NMAEYC2023 | Teachers College Press

New & Noteworthy Highlights

Program Administration Scale (PAS)

The Program Administration Scale (PAS) is designed to reliably measure and improve the leadership and...
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Child Care Justice

Join the authors of this book in starting a movement of hope and possibility for an antiracist child...
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Young Investigators

Young Investigators has been expanded to guide today’s teachers through the process of conducting meaningful...
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Culturally Sustaining Language and Literacy Practices for Pre-K–3 Classrooms

Literacy educators are often unequipped to help young children contend with the world we inhabit, where...
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Investigating STEM With Infants and Toddlers (Birth–3)

The premiere book in the STEM for Our Youngest Learners Series introduces the Infant Toddler Inquiry...
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Investigating Light and Shadow With Young Children (Ages 3–8)

Children are intrigued by switches that power a light source and by items that reflect light and sparkle,...
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Investigating Ramps and Pathways With Young Children (Ages 3–8)

Children are intrigued by moving objects, even more so when they can engineer the movement. This volume...
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Principals as Early Learning Leaders

The majority of public school principals are now required to supervise and evaluate early childhood teachers...
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Teaching Black Boys in the Elementary Grades

This book will help educators rethink their expectations of and practices for developing the literacy...
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Transforming Early Years Policy in the U.S.

This timely collection provides an accessible discussion and analysis of some of the most urgent policy...
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Culturally Relevant Pedagogy

For the first time, this volume provides a definitive collection of Gloria Ladson-Billings’s groundbreaking...
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Precursor Math Concepts

This groundbreaking book looks at the development of mathematical thinking in infants and toddlers, with...
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Teaching and Learning with Infants and Toddlers

In the short span of three years, infants learn to move with confidence and grace, to converse with ease,...
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On Being and Well-Being in Infant/Toddler Care and Education

With its real-life stories and invitations for reflection and conversation, this book is an ideal professional...
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Observing and Recording the Behavior of Young Children

In the Sixth Edition of their classic text, the authors reiterate the critical importance of observing...
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Coaching with ECERS

ECERS is widely used in the United States and internationally to assess the overall quality of preschool...
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Teaching STEM in the Preschool Classroom

This book is designed to build educators’ confidence and competence so they can bring STEM to life...
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Studio Thinking from the Start

Students of all ages can learn to think like artists! Studio Thinking: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts...
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The Early Intervention Guidebook for Families and Professionals

This guidebook on family–professional partnerships has been used as a go-to early intervention resource...
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The Play's the Thing

Responding to current debates on the place of play in schools, the authors have extensively revised their...
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Guided Drawing With Multilingual Preschoolers

Drawing provides opportunities for children to communicate their thoughts even when they do not have...
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In the Spirit of the Studio

This critically acclaimed, lavishly illustrated book will help educators create the highest quality learning...
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Infants & Toddlers

Precursor Math Concepts

This groundbreaking book looks at the development of mathematical thinking in infants and toddlers, with...
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Teaching and Learning with Infants and Toddlers

In the short span of three years, infants learn to move with confidence and grace, to converse with ease,...
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The Early Intervention Guidebook for Families and Professionals

This guidebook on family–professional partnerships has been used as a go-to early intervention resource...
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On Being and Well-Being in Infant/Toddler Care and Education

With its real-life stories and invitations for reflection and conversation, this book is an ideal professional...
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Leading Anti-Bias Early Childhood Programs

With a focus on the leader’s role in initiating and sustaining anti-bias education in programs for...
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Observing and Recording the Behavior of Young Children

In the Sixth Edition of their classic text, the authors reiterate the critical importance of observing...
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Infant and Toddler Development from Conception to Age 3

Infants invite those caring for them to join as companions on an incredible journey. Infant and Toddler...
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In the Spirit of the Studio

This critically acclaimed, lavishly illustrated book will help educators create the highest quality learning...
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Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale (ITERS-3)

Building on extensive feedback from the field as well as vigorous new research on how best to support...
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Escala de Calificación del Ambiente para Bebés y Niños Pequeños

