Table of Contents

Introduction, Kylene Beers

  • The Measure of Our Success, Kylene Beers
  • Flying Blind, Chris Crutcher
  • Multiliterate Youth in the Time of Scientific Reading Instruction, Donna E. Alvermann
  • The Essence of Understanding, Ellin Oliver Keene

INTERLUDE 1:
Lessons Learned The Need to Write, the Need to Listen, Ruth Shagoury

  • Tom Sawyer, Teaching, and Talking, Robert E. Probst
  • Of Times, Teens, and Books, Teri S. Lesesne

INTERLUDE 2:
Lessons Learned Building the Textual Lineages of African American Male Adolescents, Alfred W. Tatum

  • Mastering the Art of Effective Vocabulary Instruction, Janet Allen
  • English Language Learners in the Classroom, Cynthia Mata Aguilar, Danling Fu, and Carol Jago
  • One Teacher to One Student with One Powerful Strategy, Harvey Daniels

INTERLUDE 3:
Lessons Learned Reading with Adolescents, Deborah Appleman

  • Teaching English Language Arts in a "Flat" World, Jim Burke
  • Teaching Writing from the Inside, Tom Romano
  • Teach Writing Your Way, Donald M. Murray
  • Writing: Commonsense Matters, Linda Rief

INTERLUDE 4:
Lessons Learned The Importance of Choice, Penny Kittle

  • Unleashing Potential with Emerging Technologies, Sara B. Kajder
  • Making It Matter Through the Power of Inquiry, Jeffrey D. Wilhelm and Michael W. Smith
  • Building Academic Success with Underachieving Adolescents, Yvette Jackson and Eric J. Cooper
  • Thinking Through Assessment, Devon Brenner, P. David Pearson, and Linda Rief
  • Effective Teachers, Effective Instruction, Richard L. Allington

INTERLUDE 5:
Lessons Learned Who Is the Good Teacher?, Leila Christenbury

  • Five Things You Need to Know About Literacy Coaching in Middle and High Schools, Kathryn Egawa
  • The Role of Handover in Teaching for Democratic Participation, Randy Bomer

Afterword: Nancie Atwell