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Race to the BottomCorporate School Reform and the Future of Public Education Michael V. McGill is director of the Program for District Leadership and Reform at Bank Street Graduate School of Education, founder of the Global Learning Alliance, and former superintendent of schools in the Scarsdale Union Free School District.

Into an often toxic, unreasoning, and polarized education debate, Michael McGill introduces a much-needed voice of reason, experience, and hope.

Nicholas Lemann, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

McGill traces the emergence of corporate reform and describes how its tenets run counter to the key elements of a high-quality education. Drawing from a wealth of experience as a school superintendent, including his tenure in Scarsdale during the 2001 districtwide boycott of New York State standardized tests, the author offers a model of school reform

that will prepare students for the 21st century.

Apr 2015/192 pp./PB, $32.95/5637-9

Common Core Dilemma Who Owns Our Schools? Mercedes K. Schneider is a secondary school teacher at St. Bernard Parish, LA, and an education blogger.

Foreword by Carol Corbett Burris

The Common Core state standards swept the nation in an educational coup detat six years ago. The campaign was so swift that most Americansindeed most educatorshad never even heard of the standards when they were adopted. Mercedes Schneider has become the nations leading detective investigating this whodunnit mystery, and here she tells the tale, from the beginning.

Anthony Cody, educator, writer, and public speaker

In her new book, bestselling author Mercedes Schneider lifts the veil on how the Common Core was developed, who was present in the back room, the push to copyright it so that test-makers could profit, and the urgency for governors to sign commitments before the standards were even completed.

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Finnish Lessons 2.0What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland?, Second EditionPasi Sahlberg is a visiting professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education and former director general of CIMO (Centre for International Mobility) at the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture. Visit the authors website at www.pasisahlberg.com.

Forewords by Diane Ravitch and Andy Hargreaves Afterword by Sir Ken Robinson

Finnish Lessons 2.0 reminds us that a nation can consciously build an admirable school system if it pays close attention to the needs of children, if it selects and prepares its educators well, and if it builds educational communities that are not only physically attractive but conducive to the joys of teaching and learning.

From the Foreword by Diane Ravitch, author of Reign of Error

The first edition of Finnish Lessons won the prestigious Grawemeyer Award in Education and has been translated into 16 languages. Now, with

Finnish Lessons 2.0, Pasi Sahlberg has thoroughly updated his groundbreaking account of how Finland built a world-class education system during the past four decades. This second edition details the complexity of meaningful change by examining Finlands educational performance in light of the most recent international assessment data and domestic changes.

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Teaching in the Flat WorldLearning from High-Performing SystemsLinda Darling-Hammond is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at Stanford University; Robert Rothman is senior fellow for the Alliance for Excellent Education in Washington, DC. With contributions by Pasi Sahlberg, Barry Pervin, Carol Campbell, and Tan Lay Choo.

Darling-Hammond and Rothman propose a systemic and comprehensive approach to put flesh on the American dream of a high quality, excellent education for students of all backgrounds. School systems, colleges of education, and policymakers can all learn from these approaches.

Sonia Nieto, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

I do not believe that other nations have smarter students then we do. But it is clear that some nations have better systems of education than we do. This book is filled with ideas that will change that!

David Berliner, Regents Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University

Teaching in the Flat World will help school systems improve their teacher workforce by drawing important lessons from nations with high-performing educational systems and from successful state experiments in the United States. These varied solutions offer valuable ideas for how to create a strong teacher and school administrator corps from recruitment and preparation through induction, professional development, evaluation, and career advancement into leadership roles.

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The best single collection you will find on the topic of improving the teaching profession.

Michael Fullan, professor emeritus, OISE, University of Toronto

A necessary and brilliant book.

Henry Giroux, McMaster University

What Kind of Citizen?Educating Our Children for the Common Good Joel Westheimer is professor and university research chair in democracy and education at the University of Ottawa and education columnist for CBC Radio.

Praise for What Kind of Citizen?If you are tired of reading books about education reforms that promise quick fixes and improved efficiency in education, this book is for you.

Pasi Sahlberg, Harvard Graduate School of Education

A welcome invitation to connect our conception of the ideal school to its impact on our broader society.

Alfie Kohn, educator and bestselling author

An invaluable roadmap for anyone who asks the big questions.Jonathan Zimmerman, New York University

Compelling, accessible, full of inspiring examples, and sometimes even funny.Andy Hargreaves, Boston College

Joel Westheimer asks us to imagine the kind of people we want to beand how schools can help us become those people.

Bill Bigelow, Rethinking Schools

What Kind of Citizen? asks readers to imagine the kind of society they would like to live inand then shows the ways in which schools can be used to make that vision a reality.

