Social Educator

Sparked by observing teachers struggle to implement rich mathematics tasks to engage students in deep thinking, Peter Liljedahl has translated his 15 years of research into this practical guide on how to move toward a thinking classroom. Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, Grades K-12 helps teachers implement 14 optimal practices for thinking that create an ideal setting for deep mathematics learning to occur.

Every autistic child has unique strengths, interests, communication styles, and support needs. Building predictable routines, developing emotional awareness, and practicing social skills can help children navigate everyday experiences with greater confidence and independence. Autism Daily Success Toolkit brings together three practical resources into one comprehensive guide for families, educators, therapists, and caregivers. This all-in-one collection includes adaptable strategies, visual supports, printable planners, daily routines, and activity ideas that can be customized to suit ...

To close the achievement gap, diverse classrooms need a proven framework for optimizing student engagement. Culturally responsive instruction has shown promise, but many teachers have struggled with its implementation—until now. In this book, Zaretta Hammond draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to offer an innovative approach for designing and implementing brain-compatible culturally responsive instruction.

In the wake of 2020, we need today's young learners to be prepared to develop solutions to a host of entrenched and complex issues, including systemic racism, massive environmental problems, deep political divisions, and future pandemics that will severely test the effectiveness and equity of our health policies. What better place to start that preparation than with a social studies curriculum that enables elementary students to envision and build a better world?

If educators’ realities are filtered through the belief that they can do very little to influence student achievement, then it is likely these beliefs will manifest in their practice. The solution? Collective efficacy (CE)—the belief that, through collective actions, educators can influence student outcomes and increase achievement. Educators with high efficacy show greater effort and persistence, willingness to try new teaching approaches, and attend more closely to struggling students’ needs. This book presents practical strategies and tools for increasing student achievement.

If initiative overload and fragmentation are keeping your best plans from becoming reality, it’s time to lead with coherence. Using the right drivers as your foundation, you’ll bring people and ideas together—and implement the kind of lasting change that maximizes results. The key to success is the Coherence Framework, a dynamic, customizable road map.

The Wild Card is your step-by-step guide to experiencing a creative breakthrough in your classroom with your students. Authors Wade and Hope King show you how to draw on your authentic self - your past experiences, personality quirks, interests, hobbies, and strengths - to deliver your content creatively. If you are a high school teacher or a kindergarten teacher, the seven steps in The Wild Card will give you the knowledge and the confidence to bring creative teaching strategies into your classroom.

Communication is more than words—it's about connection, understanding, and building meaningful relationships. Every autistic child communicates differently. Some use spoken language, while others communicate through gestures, facial expressions, visual supports, sign language, writing, communication boards, or AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication). Understanding and supporting these different communication styles can help create more positive interactions at home, in school, and within the community. Autism Communication Toolkit is a practical, easy-to-use resource created for ...

The true story of a young teacher attempting to change lives in a troubled educational system. According to Ilana Garon, popular books and movies are inundated with the myth of the "hero teacher" - the one who charges headfirst into dysfunctional inner-city schools like a firefighter into an inferno, bringing the student victims to safety through a combination of charisma and innate righteousness. The students are then "saved" by the teacher’s idealism, empathy, and faith. This is not that type of book....

Maslow for Educators: How the Hierarchy of Needs Shapes Learning, Student Motivation, and Classroom Success is a powerful and practical guide that helps teachers, administrators, and school leaders understand what students truly need in order to learn, grow, and thrive. Based on the enduring insights of Abraham Maslow, this book explores how physiological needs, safety, belonging, esteem, and self actualization shape every aspect of classroom life. It explains why students struggle when foundational needs go unmet and how educators can create environments that promote connection, confidence...

When it comes to improving practice, few professional texts can rival the impact felt by Jim Knight’s Instructional Coaching. For hundreds of thousands of educators, Jim bridged the long-standing divide between staff room and classroom. Now, one decade of research and hundreds of in-services later, Jim takes that work a significant step further with The Impact Cycle: an all-new instructional coaching cycle to help teachers and, in turn, their students improve in clear measurable ways.

Why do some leaders double their team’s effectiveness, while others seem to drain the energy right out of the room? Using insights gained from more than 100 interviews with school leaders, this book pinpoints the five disciplines that define how Multipliers bring out the best across their schools.

One comprehensive resource. Six practical toolkits. Hundreds of adaptable strategies to support everyday learning, communication, routines, and social development. The Ultimate Autism Toolkit brings together six bestselling-style toolkits into one comprehensive guide for parents, caregivers, teachers, therapists, homeschool families, and education professionals. Designed as an everyday reference, this 6-in-1 workbook includes printable planners, visual supports, activity ideas, routine builders, communication tools, social learning resources, and progress trackers. Included in this 6-in-1 ...

Many educators struggle with discussing difficult issues with colleagues. This insightful book helps listeners effectively lead challenging conversations with supervisees, peers, and supervisors. The author’s step-by-step approach emphasizes initiative and preparation as keys to a successful conversation.

Hollingsworth and Ybarra have refined and extended their highly successful methods in the second edition of this invaluable bestseller. EDI helps teachers deliver well-designed lessons that significantly improve achievement for all learners. In an easy-to-digest style, this updated resource provides teachers with fine-tuned strategies and samples that illustrate what EDI techniques look like in inclusive and diverse classrooms.

Childhood is being shaped now. Generation Alpha is growing up in a world unlike any childhood before it—one shaped by screens, algorithms, artificial intelligence, online platforms, gaming, social media, digital classrooms, and constant connection. This book is not anti-technology. It is not written to make adults panic or to suggest children should grow up outside the digital world. Technology can help children learn, create, connect, and prepare for the future. But children should not be left alone inside systems designed by adults. Raising Generation Alpha is a practical, clear, and ...

Jadie never spoke. She never laughed, or cried, or uttered any sound. Despite efforts to reach her, Jadie remained locked in her own troubled world - until one remarkable teacher persuaded her to break her self-imposed silence. Nothing in all of Torey Hayden's experience could have prepared her for the shock of what Jadie told her - a story too horrendous for Torey's professional colleagues to acknowledge.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Teacher By Teacher traces the remarkable journey of the tenth U.S. Secretary of Education and is a deeply personal love letter to all the teachers in our lives. The story of John B. King Jr.’s inspiring path to President Obama’s Cabinet begins the day that his mother died...

Rich tasks, collaborative work, number talks, problem-based learning, direct instruction…with so many possible approaches, how do we know which ones work the best? In Visible Learning for Mathematics, six acclaimed educators assert it’s not about which one—it’s about when—and show you how to design high-impact instruction so all students demonstrate more than a year’s worth of mathematics learning for a year spent in school.

Many academics attack the very idea of a Western canon as chauvinistic, while the general public increasingly doubts the value of the humanities. In Rescuing Socrates, Dominican-born American academic Roosevelt Montás tells the story of how a liberal education transformed his life, and offers an intimate account of the relevance of the Great Books today, especially to members of historically marginalized communities.