Norton Books in Education

11/13/2019

Review of Transgender children and youth: Cultivating pride and joy with families in transition | Pearson | Education Review

"[E]ven people with the most limited experience with, and knowledge of, the trans community can read this book and end up with a thorough knowledge of how to be an excellent ally and advocate." —Education Review

Learn more about the paperback version, TRANS KIDS AND TEENS, by Dr. Elijah C. Nealy, at: https://WWNorton.com/rd/Gn98N

Review of Transgender children and youth: Cultivating pride and joy with families in transition

11/13/2019

Social Studies: Four Big Questions to Connect Then and Now

NEW POST ALERT: This week on K-12Talk, Laurel Schmidt shares a strategy to engage your students in current events by connecting the past with the present.

For many students, studying history can feel like a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle has been dumped on their desk. How do they even begin to sort it out, much less make sense of a jumble of discreet event…

11/05/2019

Assessing Social and Emotional Learning

SEL expert Clark McKown's (xSEL Labs) work is referenced in this new Edutopia article by Maurice J. Elias, about three types of SEL assessment.

Learn more about Clark's new book in Norton's SEL Solutions Series, ASSESSING STUDENTS' SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING, at WWNorton.com/rd/Qb83C.

A review of three types of SEL assessment, with suggestions for ways to collect and report student growth to families.

11/04/2019

Social Studies: Teaching about Elections

In November—election month—our K-12Talk contributors consider the teaching of Social Studies. In this week’s post, Todd Stanley shares his approach to getting students actively engaged in learning about political parties and campaigning.

How to teach politics without getting too political The tricky thing about teaching politics to any grade level of students is leaving your own politics out of it. I always knew I had taught a succ…

11/01/2019

ADHD: Recognizing the Symptoms

NEW POST ALERT: This week on the K-12Talk Blog, Dr. William Dikel shares insight on the symptoms of ADHD and how they can manifest in the classroom.

Learn more about his upcoming book STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH at WWNorton.com/rd/d9T7D.

Children who have ADHD present predominantly with symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity, or a combination of these symptoms. The disorder has had numerous names over the last seve…

10/31/2019

Dr. Vance Austin, the co-author of DIFFICULT STUDENTS AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR IN THE CLASSROOM (http://bit.ly/2IFP1c8), recently shared classroom-management tips with Larry Ferlazzo - Educator and Education Week Teacher.
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2019/10/classroom_management_is_about_being_proactive.html

10/30/2019

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The simple act of petting a dog has the effect of lowering blood pressure and heart rate. Pet therapy also lowers stress hormones, like cortisol, and increases oxytocin. In other words, just being in contact with a therapy dog calms kids down when they’re upset and helps keep their anxiety at bay.

10/28/2019

Order Today! Student Mental Health (Updated and Expanded)

Officially publishing in December, STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH: A Guide for Teachers, School and District Leaders, School Psychologists and Nurses, Social Workers, Counselors, and Parents by Dr. William Dikel can now be pre-ordered directly from Norton!

Get 20% OFF with applied promotional code! Valid for US customers only.

10/23/2019

Media Literacy: Argument, Persuasion, and Propaganda in English Education

To celebrate National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE)'s Media Literacy Week, Renee Hobbs talks about the displaced study of persuasion and propaganda in English Education in favor of an intense focus on argumentation, and why this might not be as beneficial for students.

Learn more about her book MIND OVER MEDIA: Propaganda Education for a Digital Age (May 2020) at https://WWNorton.com/rd/Wo24J.

English educators are generally familiar with the topic of propaganda, as it is a theme of much of the literature that is emphasized in courses for high school and college students. For many teache…

10/15/2019

ADHD: Helping Students Regulate Attention

In support of ADHD Awareness Month, K-12Talk is proud to present a series of posts focused on creating flexible, tolerant classrooms that allow kids to regulate their own attention. This week, Cindy Goldrich (PTS Coaching - ADHD Education & Support) unravels ADHD misconceptions and shares practical strategies to help kids experiment and learn how they function best.