Apr 2015/128 pp./PB, $24.95/5635-5

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Getting Teacher Evaluation RightWhat Really Matters for Effectiveness and Improvement

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The Flat World and EducationHow Americas Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future

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From Charity to EquityRace, Homelessness, and Urban Schools Ann Aviles de Bradley is assistant professor of educational foundations in the Department of Educational Inquiry and Curriculum Studies at Northeastern Illinois University.

Foreword by Marvin Lynn

Dr. Aviles de Bradley succinctly captures a conversation many

in the United States are afraid to engage in: the relationship between race and homelessness. Her research contributes to the larger project of justice in education by challenging conventional notions of educational policy formation and implementation with dexterity and care.

David Stovall, University of Illinois at Chicago

This book will completely transform the way we think about how to address the needs of homeless youth in our schools. Bravo, Dr. Aviles de Bradley!

Marvin Lynn, dean, School of Education, Indiana University South Bend

Through interviews with youth experiencing homelessness, readers are challenged to see implementation of the McKinneyVento Act (1987) not as charity, but as an issue of legislated social justice, and to work towards educational equity for students experiencing homelessness.

Jun 2015/144 pp./PB, $31.95/5639-3

Early Childhood GovernanceChoices and Consequences Sharon Lynn Kagan is the Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Early Childhood and Family Policy, codirector of the National Center for Children and Families at Teachers College, Columbia University, and professor adjunct at Yale Universitys Child Study Center. Rebecca E. Gomez holds the Rauch Postdoctoral Fellowship at the National Center

for Children and Families, Teachers College, Columbia University.

The first book to specifically focus on early childhood governance, this seminal contribution is designed to be immediately germane to the burgeoning field of early childhood education. Prominent scholars and practitioners present the latest thinking, most recent experiences, and an honest review of the governance issues facing ECE today and into the futureall in one resource.

Contributors: Missy Cochenour, Harriet Dichter, Stacie G. Goffin, Rebecca E. Gomez, Rolf Grafwallner, Kathleen Hebbeler, Susan Hibbard, Sharon Lynn Kagan, Sarah LeMoine, Elliot Regenstein, Thomas Rendon, Beth Rous, Diana Schaack, Thomas Schultz, Catherine Scott-Little, Kate Tarrant

Mar 2015/208 pp./PB, $34.95/5630-0/HC, $76/5631-7

Worth Striking ForWhy Education Policy is Every Teachers Concern (Lessons from Chicago)Isabel Nuez, associate professor, Center for Policy Studies and Social Justice (CPSSJ), Concordia University Chicago, and associate editor for Multicultural Perspectives; Gregory Michie, public school teacher in Chicago, senior research associate at the CPSSJ, and; Pamela Konkol, associate professor of educational foundations and social policy and director of the CPSSJ.

Foreword by Pedro Noguera

This book, written by teachers who have been at the forefront of the battle to stop market-based reform, is

yet another step in the effort to reclaim the reform agenda.From the Foreword by Pedro Noguera, New York University

The analyses and narratives of these Chicago activist-scholars are a much-needed guide for the rest of us. Spread the word!

Gary Anderson, New York University

A must read for anyone who believes the future of education and our youth are worth fighting for.

Stephanie Rivera, future teacher and graduate student, Rutgers University

Worth Striking For examines the drastic changes in the landscape of public education in recent decades and focuses on what teachers need to know about the debates and complex issues of reform. Using the 2012 Chicago teachers strike as a framing device, the authors demonstrate how each of the policy areas addressed is critically important to teachers lives and work. The text features individually authored vignettes that juxtapose the authors personal experiences with the issues, bringing policy and policy activism to life for pre- and inservice teachers.

Feb 2015/160 pp./PB, $32.95/5626-3/HC, $70/5627-0The Teaching for Social Justice Series

Squandering Americas FutureWhy ECE Policy Matters for Equality, Our Economy, and Our Children Susan Ochshorn is the founder of the consulting firm ECE PolicyWorks. A former journalist, Ochshorn blogs at the Huffington Post and ECE Policy Matters.

Foreword by David Kirp

An urgent call to action that could change the course of the nations future.

Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford University

Indispensable for policymakers, educators, and all who care about our future.

Riane Eisler, social scientist, attorney, author

This book needs to be read widely, and right away.Deborah Meier, MacArthur awardwinning teacher, principal, and author

Susan Ochshorn shows us how a few dedicated people, schools, agencies, and institutions have made a difference in childrens lives.

Samuel J. Meisels, Buffett Early Childhood Institute, University of Nebraska

Susan Ochshorn has created a kaleidoscope of stories and statistics to illustrate the profound injustices we are visiting on our children. We can only hope that Squandering Americas Future will help to turn the tide.

Anne-Marie Slaughter, president and CEO, New America

In this pioneering guide to the big issues in contemporary early childhood policy, Ochshorn drives home the importance of the earliest years for developing human capital. With her 360-degree view, Ochshorn boldly and clearly shows how early care and education is an issue of social justice that also impacts Americas ability to compete on the world stage.

