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Barbara Blackburn—Rigor Is NOT A Four-Letter Word

Tom Hierck & Jonathan Ferris—The SNAP Solution: An Innovative Math Assessment Tool for Grades K–8

Keith Schumacher—National Alliance for Father Friendly Schools

Michelle Hope—Building a Strong Foundation: How School Leaders Can Help New Teachers Succeed and Stay

Michelle Singh—The Blueprint: A School Leader’s Starter Kit To Crack the Code on Student Disengagement

Anthony Muhammad—Culture Keepers: Leaders Creating a Healthy School Culture

Jim Knight—The IC Toolkit

Erik Palmer—Well Spoken: Teaching Speaking to All Students

Anthony Muhammad—Culture Champions: Teachers Supporting a Healthy Classroom Culture

Mike Anderson—Tackling the Motivation Crisis: How to Activate Student Learning Without Behavior Charts, Pizza Parties, or Other Hard-to-Quit Incentive Systems

Sarah Frank—OpenLiteracy

Erik Palmer—Before You Say a Word: A School Leader’s Guide to Clear and Compelling Communication

Michael Petrilli—National Assessment of Educational Progress

Robert Barnett—Meet Every Learner’s Needs: Redesigning Instruction So All Students Can Succeed

Mike Anderson—Rekindle Your Professional Fire: Powerful Habits for Becoming a More Well-Balanced Teacher

Jill Handley & Lara Donnelly—What Can I Take Off Your Plate? A Structural—and Sustainable—Approach to Countering Teacher Burnout

Baruti Kafele—What Is My Value Instructionally to the Teachers I Supervise?

Peter Marshall—Today’s Teachers, Tomorrow’s Leaders: A Guide to Identifying and Developing Future Administrators

Barbara Blackburn—Rigor for Students with Special Needs

Teresa Hill—The Instructional Leader’s Guide to Closing Achievement Gaps: Five Keys for Improving Student Outcomes

Marc-Oliver Gewaltig—Thesify.ai: Scholarly Writing in the Age of A.I.

Barbara Blackburn—Rigor in the 6-12 Math and Science Classroom: A Teacher Toolkit

Carl Hendrick—How Learning Happens: Seminal Works in Educational Psychology and What They Mean in Practice

Vickie Echols—AI for School Leaders: 62 Ways To Lighten Your Workload and Focus On What Matters

Joshua Starr—Equity-Based Leadership: Leveraging Complexity to Transform School Systems

Larry Thompson—Responsibility-Centered Discipline: Keeping Students on the Path of Accountability

Natalie Wexler—Beyond the Science of Reading: Connecting Literacy Instruction to the Science of Learning

Barbara Blackburn—Scaffolding for Success: Helping Learners Meet Rigorous Expectations Across The Curriculum

Nason Lollar—The Five Principles of Educator Professionalism: Rebuilding Trust in Schools

Tom Hierck & Alex Kajitani—You’re A Teacher Now! What’s Next?

Chris Joffe—All Clear: Lessons From A Decade of Managing School Crises

Holly Geyer—Ending the Crisis: Mayo Clinic’s Guide to Opioid Addiction and Safe Opioid Use

Jim Marshall—Fixing Education Initiatives In Crisis: 24 Go-To Strategies

Zach Groshell—Just Tell Them: The Art and Science of Explanation

Richard DeLorenzo & Roxanne Mourant—Competency-Based Education Ignited: A Transformational Systemwide Approach for Leaders

Alyssa Gallagher—Embracing MESSY Leadership: How the Experience of 20,000 School Leaders Can Transform You and Your School

Peter DeWitt & Michael Nelson— Leading With Intention: How School Leaders Can Unlock Deeper Collaboration and Drive Results

John Almarode—The Illustrated Guide to Visible Learning

Justin Baeder—How To Get Into Classrooms 500 Times This School Year

Heather Bell-Williams & Justin Baeder—Mapping Professional Practice: How To Develop Instructional Frameworks to Support Teacher Growth—Using Framework Thinking

Dr. Amy Baeder: Standards-Based PBL

John Mighton—All Things Being Equal: Why Math Is the Key to a Better World

Joe Davis—The Generous Leader: 7 Ways to Give of Yourself for Everyone’s Gain

Nicholas Dirks— City of Intellect: The Uses and Abuses of the University

Elizabeth Grant—Deliberative Policymaking: Redesigning How We Make Education Policy

Barbara Blackburn—Rigor in the ELA & Social Studies Classroom

F. Joseph Merlino & Deborah Pomeroy—New Era – New Urgency: The Case for Repurposing Education

Erik Francis—Inquiring Minds Want To Learn: Posing Good Questions To Promote Student Inquiry

