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This excerpt includes examples of surface, deep, and transfer strategies for geography in Visible Learning for Social Studies.

This excerpt from Challenging Learning Through Questioning outlines the top ten tips for better questioning. 

How do we maximize precious time to ensure that students grasp enough to prepare them for informed civic life? The discipline of social studies is far more than memorizing dates and facts. It involves the skillful ability to conduct investigations, analyze sources, place events in historical and cultural context, and synthesize various points of view, while recognizing our own biases. Join Julie Stern in this webinar to understand how using the right approach at the right time can maximize student learning.

Why does engagement plummet as learners advance in school? Why does the stream of questions from curious toddlers slow to a trickle as they become teenagers? Most importantly, what can teachers and schools do to reverse this trend? Join Warren Berger and Elise Foster as they discuss how educators can transform their classrooms into cultures of curiosity.

The introduction to 10 Mindframes for Leaders introduces important leadership practices for the VISIBLE LEARNING(R) framework and explains why teachers should use this book as a guide.

This excerpt from Deeper Competency-Based Learning, by Karin Hess, Rose Colby, and Daniel Joseph shows the core components of CBE.

This excerpt from Deeper Competency-Based Learning, by Karin Hess, Rose Colby, and Daniel Joseph explains what CBE looks like in schools.

"Over the 40 years I’ve worked in early childhood education, I’ve believed many times that a revolution in the field was imminent. Heaven knows we’ve certainly needed one, as misguided policies have brought about increasingly inappropriate practices. Surely people who understand child development would finally begin making the decisions about ECE!

Clearly, I’ve been naïve..."

Read the full blog by Rae Pica, author of What If We Taught the Way Children Learn? and What If Everybody Understood Child Development?, regarding her experience in early childhood education and her thoughts on the response of schools to COVID-19.

Author and early childhood expert Rae Pica is featured on the That Early Childhood Nerd podcast to discuss how honoring children's need to move can reduce behaviors we find challenging.

Featured on Episode 16 of the "Not Just Cute" podcast, Rae Pica shares what she’s observed over her over 40-year career and strongly advocates for movement in childhood education.

Rae Pica discusses the importance of understanding both body and mind in early childhood education with the hosts of The Preschool Podcast.

Read the introduction to Teaching, Learning, and Trauma, Grades 6-12, where the authors discuss the need for this book, define what ACEs are, and discuss the impact of ACEs on students and their education.