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Mathematics Professional DevelopmentImproving Teaching Using the Problem-Solving Cycle and Leadership Preparation ModelsHilda Borko is a professor of education at Stanford University and past-president of the American Educational Research Association (20032004). Jennifer Jacobs is a research faculty associate with the Institute of Cognitive Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Karen Koellner is a professor of mathematics education at Hunter College, City University of New York. Lyn E. Swackhamer is a research associate at RMC Research Corporation in Denver, Colorado.

Forewords by Jennie Whitcomb and Paul Cobb

This will surely be a valuable resource for educational leaders and professional development specialists seeking research-based ways to assist teachers to engage effectively in ambitious mathematics instruction.

Edward A. Silver, University of Michigan

Delivers the details we need but can rarely access. The authors detail a research-based, principled approach to school-based professional development that supports teachers in taking on the continual improvement of their practice.

Megan Franke, Urban Schooling, UCLA

This resource presents models for teacher professional development (K12) and the preparation of PD leaders designed and field-tested as part of two research projects supported by the National Science Foundation. Through engaging vignettes, the authors describe the models, summarize key research findings, and share lessons learned.

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Reading Upside DownIdentifying and Addressing Opportunity Gaps in Literacy Instruction Deborah L. Wolter is an elementary teacher consultant in Ann Arbor Michigan public schools. Visit her website at readingupsidedown.wordpress.com

The book not only challenges the status quo but offers a rational alternative that would benefit every struggling reader. I hope Reading Upside Down initiates a widespread movement to undo so much of what we have done in the name of helping children who struggle with learning to read.

Richard L. Allington, University of Tennessee

Reading Upside Down is a powerful tool, an eye-opener, a call to arms, and a plan for action. Wolter does a superb job not only identifying and addressing opportunity gaps in literacy instruction but also providing ways to begin fixing them.

Patricia A. Edwards, Michigan State University, past president, International Literacy Association

Reading Upside Down explores eight key factors that contribute to reading challenges in developing readers, including school readiness, the use of prescribed phonics-based programs, physical hurdles, unfamiliarity with English, and special education labeling. It focuses on the differences that educators can make for individual students and suggests ways to address early opportunity gaps.

Jun 2015/160 pp./PB, $36.95/5665-2/HC, $76/5666-9

Looking Together at Student WorkThird EditionTina Blythe develops and facilitates online professional development courses for Harvard Project Zero and is a consultant for schools, districts, and organizations; David Allen, assistant professor, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, and;

Barbara Schieffelin Powell, educational consultant in curriculum development, teacher education, and evaluation.

Forewords by Joseph P. McDonald, David N. Perkins, and Kathleen Cushman

School leaders looking for systemic strategies to improve student achievement would be well served by Looking Together at Student Work.

The School Administrator

This is a book that is at once brief, elegant, and useful.. . . These authors know as well as anyone on Earth that the practice of collectively accountable teaching is messy, but they also appreciate the fact that people in the midst of it nonetheless need some kind of map.

From the Foreword to the third edition by Joseph P. McDonald, New York University

This [is a] probing and practical guide. . . . I commend these practices of looking together at student work as powerful resources not just for the technical but for the cultural enterprise of education.

From the Foreword to the second edition by David N. Perkins, Harvard Graduate School of Education

This bestseller provides teachers and administrators with strategies for examining and discussing student work, such as essays, math problems, projects, artwork, and more. New for the Third Edition: The Microlab Protocol, a relatively quick and easy way to introduce groups to protocol-guided conversation; a new case focused on understanding the Common Core; and more detailed notes and strategies for facilitators.

Apr 2015/96 pp./PB, $24.95/5646-1the series on school reform

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The Facilitators Book of QuestionsTools for Looking Together at Student and Teacher WorkDavid Allen and Tina BlytheForeword by Gene Thompson-Grove

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Dilemmas in Educational LeadershipThe Facilitators Book of Cases Donna J. Reid

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Research-Based Practices for Teaching Common Core LiteracyEditors: P. David Pearson is a professor and former dean at the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. Elfrieda H. Hiebert is president and CEO of TextProject, Inc. and a research associate at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Foreword by Nell K. Duke

This book gets way beyond generalities and polemics about the Common Core, taking a deep and measured dive into a wide range of essential topics within the Standards. I read a lot, and I cant think of the last time I read anything about the CCSS as engaging and thought provoking as this.

From the Foreword by Nell K. Duke, University of Michigan

This one-of-a-kind resource brings together literacy luminaries, each addressing their specialty, to offer an accessible fund of rich teaching practices. They point out strengths of the Common Core as well as issues and oversights of which educators should be aware. Contributors include John Guthrie, Timothy Rasinski, Michael Kamil, Barbara Taylor, Richard Allington, Michael Graves, and James Hoffman.

