Ascd: 352 books
Success with Multicultural Newcomers & English Learners
Proven Practices for School Leadership Teams
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2019
This book is a road map for teachers and school leaders who need to meet the needs of increasing numbers of Newcomers and other English Learners (ELs). The authors draw from years of experience in working with, listening to, and coaching administrators, teachers, and coaches nationwide to help you...
Leading an Inclusive School
Access and Success for ALL Students
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016
Richard A. Villa and Jacqueline S. Thousand provide an in-depth, research-based guide for ensuring that your school provides the federally guaranteed "least restrictive environment" for students no matter the severity of the challenges they face.
Leading an Inclusive School: Access...
by Madeline Hunter
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 1992
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 1992
Madeline Hunter was a renowned authority on effective teaching. With more than 25 years' experience in leading a team-taught, nongraded school, the UCLA Laboratory School, she provided educators with practical ways to change a graded, K-6 elementary school into a nongraded one with multi-age classes...
by Judie Haynes, Debbie Zacarian
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2010
English language learners (ELLs) often face the difficult challenge of learning both a new language and new subject matter at the same time. In Teaching English Language Learners Across the Content Areas, Judie Haynes and Debbie Zacarian offer strategies, tools, and tips that teachers can use to help...
The Essentials of Mathematics, Grades 7-12
Effective Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment (Priorities in Practice)
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2006
This book describes best practices for engaging elementary students in mathematics, from exploring numbers, patterns, and shapes to posing real-life problems that develop students' ability to reason and problem-solve.
A Differentiated Approach to the Common Core
How do I help a broad range of learners succeed with a challenging curriculum?
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2014
The Common Core State Standards require all students to think in complex and creative ways and apply classroom learning in new contexts. Yet many teachers already struggle with reaching all learners, who come to school with varied levels of readiness, interests, and learning profiles. What to do now...
The Language-Rich Classroom
A Research-Based Framework for Teaching English Language Learners
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2009
Today’s multilingual classrooms challenge even the best teachers' skills. As teachers strive to help all students reach their full potential, the needs of English language learners (ELLs) can seem overwhelming. In The Language-Rich Classroom, educators and consultants Pérsida and William Himmele...
Schooling for Life
Reclaiming the Essence of Learning
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2002
Too many students experience school as a place to put in time . . . and view their lives within school walls as distinctly different from their lives at home and in their community. Too many educators seem to share that point of view and focus more on lists of standards than the students they are...
Sparking Student Creativity
Practical Ways to Promote Innovative Thinking and Problem Solving
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
Teaching isn't merely transmitting knowledge to students; it’s also about teaching students to approach learning in engaging and unexpected ways. In Sparking Student Creativity: Practical Ways to Promote Innovative Thinking and Problem Solving, author and researcher Patti Drapeau explores and explains...
The Strategic Teacher
Selecting the Right Research-Based Strategy for Every Lesson
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2007
Are you looking for high-impact, research-based strategies to transform your students into high-achieving and inspired learners? In The Strategic Teacher, you'll find a repertoire of strategies designed and proven to meet today's high standards and reach diverse learners. Twenty reliable, flexible...
Totally Positive Teaching
A Five-Stage Approach to Energizing Students and Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2004
Discipline problems, limited resources, crowded classrooms. Teachers face many issues each day that can wear down their love of education. How can they stay focused and energized day in and day out? In Totally Positive Teaching, Joseph Ciaccio shares an approach that transformed him from a burned-out...
Doing Poorly on Purpose
Strategies to Reverse Underachievement and Respect Student Dignity
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2017
With Doing Poorly on Purpose, veteran educator James R. Delisle dispels the negative associations and stereotypes connected to underachievement. By focusing on smart kids who get poor grades—not because they’re unable to do better in school but because they don’t want to—Delisle presents a...
by Bob Sullo
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2007
The research is indisputable: Students are less disruptive and do better academically in schools that cultivate the internal motivation of students. In Activating the Desire to Learn, veteran educator Bob Sullo shows how to apply lessons from the research on motivation in the classroom.
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Reading, Writing, and Rigor
Helping Students Achieve Greater Depth of Knowledge in Literacy
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018
What does rigor, a word that frequently pops up in conversations about education, really mean? More specifically, what does it mean for literacy instruction, and how does it relate to challenging standards-based assessments? In this informative and practical guide, literacy expert Nancy Boyles uses...