improving Instruction
Jim Knight

Leadership Coaching for Educators: Bringing Out the Best in School Administrators
Karla Reiss

Rethinking Teacher Supervision and Evaluation: How to Work Smart, Build Collaboration, and Close the Achievement Gap
Kim Marshall

Quiet Leadership: Six Steps to Transforming Performance at Work
David Rock

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Carol Dweck

Community Building

Engaging Classrooms and Communities Through Art: The Guide to Designing and Implementing Community Based Art Education
Beth Krensky and Seana Lowe Steffen

Data

Data Analysis for Continuous School Improvement
Victoria Bernhardt

Data Wise: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching And Learning
Kathryn Parker Boudette, Elizabeth A. City, and Richard J. Murnane

Data, Data Everywhere: Bringing All the Data Together for Continuous School Improvement
Victoria Bernhardt

Driven by Data: A Practical Guide to Improve Instruction
Paul Bambrick-Santoyo

Using Data to Improve Student Achievement  
Deborah Wahlstrom

Using Data/Getting Results: A Practical Guide for School Improvement in Mathematics and Science
Nancy Love 

Differentiation

Making Differentiation a Habit: How to Ensure Success in Academically Diverse Classrooms
Diane Heacox

The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners
Carol Ann Tomlinson

How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms
Carol Ann Tomlinson

Fulfilling the Promise of the Differentiated Classroom: Strategies and Tools for Responsive Teaching
Carol Ann Tomlinson

Integrating Differentiated Instruction and Understanding by Design
Carol Ann Tomlinson and Jay McTighe

Applying Differentiation Strategies: Teacher's Handbook for Secondary
Wendy Conklin and Christi Sorrel

Applying Differentiation Strategies: Teachers Handbook for Grades K-2
Wendy Conklin

Applying Differentiation Strategies: Teacher's Handbook for Grades 3-5
Wendy Conklin

Differentiated Instructional Strategies: One Size Doesn't Fit All
Gayle H. Gregory and Carolyn M. Chapman

Differentiation: From Planning to Practice, Grades 6-12
Rick Wormeli

Differentiation in Action: A Complete Resource with Research-Supported Strategies to help You Plan and Organize Differentiated Instruction and Achieve Success with All Learners
Judith Dodge

Differentiation in Practice: A Resource Guide for Differentiating Curriculum, Grades K-5
Carol Ann Tomlinson and Caroline Cunningham Eidson

Differentiation in Practice: A Resource Guide for Differentiating Curriculum, Grades 5-9
Carol Ann Tomlinson and Caroline Cunningham Eidson

Differentiation in Practice: A Resource Guide for Differentiating Curriculum, Grades 9-12
Carol A. Tomlinson and Cindy A. Strickland

ESL

Understanding and Using English Grammar
Betty Schrampfer Azar

The Grammar Book: An ESL/EFL Teacher's Course
Marianne Celce-Murcia and Diane Larsen-Freeman

Grammar Games: Cognitive, Affective and Drama Activities for EFL Students
Mario Rinvolucri

McGraw-Hill's Essential ESL Grammar: A Handbook for Intermediate and Advanced ESL Students
Mark Lester

Writers at Work: A Guide to Basic Writing
Jill Singleton

Words in Motion: An Interactive Approach to Writing
David Olsher

Sheltered Content Instruction: Teaching English Language Learners with Diverse Abilities
Jana L. Echevarria and Anne Graves

Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model
Jana L. Echevarria, MaryEllen J. Vogt, and Deborah J. Short

Words Their Way with English Learners: Word Study for Spelling, Phonics, and Vocabulary Instruction
Donald R. Bear, et al

Basic Vocabulary in Use
Michael McCarthy and Felicity O'Dell

Side by Side, Series
Steven J. Molinsky

Topics for Today
Lorraine C. Smith and Nancy Nici Mare

Slices of Life: Writing from North America
Thalia Rubio

Outsiders: American Short Stories for Students of English as a Second Language
Mullen

A World of Fiction: Twenty Timeless Short Stories
Sybil Marcus

50 Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners, 3rd ed.
Adrienne Herrell and Michael Jordan

Expeditionary Learning

Journeys Through our Classrooms
Denis Udall and Amy Mednick, eds.