May 2015/288 pp./PB, $33.95/5644-7/HC, $74/5645-4 large format

Assessing Students Digital WritingProtocols for Looking CloselyTroy Hicks is an associate professor of English at Central Michigan University and director of the Chippewa River Writing Project.

Foreword by Richard Beach Prologue by Christina Cantrill, National Writing Project

In this book, Troy Hicksa leader in the teaching of digital writingcollaborates

with seven National Writing Project teacher consultants to provide a protocol for assessing students digital writing. This collection highlights six case studies centered on evidence the authors have uncovered through teacher inquiry and structured conversations about students digital writing.

Jul 2015/168 pp./PB, $30.95/5669-0

The One-on-One Reading and Writing ConferenceWorking with Students on Complex TextsJennifer Berne and Sophie C. DegenerForeword by Douglas Fisher

Responding specifically to new Common Core State Standards in reading and writing, this book introduces a method of one-on-one interaction that encourages teachers

to focus on more ambitious goals that will deepen students skills in comprehension and writing. This resource suggests where conferences fit in with other important pieces of literacy instruction; introduces a variety of high-quality cues to use during conferences; and shows how conferences can function as formative assessment.

Jan 2015/160 pp./PB, $32.95/5622-5 Language and Literacy Series

Helping English Learners to WriteMeeting Common Core Standards, Grades 612 Carol Booth Olson is an associate professor in the School of Education at the University of California, Irvine, and director of the UCI site of the National Writing Project; Robin C. Scarcella is a professor in the School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine; Tina Matuchniak is the director of research for the UCI Writing Project.

Foreword by Steve Graham

Using a rich array of research-based practices, this book will help secondary teachers improve the academic writing of English learners. It provides specific teaching strategies, activities, and extended lessons to develop EL students narrative, informational, and argumentative writing emphasized in the Common Core State Standards. It also explores the challenges each of these genres pose for ELs and suggests ways to scaffold instruction.

Mar 2015/192 pp./PB, $31.95/5633-1 photos/illustrations ccssThe Common Core State Standards in Literacy Series

Family Dialogue JournalsSchoolHome Partnerships That Support Student Learning JoBeth Allen, Jennifer Beaty, Angela Dean, Joseph Jones, Stephanie Smith Mathews, Jen McCreight, Elyse Schwedler, and Amber M. Simmons, all from the Red Clay Writing Project, the University of GeorgiaForeword by Luis Moll

This book shows how to use Family Dialogue Journals (FDJs) to increase and deepen learning across grade levels.

Written by K12 teachers who have been implementing and studying the use of weekly journals for several years, it shares what they have learned and why they have found FDJs to be an invaluable tool for forming effective partnerships with families.

Feb 2015/160 pp./PB, $34.95/5628-7/HC, $66/5629-4Practitioner Inquiry Series

Uncommonly Good IdeasTeaching Writing in the Common Core EraSandra Murphy served as a work group member to develop the Common Core State Standards. Mary Ann Smith served as Director of Government Relations and Public Affairs for the National Writing Project.

Foreword by Carol Jago

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, speaking, and listening; teaching writing as a process; extending the range of students writing; spiraling and scaffolding a writing curriculum; and collaborating. The text includes practical guidance for moving the ideas from the page into the classroom.

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A Smarter CharterFinding What Works for Charter Schools and Public EducationRichard D. Kahlenberg and Halley Potter

A remarkable new book... . Wise and ener-getic advocates such as Kahlenberg and Potter can take the charter movement in new and useful directions.The Washington Post

I hope parents, educators in all sectors, concerned citizens, policymakers, philanthro-pistsand charter sector leaderswill take this books compelling message to heart and act on it.

Dennis Van Roekel, former president, NEA

A Smarter Charter is a tour-de-force, laying out in singular fashion what has gone wrong with the charter school movement, and what must be done to get it back on track. Randi Weingarten, president, AFT

2014/240 pp./PB, $30.95/5579-2/HC, $72/5580-8

Being BadMy Baby Brother and the School-to-Prison PipelineCrystal T. Laura Foreword by William Ayers / Afterword by Erica R. Meiners

Perhaps more than any other study on this topic, this book brings to life the complicated experience of those most directly and col-laterally impacted by the politics of schooling and its relationship to our growing prison nation.Garrett Albert Duncan,

Washington University in St. Louis

In a poignant and harrowing journey, the author follows her brother, Chris, who has been designated a bad kid by his school, a person of interest by the police, and a gangster by society. This book explores such timely issues as the under-education of Black males, the place and importance of scapegoats in our culture, the on-the-ground reality of zero tolerance, the role of mainstream media in constructing Black mas-culinity, and the critical relationships between schools and prisons.

