JosseyBass: All New Education K-12 Titles

21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times

Bernie Trilling, Charles Fadel — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

The new building blocks for learning in a complex world

This important resource introduces a framework for 21st Century learning that maps out the skills needed to survive and thrive in a complex and connected world. 21st Century content includes the basic core subjects of reading, writing, and arithmetic-but also emphasizes global awareness, financial/economic literacy, and health issues. The skills fall into three categories: learning and innovations

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Supporting and Instructing for Youth Purpose: New Directions for Youth Development, Number 132

Jenni Menon Mariano (Editor) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

The Energetic Brain: Understanding and Managing ADHD

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMT

How to get past the myths, tap into the creativity of the ADHD mind, and thrive

ADHD affects millions of people-some 3 to 5% of the general population. Written by a neuroscientist who has studied ADHD, a clinician who has diagnosed and treated it for 30 years, and a special educator who sees it daily, The Energetic Brainprovides the latest information from neuroscience on how the ADHD brain works and shows how to harness its potential for success.

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Education Nation: Six Leading Edges of Innovation in our Schools

Milton Chen, George Lucas (Foreword by) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

An educational innovator who worked at Sesame Workshop and The George Lucas Educational Foundation offers a new vision for learning

As a result of constant innovation, learning is no longer limited by traditional confines and we're moving beyond students tied to their chairs, desks, and textbooks-and teachers locked away in classrooms. In Education Nation author Milton Chen draws from extensive experience in media-from his work on Sesame Street in

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Co-Teaching That Works: Structures and Strategies for Maximizing Student Learning

Anne M. Beninghof — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Guaranteed success for the co-taught classroom

For the increasing number of teachers working in co-taught classrooms, this book provides practical ideas for defining teacher roles, planning lessons, providing effective instruction, and maximizing the value of each team member. Former co-teacher and national presenter Anne Beninghof shares stories, and real-life co-taught lesson examples that emphasize creative yet time-efficient instructional strategies

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Digital Learning: Strengthening and Assessing 21st Century Skills, Grades 5-8

Ferdi Serim — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

An essential resource for teaching and assessing student's use of technology

This comprehensive book offers a practical pathway for developing twenty-first-century skills while simultaneously strengthening content-area learning. Digital Learningcontains a wealth of research-based practices to integrate the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) National Education Technology Standards

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Concepts in Male Health: Perspectives Across The Lifespan

James E. Leone — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Concepts in Male Health

Concepts in Male Health: Perspectives Across the Lifespan offers a practical approach to understanding the health of males of all races, ethnicities, socioeconomic status, cultures, ages, and orientations. Each chapter of this book comprehensively reviews an important dimension of male health and examines the contributing historical, epidemiological,??psychosocial, cultural-ethical, legal, political, and economic influences.

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Teach Like a Champion Field Guide: A Practical Resource to Make the 49 Techniques Your Own

Doug Lemov — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

The companion to Teach Like a Champion, the book that took the teaching community by storm

In his acclaimed book Teach Like a Champion, Doug Lemov shared 49 essential techniques used by excellent teachers. In his companion Field Guide, he further explores those techniques in a practical guide. With the Teach Like a Champion Field Guide, teachers will have an indispensable resource that complements their classroom application of Lemov's techniques.

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College and Career Ready: Helping All Students Succeed Beyond High School

David T. Conley — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Giving students the tools they need to succeed in college and work

College and Career Ready offers educators a blueprint for improving high school so that more students are able to excel in freshman-level college courses or entry-level jobs-laying a solid foundation for lifelong growth and success. The book is filled with detailed, practical guidelines and case descriptions of what the best high schools are doing.

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The First-Year Teacher's Survival Guide Professional Development Training Kit: DVD Set with Facilitator's Manual

Julia G. Thompson — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Increase your beginning teachers' chances for success with this comprehensive training package, based on Julia Thompson's bestselling book for new teachers. Dubbed a "mentor in a book," The First-Year Teacher's Survival Guide has helped more than 100,000 new teachers create a positive and dynamic learning environment for their students while meeting the challenges of each school day.

This rich multimedia training package distills Thompson's practical

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Youth Civic Development: Work at the Cutting Edge: New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Number 134

Constance A. Flanagan (Editor), Brian D. Christens (Editor) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Take a cutting edge look at the civic engagement of young people. Increasingly recognized as an important feature of democratic functioning in communities, it has also become clear that the civic domain is indispensable as a context for understanding human development processes. This volume proposes the following central theses in relation to youth civic development:

• It is rooted in the realities of young people’s everyday lives.

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Mentoring Teachers: Navigating the Real-World Tensions

Ann Lieberman, Susan Hanson, Janet Gless, Ellen Moir (Foreword by) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

A useful guide for teacher mentors as they face new and difficult challenges in their work

New teachers often struggle to apply their knowledge in real-world settings, and the idea of mentoring these teachers during their first years in the classroom has captured the imagination of schools all over the world. Drawn from the experiences over the last twenty years of the New Teacher Center, the book illuminates the subtleties and struggles of becoming

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Reading Success for All Students: Using Formative Assessment to Guide Instruction and Intervention

Thomas G. Gunning — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Help for reading teachers in continuous monitoring, assessment and instruction that targets students' problem areas

This vital resource offers classroom teachers and literacy coaches practical assessments that can be used to evaluate key areas in students' reading performance. These assessments will provide information that can be directly used for planning instruction. Specific instructional techniques and activities are linked to each of the assessments

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Linking Leadership to Student Learning

Kenneth Leithwood, Karen Seashore-Louis — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Linking Leadership to Student Learning

Linking Leadership to Student Learning clearly shows how school leadership improves student achievement. The book is based on an ambitious five-year study on educational leadership that was sponsored by The Wallace Foundation. The authors studied 43 districts, across 9 states and 180 elementary, middle, and secondary schools. In this book, Kenneth Leithwood, Karen Seashore Louis, and their colleagues report on

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The Six Secrets of Change: What the Best Leaders Do to Help Their Organizations Survive and Thrive

Michael Fullan — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT

The Algebra Teacher's Guide to Reteaching Essential Concepts and Skills: 150 Mini-Lessons for Correcting Common Mistakes

Judith A. Muschla, Gary Robert Muschla, Erin Muschla — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Easy to apply lessons for reteaching difficult algebra concepts

Many students have trouble grasping algebra. In this book, bestselling authors Judith, Gary, and Erin Muschla offer help for math teachers who must instruct their students (even those who are struggling) about the complexities of algebra. In simple terms, the authors outline 150 classroom-tested lessons, focused on those concepts often most difficult to understand, in terms that are designed

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Social Skills Success for Students with Autism / Asperger's: Helping Adolescents on the Spectrum to Fit In

Fred Frankel, Jeffrey J. Wood — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT

The only evidence-based program available for teaching social skills to adolescents with autism spectrum disorders

Two nationally known experts in friendship formation and anxiety management address the social challenges faced by adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The book helps educators instruct youth on conversing with others, displaying appropriate body language, managing anxiety, initiating and participating in get-togethers, and

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Innovations in Child and Youth Programming: A Special Issue from the National AfterSchool Association: New Directions for Youth Development, Supplement 2011

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Expanded Learning Time and Opportunities: New Directions for Youth Development, Number 131

Helen Janc Malone (Editor) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Expanding the learning day is gaining national momentum as an important school-improvement and whole-child development strategy. This issue focuses on school-community partnerships that provide a seamless, longer learning day that best meets the academic (Expanded Learning Time or ELT) and developmental (Expanded Learning Opportunities or ELO) needs of high-poverty students in resource-poor communities.

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