Learn more about her book 8 KEYS TO PARENTING CHILDREN WITH ADHD at https://WWNorton.com/rd/Fk8q3.

Is it an Attention Deficit? One of the greatest misconceptions about ADHD is that it renders a person unable to pay attention. In fact, many educators contact me and say, “He can’t have ADHD! He ca…

10/11/2019

CharacterStrong

Listen to SEL EVERY DAY (https://WWNorton.com/rd/Xt9w2) author Meena Srinivasan talk with CharacterStrong about making connections in the classroom. You can also read a transcript of the conversation at https://buff.ly/2nRv0rS.

In this episode of the #CharacterStrong podcast, Meena Srinivasan shares strategies that support relationships in classrooms and how important it is that we view the adult work that we do through an equity lens: https://buff.ly/2o0sfom #SELExchange #SELExchange2019

10/10/2019

World Mental Health Day 2019

Norton Books in Education is supporting World Mental Health Day with a discount on essential resources that improve the social and emotional well-being of teachers and their students, including books by Patricia Jennings, author of Mindfulness for Teachers, Clark McKown (xSEL Labs), Oren Jay Sofer (with Mindful Schools), Signe Whitson, Meena Srinivasan (SEL EVERY DAY) and others.

For the next week, get 25% OFF and FREE SHIPPING when promotional code WORLD19 is automatically applied at checkout.

Norton Books in Education is supporting World Mental Health Day with a discount on essential resources that improve the social and emotional well-being of teachers and their students.

10/09/2019

Bullying: How to Foster Empathy

This week on the K-12Talk Blog, COO of the Life Space Crisis Intervention Institute, Signe Whitson, shares how empathy development activities play a preventative role in bullying.

Learn more about her book 8 KEYS TO END BULLYING: STRATEGIES FOR PARENTS & SCHOOLS at https://WWNorton.com/rd/Whitson.

Despite the intense pressure in public education for students to perform well on standardized tests, there is no research evidence indicating that test scores lead to better overall outcomes for ki…

10/08/2019

A lot of anti-bullying programs in schools just don't work: What does?

Just in time for #BullyingPreventionMonth -
Check out this Today Show article featuring Catherine Bradshaw, co-author of the forthcoming book, PREVENTING BULLYING IN SCHOOLS: A Social and Emotional Learning Approach to Prevention and Early Intervention (http://bit.ly/30Xj19R).

Some common school approaches to bullying actually make the problem worse.

10/08/2019

Catalog | W. W. Norton & Company

Tish Jennings (Mindfulness for Teachers), Clark McKown (xSEL Labs), and Christi Bergin (Mizzou: College of Education) stopped by the Norton booth at the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) #SELexchange conference in Chicago last week to sign their books!

Get 20% OFF and FREE SHIPPING on their books and other SEL favorites until 10/31 at https://wwnorton.com/rd/CASEL19

Offer for U.S. customers only.

10/04/2019

Clark McKown, author of ASSESSING STUDENTS’ SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING, at #SELexchange Chicago, hosted by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL).

10/03/2019

Are you in Chicago for the #SELexchange, hosted by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)? Stop by Norton booth (#502) at 4:45pm for a book signing by Tish Jennings, author of Mindfulness for Teachers, The Trauma-Sensitive Classroom, and Mindfulness in the PreK-5 Classroom!

10/02/2019

Will you be in Chicago for this week's 2019 SEL Exchange hosted by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)? If so, stop by the Norton booth (#502) for book signings and special offers!

10/01/2019

The 8 Keys to End Bullying Activity Program for Kids & Tweens

In support of #NationalBullyingPreventionMonth, we're offering 20% OFF Signe Whitson's 8 KEYS TO END BULLYING ACTIVITY PROGRAM for KIDS & TEENS! This two-book program builds key social-emotional skills in young readers, and includes a companion guide for parents and educators. Offer ends 10/31. For US customers only.