Kurt Hahn's School and Legacy: To Discover You Can Be More and Do More Than You Believed
Martin Flavin

Reflections on Design Principles
Emily Cousins

Roots: From Outward Bound to Expeditionary Learning
E. Cousins, ELS

Outward Bound USA: Crew not Passengers
Joshua L. Miner and Joseph R. Boldt

Inquiry

Active Questioning: Questioning Still Makes the Difference
Nancy Johnson

Engaging Readers and Writers with Inquiry: Promoting Deep Understanding in Language Arts and the Content Areas with Guiding Questions
Jeffrey Wilhelm

Improving Classroom Questions
Kenneth R. Chuska

Questions, Claims and Evidence: The importance Place of Argument in Children's Science Writing
Lori Norton-Meier, Brian Hand, Lynn Hockenberry, and Kim Wise

Beyond the Science Kit: Inquiry in Action
Wendy Saul and Jeanne Reardon

Nurturing Inquiry: Real Science for the Elementary Classroom
Charles R. Pearce

Inquiry at the Window: Pursuing the Wonders of Learners
Phyllis Whitin and David J. Whitin

Organizing Wonder: Making Science Inquiry Work in the Elementary School
Jody S. Hall

Science as Inquiry in the Secondary Setting
Julie Luft, Randy L. Bell, and Julie Gess-Newsome

Instructional Practice

A Culture of Quality
Ron Berger

An Ethic of Excellence: Building a Culture of Craftsmanship with Students
Ron Berger

Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement
Robert J. Marzano, Debra J. Pickering, and Jane E. Pollock

How to Meet Standards, Motivate Students, and Still Enjoy Teaching!: Four Practices that Improve Student Learning, 2nd Edition
Barbara Benson

Instructional Rounds in Education: A Network Approach to Improving Teaching and Learning
Elizabeth A. City, Richard F. Elmore, Sarah E. Fiarman, and Lee Teitel

Looking Together at Student Work, 2nd Edition
Tina Blythe, David Allen, and Barbara Schieffelin Powell

Methods that Matter: Six Structures for Best Practice Classrooms
Harvey Daniels and Marilyn Bizar

Powerful Learning - What We Know About Teaching for Understanding
Linda Darling-Hammond, et al.

Researching Your Own Practice: The Discipline of Noticing
John Mason

Rethinking High School: Best Practice in Teaching, Learning, and Leadership
Harvey Daniels, Marilyn Bizar, and Steven Zemelman

Socratic Circles: Fostering Critical and Creative Thinking in Middle and High School
Matt Copeland

Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College
Doug Lemov

Teaching the Best Practice Way: Methods That Matter, K-12
Harvey Daniels and Marilyn Bizar

That Workshop Book: New Systems and Structures for Classrooms that Read, Write, and Think
Samantha Bennett

The Power of Protocols: An Educator's Guide to Better Practice, 2nd Edition
Joseph P. McDonald, Nancy Mohr, Alan Dicter, and Elizabeth C. McDonald

The Strategic Teacher - Selecting the Right Research-Based Strategy for Every Lesson
Harvey Silver, Richard Strong, and Matthew Perini

Leadership

Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation
Tim Brown

Change Leadership: A Practical Guide to Transforming Our Schools
Tony Wagner, et al.

Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making
Sam Kaner, et al.

