This unique resource provides teachers with the tools they need to help all students reach higher levels of achievement. The authors present insights and strategies based on both their own experience, and current research about how teachers can best help struggling students become active, engaged learners. Discussion of the challenges faced by urban students and the importance of high expectations is followed by guidelines for how teachers can most effectively interact with their students. In addition, the authors present: o An extensive collection of practical strategies to increase student engagement o Develop students' cognitive skills o Empower students to take responsibility for their own learning Numerous sample lesson plans for primary, middle, and secondary levels show teachers how to implement the strategies presented. The revised edition includes updated research, expanded explanations of effective strategies, additional lesson plans, and a new chapter on professional development.

Table of Contents:
Foreword Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors A Special Note 1. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden The Challenge of Urban Education Reform Efforts Focus on Research Student Achievement and Teacher Expectations: More Than Words Urban Children and the Challenges They Face The Task Ahead 2. High Expectations for All All Children Can Learn TESA: The Tried and True The Fifteen Behaviors Restoring Children of War: The Mediated Learning Experience Multiple Intelligences Authentic Assessment Two Decades of Research High Expectations and Professional Development Key Points to Remember Sample Lessons 3. Intentionality and Reciprocity Intentionality: A Filter With a Purpose Designing Intentionality and Reciprocity in Every Lesson Tactics to Promote Intentionality and Reciprocity Two Sides of a Coin Key Points to Remember Sample Lessons 4. Meaning The Mediation of Meaning Strategies for the Mediation of Meaning Adapting the Standard Curriculum Key Points to Remember Sample Lessons 5. Transcendence Getting to the Heart of the Thought Seeking the Transcending Idea Recognizing Patterns Formulating Principles Learning for a Lifetime Key Points to Remember Sample Lessons 6. Self-Regulation and Control of Behavior Discipline and Intrinsic Motivation Interrupting Impulsive Behavior Instrumental Enrichment Stop, Think, Achieve The Standard Instruments Described Getting to the Basics The Basic Instruments A Sample Primary Lesson: Bridging Self-Regulation Into the Curriculum Promoting Self-Regulation Tactics for Fostering Self-Regulation Bridging Self-Regulation Into Every Lesson Key Points to Remember Sample Lessons 7. The Feeling of Competence Strengthening the Will to Succeed Students Who Feel Incompetent Mediating the Feeling of Confidence The Right Way to Ask the Right Questions: Tactics for Success The No-Hide Tactics Seeing Is Believing This One Is Just Like the Other One Key Points to Remember Sample Lessons 8. Sharing Behavior Looking Back: The Advocates of Sharing Behavior Sharing Behaviors in the Home and Family Cooperative Learning: A Strategy for the Development of Sharing Behaviors Cooperative Team Skills Key Points to Remember Sample Lessons 9. Individuation The Mediation of Individuation The Multiple Intelligences: Many Ways to Solve a Problem Applying Gardner’s Theory Differentiating Instruction in a Multiple Intelligences Framework Key Points to Remember Sample Lessons 10. Goal Planning The Mediation of Goal Planning Four Aspects of Goal Setting The Rubric for Goal Planning: Standards and Criteria Reflective Goal-Setting Strategies Key Points to Remember Sample Lessons 11. Challenge The Mediation of Challenge Creating Challenges Three Things Not to Do Integrating Thinking Across the Curriculum Using the Three-Story Intellect Model Other Question-Asking Strategies Key Points to Remember Sample Lessons 12. Self-Change Mediating Self-Change Quick-Start Tactics Key Points to Remember Sample Lessons 13. The No-Frills Pathway to High Achievement Maintaining the Dream Making Simple Changes . . . Simply No-Frills Professional Development for All Critical Elements in the No-Frills Model Building a History of Improvement: A Yearbook of Progress Key Points to Remember In Conclusion Bibliography Index