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Tuck Everlasting

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A great book to use with the Novel In An Hour strategy.

The Truth About Testing

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If you’ve ever doubted that high-stakes testing programs are the best way to improve education, then here’s a book that provides the ideas and insights you need to develop assessments that are more apt to improve student learning.
Using actual items drawn from current tests, a renowned expert explains:

How unsound testing is harming classroom teaching and [...]

The Learning Leader

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Is your school leading, learning, lucky, or losing? Acclaimed author and consultant Douglas Reeves helps you answer that question and discover the leadership actions that will lead your organization to higher student achievement.
Drawing from research studies and observations from successful schools, Reeves debunks many common myths about school leadership and offers more reliable leadership guideposts [...]

The Digital Classroom

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Digital technologies are reshaping the way education is practiced, raising many questions:

How can we better prepare teachers for the challenges of high-tech classrooms?
How can educators tap into the vast resources of the Internet to enhance curriculum?
What can be done to close the “digital divide?”

This special report from the Harvard Education Letter features new articles and [...]

The Big Picture

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While there are lots of books about education that propose to change what you do in classrooms and schools, here’s one that promises to transform how you think.
Drawing from 35 years of taking on tough schools with disadvantaged kids and achieving the kind of progress that many thought “couldn’t be done”, Dennis Littky explains the [...]

The Alchemist

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Paulo Coelho’s enchanting novel has inspired a devoted following around the world. This story, dazzling in its powerful simplicity and inspiring wisdom, is about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of treasure buried in the Pyramids.
The Alchemist is a great book to [...]

Teaching With the Brain in Mind

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Millions of parents trust that the professionals who teach their children know something about the brain and processes of learning, despite the fact that most schools of education offer psychology–not neurology–courses. At best, these psychology courses provide indirect information about the brain and how children actually learn.
Teaching with the Brain in Mind fills this gap [...]

Teachers Wanted

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Just as the pool of qualified teacher applicants is shrinking and attrition rates are soaring, new standards are making entry into the teaching profession more difficult. Make sure your school system doesn’t get caught in the crunch by implementing the approach from this visionary guide.
Daniel A. Heller describes a top-to-bottom overhaul that includes:

Preservice education based [...]

Teacher-Centered Professional Development

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It’s true that students gain more from learning experiences when they’re encouraged to plan their activities, share their knowledge with one another, and tailor material to their own needs. So why not create a professional development program that gives teachers the same range of options?
This book provides the framework and steps to help teachers:

Choose the [...]

Stone Fox

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“Little Willy’s Grandfather is sick, and it’s up to Willy to save their farm from tax collectors. Their only hope is the prize money from the National Dogsled Race.”
A wonderful book to use with the strategy Novel in an Hour.
30th Anniversary Edition, 2010

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