PL 372.62 ANG
Angelillo, Janet.  Writing to the Prompt.  Portsmouth, NH:  Heinemann, c2005.  Offers practical advice for teachers to helping students in the third through eighth grade succeed on the required standardized writing tests.
 

PL 808 GER
Gere, Anne Ruggles.  Writing on demand:  best practices and strategies for  success.  Presents a comprehensive guide for educators that provides strategies for helping students succeed on the essay portions of the SAT, ACT, and other placement exams, and offers strategies to help them develop as writers.
 

PL 158.0835 COV
Covey, Sean. The 7 habits of highly effective teens : the ultimate teenage success guide. New York : Fireside : Simon & Schuster, c1998. Describes seven habits teenagers can cultivate to help them improve their self-images, build friendships, resist peer pressure, achieve goals, get along with parents, and make other positive changes in their lives
 

PL 342.73 HAY
The First Amendment in schools : a guide from the First Amendment Center. Alexandria, VA : Nashville, TN : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development ; First Amendment Center, c2003. Discusses the school reform initiative "First Amendment Schools: Educating for Freedom and Responsibility"; identifies issues schools should consider when attempting to create First Amendment schools in which students, teachers, parents, administrators, and community members have a voice; and includes summaries of fifty key legal cases
 

PL 362 SMI
Smith, Jenny. Education and public health : natural partners in learning for life. Alexandria, VA : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c2003. Examines the results of a collaboration in 1998 between the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in which students were engaged in a program to learn about public health issues affecting their communities, as well as careers in the field, and offers advice for developing similar programs.
 

PL 371.102 GLI
Glickman, Carl D. Leadership for learning : how to help teachers succeed. Alexandria, VA : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2002. Looking at classroom teaching and learning -- Structures for classroom assistance -- Formats for focusing observation -- Approaches to working closely with teachers -- Direct applications to assisting teachers -- Criteria for assessing teacher competence and growth -- Purpose, strength, and collegial force for school success.
 

PL 371.1024 SPR
Sprick, Randall S. The teacher's encyclopedia of behavior management : 100 problems/500 plans. Longmont, CO : Sopris West, c1995. Innovative and practical strategies for increasing student responsibility, addressing more than 100 of the most common classroom problems.
 

PL 371.2 WHI
Whitaker, Todd, 1959-. What great teachers do differently : fourteen things that matter most. Larchmont, NY : Eye on Education, c2004. Describes fourteen practices the author has identified as characteristic of great teachers, and discusses the benefits of learning from the most effective educators.
 

PL 371.782 DRU
Druck, Ken. How to talk to your kids about school violence. First Ed. New York : Onomatopoeia, Inc., 2003. A smart, strategic series of down-to-earth insights, practices, and tools that will enable parents and students to better communicate and collaborate to prevent school violence.