This product includes Signe Whitson's The 8 Keys to End Bullying Activity Book for Kids & Tweens: Activities, Quizzes, Games, & Skills for Putting the Keys Into Action  and The 8 Keys to End Bullying Activity Book Companion Guide for Parents & Educators.

10/01/2019

Bullying: 5 Common Responses to Avoid

In support of #NationalBullyingPreventionMonth, K-12Talk is proud to present a series of posts focused on how educators can help bring an end to bullying in schools.

This week, Catherine P. Bradshaw and Tracy Evian Waasdorp explore 5 common responses to bullying that schools should avoid.

While we all want to do the right thing when confronted with a bullying situation, the right response may not always be clear to us. It is clear that some strategies are more effective than others.…

09/24/2019

Back to School: Creating a Safe Learning Environment

Today on K-12Talk: Discover new strategies for creating a safe learning environment at your school from author, consultant, and educational innovator, Suzy Pepper Rollins.

On the last day of my last class before beginning my first teaching job, the professor asked us if there were questions – perhaps things not addressed in class.  My determined hand shot up. “W…

09/20/2019

In celebration of Back-to-School season, we're offering 20% OFF and FREE SHIPPING on our best-selling titles for educators. Visit http://bit.ly/2V4V5jz for the full list of books included in this deal.
Offer valid for U.S. customers only; expires October 1st.

09/19/2019

Learn more about Meena Srinivasa's practical and inspiring new book, SEL EVERY DAY: Integrating Social and Emotional Learning with Instruction in Secondary Classrooms, at http://wwnpag.es/b6D8R

I want to take a moment to lift up the work of Meena Srinivasan, an amazing teacher and leader here in my home town of Berkeley, California. Meena has been doing bold, effective work around mindfulness and social-emotional learning (SEL) for a number of years, helping implement SEL system wide in the Oakland Unified School District (with a sharp analysis around social context). She put out a fantastic book this year (through W. W. Norton) titled Integrating SEL with Instruction in Secondary Classrooms, and I highly recommend it. Meena’s a mom, a mentor, and she’s doing awesome work.

09/18/2019

Back to School: Learning about Students

NEW POST ALERT--"An effective teacher does not begin the year by teaching. She begins the year by learning." — Jonna Kuskey

Learn how high school English teacher Jonna Kuskey uses a “Learning To-Do List” at the beginning of the year to help determine how best to select, scaffold, sequence and pace her curriculum.

I love the beginning of school.  August and September hold new possibilities full of hope and promise, a chance to start fresh, to learn from last year’s failures as well as successes, and to …

09/13/2019

Back to School: Finding Stillness

NEW POST ALERT -- This week on K-12Talk, yoga therapist and educator, Louise Goldberg of Creative Relaxation: Yoga Therapy for Special Needs, shares how creating moments of stillness can transform the start of the school year.

Learn more about her book CLASSROOM YOGA BREAKS at: http://WWNorton.com/rd/d9A2B.

The beginning of the school year can be stressful for students and teachers alike. What better time to introduce a calming break within the school day? By structuring a quiet minute at the start of…

09/04/2019

THE MINDFUL SCHOOLS CURRICULUM FOR ADOLESCENTS: TOOLS FOR DEVELOPING AWARENESS by Oren Jay Sofer and Matthew Brensilver, a co-publication with Mindful Schools, is now available wherever books are sold!

Buy directly from W. W. Norton and receive 20% OFF and FREE SHIPPING until 9/18/19: http://WWNorton.com/rd/Rd38Y!

09/04/2019

Back to School: Promoting English Learners’ Assets

NEW POST ALERT -- This week on K-12Talk, Diane Staehr Fenner, author and president of SupportEd, explains the importance of recognizing the multiple assets that English learners bring to the classroom.