Jen Schwanke—The Principal’s Guide to Conflict Management

Debbie Zacarian—Transforming Schools for Multilingual Learners: A Comprehensive Guide for Educators

James Stronge—Qualities of Effective Principals

Kim Strobel—Teach Happy: Small Steps to Big Joy

Jim Marshall—Right From the Start: The Essential Guide to Implementing School Initiatives

Allison Rodman—Still Learning: Strengthening Professional and Organizational Capacity

James Stronge—Qualities of Effective Teachers

Tom Willis—The Great Engagement: How CEOs Create Exceptional Cultures

Tim Cusack & Vince Bustamante—Leader Ready: Four Pathways to Prepare Aspiring School Leaders

Tommy Floyd—National Archery in the Schools Program

Adam Stolzer—Instructional Leader Visibility & Presence

Ari Gerzon-Kessler—On the Same Team: Bringing Educators and Underrepresented Families Together

Priten Shah—AI and the Future of Education: Teaching in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Daniel Bauer: The Remarkable Vision Formula: A Guided School Leader Retreat

Tom Schimmer—Redefining Student Accountability: A Proactive Approach to Teaching Behavior Outside the Gradebook

Jean Eddy—Crisis-Proofing Today’s Learners: Reimagining Career Education to Prepare Kids for Tomorrow’s World

James Stronge—Smart from the Start: 100 Tools for Teaching with Confidence

Daman Harris—The Antiracist School Leader: What to Know, Say, and Do

Carlos Johnson—Power Engage: Seven Power Moves for Building Strong Relationships to Increase Engagement With Students and Parents

Brenda Yoho—Lead with Two Rules: Feeling Good and Feeling Safe

Don Parker—Be the Driving Force: Leading Your School on the Road to Equity

Nancy Flynn—The Principal’s Backpack: Tips and Tools for Managing Yourself (So You Can Manage Everything Else)

Rick Hess—The Great School Rethink

Michael Beyer—Pencils Down: Career journeys of educators who left the profession, and what we can learn from the crises in education

Pablo Muñoz—The Leader’s Algorithm: How a Personal Theory of Action Transforms Your Life, Work, and Relationships

Barbara Blackburn—Improving Teacher Morale & Motivation: Leadership Strategies that Build Student Success

Andrea Terrero Gabbadon—Support and Retain Educators of Color: 6 Principles for Culturally Affirming Leadership

Roni Habib—Happy & Resilient – The Complete Guide to Teaching, Learning and Living

Lauren Porosoff—Teach for Authentic Engagement

Lisa Rusyniak—Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake Excel Center

Nate Levenson & David James—It’s Time for Strategic Scheduling: How to Design Smarter K–12 Schedules That Are Great for Students, Staff, and the Budget

Mitch Weathers—Executive Functions for Every Classroom: Creating Safe & Predictable Learning Environments Grades 3-12

Heather Bell-Williams & Justin Baeder—Mapping Professional Practice: How To Develop Instructional Frameworks to Support Teacher Growth

Justin Baeder PhD: Accountability For Classroom Walkthroughs

Sheryl Cababa—Closing the Loop: Systems Thinking for Designers

Crystal Frommert—When Calling Parents Isn’t Your Calling: A teacher’s guide to communicating with parents

Jay Schroder—Teach From Your Best Self: A Teacher’s Guide to Thriving in the Classroom

Brian J Kosena⁠—⁠Leading a Competency-Based Elementary School: The Marzano Academies Model

Mike Schmoker—Results Now 2.0: The Untapped Opportunities for Swift, Dramatic Gains in Achievement

PJ Caposey & Bryan Wills—Cracking the Coaching Code: Using Personality Archetypes to Maximize Performance

Lisa Lande—Engagement by Design: Creating Learning Environments Where Students Thrive

Bryan Goodwin and Kris Rouleau—The New Classroom Instruction That Works: The Best Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement

Gail Markin—Beyond Self-Care: Leading a Systemic Approach to Well-Being for Educators

Dr. David Franklin—Advice from the Principal’s Desk: 5 Pillars of School Leadership

JP Frame—School-Wide Progressive Discipline Model

Michael Lehan—Supporting Student Athletes

Douglas Reeves—Fearless Coaching: Resilience and Results from the Classroom to the Boardroom

Bradley James Davies—School Leadership from A to Z: How to Lead Well Without Losing Your Way

Julie Causton—The Way to Inclusion: How Leaders Create Schools Where Every Student Belongs

