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This timely book demonstrates why there needs to be a more thoughtful and collaborative effort on the part of K-12 schools, as well as institutions of higher education, to provide better college access to students from low-income communities. The authors examine the supports, mentoring, and resources needed to transform the college opportunities and life chances for under-represented urban youth.

In this book, Ed Madison provides specific strategies to help teachers use journalistic learning to achieve positive outcomes that engage students in new ways. Centred on research and writing projects that will yield publishable student writing, chapters demonstrate how this approach works across contexts and benefits a broad range of students from diverse backgrounds.

In her new book, bestselling author Mercedes Schneider provides little-known details about the history of the Common Core State Standards. She 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.

Through interviews with youth experiencing homelessness, Aviles de Bradley introduces readers to their remarkable resilience under fire and their determination to thrive despite the systemic inequities they encounter daily. The book also explores how poor people of colour experience and interface with social institutions, and uncovers important connections between homelessness and racism.

Provides educators everywhere with practical ideas for improving teaching and learning. This updated second edition includes completely new sections on the promise of teacher leadership, the strengths and perils of technology, and schools in the midst of change. It is an indispensable and timely resource for all educators who seek to transform schools into places of learning and joy.

Introduces readers to the most influential theories and models of reading and literacy, ranging from behaviourism and early information processing theories to social constructionist and critical theories. Readers are invited to explore detailed vignettes that offer a practice-based view of theories as they are brought to life in classrooms.

Offers a pioneering guide to the big issues in contemporary early childhood policy. Written in a lively, personal style, the book drives home the importance of the earliest years for developing human capital - the nation's future. Susan Ochshorn's "policy tales" highlight the abject failure of the US to support parents and early educators, and will inspire a new generation of leadership.

Addresses the educational needs of transnational youth. The author describes a coherent approach to English language arts and literacy education that supports the literacy learning and development of transnational students, while incorporating these students' unique experiences to enrich the learning of all students.

This one-of-a-kind resource will be invaluable to every teacher educator, every curriculum director, and every literacy coach, whether or not they must meet Common Core Standards. Bringing together perspectives from literacy luminaries, each addressing their specialty, this book offers an accessible fund of rich practices in literacy instruction. The book serves two purposes: First, it assembles a body of knowledge and wisdom from leading literacy researchers who each draw from a long career in the field to address topics of central importance to good literacy instruction. Second, these research-to-practice leaders connect established best practices and foundational research to the current challenge of instruction to meet Common Core Standards and other rigorous curriculum guidelines. The contributors point out strengths of the Common Core as well as issues and oversights that educators should be aware of. Closing chapters situate the Common Core within a continuum of educational policy and legislation. Contributors include John Guthrie, Timothy Rasinski, Michael Kamil, Barbara Taylor, Richard Allington, Michael Graves, and James Hoffman.

Educators remove over 3.45 million students from school in the US annually for disciplinary reasons, despite strong evidence that school suspension policies are harmful to students. The research presented in this volume demonstrates that disciplinary policies and practices that schools control directly exacerbate today's profound inequities in educational opportunity and outcomes.

The challenges public comprehensive universities face today are expanding. While these universities have a long history of adapting to change, today's environment will likely test the capabilities of even the most adaptive institutions. This volume assembles a team of experts from a variety of disciplines to examine both the history of the comprehensive university and what lies ahead.

Many educators feel caught between mandates to meet literacy standards and the desire to respond to individual students' interests, skills, and challenges. This book illustrates how a dialogical approach to practice will enable teachers to meet the needs of today's diverse student population within a standardized curriculum.

Offers a solid research and theoretical foundation for combining social studies and literacy instruction. A collaboration between a literacy scholar, two classroom teachers, and a school librarian, this volume also shows teachers how to engage middle and high school students in historical inquiry that incorporates literacy skills like reading complex texts and writing elaborated arguments.

Today's kindergarten teachers face enormous challenges to reach district-mandated academic standards. This book presents a model for 21st-century kindergartens that is rooted in child-centred learning and also shaped by the needs and goals of the present day. Teaching Kindergarten illustrates how a progressive, learning-centred approach can educate the whole child.

Describes eight techniques that foster intentional and reflective classroom practice. Ann Lewin-Benham presents over 70 novel exercises to help teachers learn to use body, face, hands, voice, eyes, and word choices to precisely convey meaning. Dozens of scenarios from typical classroom situations contrast unintentional and intentional teaching behaviours.

Offers teachers a way of addressing social and emotional issues in the classroom. This title offers strategies for integrating Teddy Bears into classroom life and the curriculum itself to help teachers address unresolved emotional issues that hinder children's socialization and learning processes.

Reading fluency has been identified in the Common Core Standards as a foundational competency for reading proficiency. This resource provides teachers and literacy interventionists with approaches to fluency instruction that are effective, engaging, and easy to implement.

Growing evidence supports the important relationship between trauma and academic failure. The trauma-sensitive schools movement presents a new vision for promoting children's success. This book introduces this promising approach and provides K-5 education professionals with clear explanations of current research and dozens of practical, creative ideas.

Outlines methods for record-keeping that provide a realistic picture of each child's interactions and experiences in the classroom. This book includes observations that reflect the diverse population in contemporary classrooms, and research on language and children with special needs.

Uses literacy basics to suggest concrete approaches that leaders and coaches can use to help teachers improve their instruction with culturally and linguistically diverse students. Based on firsthand experiences, research, and a school-university-community collaborative, this practical book homes in on what literacy leaders need to do in today's rapidly changing schools.

This text continues to define what multicultural education means in all kinds of settings. As in previous editions, Patty Ramsey guides teachers in helping our children make sense of their complex world by becoming curious, critical, and compassionate learners.

This critically acclaimed, lavishly illustrated book will help educators create the highest quality learning opportunities for a new generation of children. This second edition features substantial and important changes, including the addition of new chapters by pioneers of the work that happens in the atelier who draw on several decades of experience.

Honest, clearly written, and accessible this book shows how to use "Family Dialogue Journals" to increase and deepen learning among students in grades K-12. Written by teachers who have been implementing and studying the use of weekly journals, the book shares what they have learned and why they have found these journals to be an invaluable tool for forming effective partnerships with families.