Books

Learn how to become a more authentic and equitable educator. This book guides teachers in understanding their identity, challenging systemic inequities, and building stronger relationships with students. Master how to identify harmful practices, create inclusive classrooms, and envision a more just educational future.

Explore the essential qualities of great teachers. From passion and knowledge to effective time management, relationship building, lesson planning, and continuous improvement, this book explores the key factors that contribute to exceptional teaching.

Explore strategies for fostering a healthy school culture compiled by prominent voices and leading author Anthony Muhammad. K–12 teachers can gain practical guidance on addressing resistance to change, implementing project-based learning, navigating bias, building partnerships, and creating a motivating classroom environment.

Discover evidence-based, effective reading strategies to close the reading gap, understand the science of reading, and learn practical techniques for improving reading comprehension, phonics, vocabulary, and critical thinking.

National Board Certified Teacher and award-winning, best-selling author Susan B. Katz provides educators with a practical guide for teaching language to multilingual learners. Discover strategies and exercises for speaking, writing, reading, and listening skills, with a focus on understanding student progress and offering continued support.

This guide helps educators identify their classroom goals and implement efficient teaching strategies. K–12 educators can gain techniques to manage themselves, maximize their time, and avoid burnout.

Explore specific biases in education with author ClauDean ChiNaka Kizart. She emphasizes bias origins and how they impact K–12 educators, students, and administrators. From intergroup bias to decision-fatigue bias to scarcity bias, discover insights and strategies for recognizing, managing, and countering these biases in school communities.

Afterword by: Tina H. Boogren

Built on a foundation of routines and strategies for choosing joy, this book guides educators on a yearlong journey to cultivate lasting joy in their lives. Through insightful narratives and mindful practices, the book explores the power of connection with self and others. Using seasonal reflections, educators learn to experience joy by embracing challenges, finding contentment, and prioritizing rest, resilience, and rejuvenation.

This book provides a five-phase process for implementing evidence-based grading, offering practical guidance for teachers and a clear road map for school leaders to improve student assessment, grading, and reporting. The five-phase process helps schools address some of the challenges they encounter with standards-based and competency-based grading models, providing structured steps and solutions. K–12 administrators can use this book to evaluate their system’s effectiveness, reflect on successes and challenges, and continuously refine evidence-based grading practices to enhance student learning outcomes.

Explore the four key sources of collective teacher efficacy: mastery experiences, vicarious experiences, persuasion, and positive emotions. Understand how to tap into these sources to overcome the barriers that impede the development of collective teacher efficacy. With a focus on sustained improvement, this guide provides practical steps to achieve lasting impact.