Lori Cohen—The PD Book: 7 Habits that Transform Professional Development

Andrea Gribble—Social Media for Schools: Proven Storytelling Strategies & Ideas to Celebrate Your Students & Staff – While Keeping Your Sanity

Robert Feirsen & Seth Weitzman—From Conflict to Collaboration: A School Leader’s Guide to Unleashing Conflict’s Problem-Solving Power

Jamie Sears—How to Love Teaching Again: Work Smarter, Beat Burnout, and Watch Your Students Thrive

Andrew Knips & Michael Savoy—Equity in Data: A Framework for What Counts in Schools

Rae Hughart—Teachers Deserve It: What You Deserve. Why You Don’t Have It. And How You Can Go Get It

Cassandra Erkens & Tom Schimmer—Concise Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Assessment and Grading

David Price—The Power of Us: How We Connect, Act, and Innovate Together

Barbara Oakley & Beth Rogowsky—Uncommon Sense Teaching: Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn

Tom Guskey—Implementing Mastery Learning 3rd Edition

Eric Carbaugh and Laura McCullough—Building Educator Capacity Through Microcredentials

Jorge Valenzuela—Raising Equity Through SEL: A Framework for Implementing Trauma-Informed, Culturally Responsive Teaching and Restorative Practices

A. Keith Young—The Instructional Coaching Handbook: 200+ Troubleshooting Strategies for Success

AJ Crabill—Great On Their Behalf: Why School Boards Fail, How Yours Can Become Effective

Hedreich Nichols—Finding Your Blind Spots: Eight Guiding Principles for Overcoming Implicit Bias in Teaching

Rhonda Roos—The Deliberate and Courageous Principal: Ten Leadership Actions and Skills to Create High-Achieving Schools

Michael Gaskell—Radical Principals: A Blueprint for Long-Term Equity and Stability at School

Mike Lahiff—ZeroEyes AI Gun Detection

Rebecca Rolland—The Art of Talking with Children: The Simple Keys to Nurturing Kindness, Creativity, and Confidence in Kids

Jane Kise & Ann Holm—Educator Bandwidth: How to Reclaim Your Energy, Passion, and Time

Joy Kelly—Handle with Care: Managing Difficult Situations in Schools with Dignity and Respect

Ken O’Connor—Repair Kit for Grading: 15 Fixes for Broken Grades

Ron Beghetto & Laura McBain—My Favorite Failure: How Setbacks Can Lead To Learning and Growth

Chester E. Finn, Jr.—Assessing the Nation’s Report Card: Challenges and Choices for NAEP

Jim Henderson—3Q Check-Ins: How To Pay Attention To The People You Can’t Afford To Lose

Gary Orfield & Nicholas Hillman—Civil Rights and Federal Higher Education

Michelle Young, Ann O’Doherty, & Kathleen Cunningham—Redesigning Educational Leadership Preparation for Equity

Dawn Harris—Plan Like A PIRATE: Designing Extraordinary Learning Journeys for Every Student

Dr. Quintin Shepherd—The Secret to Transformational Leadership

Shira Leibowitz—Havens of Hope: Ideas for Redesigning Education from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Josh Packard—Mental Health & Gen Z: What Educators Need To Know

Matt Renwick—Leading Like a COACH: 5 Strategies for Supporting Teaching and Learning

Christopher Jones—SEEing To Lead: Creating a World-Class Culture Through a Teacher-Centric Approach

Erik Francis—Deconstructing Depth of Knowledge: A Method and Model for Deeper Teaching and Learning

Tom Hierck & Chris Weber—MTSS Roadmap

Peter Docker—Leading from the Jumpseat: How to Create Extraordinary Opportunities by Handing Over Control

Decoteau Irby—Stuck Improving: Racial Equity & School Leadership

Larry Dake—Crisis Management: Effective School Leadership to Avoid Early Burnout

Ken Williams—Ruthless Equity: Disrupt the Status Quo and Ensure Learning for ALL Students

Sean Glaze—Staying Coachable: A Story with 4 Questions to Help You Thrive in Change, Keep Climbing, and Enjoy Relentless Improvement

Allen Mendler—Motivating Students Who Don’t Care: Proven Strategies to Engage All Learners – 2nd Edition

Diana Parafiniuk—Mental Health Support Services for Educators

Laura Stack—The Dangerous Truth About Today’s Marijuana: Johnny Stack’s Life and Death Story

Tom Hierck—Trauma-Sensitive Instruction: Creating a Safe and Predictable Classroom Environment

Frank Buck—Get Organized Digitally! The Educator’s Guide to Time Management

Joseph Jones & TJ Vari—Retention for a Change: Motivate, Inspire, and Energize Your School Culture

