Trauma-Responsive Schooling outlines a novel approach to transforming American schools through student-centered, trauma-informed practices. The book chronicles the use of an innovative educational model, Trauma-Responsive Equitable Education (TREE), as part of a multiyear research project in two elementary schools in rural Maine. In this model, ......
A Framework for Advancing Instructional Excellence
An impactful approach to teaching assessment that boosts teaching practice while ensuring student success More effective learning goes hand-in-hand with a commitment to instructional excellence, but institutional approaches to instructor evaluation often fall short in assessing quality. In Transforming College Teaching Evaluation, Ann E. ......
A step-by-step guidebook for teachers on how to build a classroom community that empowers students through critical reflection, inquiry, and action to drive school transformation In Transformative Student Voice for Teachers, Dane Stickney, Ben Kirshner, Carlos P. Hipolito-Delgado, and Shelley Zion offer clear frameworks that support student ......
This bundle includes two essential books on Transformative Student Voice (TSV): the research volume for school leaders and the step-by-step guide for teachers to begin incorporating TSV into classrooms and driving student-centered change in their schools. Transformative Student Voice and its companion Transformative Student Voice for Teachers ......
Partnering with Young People for Equitable School Improvement
A testament to the power of centering youth voices in planning and implementing school reform In Transformative Student Voice, Shelley Zion, Ben Kirshner, and Carlos P. Hipolito-Delgado introduce readers to Transformative Student Voice (TSV), a framework that promotes student agency and activism through youth-adult partnerships, with tangible ......
A call to action championing equity and social justice in K-12 science curriculum. Transformative Science Teaching reveals Daniel Morales-Doyle's vision for science education that supports meaningful learning in the sciences. In this sensible and sensitive assessment of science instruction in the United States, Morales-Doyle outlines both what ......
A vital inquiry into trans issues in education, this compelling work argues for the design of education research, policies, and environments that honor all gender experiences and identities. Edited by two prominent figures in trans studies, Mario I. SuArez and Melinda M. Mangin, Trans Studies in K-12 Education brings together scholars and ......
Lessons from High-Retention Schools, Districts, and Communities
A research-based guide uncovering what teachers say keeps them in their schools-and how leaders can sustain them The Reasons Teachers Stay offers a powerful new perspective on the urgent issue of teacher retention. While national headlines focus on why so many teachers leave, Douglas B. Larkin and Suzanne Poole Patzelt flip the question to ......
How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers
A deep-dive investigation of education privatization that reveals voucher programs as the faulty products of decades of work by wealthy patrons and influential conservatives
In The Privateers, Josh Cowen lays bare the surprising history of tax-funded school choice programs in the United States and warns ......
