Teachers College Press: 606 books
by D. Ray Reutzel, Sarah K. Clark, Cindy D. Jones
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
One of the most critical elements in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) is the effective teaching of reading comprehension in the early years. This timely resource provides evidence-based practices for teachers to use as they work to meet standards associated with comprehending complex literature...
by Kenneth R. Howe, Amy E. Boele
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Since publication of the original edition of this book, there have been significant changes across the landscape of special education. This new edition addresses those changes and revisits enduring ethical issues that are most salient and pressing to special education teachers and administrators....
Thinking Tools for Young Readers and Writers
Strategies to Promote Higher Literacy in Grades 28
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In her new book, bestselling author and professional developer Carol Booth Olson and colleagues show teachers how to help young readers and writers construct meaning from and with texts. This practical resource offers a rich array of research-based teaching strategies, activities, and extended lessons...
Writing in Rhythm
Spoken Word Poetry in Urban Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
“In this book, Maisha Fisher invites us to pull up a chair and listen in as young people insert their own rhythms into school life. . . . But this book is not a simple celebration of student voice. It is an ethnographic account of the teaching and learning processes through which lived (or...
The Learning Edge
What Technology Can Do to Educate All Children
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
“Using technology to create bottom-up, emergent innovation is a novel, important model for educational transformation.” —Chris Dede, Wirth Professor in kearning Technologies, Harvard University“Bain and Weston show that when teachers ‘perceive’ technologies...
Assessing Writing, Teaching Writers
Putting the Analytic Writing Continuum to Work in Your Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Many writing teachers are searching for a better way to turn student writing into teaching and learning opportunities without being crushed under the weight of student papers. This book introduces a rubric designed by the National Writing Project—the Analytic Writing Continuum (AWC)—that is...
by Sandra Murphy, Mary Ann Smith
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This innovative resource provides teachers with a road map for designing a comprehensive writing curriculum that meets Common Core standards. The authors zero in on several “big ideas” that lead to and support effective practices in writing instruction, such as integrating reading, writing,...
Implementing Standards-Based Math Instruction
A Casebook for Professional Development, 2nd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Teachers and teacher educators interested in synthesizing their current practice with new mathematics standards will welcome this highly useful volume. Author Mary Kay Stein and her colleagues at the QUASAR Project at the University of Pittsburgh present prevalent cases of mathematics instruction...
Narrative Inquiry in Practice
Advancing the Knowledge of Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This unique collection of exemplars explores narrative as a powerful means of inquiry, while also examining its possible limitations. Drawing on the experiences of teachers and teacher educators in a variety of settings who have been researching their own teaching, this book outlines a conceptual...
Japanese Education in an Era of Globalization
Culture, Politics, and Equity
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This volume documents the significant changes that have occurred in Japanese schools since the collapse of that nation’s economic bubble. Before the recession, Japan was the country that most educational reformers sought to emulate due to its students’ performance on standardized tests....
Preparing English Learners for College and Career
Lessons from Successful High Schools
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
How do school communities create environments that fully prepare both English learners and dual-language learners for colleges and careers? This valuable book profiles six high-performing high schools that had a singular focus on improving the educational outcomes of English learners. The authors...
Teaching the Taboo
Courage and Imagination in the Classroom, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Rick and William Ayers renew their challenge to teachers to teach initiative, to teach imagination, to “teach the taboo” in the new edition of this bestseller. Drawing from a lifetime of deep commitment to students, teaching, and social justice, the authors update their powerful critique of schooling...
Common Core Meets Education Reform
What It All Means for Politics, Policy, and the Future of Schooling
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
How can the Common Core complement and not conflict with school improvement efforts already at work across the United States? How can it be seamlessly integrated into accountability systems, teacher preparation and development, charter schools, and educational technology? This timely volume brings...
The Culturally Inclusive Educator
Preparing for a Multicultural World
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The Culturally Inclusive Educator asks educators to consider what they can do differently to create a welcoming, inclusive, and exciting environment for the 21st century. Based on the author’s national research and consulting work, this book examines the discrepancy between the current educational...