Daphne Wallbrige—The First-Year Principal: 52 Practical Lessons to Help New Principals Thrive as Conscious Leaders

Jason Baehr & Jacquie Bryant—Deep in Thought: A Practical Guide to Teaching for Intellectual Virtues

Monica Brady-Myerov—Listen Wise: Teach Students to be Better Listeners

Eric Garcia—We‘re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation

Allison Rodman—Personalized Professional Learning: A Job-Embedded Pathway for Elevating Teacher Voice

Morgan Polikoff—Beyond Standards: The Fragmentation of Education Governance & the Promise of Curricular Reform

Daniel Bauer—Mastermind: Unlocking Talent Within Every School Leader

Patrick Leddin—The Five-Week Leadership Challenge: 35 Action Steps to Become the Leader You Were Meant to Be

Michael Gaskell—Leading Schools Through Trauma: A Data-Driven Approach to Helping Children Heal

Daniel Willingham—Why Don’t Students Like School? 2nd Edition

Ulcca Joshi Hansen—The Future of Smart: How Our Education System Needs to Change to Help All Young People Thrive

Diana Parafiniuk—E-Therapy

Jane Kise—Doable Differentiation: Twelve Strategies to Meet the Needs of All Learners

Randy Weiner & James Bailey—The Daily SEL Leader

Andrew Marotta—The School Leader: Surviving & Thriving

Patrice Bain—A Parent’s Guide to Powerful Teaching

Steve Zonnevylle & David Armstrong—The Forty-Hour Principal

Robyn Jackson—Stop Leading, Start Building!: Turn Your School into a Success Story with the People and Resources You Already Have

Teaching With the Instructional Cha-Chas: Four Steps to Make Learning Stick—LeAnn Nickelsen & Melissa Dickson

Danny Brassell—Leadership Begins with Motivation

Jed Dearybury—The Playful Classroom: The Power of Play for All Ages

Annie Murphy Paul—The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain

Courtney Ostaff—The Teaching Online Handbook

Jared Cooney Horvath & David Bott—10 Things Schools Get Wrong and How We Can Get Them Right

Ted Bunch & Anna Marie Johnson Teague—The Book of Dares: 100 Ways for Boys to be Kind, Bold, and Brave

Barbara Blackburn—Rigor in the Remote Learning Classroom: Instructional Tips and Strategies

Jennifer Abrams—Stretching Your Learning Edges: Growing (Up) at Work

Michael Bungay Stanier—The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious & Change the Way You Lead Forever

Jessica Lahey—The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence

Houston Kraft—Deep Kindness: A Revolutionary Guide for the Way We Think, Talk, and Act in Kindness

Read Write Code: A Friendly Introduction to the World of Coding, and Why It’s the New Literacy

Robert Slavin: Proven Tutoring

John Corrigan—Why We Teach: Preparing Young People For A Future That’s Here

Douglas Fisher—The Distance Learning Playbook for School Leaders: Leading for Engagement and Impact in Any Setting

Alexs Pate—The Innocent Classroom: Dismantling Racial Bias to Support Students of Color

Simon Rodberg—What If I’m Wrong? and Other Key Questions for Decisive School Leadership

Justin Thomas—The Principal’s Toolbox: Real Talk on Tackling School Leadership

Ebony Omotola McGee—Black, Brown, Bruised: How Racialized STEM Education Stifles Innovation

Bryan Goodwin—Balanced Leadership for Powerful Learning: Tools for Achieving Success in Your School

Molly Hudgens—Saving Sycamore: The School Shooting That Never Happened

Curtis Zimmerman—Life at Performance Level

Marcie Beigel—Love Your Classroom Again: Realistic Behavior Strategies for Educators

Karen Gross—Trauma Doesn’t Stop at the School Door: Strategies and Solutions for Educators, PreK-College

Delores Lindsey—Culturally Proficient Coaching: Supporting Educators to Create Equitable Schools

Raymond Smith—10 Mindframes for Leaders: The VISIBLE LEARNING Approach to School Success

Chad Dumas—Let’s Put the C in PLC: A Practical Guide for School Leaders

William A. Sommers and Diane Zimmerman—9 Professional Conversations to Change Schools: A Dashboard of Options

William D. Parker—Pause. Breathe. Flourish. Living Your Best Life as an Educator.