2014/144 pp./PB, $29.95/5596-9/HC, $64/5597-6Teaching for Social Justice Series

Closing the School Discipline GapEquitable Remedies for Excessive Exclusion

Edited by Daniel J. Losen

This volume is a call to action for policy-makers, educators, parents, and students.Marian Wright Edelman,

Childrens Defense Fund

Offers a clear set of recommendations for anyone committed to pursuing equality in our schools.

James E. Ryan, Harvard Graduate School of Education

The research presented in this volume demonstrates that disciplinary policies and practices that schools control directly exacerbate todays profound inequities in educational opportunity and outcomes.

Contributors include Robert Balfanz, Jamilia J. Blake, Dewey Cornell, Jeremy D. Finn, Thalia Gonzlez, Anne Gregory, Daniel J. Losen, David M. Osher, Russell J. Skiba, Ivory A. Toldson.

2015/288 pp./PB, $36.95/5613-3/HC, $76/5614-0Disability, Culture, and Equity Series

Political EducationSetting the Course for State and Federal Policy, Second EditionChristopher T. Cross

Foreword by Brian Sandoval and Jeremy Anderson

In this incisive update, Cross provides thepolitics, personalities,and underlying ethos that shape trends and eras offederal policymaking.Mike Kirst, president, California State

Board of Education

Political insider Christopher Cross updates his critically acclaimed best-seller with new chapters and important new insights into future educa-tion policy. Cross draws on his experience in Washington, along with research and interviews, to present a highly readable history of federal education policy, from WWII to the Obama administration. This fascinat-ing chronicle highlights the key players who helped shape federal policy because, as Cross writes in his introduction, policy development is woven of personalities, events, and timing.

2014/224 pp./PB, $37.95/5586-0

An Empty Seat in ClassTeaching and Learning After the Death of a StudentRick Ayers

This moving and poignant text illuminates as much as it inspires.Angela Valenzuela,

The University of Texas at Austin

This is a must-read for every teacher, admin-istrator, and counselor, so that a school is well prepared in the event of a tragedy.Heidi Horsley, Open to Hope Foundation

An Empty Seat in Class illuminates the tragedy of student death and suggests ways of dealing and healing within the classroom community. The book features Rick Ayers personal experience, short pieces by other educators, and contributions from counselors, therapists, and school principals.

2015/144 pp./PB, $29.95/5612-6

Leading Anti-Bias Early Childhood ProgramsA Guide for ChangeLouise Derman-Sparks, Debbie LeeKeenan, and John Nimmo

Foreword by Mariana Souto-Manning

This book is a tool box for building early childhood programs that foster sentiments of justice and fairness in leaders, teachers, and young children.Herbert Kohl,

educator and bestselling author

With a focus on the leaders role, this book is both a stand-alone text and a perfect companion for Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves. It emphasizes that this work is not only about changing curriculum, but requires thoughtful, strategic, long-term planning that addresses all components of an early childhood program. With a power-ful combination of conceptual frameworks, strategies, and practical tools, the authors explain the structural and individual changes leaders must foster.

2014/192 pp./PB, $29.95/5598-3 large formatEarly Childhood Education Series

Summer ReadingClosing the Rich/Poor Reading Achievement GapEdited by Richard L. Allington and Anne McGill-Franzen Foreword by Gerald G. Duffy

The authors clearly show how schools and communities can see

greater academic gains for students from low-income families using the methods described in this book than from much more costly interventions.

Contributors: Richard L. Allington Lynn Bigelman James J. Lindsay Anne McGill-Franzen Geraldine Melosh Lunetta Williams

2013/144 pp./PB, $28.95/5374-3 photosLanguage and Literacy Series

Promoting Racial Literacy in SchoolsDifferences That Make a DifferenceHoward Stevenson

Once more, Howard Stevenson has provided a blueprint of critical impor-tance to policymakers, practitioners, teachers, and parents!Margaret Beale Spencer,

University of Chicago

This much-needed book uncovers how racial stress undermines student achievement, and provides educators and social service support staff with workable strategies to improve their racial literacy skills.

2013/240 pp./PB, $32.95/5504-4/HC, $70/5557-0

Black Male(d)Peril and Promise in the Education of African American MalesTyrone C. Howard Foreword by Pedro Noguera

This is the book that shows us how to reform practices, policies, and places in order to improve

the human condition of Black males.H. Richard Milner IV, University of Pittsburgh

Howard discusses the potential and promise of Black males by highlighting their voices to gener-ate new insights, create new knowledge, and iden-tify useful practices that can significantly improve their schooling experiences and life chances. He also identifies community-based programs that are helping Black males succeed.

2013/208 pp./PB, $29.95/5490-0/HC, $72/5491-7Multicultural Education Series


B E S T S E L L E R S !7Fear and Learning in AmericaBad Data, Good Teachers, and the Attack on Public Education John Kuhn / Foreword by Diane Ravitch

Packed with more wisdom than any 10 books that I have read about American education.

