Books published by Teachers' College Press

Written by an award-winning authority on reading instruction, this book shows teachers how to make small changes to teach more words and also how words work. Each chapter includes descriptions of teachers' implementation of small changes to support big gains in students' vocabulary.

In this groundbreaking book, Eduardo Duran - a psychologist working in Indian country - draws on his own clinical experience to provide guidance to counsellors working with Native Peoples and other vulnerable populations. This second edition includes an important new chapter devoted to working with veterans.

Focuses on actions that teachers can take to facilitate learning for students facing trauma. Identifying positive, connected teacher-student relationships as foundational, the authors offer direction for creating an emotionally safe classroom environment in which students find a refuge and a space in which to process events.

In this practical guide, literacy experts show teachers how to use project-based inquiry to build students' discipline-specific skills and knowledge in grades 6-12. The authors present a five-phase framework that incorporates their professional development experience working with over 3,000 teachers.

What is trauma and what does it mean for the literacy curriculum? In this book, elementary teachers will learn how to approach difficult experiences through the everyday instruction and interactions in their classrooms. Readers will learn what can unfold when teachers are committed to compassionate, critical, and relational practice.

Presents an original, compelling vision of schools where teaching and learning are centered on creativity. Drawing on the latest research and his studies of jazz and improvised theater, Sawyer describes curricula and classroom practices that will help educators get started with a new style of teaching - guided improvisation.

This resource empowers readers to oppose reform efforts that minimize teacher agency by offering an evidence-based approach to teacher-led instructional improvement. The text provides structures for attending to students' interests, knowledge, and values when planning, teaching, reflecting, and revising instruction.

After a decade as an education professor, Greg Michie decided to return to his teaching roots. Same As It Never Was chronicles Michie's efforts to navigate the new realities of public schooling while also trying to rediscover himself as a teacher.

After a decade as an education professor, Greg Michie decided to return to his teaching roots. Same As It Never Was chronicles Michie's efforts to navigate the new realities of public schooling while also trying to rediscover himself as a teacher.

Learn how to design history lessons that foster students' knowledge, skills, and dispositions for civic engagement. Each section of this resource introduces a key element of civic engagement, such as defending the rights of others, advocating for change, taking action when problems are observed, and working with others to achieve common goals.

Written by and for visual art educators, this resource offers guidance on how to execute Community-Based Art Education in the pre-K-12 classroom and with adult learners, taking a broad view towards intergenerational art learning. Chapters include vignettes, exemplars of practice, and curriculum examples.

Explore how one classroom community played with and engaged in authorship. The authors illustrate how curriculum can be authentically and meaningfully integrated. They also offer a unique perspective on the development of language and literacy practices by framing children's play narratives as the foundation from which rich curricula can grow.

Presents an examination of the development, evolution, and current realities of educating emergent bilinguals in US classrooms. The text begins by showing how the authors evolved from monolingual language educators to translanguaging educators and ends with concrete takeaways for successfully using an inclusive translanguaging approach.

Education policymakers often demonstrate surprisingly little awareness of how popular reforms impact teaching and teacher education. In this book, scholars help readers develop a more robust understanding of the nature of teacher preparation, as well as an in-depth grasp of how popular policies, practices, and ideologies have taken root.

Education policymakers often demonstrate surprisingly little awareness of how popular reforms impact teaching and teacher education. In this book, scholars help readers develop a more robust understanding of the nature of teacher preparation, as well as an in-depth grasp of how popular policies, practices, and ideologies have taken root.

Discover new strategies to create equitable, engaging, interactive classroom environments where students from all backgrounds are motivated to take risks, share their unique perspectives, and develop their own identities as powerful life-long learners.

Focuses on the contribution that visual art, drama, music, and dance can make to student literacy and understanding of content-area reading assignments. Focusing on those areas where students tend to struggle, the author helps K-5 teachers provide an age-appropriate curriculum that is accessible to an increasingly diverse student population.

Examines the major issues that must still be addressed if children are to be given more and better opportunities. This second edition will help everyone whose work impacts the ECE workforce to deepen their commitment to adaptive and systems work and to develop the leadership capacity needed to become change agents.

Education activist William Ayers invites new and prospective teachers to consider the deepest dimensions of a life in teaching. This guide features hands-on advice and examples of classroom practice, including curriculum-making, building relationships with students, fostering an effective learning environment, and teaching toward freedom.

Topics include trauma-informed frameworks, policies affecting homelessness and housing insecurity, transitioning to college, supporting college retention, collaborations and partnerships, and transitioning to life after college.

What is gender identity justice, why does it matter, and what are the implications for not doing this work in today's schools? This book opens up spaces where evolving, indeterminate gender identities will be understood and recognized as asset-based, rich sources for learning literacy and literacy learning.

Designed to strengthen the teaching of mathematics in the elementary grades, this book focuses on helping teachers engage in instruction based on learning trajectories. Renowned scholars examine four exemplary projects with details on professional development design, teacher learning, and project implementation.

Drawing on their work with more than 800 teachers and administrators, the authors present a pedagogical model that challenges teachers to modify the way they plan and implement their lessons to better support the linguistic, cognitive, and social-emotional development of culturally and linguistically diverse students.

Learn how exemplary countries are advancing the development of their youngest citizens. Drawing on a groundbreaking study, The Early Advantage 2 extracts the essential elements from six high-performing systems to determine what must be considered when creating and implementing programs and policies for young children and their families.

Challenges prevailing notions about autism by offering the viewpoint of adolescents on the spectrum through their writing, photography, poetry, art, and more. This book is a critical resource for teacher preparation and professional learning in any field that interacts with individuals with autism or other disabilities.

Designed to strengthen the teaching of mathematics in the elementary grades, this book focuses on helping teachers engage in instruction based on learning trajectories. Renowned scholars examine four exemplary projects with details on professional development design, teacher learning, and project implementation.

This practical book will help readers understand what STEAM is, how it differs from STEM, and how it can be used to engage students in K-8 classrooms. The authors present a conceptual model with classroom examples and specific strategies, such as problem-based learning, student choice, technology integration, and teacher facilitation.

Promotes the widespread application of Critical Race Theory (CRT) to better prepare K-12 teachers to bring an informed asset-based approach to teaching today's highly diverse populations. The text explores the tradition of CRT in teacher education and expands CRT into new contexts, including LatCrit, AsianCrit, TribalCrit, QueerCrit, and BlackCrit.