Finding Our Way: Leadership For an Uncertain Time
Margaret J. Wheatley

Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization
Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey

Linking Teacher Evaluation and Student Learning
Pamela D. Tucker and James H. Stronge

The Forgotten Half of Change: Achieving Greater Creativity through Changes in Perception
Luc De Brabandere

The Learning Leader: How to Focus School Improvement for Better Results
Douglas Reeves

The Six Secrets of Change: What the Best Leaders Do to Help Their Organizations Survive and Thrive
Michael Fullan

Three-Minute Classroom Walk-Through: Changing School Supervisory Practice One Teacher at a Time
Carolyn J. Downey, et al

Transforming Professional Development into Student Results
Douglas Reeves

Leadership Coaching for Educators: Bringing Out the Best in School Administrators
Karla Reiss

Leadership the Outward Bound Way: Becoming a Better Leader in the Workplace, in the Wilderness, and in Your Community
Outward Bound USA, with Jimmy Carter

Communities that Learn, Lead and Last: Building and Sustaining Educational Expertise
Gieselle Martin-Kniep

Developing Learning Communities through Teacher Expertise
Giselle Martin-Kniep

Results Now: How We Can Achieve Unprecedented Improvements in Teaching And Learning
Mike Schmoker

Results: The Key to Continuous School Improvement
Mike Schmoker

Literacy

Literacy All Day Long
Emily Cousins, Amy Mednick, and Meg Campbell, eds.

Classrooms that Work: They Can All Read and Write
Patricia Cunningham and Richard Allington

Comprehension Going Forward: Where We Are/What's Next
Harvey "Smokey" Daniels 

Literacy Work Stations: Making Centers Work
Debbie Diller

The Daily 5: Fostering Literacy Independence in the Elementary Grades
Gail Boushey and Joan Moser

The Right to Literacy in Secondary Schools: Creating a Culture of Thinking
Suzanne Plaut, ed.

Reading and Writing, Grade by Grade: Primary Literacy Standards for K-3
Lauren B. Resnick and Sally Hampton

Word Matters: Teaching Phonics and Spelling in the Reading/Writing Classroom
Gay Su Pinnell and Irene C. Fountas

Motivating Readers and Writers with Inquiry: Promoting Deep Understandings in Language Arts and Content Areas with Guiding Questions
Jeffrey Wilhelm

Engaging Readers and Writers with Inquiry: Promoting Deep Understanding in Language Arts and the Content Areas with Guiding Questions
Jeffrey Wilhelm

Literacy Strategies for Improving Mathematics Instruction
Joan M. Kenney

Choice Words: How Our Language Affects Children's Learning
Peter H. Johnston

Investigative Nonfiction: The Reading/Writing Teacher's Companion
Donald H. Graves

Science and Language Links: Classroom Implications
Johanna Scott

The New Science Literacy: Using Language Skills to Help Students Learn Science
Marlene Their with Bennett Daviss

Literacy for the 21st Century: A Balanced Approach (5th Edition)
Gail E. Tompkins

Vital Connections: Children, Science, and Books
Wendy Saul and Sybille A. Jagusch, eds

Math

A Mathematician's Lament: How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form
Paul Lockhart and Keith Devlin

Accessible Mathematics: Ten Instructional Shifts that Raise Student Achievement
Steven Leinwand

Classroom Discussions: Using Math Talk to Help Students Learn: Grades 1-6
Suzanne H. Chapin, Catherine O'Connor, Nancy Canavan Anderson

Comprehending Math: Adapting Reading Strategies to Teach Mathematics, K-6
Arthur A. Hyde

Developing Number Sense: Grades 3-6
Rusty Bresser and Caren Holtzman

Good Question: Great Ways to Differentiate Mathematics Instruction
Marian Small

Good Questions for Math Teaching: Why Ask Them and What to Ask: Grades 5-8
Lainie Schuster, Nancy Canavan Anderson

Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States
Liping Ma

Literacy Strategies for Improving Mathematics Instruction
Joan M. Kenney

Mathematics Education at Highly Effective Schools that Serve the Poor: Strategies for Change
Richard S. Kitchen, et al.

