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Rethink student engagement and bring flow to the classroom to inspire students to love learning and reach optimal achievement.

Close the gender gap in mathematics. Acquire tools, tips, short exercises, and reflection questions that will help you understand the math and gender stereotypes impacting girls’ education and eliminate gender bias through effective elementary school math instruction.

Explore strategies and techniques to effectively learn and teach mathematics concepts for grades 3–5 and provide all students with the precise, accurate information they need to achieve success.

Explore strategies and techniques to effectively learn and teach mathematics concepts for grades 68 and provide all students with the precise, accurate information they need to achieve success.

Explore strategies and techniques to effectively learn and teach mathematics concepts for grades K–2 and provide all students with the precise, accurate information they need to achieve success.

Explore strategies and techniques to effectively learn and teach high school mathematics concepts and provide all students with the precise, accurate information they need to succeed.

Make sense of effective characteristics of K–5 small-group instruction in mathematics. Connect new understandings to classroom practice through the use of authentic classroom video of pulled small groups in action. Use the TQE (Tasks, Questions, Evidence) process to plan time effectively for small-group instruction.

Discover clear teaching strategies and rubrics for improving your instructional strategies for teaching mathematics at any grade level. Watch videos of effective math strategies in action and gain the tools to bring TQE process into the classroom.

Focus on developing people not just improving test scores. The authors examine how staffing decisions can strengthen professional learning communities.

Classroom educator Rachel Swearengin guides educators in creating effective social studies units. Learn to unpack standards, craft compelling questions, select grade-appropriate primary and secondary sources, and design assessments using claim-evidence-reasoning (CER). Practical templates and examples are provided for each K–5 grade level.