The proportion of English learners (ELs) in the United States public school system has reached nearly ten percent of all students, and is on a nationwide growth trajectory1.  Along with this g…

08/20/2019

MINDFULNESS IN THE PREK-5 CLASSROOM: Helping Students Stress Less and Learn More by Patricia A. Jennings (Mindfulness for Teachers) is now on the shelves!

You can also order directly from W.W. Norton and get 20% OFF at http://wwnpag.es/JMK5FB (offer valid for U.S. customers only; ends 9/9!)

08/16/2019

Summer Reading: Fewer Books, Better

This week on K-12Talk, Matthew Johnson, a teacher and writer from Ann Arbor, Michigan shares how his choice to read fewer books over the summer resulted in a more enjoyable and impactful learning experience.

Blogger George Evans recently wrote a blog post called “In Defense of Slow” where he states that “many things in education are simply too fast…in this rush to cover content, to ge…

08/15/2019

THE MINDFUL SCHOOLS CURRICULUM FOR ADOLESCENTS: Tools for Developing Awareness by Oren Jay Sofer and Matthew Brensilver is now available directly from W. W. Norton!
Learn more about this new co-publication with Mindful Schools at http://WWNorton.com/rd/Wa62S and get 20% OFF and FREE SHIPPING until 9/2!

08/14/2019

Summer Reading: World Crime Fiction

📢NEW POST on K-12Talk from Bob Fecho, a professor of English Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Read the full post to discover new ways to discuss plot, character, and imagery, as well as issues of social justice and equity with books that your students will be excited to read.

Here’s a mystery: why, when I talk to teachers about what literature they teach, does crime fiction rarely if ever make the list? I can make some guesses: lurid subject matter, graphic descriptions…

08/05/2019

Words of wisdom from Cindy Terebush, Author and Early Childhood Consultant! Read the rest of this Education Week Teacher post at http://bit.ly/2YE5NSk.
Learn more about Cindy's book, TEACH THE WHOLE PRESCHOOLER: Strategies for Nurturing Developing Minds at http://bit.ly/2OHQ54N.

08/05/2019

What is resilience and how can teachers promote it in the classroom? Cindy Terebush, Author and Early Childhood Consultant, talks with EducationWeek: http://bit.ly/2ZDQUwI

Learn more about her book, TEACH THE WHOLE PRESCHOOLER, at http://wwnpag.es/Zo8t5

Read the article for my answer to the question from Education Week: What is resilience and how can teachers promote it in the classroom? http://bit.ly/2ZDQUwI

07/26/2019

Summer Reading: Learning About Race

This week on K-12Talk, author and educator Debbie Zacarian, Ed.D. & Associates, LLC shares how a book recommendation from a colleague led her to new ways of supporting culturally and linguistically diverse students.

We have all heard that collaborating is an opportunity to stretch our thinking by hearing what others have to say, or have read, or are reading on a topic that we are exploring.  That is what …

07/25/2019

BLOG: 2019 Social and Emotional Learning Exchange

SEL EVERY DAY author Meena Srinivasan discusses the transformative power of social and emotional learning skills in a new post on the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) blog.
Learn more about her new book at http://bit.ly/2K5ydLs.

07/25/2019

The Atlantic

Read Timothy Walker's (Taught by Finland) popular 2015 article in The Atlantic, and learn more about education, Finland style, in his best-selling TEACH LIKE FINLAND: 33 Simple Strategies for Joyful Classrooms (http://wwnpag.es/Xr48P).

“Joy” and play are key learning concepts in Finnish kindergarten curriculums. (from 2015)

07/18/2019

Summer Reading: The Freedom to Choose

"As a teacher of 12th grade students I have learned to appreciate honest feedback from those who matter most – my students. It is their experiences in the classroom that direct my learning." - Andy Schoenborn, High School English teacher

Check out Andy's NEW POST on K-12Talk to learn how he uses his students' end-of-the-year feedback to guide his summer reading choices.

The last pieces of writing I see from students each year are reflective in nature. Some celebrate areas of literacy growth and proudly exclaim, “I am a writer!” Others share classroom routines, lik…