Playing With Math - The Name of the Game: A Collection of Math Games and Activities for the Elementary Classroom
Chris Horne with Steven Feifer

RTI and Math: The Classroom Connection
Karen Kemp, Mary Ann Eaton, Sharon Poole

Supporting Mathematical Learning: Effective Instruction, Assessment, and Student Activities, K-5
Joanne Picone-Zocchia, Giselle O. Martin-Kniep

The Neuropsychology of Mathematics: Diagnosis and Intervention
Steven G. Fiefer, Philip A. De Fina

Understanding Middle School Math: Cool Problems to Get Students Thinking and Connecting
Arthur Hyde, Susan Friedlander, Cheryl Heck, and Lynn Pittner

Outward Bound

Leadership the Outward Bound Way: Becoming a Better Leader in the Workplace, in the Wilderness, and in Your Community
Outward Bound USA, with Jimmy Carter

Roots: From Outward Bound to Expeditionary Learning
E. Cousins, ELS

Outward Bound USA: Crew not Passengers
Joshua L. Miner and Joseph R. Boldt

Primary

The Art of Teaching Reading
Lucy Calkins

The Art of Teaching Writing
Lucy Calkins

Already Ready: Nurturing Writers in Preschool and Kindergarten
Katie Wood Ray & Matt Glover

In Pictures and In Words: Teaching the Qualities of Good Writing Through Illustration Study
Katie Wood Ray

Wondrous Words: Writers and Writing in the Elementary Classroom
Katie Wood Ray

On Solid Ground : Strategies for Teaching Reading K-3
Sharon Taberski

Project-Based Learning

PBL Starter Kit: To-the-Point Advice, Tools and Tips for Your First Project
John Larmer, David Ross, and John R. Mergendoller

Reinventing Project-Based Learning: Your Field Guide to Real-World Projects in the Digital Age
Suzie Boss, Jane Krauss, and Leslie Conery

Shop as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work
Matthew B. Crawford

Teaching Science in Elementary and Middle School Classrooms: A Project-Based Approach
Joseph Krajcik and Charlene Czerniak

Reading

A Comprehensive Guide to Readers Theatre: Enhancing Fluencey and Comprehension in Middle School and Beyond
Alison Black

The Art of Teaching Reading
Lucy Calkins

Growing Readers: Units of Study in the Primary Classroom
Kathy Collins

Action Strategies for Deepening Comprehension: Role Plays, Text Structure Tableaux, Talking Statues, and Other Enrichment Techniquest that Engage Students with Text
Jeffrey Wilhelm

Deeper Reading
Kelly Gallagher

Comprehension Going Forward: Where We Are and What's Next 
Keene, Zimmerman, Miller, et al

Do I Really Have to Teach Reading?: Content Comprehension, Grades 6-12
Chris Tovani

Guided Reading: Good First Teaching for All Children
Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell

Hear My Voice: A Multicultural Anthology of Literature from the United States
Edited by Laurie King

I Read It, But I Don't Get It: Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers
Cris Tovani

Inside Words: Tools for Teaching Academic Vocabulary grades 4-12
Janet Allen

Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in the Student-Centered Classroom
Harvey Daniels

Mini-Lessons for Literature Circles
Harvey Daniels

Mosaic of Thought: Teaching Comprehension in a Reader's Workshop
E.O. Keene and S. Zimmerman

Readicide: How Schools are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It
Kelly Gallagher

Reading for Understanding
Ruth Schoenbach, Cynthia Greenleaf, Christine Cziko, Lori Hurwitz

Reading Reminders: Tools, Tips, and Techniques
Jim Burke

Reading with Meaning: Teaching Comprehension in the Primary Grades
Debbie Miller

Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension for Understanding and Engagement, 2nd Editions
Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis

Subjects Matter: Every Teacher's Guide to Content-Area Reading
Harvey Daniels and Steven Zemelman

To Understand: New Horizons in Reading Comprehension
Ellin Oliver Keene

When Kids Can't Read: What Teachers Can Do: A Guide for Teachers 6-12
Kylene Beers

Yellow Brick Roads: Shared Guided Paths to Independent Reading 4-12
Janet Allen

Comprehension from the Ground Up College Edition: Simplified, Sensible Instruction for the K-3 Reading Workshop
Sharon Taberski

