teachers

Karen loves her second-grade teacher, but finds out she is getting a substitute teacher. Karen worries that she won't be able to adjust to someone new.

Traces the life and achievements of the educator who fought bigotry and racial injustice and sought equality for African-Americans in the areas of education and political rights.

In rural Indiana in 1904, fifteen-year-old Russell's dreams of quitting school and joining a wheat threshing crew are disrupted when his older sister takes over the teaching at his one-room schoolhouse after mean, old Myrt Arbuckle "hauls off and dies.".

Rachel, having chosen to be mute following the sudden death of a classmate, shares responsibility with the other sixth-graders who decide not to report that the substitute teacher failed to show up.

When the unconventional English teacher who helped her conquer many of her feelings of insecurity is fired, a junior high student uses her new-found courage to campaign for the teacher's reinstatement.

Someone has been stealing and leaving behind little green sneakers, so Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy trail their new teacher, who wears the same shoes in normal size.

First-grader Posey and her friends are excited about Halloween, but also a little nervous about trick-or-treating and eating Miss Lee's monster stew.

Because Posey does not follow the rules when she takes her new toy to school, Miss Lee locks Poinky in the consequences drawer until Friday.

Offers advice to administrators on how to encourage the teachers in their schools or districts and create a climate that allows them to take risks and act as coaches to their students.

Presents a guide to facilitating conversations about student and teacher work using protocols, discussing the role of the facilitator in groups, preparation, and decisions about which protocol to use, and featuring a sampling of the challenges that can arise in protocol-guided conversations.