Ascd imprint: 352 books
Design Thinking for School Leaders
Five Roles and Mindsets That Ignite Positive Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2018
"Design is the rendering of intent." What if education leaders approached their work with the perspective of a designer? This new perspective of seeing the world differently is desperately needed in schools and begins with school leadership.
Alyssa Gallagher and Kami Thordarson, widely...
Teaching in the Fast Lane
How to Create Active Learning Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
Teaching in the Fast Lane offers teachers a way to increase student engagement: an active classroom. The active classroom is about creating learning experiences differently, so that students engage in exploration of the content and take on a good share of the responsibility for their own learning....
Learning in the Fast Lane
8 Ways to Put ALL Students on the Road to Academic SuccessASCD
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
A seasoned educator presents eight high-impact instructional practices to close achievement gaps and get all students--whether struggling or excelling--in the academic fast lane.
by Jonathan C. Erwin
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
How can teachers connect with and motivate students to embrace learning? According to Jonathan C. Erwin, the secret lies in forging positive relationships with students by meeting their individual social-emotional needs.Inspiring the Best in Students includes step-by-step instructions for dozens of...
Grading Smarter, Not Harder
Assessment Strategies That Motivate Kids and Help Them Learn
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
All the talk of closing the achievement gap in schools obscures a more fundamental issue: do the grades we assign to students truly reflect the extent of their learning? In this lively and eye-opening book, educator Myron Dueck reveals how many of the assessment policies that teachers adopt can actually...
Habits of Mind Across the Curriculum
Practical and Creative Strategies for Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2009
Real-life experiences from K-12 teachers provide readers with insight and model lessons for weaving the development of strong habits of mind into daily instruction in language arts, music, physical education, social studies, math, foreign language, and other content areas.
Teaching with Poverty in Mind
What Being Poor Does to Kids' Brains and What Schools Can Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2010
In Teaching with Poverty in Mind: What Being Poor Does to Kids' Brains and What Schools Can Do About It, veteran educator and brain expert Eric Jensen takes an unflinching look at how poverty hurts children, families, and communities across the United States and demonstrates how schools can improve...
by James H. Stronge
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
Every teacher seeks to be an effective teacher. Every teacher wants to have a positive, remarkable, and lasting influence on students' lives.
But what makes for an effective teacher? What role does teacher preparation play in teacher effectiveness? What do effective teachers do during planning,...
Fostering Resilient Learners
Strategies for Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
In this galvanizing book for all educators, Kristin Souers and Pete Hall explore an urgent and growing issue--childhood trauma--and its profound effect on learning and teaching.
Grounded in research and the authors' experience working with trauma-affected students and their teachers, Fostering...
How to Reach the Hard to Teach
Excellent Instruction for Those Who Need It Most
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
For every teacher it's different, but you know who they are for you—the students who are "hard to teach." Maybe they're reading far below grade level. Maybe they're English learners. Maybe they have diagnosed learning disabilities or behavioral issues. Maybe they're underachieving for...
Curriculum 21
Essential Education for a Changing World
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
"What year are you preparing your students for? 1973? 1995? Can you honestly say that your school's curriculum and the program you use are preparing your students for 2015 or 2020? Are you even preparing them for today?"
With those provocative questions, author and educator Heidi...
Learning Transformed
8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow’s Schools, Today
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
With all that we know about how students learn, the nature of the world they will face after graduation, and the educational inequities that have existed for centuries, maintaining a traditional, one-size-fits-all approach to teaching and learning is tantamount to instructional malpractice.
International...
Attack of the Teenage Brain
Understanding and Supporting the Weird and Wonderful Adolescent Learner
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
Marvel at the neuroscientific reasons why smart teens make dumb decisions!
Behold the mind-controlling power of executive function!
Thrill to a vision of a better school for the teenage brain!
Whether you're a parent interacting with one adolescent or a teacher interacting with many, you know...
by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, Ian Pumpian
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
What does it feel like to walk into your school? Is it a welcoming place, where everyone feels valued? Most school improvement efforts focus on academic goals, instructional models, curriculum, and assessments. But sometimes what can make or break your learning community are the intangibles--the relationships,...