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  • Children at the Center

    Transforming Early Childhood Education in the Boston Public Schools

    by Betty Bardige, Megina Baker, Ben Mardell ...
    Children at the Center provides a closely observed account of a decade-long effort to reshape the scope, direction, and quality of the Boston Public Schools’ early childhood programs. Drawing on multiple perspectives and voices from the field, the authors highlight the reflective, collaborative, inquiry-driven approach undertaken by the program and share lessons learned.Boston Public Schools are ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

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  • Permission to Feel

    The Power of Emotional Intelligence to Achieve Well-Being and Success

    by Marc Brackett, Ph.D. ...
    The mental well-being of children and adults is shockingly poor. Marc Brackett, author of Permission to Feel, knows why. And he knows what we can do."We have a crisis on our hands, and its victims are our children."Marc Brackett is a professor in Yale University’s Child Study Center and founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. In his 25 years as an emotion scientist, he has ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Beyond Intelligence

    Secrets for Raising Happily Productive Kids

    by Dr. Dona Matthews, Dr. Joanne Foster ...
    From two internationally recognized experts in the field of gifted education comes this timely exploration of how best to nurture a child’s unique gifts, and set them on a path to a happily productive life — in school and beyond.What is intelligence? Is it really a have or have not proposition, as we’ve been led to believe? Are some children just destined to fall behind? Dona Matthews and Joanne ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rethinking School

    How to Take Charge of Your Child's Education

    by Susan Wise Bauer ...
    “If you read only one book on educating children, this should be the book.… With a warm, informative voice, Bauer gives you the knowledge that will help you flex the educational model to meet the needs of your child.” —San Francisco Book ReviewOur K–12 school system isn’t a good fit for all—or even most—students. It prioritizes a single way of understanding the world over all others, pushes ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Read, Write, Lead

    Breakthrough Strategies for Schoolwide Literacy Success

    by Regie Routman ...
    Literacy is a skill for all time, for all people. It is an integral part of our lives, whether we are students or adult professionals. Giving all educators the breadth of knowledge and practical tools that help students strengthen their literacy skills is the focus of Read, Write, Lead.Drawing on her experience as a mentor teacher, reading specialist, instructional coach, and staff developer, ... Read more

    $48.99 CAD

  • Millennials, Goldfish & Other Training Misconceptions

    Debunking Learning Myths and Superstitions

    by Clark N. Quinn ...
    Can You Tell Learning Fact From Fiction?“Training should be tailored to individual learning styles.” “We only use 10 percent of our brain.” “Multitasking is as simple and efficient as flipping a switch.”Some myths and superstitions have their fervent believers. But unlike everyday misconceptions such as “Bats are blind” or “George Washington had wooden teeth,” these learning myths can cost you. ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Better Than Carrots or Sticks

    Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management

    by Dominique Smith, Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey ...
    ASCD Bestseller! Classroom management is traditionally a matter of encouraging good behavior and discouraging bad by doling out rewards and punishments. But studies show that when educators empower students to address and correct misbehavior among themselves, positive results are longer lasting and more wide reaching.In Better Than Carrots or Sticks, longtime educators and best-selling authors ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind

    Practical Strategies for Raising Achievement

    by Eric Jensen ...
    In this galvanizing follow-up to the best-selling Teaching with Poverty in Mind, renowned educator and learning expert Eric Jensen digs deeper into engagement as the key factor in the academic success of economically disadvantaged students.Drawing from research, experience, and real school success stories, Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind reveals* Smart, purposeful engagement strategies that ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • The Spark of Learning

    Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion

    by Sarah Rose Cavanagh ...
    Series series Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
    Historically we have constructed our classrooms with the assumption that learning is a dry, staid affair best conducted in quiet tones and ruled by an unemotional consideration of the facts. The field of education, however, is beginning to awaken to the potential power of emotions to fuel learning, informed by contributions from psychology and neuroscience. In friendly, readable prose, Sarah Rose ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Habits of Success: Getting Every Student Learning

    by Harry Fletcher-Wood ...
    For students to benefit from lessons, they must attend, listen and try their best. But at times, almost all teachers struggle to manage classroom behaviour and to motivate students to learn. Drawing on decades of research on behavioural science, this book offers teachers practical strategies to get students learning. The key is students’ habits. This book reveals simple yet powerful ways to help ... Read more

    $35.72 CAD

  • When Gifted Kids Don't Have All the Answers: How to Meet Their Social and Emotional Needs

    by Judy Galbraith ...
    Gifted kids are so much more than test scores and grades. Still, it’s sometimes difficult to see past the potential to the child who may be anxious, lonely, confused, or unsure of what the future might bring. This book, now fully revised with updated information and new survey quotes, offers practical suggestions for addressing the social and emotional needs of gifted students. The authors present ... Read more

    $40.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Failure Is Not an Option

    6 Principles That Advance Student Achievement in Highly Effective Schools

    by Alan M. Blankstein ...
    School improvement that lasts: find out how with this masterful guide!Common Core requirements, merit-based pay, new teacher evaluations, project-based learning—21st-century learning is a demanding and rapidly changing landscape. Advance from overwhelmed to empowered with Alan Blankstein’s Failure Is Not an Option, used by more than 350,000 educators to create schools that sustain success for ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD