Books

Finnish lessons 3.0 encourages readers to think big and bold to find new solutions for improving their schools and entire education systems. This third edition of the Grawemeyer Award Winner includes important new material about teaching children with special needs, the role of play in high-quality education, and Finland’s responses to growing inequality, slipping international test scores and the global pandemic.

Learn how to close the provision gap for culturally and linguistically diverse learners with this essential resource. In this completely revised second edition, Dr Berry introduces a new five-step framework that focuses on academic equity for all students. 

Educational technology and online instruction experts Stephanie Smith Budhai and Laura McLaughlin offer advice on how best to keep students engaged, participating and learning in a digital or hybrid space. Whether the instruction is synchronous, asynchronous or dual audience, Increasing engagement in online learning will help F–12 teachers create a better experience for learners and teachers alike.

Merging research and practice, this second edition of Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work®: Proven insights for sustained, substantive school improvement offers F–12 leaders and educators specific, practical recommendations for transforming their schools into Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) so students learn at higher levels.

Students impacted by trauma face behavioural and mental health challenges, which, if not addressed, can have long-lasting effects. In Trauma-sensitive leadership: Creating a safe and predictable school environment, authors John F Eller and Tom Hierck emphasise leaders’ unique role in working with teachers, staff, families and the community to create schools where students build resilience to cope with traumatic experiences.

Designed specifically for leaders, the Leading PLCs at Work® districtwide plan book offers tools and best practices for effective planning in a professional learning community (PLC), guiding leaders in identifying major tasks and completion dates to reach goals and optimise time and productivity.

This powerful resource helps teachers infuse language learning into every subject area with research-based instructional strategies. It is packed with easy-to-use activities that immerse students in content while promoting oral and written language development.

Meet the needs of all students with this classroom-tested instructional framework for Years F–12. Guided math provides an innovative approach to mathematics instruction that fosters mathematical thinking and conceptual understanding.

In this timely resource, students learn to prove their conclusions by reading critically and closely and by effectively annotating literary and informational texts. Students will look for central ideas to comprehend texts and use credible evidence to make informed decisions. Lessons focus on finding, using and citing reliable sources and text evidence. 

Clothesline math: The master number sense maker provides teachers with the tools they need to facilitate classroom discourse and intentionally teach number sense at all grade levels.

Bridges out of poverty champions alliances of support and helps individuals and communities that are ready to break free of poverty. Rather than create reliance, Bridges out of poverty communities create new understanding, skills, resources and motivation.

With The metacognitive student, learn how a simple approach the authors call ‘structured SELf-questioning’ helps students step back and think about their thinking when solving any problem. By teaching this powerful, research-backed approach, educators develop students into thriving thinkers who are confident, healthy, adaptive and resilient.