Marge Scherer

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Perspectives / How Does Trust Happen?

Social-Emotional Learning

Rick Wormeli

One on one, teacher, supporting, listening to acknowledging student

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What to Do in Week One?

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Correcting Our Connecting

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Unlocking Boys' Potential

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The Trauma-Sensitive Teacher

Michael Sadowski

ADVANCED FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2012 Sophomores Shannon Parra (left) and Stacia Steckly help paint a city snow plow blade with the Gay Straight Alliance Club on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at Northeast High School in Lincoln, Neb. (AP Photo/Lincoln Journal Star, Krisin Streff)

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More Than a Safe Space

Robert Jackson

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Helping Black and Latino Males Succeed

Opportunity Gaps

Lisa Medoff

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Building Bridges with Students Who Have ADHD

Elizabeth Bondy

Rayann teaches students hula dancing and Hawaiian language to Emerson Elementary students in an afterschool Arts Corps class hula dance class.

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Let Care Shine Through

Classroom Management & Behavior

Tim Westerberg

Tim R. Westerberg

José Banda, the new superintendent of Seattle Public Schools, learns about an elementary school in his district during a morning walk-through with its principal and other school staff. Photographed at Hawthorne Elementary School during one of Mr. Banda's school visits, which he makes every possible Thursday during his first school year at the head of Seattle Public Schools.

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The Principal Factor

School Culture & Improvement

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Choosing to Be Positive

John Hayward

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Classrooms that Put People First

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What My Refugee Students Taught Me

Student Engagement

Unknown Author

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Double Take

Douglas Fisher

Nancy Frey

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Show & Tell: A Video Column / Two Times Ten Conversations

Bryan Goodwin

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Research Matters / "High Touch" is Crucial for "High Tech" Students

Catlin Tucker

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The Techy Teacher / Don't Waste the First Week

Thomas Hoerr

Thomas R. Hoerr

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Principal Connection / New School Year Resolutions

Instructional Leadership & Coaching

Carol Ann Tomlinson

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One to Grow On / Fox Taming and Teaching

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ASCD Community in Action

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EL Takeaways

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Index to Advertisers

Using creative and critical thinking skills, fifth-graders in Julie Trout's Visual Arts class at John Muir Elementary School explored surrealism by creating drawings by combining two or more animals to create one creature in an unusual setting.

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Tokens of Connection

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Take a Tip from the Cubs

Christopher Emdin

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Seven Cs for Effective Teaching

Learning how to identify and sort stream-dwelling invertebrates, 6th graders at McMurray Middle School can help scientists monitor the health of local watersheds in Vashon Nature Center's Invertebrates in Schools program. Pictured with the students is Vashon naturalist and educator Maria Metler.

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One Chapter at a Time

Teaching Strategies

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Tell Me About …  / How you connected with a hard-to-reach student

Kim Greene

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EL Study Guide

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EL Interview

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Inservice Guest Bloggers

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