Teaching Practices from America's Best Urban Schools

<p> Discover the teaching practices that make the biggest difference in student performance! The new edition of this practical, research-based book gives leaders and teachers an even closer look at instructional practices from top award-winning urban schools. With refreshed examples from high-performing teachers and detailed analyses of these practices, the authors demystify the achievement of these schools while offering a practical guide to help educators apply these practices in their contexts. <i>Teaching Practices from America's Best Urban Schools</i> is a valuable tool for any educator in both urban and non urban schools that serve diverse student populations, including English language learners and children from low-income families.</p><p>What’s New: </p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Additional "What It Is/What It Isn’t" boxes help educators distinguish the subtle differences in the implementation of practices that lead to impressive learning results </li> <p> </p> <li>"Practice Guides" and "Practical Next Steps" for each of the 8 Success Factors encourage self-assessment and collaboration </li> <p> </p> <li>Expansion of topics address current developments in education and additional examples from award-winning elementary, middle, and high schools provide new insights. </li> </ul> <p><em>About the Authors</em></p><p><em>Acknowledgments </em></p><p><em>Preface </em></p><p><i>Intended Audience</i> </p><p>About the Schools Studied, Awarded, and Featured in This Book </p><p>Contents of the Book </p><p>How to Use This Book </p><p>1 Making Students Feel Valued and Capable </p><p>Caring Enough to Know and Value Individual Students </p><p>Caring Enough to Model Courtesy and Respect </p><p>Caring Enough to Praise and Acknowledge </p><p>Caring Enough to Demand the Best </p><p>Caring Enough to Transform Classroom Practices </p><p>Caring Enough to Create Attractive and Educationally Rich Physical Environments </p><p>Summary </p><p>What It Is & What It Isn’t </p><p>Practice Guide </p><p>Practical Next Steps </p><p>References</p><p>2 Focusing on Understanding and Mastery </p><p>Planning for Understanding and Mastery </p><p>Designing Objective-Driven Lessons </p><p>Generating Depth of Understanding </p><p>Maximizing Time on Objective </p><p>Focusing on All Students </p><p>Summary </p><p>What It Is & What It Isn’t </p><p>Practice Guide </p><p>Practical Next Steps </p><p>References </p><p>3 Promoting Clarity </p><p>Promoting Clarity in Learning Outcomes </p><p>Promoting Clarity in Lesson Organization </p><p>Promoting Clarity in the Representation of Ideas </p><p>Summary </p><p>What It Is & What It Isn’t </p><p>Practice Guide </p><p>Practical Next Steps </p><p>References </p><p>4 Ensuring Culturally, Socially, and Personally Responsive Teaching </p><p>Assuming Student Ability </p><p>Building Connections </p><p>Ensuring Culturally Responsive Teaching </p><p>Ensuring Socially and Personally Responsive Teaching </p><p>Summary </p><p>What It Is & What It Isn’t </p><p>Practice Guide </p><p>Practical Next Steps </p><p>References </p><p>5 Checking Understanding, Providing Feedback, and Adapting </p><p>Frequency of Checking for Understanding </p><p>Well-Distributed Checking for Understanding </p><p>Checking for Higher Levels of Understanding </p><p>Providing Feedback </p><p>Adapting Instruction </p><p>Summary </p><p>What It Is & What It Isn’t </p><p>Practice Guide </p><p>Practical Next Steps </p><p>References </p><p>6 Building Fluency with Gatekeeper Vocabulary </p><p>Pre-Identifying Gatekeeper Vocabulary </p><p>Making New Vocabulary Seem Familiar </p><p>Building Fluency with and "Ownership" of Critical Vocabulary </p><p>Sustaining Fluency </p><p>Summary </p><p>What It Is & What It Isn’t </p><p>Practice Guide </p><p>Practical Next Steps </p><p>References </p><p>7 Promoting Successful Practice </p><p>Guiding Students toward Independent Learning </p><p>Guided Students to Learn Difficult Concepts </p><p>Monitoring Independent Work </p><p>Building Student Capacity to Self-Monitor </p><p>Providing Independent Work (Including Homework) Worth Completing </p><p>Summary </p><p>What It Is & What It Isn’t </p><p>Practice Guide </p><p>Practical Next Steps </p><p>References </p><p>8 Leading Students to Love Learning </p><p>Teaching Enthusiastically </p><p>Highlighting Relevance </p><p>Utilizing Project-Based, Problem-Based, Experiential Learning </p><p>Integrating the Arts, Technology, and Physical Education throughout Curricula </p><p>Maximizing Student-to-Student Engagement </p><p>Providing Students Opportunities to Excel with Challenging Content </p><p>Summary </p><p>What It Is & What It Isn’t </p><p>Practice Guide </p><p>Practical Next Steps </p><p>References </p><p>9 Developing Best Teaching Practices Throughout a School </p><p>Pursuing the Right Goal</p><p>Building a Coherent Educational Improvement System</p><p>Summary</p><p>References</p><p>Conclusion </p><p>Appendix A: America’s Best Urban Schools Award 2019 Eligibility Criteria </p><p>Appendix B: <i>About the Schools Awarded and Studied </i></p><p>Appendix C: America’s Best Urban Schools Award Winners</p><p>References</p>