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Barbara Blackburn—Money for Good Grades and Other Myths about Motivating Kids: Strategies for Parents & Teachers Apr 06, 2020

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Get the book, Money for Good Grades and Other Myths About Motivating Kids

Visit Barbara's website, BarbaraBlackburnOnline.com

About The Author

Barbara Blackburn, PhD is the author of more than two dozen books and a full-time consultant who works with schools around the world to help raise the level of rigor and motivation for professional educators and students alike.

Thomas Guskey—Get Set, Go: Creating Successful Grading and Reporting Systems Mar 30, 2020

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Visit Tom's website, TGuskey.com

About The Author

Dr. Tom Guskey is a renowned expert on assessment and standards-based grading, and fellow of the American Educational Research Association. He's the author of more than 25 books, including On Your Mark: Challenging the Conventions of Grading and Reporting, and the new book Get Set, Go! Creating Successful Grading and Reporting Systems.

Dan Heath—Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen Mar 23, 2020

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About The Author

Dan Heath is a Senior Fellow at Duke University's CASE Center, which focuses on social justice entrepreneurship, and he's the author of four NY Times bestselling books, including Made to Stick, Switch, Decisive, and The Power of Moments.

Tricia Taylor—Connect the Dots: The Collective Power of Relationships, Memory and Mindset in the Classroom Mar 20, 2020

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Get the book, Connect the dots: The Collective Power of Relationships, Memory and Mindset in the Classroom

Visit Tricia's website, TailoredPractice.com

Follow Tricia on Twitter @TriciaTailored

About The Author

Tricia Taylor is the founder of Tailored Practice. An international educator with more than 20 years teaching and leading in schools in London and New York, she's a strategic partner to schools around the world.

Kulvarn Atwal—The Thinking School: Developing a Dynamic Learning Community Mar 16, 2020

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About The Author

Dr. Kulvarn Atwal is Executive Headteacher of two large primary schools in east London. His research focuses on workplace learning theory and teacher professional learning.

Douglas Fisher & Nancy Frey—All Learning is Social & Emotional Mar 09, 2020

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Visit the Fisher and Frey Website

Follow Douglas on Twitter @dfishersdsu

Follow Nancy on Twitter @NancyFrey

About The Authors

Douglas Fisher & Nancy Frey are professors at San Diego State University and co-founders of Health Sciences High & Middle College.

Fred Ende and Meghan Everette—Forces of Influence: How Educators Can Leverage Relationships to Improve Practice Mar 09, 2020

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Get the book, Forces of Influence: How Educators Can Leverage Relationships to Improve Practice

Visit Fred's website

Visit Meghan's website

Follow Fred @fredende

Follow Meghan @bamameghan

About The Authors

Fred Ende is the director of Curriculum and Instructional Services for the Putnam/Northern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), and a board member in ASCD's Emerging Leader Affiliate.

Meghan Everette is a mathematics coach in the Salt Lake City School District, and the executive director of the ASCD Emerging Leader Alumni Affiliate, as well as a state Teacher of the Year and a board member of both the Utah Council of Teachers of Mathematics (UCTM) and Utah ASCD

Tom Hoerr—Taking Social Emotional Learning Schoolwide: The Formative Five Success Skills for Students and Staff Mar 03, 2020

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Get the book Taking Social Emotional Learning Schoolwide: The Formative Five Success Skills for Students and Staff

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Follow Tom on Twitter @tomhoerr

About The Author

Thomas Hoerr, PhD is the Emeritus Head of School at the New City School in St Louis, and a Scholar in Residence at the University of Missouri—St. Louis. He's the author of numerous books on multiple intelligences, grit, and SEL.

Eric Kalenze—What The Academy Taught Us: Improving Schools from the Bottom Up in a Top-Down Transformation Era. Feb 28, 2020

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Get the book What The Academy Taught Us: Improving Schools from the Bottom Up in a Top-Down Transformation Era

Visit Eric's Website

Follow Eric on Twitter @erickalenze

About The Author

Eric Kalenze's career in education has included posts in teaching, coaching, administration, and consulting. He is the author of 2014's 'Education Is Upside-Down: Reframing Reform to Focus on the Right Problems', and he regularly contributes pieces about education practice, research, and reform to publications like Education Week, Education Post, as well as to his blog, 'A Total Ed Case'. He is based in Minnesota's Twin Cities metro area.

Rich Czyz—The Secret Sauce: Essential Ingredients for Exceptional Teaching Feb 17, 2020

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Get the book The Secret Sauce: Essential Ingredients for Exceptional Teaching

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Follow Rich on Twitter @RACzyz

About The Author

Rich is a principal and former teacher and instructional coach, and he's the author of two books, including The Four O'Clock Faculty: A Rogue Guide to Revolutionizing Professional Development.

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