Primary and middle schools

This CHOICE award winning author has teamed up with two national school change experts to write a comprehensive book on school change management.

Organic vocabulary is a term that describes a child's inner source of thoughts.

Children experiencing bereavement are often confused, unprepared, and in need of help and support from those around them.

Understanding child development through the prism of the Five Elements adds an exciting new dimension to western thinking on the nurture of children.

This workbook, to accompany the Facilitator's Manual, is a resource that will be used throughout the year.

Understanding child development through the prism of the Five Elements adds an exciting new dimension to western thinking on the nurture of children.

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges humanity has ever faced.

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges humanity has ever faced.

All sound education should make pupils and students aware of the limitation of their knowledge and encourage a due sence of humility within the realms of learning - whether they are leader of followers.

All sound education should make pupils and students aware of the limitation of their knowledge and encourage a due sence of humility within the realms of learning - whether they are leader of followers.

Reaching Reluctant Young Readers features 150 middle-grade books.

Starting in the early 1900s, male and female elementary schoolteachers in Italy gained increasing awareness of the role of social workers in the fight against illiteracy and in creating civic consciousness based on widespread, qualified education.

Transform your library into a "e;think tank"e; by helping teachers create an active learning environment in which students question, investigate, synthesize, conclude, and present information based on Common Core standards.

This book is a "e;best of"e; collection of tips and exercises to help nurture young writers and strengthen core skills.

Transform your library into a "e;think tank"e; by helping teachers create an active learning environment in which students question, investigate, synthesize, conclude, and present information based on Common Core standards.

eBooks offer students as well as teachers, school and public librarians, and parents tremendous possibilities.

Defining both the Common Core Standards and the school librarian's role in their implementation, this book offers ready-to-use lesson plans and other tools for grades K-5 and identifies opportunities for collaborative teaching.

This book is a "e;best of"e; collection of tips and exercises to help nurture young writers and strengthen core skills.

Meet Kit - a 12 year old undergoing medical transition - as he talks about gender and the different ways it can be explored.

Why is movement so important to ensuring young children's smooth overall development?

Meet Emily.

Filling a hole in the market for an informative and user-friendly guide to the topic, this is a go-to guide for any parent or teacher.

Educators, parents, and those who work with middle school students in various settings will find this book to be a valuable addition to their library.

At the present time, schools in many places have found themselves in the midst of a culture war.

We hear all the time how American children are falling behind their global peers in various basic subjects, but particularly in math.

Common Core State Standards for Grades 2-3: Language Arts Instructional Strategies and Activities is designed to help teachers teach CORE standards using research-based, effective instructional strategies in combination with ready-to-use activities.

This book is intended as a guide for practitioners interested in forming alliances within their community to support teacher and student success.

In an era of high stakes accountability, testing, and standardization in education, Dr.

Breaking Away from the Math and Science Book: Physics and Other Projects for Grades 3-12 provides materials that teachers can use directly in their classrooms without expensive or specialized equipment.

Learn how to use children's books during storytime to approach sensitive topics and increase children's social-emotional wellness-and how to create storytimes that are engaging, participative, and FUN!

At the present time, schools in many places have found themselves in the midst of a culture war.

Activities to help children learn ways to feel good about themselves and their bodies and develop important lifelong healthy habits.

More than 670,000 middle school teachers (grades 6-8) are responsible for educating nearly 13 million students in public and private schools.

School administration is more difficult today than at any time in our history.

This is a book about ethnocentric niche charter schools.

The statistics are familiar: almost 50% of new teachers leave the profession within their first five years in the classroom.

This bookprovides an overview designed to help educators collaborate more effectively in the areas of content area literacy for the sake of their K-6 ELL students.

The second edition of The Music and Literacy Connection expands our understanding of the links between reading and music by examining those skills and learning processes that are directly parallel for music learning and language arts literacy in the pre-K, elementary, and secondary levels.

This comprehensive manual that covers informational and literary texts will empower teachers to guide their students as they analyze challenging texts.

This book provides readers with the basic coping strategies of surviving within the political arena of their schools.

Common Core State Standards for Grades K-1: Language Arts Instructional Strategies and Activities is designed to help teachers teach CORE standards using research-based, effective instructional strategies in combination with ready-to-use activities.

Social studies is at the heart of content in education and takes on society's best hopes for helping children become good citizens and winners in the global economy.

Trauma-Sensitive Schools: The Importance of Instilling Grit, Determination, and Resilience is written with the consideration of the important and effective role educators and other staff who work with children every day can have on children of trauma.

Teacher retention is of utmost importance at a time when so many young teachers choose not to remain in the profession.

Common Core State Standards for Grades 4-5: Language Arts Instructional Strategies and Activities is designed to help teachers teach CORE standards using research-based, effective instructional strategies in combination with ready-to-use activities.

As online learning continues to become more prominent in K-12 education, it will be important that teachers are knowledgeable about both the potential of online learning and the challenges associated with moving curricula online.

Nearly forty percent of all fourth graders in this country cannot read at grade level, and this number rises to sixty percent for children coming from poor families.

School safety is paramount in today's educational system.

Recent national achievement data reveal significant outcome disparities between African American boys and other student groups by grade 4.

In the case studies that make up the bulk of this book, middle and high school history teachers describe the decisions and plans and the problems and possibilities they encountered as they ratcheted up their instruction through the use of big ideas.