Education

The 2nd edition of this popular resource for online teaching is completely updated to reflect changes in technology and advances in online teaching made in the last decade

COMING IN JULY 2013:

New book calls for a new brand of teacher leadership, one that will create opportunities for teachers to practice, share and grow their knowledge and expertise.  A teacher who can both be a classroom expert and a leader who can inspire much-needed education reforms that impact the world beyond just their classroom.

COMING IN SEPTEMBER 2013:

Based on UCLA's acclaimed PEERS program, this book is the only research-based approach in the world to helping adolescents and young adults with autism make and keep friends. 

Everyone At The Table is a  research-based, field-tested resource for leaders will be invaluable as they collaborate with their teachers to design better teacher evaluations. Includes video and additional tools on a companion Website, www.everyoneatthetable.org.

A concise and practical guide to convening and sustaining formation mentoring groups that speak to the deeper questions of meaning and vocation in higher education.

Based on the Reggio Emilia approach to learning, VISIBLE LEARNERS highlights learning through interpreting objects and artifacts, group learning, and documentation to make students' learning evident to teachers.

A comprehensive plan for teaching reading in grades K-4 based on the successful framework used by Uncommon Schools.

As featured in the New York Times Magazine, new teaching methods transforming education

Students today are flocking to leadership classes in big numbers. This trend, first reported in The Chronicle of Higher Education, highlights not only the “remarkable” rate at which leadership studies and programs have sprung up on college campuses across the country, it highlights the need for timely, relevant and respected educational resources to inspire, encourage, and develop the next generation of leaders. 

Students today are flocking to leadership classes in big numbers. This trend, first reported in The Chronicle of Higher Education, highlights not only the “remarkable” rate at which leadership studies and programs have sprung up on college campuses across the country, it highlights the need for timely, relevant and respected educational resources to inspire, encourage, and develop the next generation of leaders. 

If we really want to be great, we must first obsess about practice. Practice Perfect offers principles to make us better in virtually every performance of our lives. Filled with engaging anecdotes, research, strategic advice and tips, it also includes scrimmages, drills, and practices of all sorts.

From picky toddlers to overweight tweens to vegetarian teens, parents confront many types of issues when trying to get their children to eat healthy meals.  FEARLESS FEEDING written by pediatric nutrition experts helps parents understand how eating relates to their child's overall development and how they can help their children make good food choices.

Written by internationally recognized and award-winning young leaders, this is a fresh, witty, and practical leadership guide for young people who want to discover the causes that ignite their passion and engage in concrete activities that can result in broad social innovation and lasting change.

Stop the School Bus shows how to put education reform back on track.

From: Social Science Quarterly

Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment author demonstrating Patterns of Strengths and Weaknesses Analyzer software

Keith Sawyer reveals the surprising secrets of highly creative people and includes an eight-step method, 30 practices and more than 100 techniques that can be launched at any point in a creative journey.

From two go-to experts in the Special Education field, this is the most practical, comprehensive book available on the realities of working as a special education teacher.

Practical and winning strategies for supporting reading instruction based on exciting new findings from neuroscience.