Craig Randall—Trust-Based Observations: Maximizing Teaching & Learning Growth

William A. Sommers—Responding to Resistance: Thirty Strategies to Manage Conflict in Your School

Robert Barr & Emily Gibson—Building the Resilient School: Overcoming the Effects of Poverty With a Culture of Hope

Douglas Fisher—The Distance Learning Playbook

Michael Roberts—Shifting from Me to We: How to Jumpstart Collaboration in a PLC at Work®

Meredith Honig & Lydia Rainey—Supervising Principals for Instructional Leadership: A Teaching and Learning Approach

Jethro Jones—SchoolX: How principals can design a transformative school experience for students, teachers, parents – and themselves

Jamie Thom—A Quiet Education: Challenging the Extrovert Ideal in our Schools

Emma Turner—Be More Toddler: A Leadership Education From Our Little Learners

Wendy Oliver—Not Your Mama’s Classroom: What You Need to Know As A Parent About Your Child’s Digital Education

Dana Goodier—Working With Students with Chronic Attendance And Truancy Issues

Kirsten Richert, Jeffrey Ikler and Margaret Zacchei—Shifting How School Leaders Can Create a Culture of Change

Peter Dewitt—Instructional Leadership: Creating Practice Out of Theory

Amy Baeder—Creating Purpose and Consistency for Students with Project-Based Learning

Andy Hargreaves—Moving: A Memoir of Education and Social Mobility

Amber Dembowski—Monday Mindset

Anne Gregory and Katherine R. Evans—The Starts and Stumbles of Restorative Justice in Education: Where Do We Go from Here?

Barbara Blackburn—Money for Good Grades and Other Myths about Motivating Kids: Strategies for Parents & Teachers

Thomas Guskey—Get Set, Go: Creating Successful Grading and Reporting Systems

Dan Heath—Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen

Tricia Taylor—Connect the Dots: The Collective Power of Relationships, Memory and Mindset in the Classroom

Kulvarn Atwal—The Thinking School: Developing a Dynamic Learning Community

Fred Ende and Meghan Everette—Forces of Influence: How Educators Can Leverage Relationships to Improve Practice

Tom Hoerr—Taking Social Emotional Learning Schoolwide: The Formative Five Success Skills for Students and Staff

Eric Kalenze—What The Academy Taught Us: Improving Schools from the Bottom Up in a Top-Down Transformation Era.

Rich Czyz—The Secret Sauce: Essential Ingredients for Exceptional Teaching

Tracey Benson—Unconscious Bias in Schools: A Developmental Approach to Exploring Race and Racism

Scott Seider and Daren Graves—Schooling for Critical Consciousness: Engaging Black and Latinx Youth in Analyzing, Navigating, and Challenging Racial Injustice

Douglas Fisher & Nancy Frey—All Learning is Social & Emotional

Douglas Reeves—100-Day Leaders: Turning Short-Term Wins Into Long-Term Success in Schools

Adam Drummond—The Instructional Change Agent: 48 Ways to Be the Leader Your School Needs

Juliana Finegan—Teacher Onboarding

Douglas Reeves—Achieving Equity and Excellence: Achieving Equity and Excellence: Immediate Results From the Lessons of High-Poverty, High-Success Schools

Kim Marshall—The Best of The Marshall Memo, Book One: Ideas and Action Steps to Energize Leadership, Teaching, and Learning

Keara Mascareñaz—The New Team Habits: A Guide to the New School Rules

Lynmara Colón—Empower Our Girls: Opening the Door for Girls to Achieve More

Andrea Ferrero—Pockets Change

Richard Gerver—Education: A Manifesto for Change

Stephanie Dean: Opportunity Culture—Extending the Reach of Excellent Teachers

Doug Fisher and Nancy Frey—PLC+: Better Decisions and Greater Impact By Design

Kevin Stoller—Creating Better Learning Environments

Katie White—Unlocked: Assessment as the Key to Everyday Creativity in the Classroom

Eileen Depka—Letting Data Lead: How to Design, Analyze, and Respond to Classroom Assessment

Jane Kise—Step In, Step Up: Empowering Women for the School Leadership Journey

Natalie Wexler—The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America’s Broken Education System—And How To Fix It

Paul Tough—The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us

Carla Tantillo Philibert—Everyday Self-Care for Educators: Tools and Strategies for Well-Being

Scott Young—Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career.