From the Foreword by Diane Ravitch, New York University

This important book should be heeded.John Merrow, PBS NewsHour

School administrators will be encouraged by both the content of this book and the courage Kuhn has demonstrated through his advocacy for counter-reform. School Administrator

2014/176 pp./PB, $24.95/5572-3The Teaching for Social Justice Series

Reaching and Teaching Students in PovertyStrategies for Erasing the Opportunity GapPaul C. Gorski

Provides a good overview of the topic, delivers clear, well-researched information, and helps all educators expand their

knowledge of poverty and social class.Choice

An engaging and thoroughly researched book that every educator and school leader should read.

Kevin Kumashiro, University of San Francisco

Gorski provides instructional strategies based on more than 20 years of research on what works (and what doesnt work).

2013/216 pp./PB, $32.95/5457-3/HC, $74/5458-0

The Power of ProtocolsAn Educators Guide to Better Practice, Third EditionJoseph P. McDonald, Nancy Mohr, Alan Dichter, and Elizabeth C. McDonald

This is one of a handful of books that I keep right on my desk.

Kathryn Boudett, Harvard Graduate School of Education

This new edition features substantial updates that take into account recent developments in the field of facilitative leadership. The authors have also added 11 totally new protocols, including the Peer Review Protocol and Looking at Student Work with Equity in Mind.

2013/144 pp./PB, $25.95/5459-7the series on school reform

The Pedagogy of ConfidenceInspiring High Intellectual Performance in Urban SchoolsYvette Jackson / Foreword by Reuven Feuerstein

What Dr. Jackson proposes here is truly a remedy to ensure that students,

no matter where they come from, and no matter where they go to school, have the ability to attain their innate intellectual potential.

Education Update

This book will become the Rosetta Stone of urban education.

Joseph S. Renzulli, The University of Connecticut

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50 Myths and Lies That Threaten Americas Public SchoolsThe Real Crisis in EducationDavid C. Berliner, Gene V Glass, and Associates

A valuable new book.The Washington Post

A timely and hard-hitting book. The teachers of our children will be grateful.Jonathan Kozol, educator and author

A flat-out masterpiece.W. James Popham, professor emeritus, UCLA

If you care about the future of public education, you mustnt ignore this book.

Andy Hargreaves, Lynch School of Education, Boston College

In this comprehensive look at modern education reform, two of the most respected voices in education and a team of young education scholars separate fact from fiction.

2014/272 pp./PB, $27.95/5524-2

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The Culturally Inclusive EducatorPreparing for a Multicultural WorldDena R. Samuels

This book provides the research and the tools for transforming ourselves and our practice; it is up to us to do the work.Gary R. Howard, Equity and School Change

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At lastan empathetic and inspiring book that says the way to educate all students more successfullyis to awaken teachers higher awareness.Peggy McIntosh, National SEED Project on

Inclusive Curriculum

Based on the authors national research and consulting work, this book provides guidance on overcoming personal and institutional challenges to cultural inclusiveness (stereotype threats, microaggressions, colorblindness/identity-blindness, implicit bias, among others). Samuels begins with the chal-lenges facing the higher education community and then offers 8 transforma-tive steps that any educator teaching any subject can utilize to increase their effectiveness.

2014/176 pp./PB, $37.95/5592-1/HC, $80/5593-8

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Our SchoolSearching for Community in the Era of Choice Sam Chaltain Foreword by Sir Ken Robinson

Our School is so important for anyone who genuinely cares about schools, communities, and their children.From the Foreword by Sir Ken Robinson,

world-renowned author and educator

One of the strengths of this thoughtful, highly read-able book is that Chaltain, himself a former teacher, takes the concerns of teachers, parents, and students

seriously as he spends an entire school year observing them in action.The Washington Monthly

Almost every major American city is experimenting with school choice. Will the wider array of school options help parents and educators identify better strat-egies for helping all children learn? Or will the high stakes of the marketplace end up privatizing this most public of institutions? In Our School, education activist Sam Chaltain puts a human face on the modern landscape of teaching and learning to help us answer these questions.

2014/208 pp./PB, $26.95/5531-0/HC, $62/5559-4

How to InnovateThe Essential Guide for Fearless School LeadersMary Moss Brown and Alisa Berger Foreword by Tony Wagner

Reimagining school and creating more schools like the iSchool must be our highest national priority.. . . I urge you to read this book. From the Foreword by

Tony Wagner, Harvard Graduate School of Education

How to Innovate demonstrates a radically different approach to school transformation. The authors introduce a scalable model to help schools redefine themselves to better meet the needs of 21st-century students. Using a framework built around four critical levers for school changecurriculum, culture, time, and human capitalthe NYC iSchool model merges the teaching of big ideas and valuable skills with the realities of accountability, academic preparation, and adolescent development. The book includes more than 20 activities that will help educators begin the process of school transformation.