This is the Spanish edition of the revised and updated third edition of Infant/Toddler Environment Rating...
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Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale (ITERS-R)

Designed for use in center-based child care programs for infants and toddlers up to 30 months of age,...
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Escala de Calificación del Ambiente para Bebés y Niños Pequeños, Edicion Revisada

This is the Spanish translation of the ITERS-R (Infant Toddler Environment Rating Scale-Revised edition)...
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Business Administration Scale for Family Child Care (BAS)

The Business Administration Scale for Family Child Care (BAS) is the first valid and reliable tool for...
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Escala de Evaluación de la Administración de Negocios (Spanish BAS)

This is the Spanish edition of the revised and updated Business Administration Scale for Family Child...
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Program Administration Scale (PAS)

The Program Administration Scale (PAS) is designed to reliably measure and improve the leadership and...
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Child Care Justice

Join the authors of this book in starting a movement of hope and possibility for an antiracist child...
See more
Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale (FCCERS-3)

Building on feedback from the field, as well as current research on supporting young children’s development...
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Escala de Calificación del Ambiente de Cuidado Infantil en Familia

This is the Spanish edition of the revised and updated Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale. FCCERS-3...
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Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale (FCCERS-R)

The FCCERS-R is a thorough revision of the widely used program quality assessment instrument, Family...
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Escala de Calificación del Ambiente de Cuidado Infantil en Familia, Edicion Revisada

In a translation approved by the authors, this is the Spanish edition of the newly revised Family Child...
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Infants and Toddlers at Work

This book contains a wealth of practical and specific activities and materials to use with infants and...
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Young Investigators

Now in its Third Edition, Young Investigators provides an introduction to the project approach with step-by-step...
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Enhancing Brain Development in Infants and Young Children

This practical resource explains brain development from prenatal to age 8 with suggestions for activities...
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PreK-Kindergarten

Studio Thinking from the Start

Students of all ages can learn to think like artists! Studio Thinking: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts...
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Young Investigators

Young Investigators has been expanded to guide today’s teachers through the process of conducting meaningful...
See more
Teaching STEM in the Preschool Classroom

This book is designed to build educators’ confidence and competence so they can bring STEM to life...
See more
Teaching Black Boys in the Elementary Grades

This book will help educators rethink their expectations of and practices for developing the literacy...
See more
Culturally Sustaining Language and Literacy Practices for Pre-K–3 Classrooms

Literacy educators are often unequipped to help young children contend with the world we inhabit, where...
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Engaging Learners Through Artmaking

The authors who introduced the concepts of Teaching for Artistic Behavior (TAB) and choice-based art...
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Coaching with ECERS

ECERS is widely used in the United States and internationally to assess the overall quality of preschool...
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A Guide to Analyzing and Interpreting ECERS-3 Data

Early childhood is a crucial stage in a child’s life, and aspects of the environment in the physical,...
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Observing and Recording the Behavior of Young Children

In the Sixth Edition of their classic text, the authors reiterate the critical importance of observing...
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Unsmiling Faces

The first edition of this indispensable book set the standard for high-quality intervention and prevention...
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Leading Anti-Bias Early Childhood Programs

With a focus on the leader’s role in initiating and sustaining anti-bias education in programs for...
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Principals as Early Learning Leaders

The majority of public school principals are now required to supervise and evaluate early childhood teachers...
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Reading, Writing, and Talk

This book introduces a variety of inclusive strategies for teaching language and literacy in kindergarten...
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The Administration and Supervision of Literacy Programs

This popular book addresses literacy leaders’ eternal quest to prepare all students for the demands...
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"We’ve Been Doing It Your Way Long Enough"

Filled with day-to-day literacy practices, this book will help elementary school teachers understand...
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Teaching and Learning in a Diverse World

How can we create truly multicultural classrooms? In this new edition of her popular text, renowned...
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Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS-3)

The long-anticipated new version of the internationally recognized Early Childhood Environment Rating...
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Escala de Calificación del Ambiente de la Infancia Temprana