Barbara Blackburn—Rigor and Differentiation in the Classroom: Tools and Strategies

Esther Wojcicki—How To Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons for Radical Results

Brad Gustafson—Reclaiming Our Calling: Hold on to the Heart, Mind, and Hope of Education

Anthony Muhammad—Time for Change: Four Essential Skills for Transformational School and District Leaders

Angela Watson—40-Hour Teacher Workweek Club

Tom Schimmer, Cassandra Erkens & Nicole Dimich Vagle—Growing Tomorrow’s Citizens in Today’s Classrooms

Jarod Bormann—Professionally Driven: Empower Every Educator To Redefine PD

Catlin Tucker—Power Up Blended Learning: A Professional Learning Infrastructure to Support Sustainable Change

Jane Kise—Holistic Leadership, Thriving Schools: Twelve Lenses to Balance Priorities and Serve the Whole Student

Brad Weinstein—Hacking School Discipline: 9 Ways to Create a Culture of Empathy and Responsibility Using Restorative Justice

Gary Jones—Evidence-based School Leadership and Management: A Practical Guide

Baruti Kafele—Is My School a Better School Because I Lead It?

Rebecca Stobaugh—Fifty Strategies to Boost Cognitive Engagement: Creating a Thinking Culture in the Classroom

Jared Horvath—Stop Talking, Start Influencing: 12 Insights From Brain Science to Make Your Message Stick

Sophie Riegel—Don’t Tell Me To Relax: One Teen’s Journey to Survive Anxiety (and How You Can Too)

Alex Kajitani—Owning It: Proven Strategies to Ace and Embrace Teaching

Jennifer Abrams—Swimming in the Deep End: Four Foundational Skills for Leading Successful School Initiatives

Brad and Tonya Balch—Building Great School Counselor–Administrator Teams

Ellen Feig Gray—Hacking School Culture: Designing Compassionate Classrooms

Mike Fisher—Hacking Instructional Design: 33 Extraordinary Ways to Create a Contemporary Curriculum

Jimmy Casas, Jeffrey Zoul & Todd Whitaker—10 Perspectives on Innovation in Education

Shawn Rubin & Cathy Sanford—Pathways to Personalization: A Framework for School Change

Peter Dewitt—Coach It Further: Using the Art of Coaching to Improve School Leadership

Michael McDowell—The Lead Learner: Improving Clarity, Coherence, and Capacity for All

Aaron White—Script

Larry Hausner—The Principal Coaching Model: How To Plan, Design, and Implement a Successful Program

Barbara Blackburn & Bradley Witzel—Rigor in the RTI & MTSS Classroom

Monica Burns—Tasks Before Apps: Designing Rigorous Learning in a Tech-Rich Classroom

Luthern Williams—New Roads School

Tamara Fyke—Building People: Social-Emotional Learning for Kids, Families, Schools, and Communities

Anneke Markholt and Joanna Michelson—Leading for Professional Learning: What Successful Principals Do To Support Teaching Practice

Robert Avossa—FETC

Cinque Henderson—Sit Down and Shut Up: How Discipline Can Set Students Free

Kimberly Mitchell—Experience Inquiry: 5 Powerful Strategies, 50 Practical Experiences

Amy Jenkins & Kira Keane—Strategic Communication for Families & Stakeholders

Cristal Glangchai—Venture Girls: Raising Girls To Be Tomorrow’s Leaders

Amy Dujon—The Gritty Truth of School Transformation: Eight Phases of Growth to Instructional Rigor

Robyn Jackson—Never Work Harder Than Your Students and Other Principles of Great Teaching

Jessica Cabeen, Jessica Johnson, and Sarah Johnson—Balance Like a Pirate: Going beyond Work-Life Balance to Ignite Passion and Thrive as an Educator (A Lead Like a PIRATE Guide)

Mark Perna—Answering Why: Unleashing Passion, Purpose, and Performance in Younger Generations

Barbara Oakley—Learning How to Learn: How to Succeed in School Without Spending All Your Time Studying; A Guide for Kids and Teens

Amy McGrath—ASU Prep Digital

Barbara Blackburn—Rigor & Assessment in the Classroom

Jim Henderson—3Q Check-In System

Guillaume Gendre—School By Design

Robyn Jackson—Never Underestimate Your Teachers: Instructional Leadership for Excellence in Every Classroom

Ilana Horn—Motivated: Designing Math Classrooms Where Students Want to Join In

Julie Wilson—The Human Side of Changing Education: How to Lead Change With Clarity, Conviction, and Courage

Elena Aguilar—Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators

Marlena Hebern—The EduProtocol Field Guide: 16 Student-Centered Lesson Frames for Infinite Learning Possibilities

Jack Jose and Krista Taylor—Angels and Superheroes Compassionate Educators in an Era of School Accountability

Sonny Magana—Disruptive Classroom Technologies: A Framework for Innovation in Education

Richard Gerver—Creating Tomorrow’s Schools Today: Education – Our Children – Their Futures

