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Learn the basics of "teaching up"—an instructional approach built on the conviction that all students are smart and benefit from being taught as "s...

Whether they're the result of a mandate from on high, a crisis that needs addressing, or simply a desire for improvement, change initiatives are a ...

Why aren't more schools seeing significant improvement in students' reading ability when they implement Response to Intervention (RTI) or Multitier...

This book provides school administrators with practical, easy-to-use, and inexpensive ways to reward and recognize the efforts of their staff. More...

Veteran educator Marilee Sprenger explains how to teach the essential, high-frequency words that appear in academic contexts—and reverse the disadv...

Most educators are skilled at planning instruction and determining what they will do during the course of a lesson. However, to truly engage studen...

What's keeping your school behind the technology curve? Is it a fear of the unfamiliar? Expenses? Or some other myth? Have you considered how stude...

Until now, the conversation around mobile devices in schools has been divided into two camps: those favoring 1:1 plans, in which each student is as...

The Common Core State Standards have put close reading in the spotlight as never before. While elementary school teachers are certainly willing to ...

The Common Core State Standards have put close reading in the spotlight as never before. While middle and high school teachers want and need studen...

The Common Core State Standards require all students to think in complex and creative ways and apply classroom learning in new contexts. Yet many t...

This new edition of A Handbook for Classroom Instruction That Works will help you explore and refine your use of the teaching strategies from the 2...

What strategies are most effective in creating a well-managed classroom that supports the best possible teaching and learning? What rules and proce...

In A Handbook for the Art and Science of Teaching, Robert J. Marzano and John L. Brown help you explore and refine your instructional strategies, a...

How can teachers help students develop the literacy skills that are necessary for learning and retaining information in any subject? Traditional me...

Despite the prevalence of students with disabilities in the general education classroom, few teachers receive training on how to meet these student...

In the 20th century, the United States was the world leader in education—the first country to achieve universal secondary education and the first t...

Accountability. The very mention of the word strikes fear in the hearts of many teachers and school leaders, leading to confusion and panic rather ...

What if you had a collaborative process of looking at student data that could pinpoint student gaps in learning and suggest effective strategies to...

As a teacher, what you want most is for your students to learn: to immerse themselves in rich and challenging content and leave your classroom bett...

The research is indisputable: Students are less disruptive and do better academically in schools that cultivate the internal motivation of students...

In this quick reference guide, anti-bullying authority Barbara Coloroso analyzes the characteristics and motivations behind bullying and discus...

In this quick reference guide, anti-bullying authority Barbara Coloroso analyzes the characteristics and motivations behind bullying and discus...

Formative assessment is one of the best ways to increase student learning and enhance teacher quality. But effective formative assessment is not pa...