School Culture

Choice Words: How Our Language Affects Children's Learning
Peter H. Johnston

Familiar Ground: Traditions that Build School Community
Libby Woodfin

Journey Toward the Caring Classroom: Using Adventure to Create Community in the Classroom
Laurie Frank

Why Fly that Way: Linking Community and Academic Achievement
Kathy Greeley

A Culture of Quality
Ron Berger

An Ethic of Excellence: Building a Culture of Craftsmanship with Students
Ron Berger

Service at the Heart of Learning: Teachers' Writings
Emily Cousins and Amy Mednick

Trust in Schools: A Core Resource for Improvement
Anthony Bryk and Barbara Schneider

Setting Limits in the Classroom, Revised: How to Move Beyond the Dance of Discipline in Today's Classrooms
Robert J. MacKenzie, ED.D.

The Power of Our Words: Teacher Language That Helps Children Learn
Paula Denton, EdD

School Improvement

A Chance to Make History
Wendy Kopp 

Against the Odds: Insights from One District's Small School Reform
Larry Cuban, Gary Lichtenstein, Arthur Evenchik, Martin Tombari, and Kristen Pozzoboni

As Good As It Gets: What School Reform Brought to Austin
Larry Cuban

Coaching Whole School Change: Lessons in Practice from a Small High School
David Allen

Going to Scale with New School Designs: Reinventing High School
Joseph P. McDonald, Emily J. Klein, Meg Riordan

Leadership Lessons from Comprehensive School Reforms
Joseph Murphy and Amanda Datnow, eds.

Thinking About Our Kids: An Agenda for American Education
Harold Howe

Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America
Paul Tough

Rethinking High School: Best Practice in Teaching, Learning, and Leadership
Harvey Daniels, Marilyn Bizar, and Steven Zemelman

Trust in Schools: A Core Resource for Improvement
Anthony Bryk and Barbara Schneider

Learning Gap: Why Our Schools Are Failing and What We Can Learn from Japanese and Chinese Education
Harold Stevenson

Science

Service at the Heart of Learning: Teachers' Writings
Emily Cousins and Amy Mednick

Teaching Science in Elementary and Middle School Classrooms: A Project-Based Approach
Joseph Krajcik and Charlene Czerniak

Doing What Scientists Do
Ellen Doris

Questions, Claims and Evidence: The importance Place of Argument in Children's Science Writing
Lori Norton-Meier, Brian Hand, Lynn Hockenberry, and Kim Wise

Science Workshop: Reading, Writing, and Thinking Like a Scientist, 2nd edition
Steve Moline

Primary Science: Taking the Plunge
Wynne Harlen

Using Science Notebooks in Elementary Classrooms
Michael P. Klentschy

Using Science Notebooks in Middle School Classrooms
Michael P. Klentschy

Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volumes 1-4
Page Keeley, et al.

Talking Their Way into Science: Hearing Children's Questions and Theories, Responding with Curricula
Karen Gallas

Active Assessment for Science
George E. Hein and Sabra Price

Beyond the Science Kit: Inquiry in Action
Wendy Saul and Jeanne Reardon

Nurturing Inquiry: Real Science for the Elementary Classroom
Charles R. Pearce

Inquiry at the Window: Pursuing the Wonders of Learners
Phyllis Whitin and David J. Whitin

Organizing Wonder: Making Science Inquiry Work in the Elementary School
Jody S. Hall

Science as Inquiry in the Secondary Setting
Julie Luft, Randy L. Bell, and Julie Gess-Newsome

I See What You Mean: Children at Work with Visual Information
Steve Moline

Investigative Nonfiction: The Reading/Writing Teacher's Companion
Donald H. Graves

Science and Language Links: Classroom Implications
Johanna Scott

The New Science Literacy: Using Language Skills to Help Students Learn Science
Marlene Their with Bennett Daviss

Vital Connections: Children, Science, and Books
Wendy Saul and Sybille A. Jagusch, eds

Linking Science and Literacy in the K-8 Classroom
Rowena Douglas, Michael P. Klentschy, Karen Worth, and Wendy Binder

