Hip-hop education helps teachers engage and connect with all learners By infusing lessons with content that is relevant to students' lives, inspires their curiosity, and fires up their intellect, teachers can use hip-hop education to help students better take in information and think critically about concepts, inside and outside the classroom. This must-have resource: Presents the what, why, and how of using hip-hop education in every classroom Lays out five elements of hip-hop and maps them to instructional approaches and learning objectives, such as synthesizing new information, social emotional learning, cultural and linguistically responsive teaching, and arts education) Suggests an approach to lesson planning using the structure of a hip-hop song: use cultural references to inspire curiosity (Intro); engage students with core content through interactive experiences, exploratory activities, and games (Verse); ensure that students comprehend the information and can demonstrate their knowledge (Coda); and provide differentiation options (Remix) Fondly known as the Fresh Professor, James Miles uses classroom anecdotes, personal storytelling, and easy-to-grasp ideas to engage and inspire teachers to integrate hip-hop concepts and ideas into their classrooms, even if they aren't familiar with the approach (or the music), so students feel like they belong and their voice matters, and so they're successful in school and beyond.

Designed to help educators confidently lead difficult conversations, this insightful book offers interactive exercises, sample scripts, and a step-by-step approach to help realize positive outcomes.

"The number of students experiencing anxiety at school is on the rise. With this book, teachers can create emotionally supportive environments and strengthen children's abilities to cope with anxiety"--

Nursing student Teun Toebes decided to rent a room in a care home to find out what it's like to live with dementia. He watched his new housemates dance and they helped him celebrate his graduation, but Teun was devastated at how society views people with dementia meant for how they live their lives in care. A number 1 bestseller in the Netherlands, The Housemates is his story of his year of being a housemate and a heartfelt cry for change in how we care for the elderly.

Drop the flashcards-grit, character, and curiosity matter even more than cognitive skills. A persuasive wake-up call."- People Why do some children succeed while others fail? The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those who score highest on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs. But in How Children Succeed, Paul Tough argues that the qualities that matter more have to do with character: skills like perseverance, curiosity, optimism, and self-control. How Children Succeed introduces us to a new generation of researchers and educators, who, for the first time, are using the tools of science to peel back the mysteries of character. Through their stories-and the stories of the children they are trying to help-Tough reveals how this new knowledge can transform young people's lives. He uncovers the surprising ways in which parents do-and do not-prepare their children for adulthood. And he provides us with new insights into how to improve the lives of children growing up in poverty. This provocative and profoundly hopeful book will not only inspire and engage readers, it will also change our understanding of childhood itself. "Illuminates the extremes of American childhood: for rich kids, a safety net drawn so tight it's a harness; for poor kids, almost nothing to break their fall."- New York Times "I learned so much reading this book and I came away full of hope about how we can make life better for all kinds of kids."- Slate "

Learn how to create identity-affirming classroom environments that honor the humanity of students. In this important book, Dr. Erica Buchanan-Rivera shows how although schools have potential to be spaces of inquiry and joy, they can also be the source of trauma and pain when educational equity is not a foundational element. With a race conscious lens, she explains how to actively listen to the voices of students and act in response to their needs in order to truly activate equity and make conditions conducive for learning. She also offers insights on how we need to do anti-bias and anti-racist work in efforts to create affirming, brave spaces. Throughout the book, you'll find features such as Mirror Work and Collective Work to help you bring the ideas to your own practice and discuss them with others. You'll also find excerpts from student voices to hear the why behind affirming spaces through their perspectives. With the powerful ideas in this book, you'll be able to create the kinds of classroom environments that students deserve.

Through their earliest years of play, children develop a substantial body of skills and knowledge. The goal of this book is to bring children's play and curriculum expectations together, so that children are engaged in learning that honours their existing knowledge, and to help build a strong literacy foundation. A perfect blend of theory and instruction, this timely book offers background, research, ideas, and strategies to create an exciting array of possibilities for using children's play as an infinitely rewarding learning resource. It asks and answers fundamental questions about preparing young children for lifelong learning.

This complete guide to LEGO® Therapy contains everything you need to know in order to set up and run a LEGO® Club for children with autism spectrum disorders or related social communication difficulties and anxiety conditions. By providing a joint interest and goal, LEGO® building can become a medium for social development such as sharing, turn-taking, making eye-contact, and following social rules. This book outlines the theory and research base of the approach and gives advice on all practical considerations including space, the physical layout of the room and choosing and maintaining materials, as well as strategies for managing behaviour, further skill development, and how to assess progress. Written by the pioneer of the approach alongside those who helped form it through their research and evaluation, this evidence-based manual is essential reading for professionals working with autism who are interested in running a LEGO® Club or learning more about the therapy.

Michelle Madrid is an adoptee empowerment coach who has lived both sides of the adoption experience, giving her the insights to create Let Us Be Greater, the first book to explore the sense of loss, abandonment, and pain experienced by adoptees to help them heal Adoption is a lifeline of support and opportunity for thousands, but it also brings challenges and emotional conditions that are often silenced or left unaddressed, including PTSD, risk of suicide, and fear of abandonment. Written from the perspective of an adoptee empowerment coach, adopted child, and adoptive parent, Let Us Be Greater is the first book to acknowledge and address these issues in an honest, authentic, and transformative way. Michelle Madrid has learned that the complex emotions and psychological turmoil of adoption -- including feelings of involuntary exile, anger, distrust, confusion, and unworthiness -- are best healed through identification, exploration, and understanding. Named for her adopted daughter (whose name, Tiblet, is Ethiopian for "let her be greater"), this book arrives at a time when adoptees are mobilizing, connecting, and standing up for truth and transparency in adoption. It will show readers how to transform pain into promise -- and limiting beliefs into limitless truths -- by helping them: * compassionately explore the eight pain points and the core losses of adoption * unlock their truth (rather than live someone else's narrative) to claim their fullest identity, including biological details * recognize the words that have harmed them and instead choose words that heal * identify where the residue of distrust may still be showing up in their lives * gain perspective on the importance of transparency, acceptance, and community along the journey of adoption Written with compassion and authenticity, Let Us Be Greater will help adoptees and their families feel heard, seen, and understood as they work to build open, fulfilling, and healthy relationships.

This poignant collection of stories and poems honors literacy educators for the often difficult and always essential work they do with students of all ages. A well-loved classic, Life's Literacy Lessons, is back in print by popular demand and now includes stories as well as new poems. From reading aloud to grammar, from handwriting to standards, Steven Layne highlights the tears and laughter, the challenges and rewards that inspire today's teachers. And Steven reveals his motivation—the events, words, and thoughts that led him to capture his musings in verse and prose. Whether you read them to inspire or entertain, these delightful poems and stories are sure to capture your imagination.

The literacy fundamentals school leaders need to understand and support teachers and students. This book empowers principals to inspire and lead schools where reading, writing, and literacy flourish.