Mimi & Todd Press

07/18/2025

An interview with Aaron Eisberg, co-author of the Re-Envisioning Rigor Series!

Book 2 is now available, and Aaron shares his thoughts in this blog, "From Vision to Routine". Learn how to take your vision for your students and make it a reality with practical routines, ready to implement tomorrow!
https://thecorecollaborative.com/from-vision-to-routine-an-interview-with-author-aaron-eisberg/

07/16/2025

Are you ready to fly? ✈️
Are you ready to help others learn to fly? ✈️

The authors of Learner Agency have 3 questions to nudge you:
~ What does it mean to foster agency?
~ Why do we care to ensure learners are empowered?
~ How might we move an entire system toward empowerment and agency?

If you've ever asked yourself these questions, this book is for you! With reflection opportunities, models of success, and many resources in the book and online, you'll be ready to takeoff for the new school year:
https://www.mimitoddpress.com/learner-agency

07/14/2025

Do you believe in Collective Teacher Efficacy? Defined in this book as "a learning community's shared belief that through their collective actions they can positively impact student learning", John Hattie's research gives collective efficacy an effect size of 1.01, with the potential to more than double the rate of learning.

The authors of Amplify Learner Voice will take you on a journey toward that collective efficacy. This book is a must-read for schools, teachers, administrators, and families who truly want to center student learning, student voice, and student empowerment. Join them on this journey and prepare to make an impact!
https://www.mimitoddpress.com/amplify-learner-voice

07/11/2025

☀️ Summer is a great time to step back and reflect on the current state of your school or district:
✅ Are your students passive recipients of instruction or active drivers of their learning?
✅ Do your assessment practices reveal what students know or what they don't?
✅ Are your teachers and staff energized by professional collaboration or isolated in their practice?
✅ Do your students and families see grades as the goal or growth as the journey?

If you're looking to change the culture of learning, you need Leading Impact Teams 2.0!
https://www.mimitoddpress.com/leading-impact-teams

07/07/2025

Wondering about the difference between surface knowledge and deep knowledge? Watch as these secondary students explain!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcwMkOSEgkY

If you want to find out how changing habits can change learning in your classroom, pick up a copy of The Project Habit by Michael McDowell and Kelley S. Miller today!
https://www.mimitoddpress.com/the-project-habit

Students describe deep learning. Notice how the students contrast deep learning from surface learning.Furthermore, observe the cues that are provided to supp...

07/04/2025

This Independence Day, The Core Collaborative and Mimi & Todd Press reflect on the call to build educational communities rooted in partnership, trust, and collective healing and growth. We need schools where every identity is honored, every voice is amplified, and every community has true agency in shaping education. Our democracy depends on cultivating spaces where youth leadership drives transformation and intergenerational voices unite to create the schools our communities deserve. Join us this 4th of July in celebrating student empowerment for democracy!

Enjoy our latest blog post, “Celebrating Independence Through Children’s Literature”: https://thecorecollaborative.com/celebrating-independence-through-childrens-literature/

07/02/2025

👉 If you're an educator, administrator, or simply care about creating more effective and welcoming learning spaces, this is the book you need right now. 📚

Belonging Through a Culture of Dignity, by Floyd Cobb and John Krownapple, will transform how you think about making connections with a practical roadmap for creating learning environments where EVERY student can thrive, regardless of background.

The authors reveal how dignity-based approaches create the psychological safety students need to actually learn effectively. When students feel they truly belong, academic performance naturally follows. This book shows you how to make the shift from demanding compliance to creating connection!

Grab your copy (or a whole set!) at https://www.mimitoddpress.com/belonging-through-dignity

06/30/2025

What would happen? 🤔
This is the question that district leaders in Brownsburg, Indiana asked. What would happen if we actually put into practice what education research tells us makes an impact on students?

What happened?
🥇 A typical middle-class school district became the #1 achieving district in all of Indiana.
⭐️ All nine schools earned the highest ratings from the state
📣 Brownsburg is now referred to as "the best" or "the gold standard" by other district leaders around them

Arrows, written by two lead educators from Brownsburg, helps you learn how it's done. Carrie Rosebrock and Sarah Henry teach you how to align your focus, put people first (not programs), and to stop the confusion and frustration that comes when you have too many competing initiatives.

It's time to ask yourself, what would happen? Give yourself permission to dream. Then get your copy of Arrows to find out how to make it a reality!
https://www.mimitoddpress.com/arrows

06/27/2025

So many teachers are tired of hearing about complicated theories and frameworks that are hard to picture in their classrooms.

Re-Envisioning Rigor takes the guesswork out of implementation with clear visual steps showing exactly how to implement thinking routines. You'll see what kind of impact the routine has, how long it should take to prepare, and how long it should take to implement. Practical, easy routines to make your student thinking visible is exactly what you need!

Spend some time this summer exploring the Re-Envisioning Rigor series and start your year off right in the fall:
https://www.mimitoddpress.com/re-envisioning-rigor-book-2

06/26/2025

Congratulations to Mimi & Todd author Aaron Eisberg! It’s a packed house at for his sessions on using routines to increase rigor and stacking routines throughout instruction to have an even greater impact. 🎉

📣 Attendees are raving about how much they learned in both sessions and about the Re-Envisioning Rigor series, calling the books “a game-changer for our system and staff”, both for “those with PBL and those who aren’t ready for PBL yet.” Way to go, Aaron!

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06/26/2025

Congratulations to Mimi & Todd author Aaron Eisberg! It's a packed house at for his sessions on using routines to increase rigor and stacking routines throughout instruction to have an even greater impact. 🎉

📣 Attendees are raving about how much they learned in both sessions and about the Re-Envisioning Rigor series, calling the books "a game-changer for our system and staff", both for "those with PBL and those who aren't ready for PBL yet." Way to go, Aaron!

📚: https://www.mimitoddpress.com/

06/25/2025

What happens when schools commit to embedding short, high-impact instructional routines as a team? They meet their goals!

Check out the latest blog by Re-Envisioning Rigor co-author Michael McDowell, highlighting Newburgh Enlarged City School District in New York. Implemented by teachers to create a school-wide culture, you'll be amazed by the results!
https://thecorecollaborative.com/scaling-rigor-through-routines/

To find routines like this and bring them to your school or district, grab your copy of Re-Envisioning Rigor Book 2, available now!
https://www.mimitoddpress.com/re-envisioning-rigor-book-2

In Newburgh, NY, a group of educators stopped waiting for the next big initiative and began asking a simple, powerful question: What can we do together, tomorrow, to move the needle on learning? In partnership with The Core Collaborative, the Newburgh Enlarged City School District turned away from i...