Writing in Science: How to Scaffold Instruction to Support Learning
Betsy Rupp Fulwiler

Is That a Fact? Teaching Nonfiction Writing, K-3
Tony Stead

Knowing How
Mary C. McMackin and Barbara S. Siegel

How to... Write to Learn Science, 2nd edition
Bob Tierney and John Dorroh

Service

Engaging Classrooms and Communities Through Art: The Guide to Designing and Implementing Community Based Art Education
Beth Krensky and Seana Lowe Steffen

Service at the Heart of Learning: Teachers' Writings
Emily Cousins and Amy Mednick

Social Studies

A History of US: 11 Volume Set
Joy Hakim

Teaching and learning

Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul
Stuart Brown and Christopher Vaughan

Beyond Survival: How to Thrive in Middle and High School for Beginning and Improving Teachers
Gary Rubinstein 

Changing the Way You Teach, Improving the Way Students Learn
Giselle Martin-Kniep with Joanne Picone-Zocchia

Five Minds for the Future
Howard Gardner

Schools that Learn: A Fifth Discipline Fieldbook for Educators, Parents, and Everyone Who Cares About Education
Peter Senge, et al.

Starting from Scratch: One Classroom Builds its Own Curriculum
Steven Levy

Teaching as Leadership: The Highly Effective Teacher's Guide to Closing the Achievement Gap
Steven Farr

The Having of Wonderful Ideas: and Other Essays on Teaching and Learning
Eleanor Duckworth

The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom
James Stigler and James Hiebert

The Thinking Classroom: Learning and Teaching in a Culture of Thinking
Shari Tishman, David Perkins, and Eileen Jay

Understanding by Design
Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe

Whatever It Takes: How Professional Learning Communities Respond When Kids Don't Learn
Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker, Gayle Karhanek, and Richard Dufour

Beyond Survival: How to Thrive in Middle and High School for Beginning and Improving Teachers
Gary Rubinstein

Intellectual Character: What it Is? Why it matters? And How to Get It?
Ron Ritchhart

Communities that Learn, Lead and Last: Building and Sustaining Educational Expertise
Gieselle Martin-Kniep

Developing Learning Communities through Teacher Expertise
Giselle Martin-Kniep

Results Now: How We Can Achieve Unprecedented Improvements in Teaching And Learning
Mike Schmoker

Results: The Key to Continuous School Improvement
Mike Schmoker

Setting Limits in the Classroom, Revised: How to Move Beyond the Dance of Discipline in Today's Classrooms
Robert J. MacKenzie, ED.D.

The Power of Our Words: Teacher Language That Helps Children Learn
Paula Denton, EdD

Learning Gap: Why Our Schools Are Failing and What We Can Learn from Japanese and Chinese Education
Harold Stevenson

Writing

The Art of Teaching Writing
Lucy Calkins

Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide for Middle School
Ruth Culham

Writing in Science: How to Scaffold Instruction to Support Learning
Betsy Rupp Fulwiler

No More "I'm Done!": Fostering Independent Writers in the Primary Grades
Jennifer Jacobson

Is That a Fact? Teaching Nonfiction Writing, K-3
Tony Stead

Knowing How
Mary C. McMackin and Barbara S. Siegel

How to... Write to Learn Science, 2nd edition
Bob Tierney and John Dorroh

6+1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide (Grades 3 and Up)
Ruth Culham

6+1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide for the Primary Grades
Ruth Culham

About the Authors: Writing Workshop with Our Youngest Writers
Katie Wood Ray with Lisa Cleaveland

Content-Area Writing: Every Teacher's Guide
Harvey Daniels, Steven Zemelman, and Nancy Steineke

Creating Young Writers Through 6-Trait Writing Assessment Instruction (5th Edition)
Vicki Spandel

Nonfiction Craft Lessons: Teaching Information Writing K-8
Joann Portalupi and Ralph Fletcher

Spelling K-8: Planning and Teaching
Diane Snowball and Faye Bolton

Teaching Adolescent Writers
Kelly Gallagher