This is the Spanish edition of the new version of the internationally recognized Early Childhood Environment...
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Creating Welcoming Schools

This engaging and rich resource details how schools and diverse families throughout the country have...
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In the Spirit of the Studio

This critically acclaimed, lavishly illustrated book will help educators create the highest quality learning...
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Exploring Mathematics Through Play in the Early Childhood Classroom

This practical book provides pre- and inservice teachers with an understanding of how math can be learned...
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Artful Teaching

The authors in this volume share exemplary arts-integration practices across the K–8 curriculum. Rather...
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The Brilliance of Black Boys

2018 NAME Philip C. Chinn Book Award Winner!This much-needed book will help schools and, by extension,...
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Young Investigators

Now in its Third Edition, Young Investigators provides an introduction to the project approach with step-by-step...
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Child Development / Social Emotional Learning

Teaching Black Boys in the Elementary Grades

This book will help educators rethink their expectations of and practices for developing the literacy...
See more
Observing and Recording the Behavior of Young Children

In the Sixth Edition of their classic text, the authors reiterate the critical importance of observing...
See more
The Early Intervention Guidebook for Families and Professionals

This guidebook on family–professional partnerships has been used as a go-to early intervention resource...
See more
Teaching on Days After

What should teachers do on the days after major events, tragedies, and traumas, especially when injustice...
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The Brilliance of Black Boys

2018 NAME Philip C. Chinn Book Award Winner!This much-needed book will help schools and, by extension,...
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Unsmiling Faces

The first edition of this indispensable book set the standard for high-quality intervention and prevention...
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Emotionally Responsive Teaching

Learn how to navigate the challenging terrain of connecting with a child who is deeply afraid, angry,...
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Non-Punitive School Discipline

When educators are challenged to address problem student behaviors, the question in their minds should...
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Biography-Driven Culturally Responsive Teaching

This popular resource has transformed classrooms for thousands of teachers by providing how-to guidance...
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Culturally Responsive Teaching

Geneva Gay is renowned for her contributions to multicultural education, particularly as it relates to...
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Cooperative Games in Education

Cooperative Games in Education is the first comprehensive guide to the world of cooperative play and...
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Emotionally Responsive Practice

It is essential for all schools to integrate trauma-informed care into practice as children, parents,...
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The Heart and Science of Teaching

The Heart and Science of Teaching shows readers why and how to connect essential social–emotional factors...
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Trauma-Sensitive Schools

Growing evidence supports the important relationship between trauma and academic failure. Along with...
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Music Therapy With Preschool Children on the Autism Spectrum

With close to 1 million children on the autism spectrum enrolled in U.S. schools, educators need effective...
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Bears, Bears Everywhere!

Noted psychotherapist, educator, and bestselling author Lesley Koplow shares her extensive experience...
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Culturally Relevant Pedagogy

For the first time, this volume provides a definitive collection of Gloria Ladson-Billings’s groundbreaking...
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about Centering Possibility in Black Education

Improving education outcomes for Black students begins with resisting racist characterizations of blackness....
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Writing the School House Blues

Anne Dyson confronts race and racism head-on with this ethnographic study of a child’s efforts to belong—to...
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Why Are So Many Students of Color in Special Education?

Bringing to life the voices of children, families, and school personnel, this bestseller describes in...
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Supporting English Learners in the Classroom

In this important resource, educators will find evidence-based best practices to help them address the...
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Enhancing Brain Development in Infants and Young Children

This practical resource explains brain development from prenatal to age 8 with suggestions for activities...
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The Vulnerable Heart of Literacy

What is trauma and what does it mean for the literacy curriculum? In this book, elementary teachers will...
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Family / Caregiver Engagement

Building Culturally Responsive Partnerships Among Schools, Families, and Communities

Learn how to create culturally responsive, socially just school–family partnerships that positively...
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The Early Intervention Guidebook for Families and Professionals

This guidebook on family–professional partnerships has been used as a go-to early intervention resource...
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Just Schools

