We already know what works in schools; we just need to focus on getting it right. This is the premise of Simply Better: Doing What Matters Most to Change the Odds for Student Success, which offers a practical, research-based framework for improving student achievement. According to author Bryan Goodwin, decades of research have shown time and again that focusing on the following five essential practices can vastly increase students' chances of doing well in school:* Guaran...

Unleash the power of curiosity and the joy of learning!Curiosity is hardwired in all of us, but the longer students stay in school, the less curious they become. Why is that?Building a Curious School uncovers the many subtle ways in which formal education seems to hinder our natural curiosity and reveals how rekindling a sense of wonder in schools can prime the pump for learning, foster a culture of engagement, grow better educatio...

Checklists help us work better. They help us manage complex tasks more effectively and ensure we apply what we know correctly and consistently. They've become indispensable for airline pilots and doctors, but can this low-tech approach to planning and problem solving demand a place in the teacher's toolkit? Teaching is complicated, with challenging decisions and important consequences, but it's in the most complex situations that a straightforward checklist can be the most useful.G...

The book that inspired millions of educators to refine their approach to teaching returns for an all-new third edition. Built on a rigorous research base of hundreds of studies conducted in a wide array of classrooms, The New Classroom Instruction That Works offers a streamlined focus on the 14 instructional strategies proven to promote deep, meaningful, and lasting learning:* Cognitive interest cues* Student goal setting and monitoring* Voca...

In far too many classrooms, the emphasis is on instructional strategies that teachers employ rather than on what students should be doing or thinking about as part of their learning. What's more, students' minds are something of a mysterious "black box" for most teachers, so when learning breaks down, they're not sure what went wrong or what to do differently to help students learn.It doesn't have to be this way.Learning That Sticks helps ...

Lem Roberson has lived a quiet life on the Carolina coast, fishing, raising a family, keeping faith in the small, steady ways that never make headlines. But when the dreams begin, the ordinary world begins to thin.A stranger on his fishing boat at dawn.A child with scarred hands building castles in the sand.A fisherman mending nets on a forgotten dock.A waitress who knows things she should not know.A voice speaking words buried for two thousand years...

Some places don't just test you.They remember you.When three lifelong friends, and a dog named Scout, travel to North Carolina's Outer Banks for a late-season escape, they expect solitude, salt air, and a few quiet days on the water. What they find instead is a place that watches back.As they move between Ocracoke and Portsmouth Island, the rhythms of tide and weather begin to press in. Old bonds fray. Unspoken tensions surface. And...

Good ideas, the best intentions, and a stirring vision aren't enough to effect change in schools. Unstuck offers a road map to help schools change from the inside out instead of the top down. Inside-out approaches are designed to encourage schools to become more innovative and entrepreneurial, finding better ways to help students learn and pursue their own intellectual passions and talents—while also maintaining a healthy skepticism and reliance on data to make sure new approaches...

The book that inspired millions of educators to refine their approach to teaching returns for an all-new third edition. Built on a rigorous research base of hundreds of studies conducted in a wide array of classrooms, The New Classroom Instruction That Works offers a streamlined focus on the 14 instructional strategies proven to promote deep, meaningful, and lasting learning:Cognitive interest cuesStudent goal setting and monitoringVocabul...

Narrated by Doris Kearns Goodwin with the star of Breaking Bad,Bryan Cranston! The audio edition also includes archival recordings of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Robert F. Kennedy.The #1 New York Times bestseller from “America’s historian-in-chief” (New York magazine).An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most beloved histor...