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| INTRODUCTION |
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| Secret # 1 Great Teachers Are Equal Opportunists |
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Capitalizing on How Kids Learn |
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What's the Big Idea About Learning? |
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Multiple Intelligences Go to School |
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How Full-Brain Learning Looks |
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Thinking with Things-Learning Through Process and Projects |
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Equal Opportunity Assessments |
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| Secret #2 Great Teachers Are Power Brokers |
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Building a Culture of Eptness |
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What's the Big Idea About Eptness? |
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Why Great Teachers Insist on a Culture of Eptness |
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Ten Teacher Behaviors That Promote Eptness |
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How Am I Doing? A Self-Assessment |
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Social Safety and Eptness |
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| Secret #3 Great Teachers Are Ringmasters |
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Nurturing Free-Range Students in a High-Stakes World |
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What's the Big Idea About Behavior? |
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Understanding Self-Acommodaters |
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Understanding Camouflagers |
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Eight Strategies for Ringmasters |
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The Roots of Free-Range Behavior |
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The Law, Special Education, and 504s |
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Hope for Free-Rangers in a High-Stakes World |
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| Secret #4 Great Teachers Are Curiosity Seekers |
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Fostering Success in Multicultural Classrooms |
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What's the Big Idea About Culture in the Classroom? |
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Meet Rafe Esquith Culture-Blind or Just Confused? |
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Seeing Your Class Through Culture-Colored Glasses |
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Navigating in Multicultural Settings |
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Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies |
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Cultural Awareness and Your Curriculum |
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Culturally Inappropriate Materials |
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| Secret #5 Great Teachers Don't Take No (or Yes) for an Answer |
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Teaching by Asking Instead of Telling |
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What's the Big Idea About Inquiry Teaching? |
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The Impact of Inquiry on Learning |
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Wait Time in a Hurried World |
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Planning Inquiry-Based Instruction |
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An Inquiry-Based Unit: The Rise of Civilization |
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Inquiry and Classroom Culture |
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| Secret #6 Great Teachers Know a Hemingway When They See One |
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Getting to the Heart of Writing |
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What's the Big Idea About Writing? |
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Getting to the First Draft |
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The Fine Art of Journaling |
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Is There a Hemingway in the House? |
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| Secret #7 Great Teachers Are Escape Artists |
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Exploring the World Beyond |
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What's the Big Idea About Your Community as Classroom? |
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Escape Artists: Tips for Exploring Your Community |
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Capturing Epiphanies-Documenting Discoveries |
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Where in the World? Getting Smarter About Mapping |
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Down Memory Lane-Discovering the Used-to-Be Community |
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Historic Buildings-Learning Through Landmarks |
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Culminations-Sharing Expert Knowledge with the Community |
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| Secret #8 Great Teachers Are Gossipmongers |
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Putting the Social Back in Social Studies |
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What's the Big Idea About History? |
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How to Make Documents Talk About History |
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How to Make Images Talk About History |
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How to Make Objects Talk About History |
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How to Make Buildings Talk About History |
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How to Make Books Talk About History |
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Encouraging Investigative Independence |
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You Were There-Historic Simulations |
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Authentic Assessments in History |
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| Secret #9 Great Teachers Are Drama Queens |
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Using the Arts as a Second Language |
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What's the Big Idea About the Arts? |
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The Brain, Learning, and the Arts |
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Helping Students Learn Through Drama |
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Helping Students Learn Through Movement |
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Helping Students Learn Through Music |
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Helping Students Learn Through Art |
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When All Is Said and Done |
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| Secret #10 Great Teachers Are Insurrectionists |
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Learning Through Social Action |
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Meet Barbara Henry, Ruby Bridges' Teacher |
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What's the Big Idea About Social Justice? |
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What Kids Learn from Social Justice |
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Taking Sides: How to Choose a Social Justice Project |
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Prepping Students for Action: Politics 101 |
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A Social Activist's Toolbox |
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Getting Smarter About Social Justice Through Primary Source Documents |
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Literature and Social Justice |
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The Downside of Social Justice |
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Improve Yourself, Improve Your Community |
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| Secret #11 Great Teachers Speak in Tongues |
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Mastering Communication in the Information Age |
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What's the Big Idea About Communicating with Parents? |
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Ten Essentials of Effective Communication |
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Cross-Cultural Communication |
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Public Relations or Self-Defense? |
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| Secret #12 Great Teachers Are Lifelong Learners |
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Reaching, Recharging, and Moving On |
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What's the Big Idea About Teaching as a Famine Culture? |
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Connecting with Colleagues |
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Collaborating and Coaching |
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Meet Anne Brown, Mentor Extraordinaire |
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Connecting with Professionals Beyond Your Campus |
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Rethinking-The Moving-On Questionnaire |
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