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Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning, 2nd Edition

by Mike Schmoker

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Dedication
Foreword to the Second Edition: The Importance of Evidence
Introduction

Section I. First Things First: What We Teach, How We Teach—and Literacy

Chapter 1. The Importance of Simplicity, Clarity, and Priority
Chapter 2. What We Teach
Chapter 3. How We Teach

Section II. Curriculum, Instruction, and Literacy in the Content Areas

Chapter 4. English Language Arts Made Simple
Chapter 5. Social Studies with Reading and Writing at the Core
Chapter 6. Redefining Inquiry in Science
Chapter 7. Making Math Meaningful
Conclusion: Why Wait?

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