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"Digital apps designed to teach young children to read are an increasingly large share of the market, but parents and educators have little to no information about whether and how they work. Produced as part of a collaboration between the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, the New America Foundation, and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, this report scans the market of digital products and shares promising practices and programs."

"A booklet that describes what parents can do to help children and adolescents cope with violence and disasters."

The ways teachers can lead are as varied as teachers themselves. Teacher leaders assume a wide range of roles to support school and student success. Whether these roles are assigned formally or shared informally, they build the entire school's capacity to improve. Because teachers can lead in a variety of ways, many teachers can serve as leaders among their peers.

1. Purpose 2. Efficiency 3. Ownership 4. Competence 5. Aesthetic Appeal

The National Writing Project's 30 Ideas for Teaching Writing offers successful strategies contributed by experienced writing project teachers.