Alex Kajitani—Multiplication Nation

Jane Pollock—The i5 Approach: Lesson Planning That Teaches Thinking and Fosters Innovation

Denver Fowler—The 21st Century School Leader: Leading Schools in Today’s World

Barbara Blackburn—The Principalship from A to Z

Rick Jetter—Let Them Speak: How Student Voice Can Transform Your School

Nathan Lang—Everyday Instructional Coaching: Seven Daily Drivers to Support Teacher Effectiveness

Jonathan Eckert—Leading Together: Teachers and Administrators Improving Student Outcomes

Mitch Weathers—Tier I Supports for Executive Functioning

Barbara Blackburn—Advocacy from A to Z

Daniel P. Kelley—NASSP

Brad Balch—Building Great School Board–Superintendent Teams A Systematic Approach to Balancing Roles and Responsibilities

Daniel R. Venables—Facilitating Teacher Teams and Authentic PLCs: The Human Side of Leading People, Protocols, and Practices

Nadine Burke Harris—The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity

Anthony Kim—The NEW School Rules 6 Vital Practices for Thriving and Responsive Schools

Dr. Victoria Bernhardt—Measuring What We Do in Schools: How to Know If What We Are Doing Is Making a Difference

Yong Zhao—Reach for Greatness: Personalizable Education for All Children

Peter Kraft—Evolution Labs

Cassandra Erkens—Instructional Agility: Responding to Assessment with Real-Time Decisions

John Hattie—Ten Mindframes for Visible Learning: Teaching for Success

David Hehman—Creation Crate

Dr. Amy Klinger & Amanda Klinger, Esq—The Educator’s School Safety Network

Rich Czyz—The Four O’Clock Faculty: A Rogue Guide to Revolutionizing Professional Development

Tamara Fyke—Love In A Big World

Patty Alper—TEACH TO WORK: How a Mentor, a Mentee, and a Project Can Close the Skills Gap in America

Matt Renwick—Digital Portfolios in the Classroom: Showcasing and Assessing Student Work

Dr. Kimberly Tyson—Blended Vocabulary for K-12 Classrooms: Harnessing the Power of Digital Tools and Direct Instruction

Chris & Courtney Daikos—Trauma-Informed Tier I Supports

Ken Spero—Ed Leadership SIMs: Training Simulations for School Leaders

PJ Caposey—Making Evaluation Meaningful: Transforming the Conversation to Transform Schools

Matt Miller—Ditch That Homework: Practical Strategies to Help Make Homework Obsolete

Sam LeDeaux—The Snowball Effect: How I Visited Classrooms 1,173 Times in One School Year

Mark Wu—Answerables.com

Dr. Bill Ziegler—Future Focused Leaders: Relate, Innovate, and Invigorate for Real Educational Change

Naphtali Hoff—Becoming the New Boss: The New Leader’s Guide to Sustained Success

Richard Kincaid—EcoRise

Dr. Tonya Goree—Impact Now: How Principals Can Use Video-Enhanced Coaching to Grow Teachers and Raise Student Achievement

Michael Toth—Who Moved My Standards? Joyful Teaching in an Age of Change

Steve Reifman—10 Steps to Empowering Classroom Management: Build A Productive, Cooperative Culture Without Using Rewards

William Parker—Messaging Matters: How School Leaders Can Inspire Teachers, Motivate Students, and Reach Communities

Joy Kirr—Shift This!: How to Implement Gradual Changes for MASSIVE Impact in Your Classroom

Chris Walsh: Abl—Unlocking Time As A Resource To Personalize Education

Jessica Johnson, Shira Leibowitz, Kathy Perret—The Coach Approach to School Leadership: Leading Teachers to Higher Levels of Effectiveness

Justin Baeder—Becoming a Learning Organization: Leading for Sustained Improvement

Rick Stiggins—Defensible Teacher Evaluation: Student Growth Through Classroom Assessment

Justin Baeder—Restructuring the Teaching Profession

Jon Saphier—High Expectations Teaching: How We Persuade Students to Believe and Act on “Smart Is Something You Can Get”

Rick Stiggins—The Perfect Assessment System

Daniel Bauer—Mastermind Groups

Rick Jetter & Rebecca Coda—Escaping the School Leader’s Dunk Tank: How to Prevail when Others Want You to Drown

Sarah Fiarman—Becoming a School Principal: Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn

Kenneth Baum—The Artisan Teaching Model for Instructional Leadership: Working Together to Transform Your School

Tom Hoerr—The Formative Five: Fostering Grit, Empathy, and Other Success Skills Every Student Needs.

