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WINNER: 2016 Teachers’ Choice Award for Professional Development

Thirty-five classroom-ready techniques

Target the reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language skills at the heart of all college and career readiness standards.

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WINNER: 2016 Teachers’ Choice Award for Professional Development

Meeting the ELA & Literacy Standards has never been easier.

Teachers' Choice Award Winner for PD!

Build the critical literacy skills embedded in all college and career readiness standards.

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Meeting the ELA & Literacy Standards has never been easier.

Introducing the Newest Title in the Tools for Today’s Educators Series!

Make this year your most successful yet!

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Introducing the Newest Title in the Tools for Today’s Educators Series!

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Finding text-based evidence…

and supporting details is a critical skill in the new standards and tests. Download Scavenger Hunt to make text-based searches truly engaging and fun for students.

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Award-winning Resources

TOOLS make the hard work of teaching easier and more effective. Get more information about the series and how it can make an impact in your classroom.

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Tools for Conquering the Common Core enriches the learning experience for all my students, from my most skilled to my most challenged. My copy is full of Post-its and highlights, and it’s always close at hand. I don’t leave home without it!

—Mary Jo Ferguson, 2008 Teacher of the Year, Ohio School Resource Officers Association (OSROA), Lorain City Schools, Lorain, OH

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This user-friendly book offers practical, motivating, learning-focused approaches that are grounded in research on exemplary practices. A “must have” addition to every teacher’s library and a terrific resource for professional development!

—Pam Robbins, Leadership & Learning Consultant and Author, Staunton, VA and Napa, CA

quotes-2 Unlike so many things in life, this book delivers on its promise. It provides our teachers with an easy-to-understand set of tools to raise student achievement and fast track improvements that produce significant and measurable results.

—Casey Vier, Academic Dean, Children’s Aid College Prep Charter School, Bronx, NY