2014/144 pp./PB, $28.95/5569-3 large format

Cognitive CapitalInvesting in Teacher QualityArthur L. Costa, Robert J. Garmston, and Diane P. Zimmerman Foreword by Michael Fullan

Costa, Garmston and Zimmerman have crafted a timely and well focused book from their own profes-sional and life experiences.Teachers College Record

Building on the authors celebrated work in Cognitive Coaching, this important book provides teachers, schools, and policy leaders with the rationale and new

direction for enhancing the development of the intellectual capacity of educa-tors, their performance, and their ultimate effects on student learning. Rather than spending time becoming better inspectors and enforcers, Cognitive Capital calls for skillful leaders to engage educators thought processes in order to promote practices that have lasting impacts on their students.

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Professional CapitalTransforming Teaching in Every School Andy Hargreaves and Michael Fullan

This book gives educators viable solutions and varied examples from around the world. Principal

Engaging, challenging and stimulating. Particularly encouraging is the fact the authors not only identify core problems in education but also, based upon their own international experiences of being directly engaged in effective educational reform, suggest practical solutions. School Administrator

This provocative, thoughtful, and challenging book is an excellent place to start a much-needed conversation. Education Update

Professional Capital has been endorsed by leaders from NEA, AFT, and AASA, among others.

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Building Proportional Reasoning Across Grades and Math Strands, K8Marian Small is the former dean of education at the University of New Brunswick, and longtime professor of mathematics education. Visit her website at www.onetwoinfinity.ca

for in-person and online professional development.

Once again, Marian Small has created an outstanding resource for anyone working with elementary or middle grades mathematics students. With her trademark good questions to ask, clear explanations of underlying ideas, and rich activities, Dr. Small gets at the heart of ways to correct often misunderstood and poorly taught concepts of proportional reasoning, starting with the rarely mentioned primary level.

Linda Sheffield, Regents Professor Emerita, Northern Kentucky University

This book by professional developer Marian Small is organized by grade level (K8) around the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics to help teachers use the resource more easily.

Book Features: Connections between proportional reasoning and the NCTM strands Background information for teachers on the mathematics of the standard related to proportionality Suggestions for appropriate multiple representations, including manipulatives, for specific mathematical ideas Guidance for explaining ideas to students Alerts to frequent misconceptions or situations to avoid.

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Eyes on MathA Visual Approach to Teaching Math Concepts240 pp./PB, $30.95/5391-0 ccss large format, color illustrations

Good QuestionsGreat Ways to Differentiate Mathematics Instruction, Second Edition 240 pp./PB, $31.95/5313-2 large format ccss

More Good QuestionsGreat Ways to Differentiate Secondary Mathematics Instruction Marian Small and Amy Lin 224 pp./PB, $32.95/5088-9

Marian Smalls books are available in Canada exclusively from Nelson Education Ltd.

Big-City School ReformsLessons from New York, Toronto, and London Michael Fullan and Alan Boyle

Fullan and Boyle, internationally renowned thinkers on school change, demonstrate that while the educational challenges of big cities may be overwhelming, they are not insurmountable. Examining three major citiesNew York, Toronto, and Londonthis book weaves case studies with careful analysis and recommendations to hone in on which policies and strategies work best to raise the bar for all students and reduce the gap for the disadvantaged. This is an eminently practical book that focuses on big problems and big solutions.

2014/192 pp./PB, $27.95/5518-1/HC, $66/5519-8Copublished with the Ontario Principals Council. See tcpress.com for availability outside the U.S.A.

Failing at SchoolLessons for Redesigning Urban High Schools Camille A. Farrington

Groundbreaking and eye-opening... . I highly recommend this book to everyone interested in getting beyond the typical talking points of school reform. Grant Wiggins, Authentic Education

Roughly half of all incoming ninth-graders across urban districts will fail classes and drop out of school. Failing at School starts with the premise that urban American high schools generate such widespread student failure because they were designed to stratify achievement and let only the top performers advance to higher levels of education. To get different results, Farrington proposes fundamental changes based on what we

now know about how students learn, what motivates them to engage in learning, and what kinds of educational systems and structures would best support their learning.

2014/208 pp./PB, $39.95/5516-7 the series on school reform

Dumb Ideas Wont Create Smart Kids Straight Talk About Bad School Reform, Good Teaching, and Better LearningEric M. Haas, Gustavo E. Fischman, and Joe BrewerForeword by George Lakoff

If you care about saving public education, read this book!David C. Berliner, Arizona State University

The authors examine the compelling nature of four dumb ideas at the center of current education policy and practice: (1) simplifying knowledge helps students learn more and faster, (2) teaching and learning are a matter of proper transmission of good content, (3) homogenous environments ease learning, and (4) more standardized

data and rigorous controls of our schooling will solve all our problems. This lively book also offers solutions, including key smart ideas and a set of how-to actions that will lead to great schools for every child.