Baruti Kafele—The Teacher 50: Critical Questions for Inspiring Classroom Excellence

Matthew Pietrafetta—College Entrance Exam Prep for Underserved Communities

Gene Bedley—Ambassadors of Compassion

Paul Gorski—Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty

Paul Mielke—Making Teachers Better, Not Bitter: Balancing Evaluation, Supervision, and Reflection for Professional Growth

Steve Heisler—The Missing Link: Teaching and Learning Critical Success Skills

Arina Bokas—Building Powerful Learning Environments: From Schools to Communities

Dr. Anael Alston: You’re Hired: The Inside Secrets to Landing Your School Leadership Job

Jean Desravines—Breakthrough Principals: A Step-by-Step Guide to Building Stronger Schools

Douglas Reeves—Elements of Grading: A Guide to Effective Practice

Ivan Hannel: A Pedagogy of Questioning

Dr. Anthony Muhammad—The Will to Lead, the Skill to Teach: Transforming Schools at Every Level

Richard Sagor—The Action Research Guidebook A Process for Pursuing Equity and Excellence in Education

Kathy Kee—RESULTS Coaching Next Steps Leading for Growth and Change

Kathy Kee—RESULTS Coaching Next Steps Leading for Growth and Change

Otis Kriegel—Everything A New Elementary School Teacher Really Needs to Know (But Didn’t Learn in College)

Jen Abrams—Hard Conversations Unpacked: The Whos, the Whens, and the What-Ifs

John Linney—Bullying Prevention, Climate, & Restorative Justice

Chris & Courtney Daikos—Trauma-Informed Multi-Tiered Systems of Support

David Horton—Leading School Teams: Building Trust to Promote Student Learning

Dr. Richard Cash—Self-Regulation in the Classroom: Helping Students Learn How to Learn

Erik Francis—Now THAT’S a Good Question! How to Promote Cognitive Rigor Through Classroom Questioning

Terry Wilhelm—Shared Leadership: The Essential Ingredient for Effective PLCs

Regie Routman—Read, Write, Lead: Breakthrough Strategies for Schoolwide Literacy Success

Dr. Brad Gustafson—Renegade Leadership: Creating Innovative Schools for Digital Age Students

Dr. Peter DeWitt—Collaborative Leadership: Six Influences That Matter Most

Tom Schimmer—Grading From the Inside Out: Bringing Accuracy to Student Assessment Through a Standards-Based Mindset

Bill Sterrett—Igniting Teacher Leadership: How do I empower my teachers to lead and learn?

Sean Glaze—The 10 Commandments of Winning Teammates

Otis Kriegel—Starting School Right

Fred Ende—Professional Development That Sticks

Jen Schwanke—You’re The Principal…Now What?

Larry Machi—Analyzing and Synthesizing Research—Making Leadership Theory Apply to the Real World

Russell Quaglia—Principal Voice: Listen, Learn, Lead

Allyson Burnett—Virtual Coaching

Ronald Beghetto—Big Wins, Small Steps: How to Lead For and With Creativity

Mike Anderson—Learning to Choose, Choosing to Learn: The Key to Student Motivation and Achievement

Paul Tough: Helping Children Succeed: What Works and Why

Steve Peha—Be a Better Writer: For School, For Fun, For Anyone Ages 10-16

Lyn Sharratt & Beate Planche—Leading Collaborative Learning: Empowering Excellence

Quinn Rollins—Play Like a PIRATE: Engage Students with Toys, Games, and Comics

Allison Zmuda—Learning Personalized: The Evolution of the Contemporary Classroom

Matt Vaudrey & John Stevens—The Classroom Chef: Sharpen Your Lessons, Season Your Classes, and Make Math Meaningful

Thomas Van Soelen—Crafting the Feedback Teachers Need and Deserve: A Guide for Leaders

Anthony Muhammad—Overcoming the Achievement Gap Trap

Ken Williams—Starting A Movement: Building Culture from the Inside Out in Professional Learning Communities

Jamie Sussel Turner—Transitioning To An Educational Leadership Role

Ryan McLane—Your School Rocks

Michael Matera—Explore Like A Pirate

Dr. Richard Sorenson—The Principal’s Guide to Time Management: Instructional Leadership in the Digital Age

Russell Quaglia—Student Voice Survey

Dan Tricarico—The Zen Teacher

Cassandra Erkens—Collaborative Common Assessments: Teamwork. Instruction. Results.

James Alan Sturtevant—You’ve Gotta Connect

Joseph Murphy—Creating Instructional Capacity: A Framework for Creating Academic Press

Bobby Moore—Five Strategies for Creating a High-Growth School

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