2014/128 pp./PB, $34.95/5553-2

Why Are So Many Minority Students in Special Education?Understanding Race and Disability in Schools, Second EditionBeth Harry and Janette KlingnerForewords by Lisa D. Delpit and Alfredo J. Artiles

Now in a second edition, this powerful book presents research-based stories representing the range of experiences faced by culturally and linguistically diverse students who fall in the liminal shadow of perceived disability. The authors examine the experiences of the children, their families, and their teachers, along with the school climate that influences decisions about referrals to special education. The expanded second edition addresses key developments in the placement process, with a

particular focus on Response to Intervention. The book concludes with recommendations for improving educational practice, teacher training, and policy renewal.

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Teaching for Creativity in the Common Core ClassroomRonald A. Beghetto, James C. Kaufman, and John Baer

Foreword by Robert J. Sternberg

Filled with practical advice for teachers about how to teach to Common Core standards, in both ELA and math, in ways that lead to creative learning outcomes.

Keith Sawyer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Based on cutting-edge psychological research, this book offers classroom examples, ideas, and lesson plans for teaching English language arts and mathematics, and includes assessments for creativity and Common Core learning.

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Effective Classroom ManagementThe EssentialsTracey Garrett

This would be an excel-lent addition to any pre- or inservice teacher education program.Anita Woolfolk Hoy,

professor emerita, The Ohio State University

This user-friendly resource will help K12 teachers become more effective classroom managers. Each chapter concentrates on a key area: physical design, rules and routines, relationships, engaging instruction, and discipline. Designed to prevent problems that require active discipline before they arise, this guide includes classroom examples, case studies, and study questions. There is also an app, Classroom Management Essentials, available on the iTunes store.

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Raising Race QuestionsWhiteness and Inquiry in EducationAli Michael

Foreword by Shaun R. Harper

As a White teacher engaged in this work, Ive watched these tools help educators support one another as they

make mistakes, reflect, and grow together.Lynn Eckerman, Independence Charter

School, Philadelphia

Raising Race Questions invites teachers to use inquiry as a way to develop sustained engage-ment with challenging racial questions and to do so in community so that they learn how common their questions actually are.

2015/192 pp./PB, $34.95/5599-0/HC, $78/5600-3Practitioner Inquiry Series

Why We Teach NowEdited by Sonia Nieto

Sonia Nieto has done it again, this time providing us with a hopeful book featuring a collection of writings grounded in the lived experiences of outstanding teachers.Luis Moll,

University of Arizona

Why We Teach Now dares to challenge current notions of what it means to be a highly qualified teacher la No Child Left Behind, and demonstrates the depth of commitment and care teachers bring to their work with students, families, and communities.

2015 / 288 pp./PB, $29.95/5587-7 HC, $68/5624-9

Reading, Thinking, and Writing About HistoryTeaching Argument Writing to Diverse Learners in the Common Core Classroom, Grades 612 Chauncey Monte-Sano, Susan De La Paz, and Mark Felton

Foreword by Sam Wineburg

This extraordinary book provides tried-and-true practical tools and step-by-step directions.

Michelle M. Herczog, president, National Council for the Social Studies

2014/240 pp./PB, $31.95/5530-3 large format The Common Core State Standards in Literacy Series

Designing GroupworkStrategies for the Heterogeneous Classroom, Third Edition Elizabeth G. Cohen and Rachel A. Lotan

Forewords by Linda Darling-Hammond and John I. Goodlad

Designing Groupwork has earned its place in the library of anyone seeking to create high-achieving, equitable classrooms. Horace

The new edition of this popular book shows how groupwork contributes to growth and development in the language of instruction. Responding to new curriculum standards and assessments across all grade levels and subject areas, this edition shows teachers how to organize their classroom so that all students participate actively.

2014/240 pp. /PB, $26.95/5566-2

All About WordsIncreasing Vocabulary in the Common Core Classroom, PreK2Susan B. Neuman and Tanya Wright

Foreword by Timothy Shanahan

Clearly illustrates how teachers can narrow

the achievement gap and, at the same time, address the Common Core State Standards in developmentally appropriate ways.

Sue Bredekamp, Early Childhood Education Specialist

All About Words offers strategies for planning and presenting vocabulary instruction and for monitoring childrens word learning progress, along with specific guidance on which words to teach.

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Reading Like a HistorianTeaching Literacy in Middle and High School History ClassroomsAligned with Common Core State StandardsSam Wineburg, Daisy Martin, and Chauncey Monte-Sano

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