Just Schools examines the challenges and possibilities for building more equitable forms of collaboration...
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Families With Power

What if the families of students most impacted by the opportunity gap somehow had the power to organize...
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Leading Anti-Bias Early Childhood Programs

With a focus on the leader’s role in initiating and sustaining anti-bias education in programs for...
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Precursor Math Concepts

This groundbreaking book looks at the development of mathematical thinking in infants and toddlers, with...
See more
Creating Welcoming Schools

This engaging and rich resource details how schools and diverse families throughout the country have...
See more
Infant and Toddler Development from Conception to Age 3

Infants invite those caring for them to join as companions on an incredible journey. Infant and Toddler...
See more
Why Are So Many Students of Color in Special Education?

Bringing to life the voices of children, families, and school personnel, this bestseller describes in...
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Meeting Families Where They Are

This book presents an in-depth discussion of how human disability and parental advocacy have been constructed...
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Affirming Disability

Providing both a theoretical framework and practical strategies, this resource will help teachers, counselors,...
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Equity in School–Parent Partnerships

Starting from the premise that children learn better when their learning community respects their families...
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ERS / Continuous Quality Improvement

A Guide to Analyzing and Interpreting ECERS-3 Data

Early childhood is a crucial stage in a child’s life, and aspects of the environment in the physical,...
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Coaching with ECERS

ECERS is widely used in the United States and internationally to assess the overall quality of preschool...
See more
Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS-3)

The long-anticipated new version of the internationally recognized Early Childhood Environment Rating...
See more
Escala de Calificación del Ambiente de la Infancia Temprana

This is the Spanish edition of the new version of the internationally recognized Early Childhood Environment...
See more
Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS-R)

Featuring a spiral binding, the updated Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale, ® ECERS-R, offers...
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Escala de Calificación del Ambiente de la Infancia Temprana, Edicion Revisada

La ECERS-R es una revisión completa de la ECERS (Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale®, en inglés),...
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Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale (ITERS-3)

Building on extensive feedback from the field as well as vigorous new research on how best to support...
See more
Escala de Calificación del Ambiente para Bebés y Niños Pequeños

This is the Spanish edition of the revised and updated third edition of Infant/Toddler Environment Rating...
See more
Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale (ITERS-R)

Designed for use in center-based child care programs for infants and toddlers up to 30 months of age,...
See more
Escala de Calificación del Ambiente para Bebés y Niños Pequeños, Edicion Revisada

This is the Spanish translation of the ITERS-R (Infant Toddler Environment Rating Scale-Revised edition)...
See more
Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale (FCCERS-3)

Building on feedback from the field, as well as current research on supporting young children’s development...
See more
Escala de Calificación del Ambiente de Cuidado Infantil en Familia

This is the Spanish edition of the revised and updated Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale. FCCERS-3...
See more
Family Child Care Environment Rating Scale (FCCERS-R)

The FCCERS-R is a thorough revision of the widely used program quality assessment instrument, Family...
See more
Escala de Calificación del Ambiente de Cuidado Infantil en Familia, Edicion Revisada

In a translation approved by the authors, this is the Spanish edition of the newly revised Family Child...
See more
School-Age Care Environment Rating Scale Updated (SACERS)

What are the components of high-quality after-school care for children ages 5–12? How can we evaluate...
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Business Administration Scale for Family Child Care (BAS)

The Business Administration Scale for Family Child Care (BAS) is the first valid and reliable tool for...
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Escala de Evaluación de la Administración de Negocios (Spanish BAS)

This is the Spanish edition of the revised and updated Business Administration Scale for Family Child...
See more
Program Administration Scale (PAS)

The Program Administration Scale (PAS) is designed to reliably measure and improve the leadership and...
See more

Leadership & Policy

Transforming Early Years Policy in the U.S.

This timely collection provides an accessible discussion and analysis of some of the most urgent policy...
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Principals as Early Learning Leaders

The majority of public school principals are now required to supervise and evaluate early childhood teachers...
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The Civil Rights Road to Deeper Learning

This concise and compelling book outlines the key civil rights conditions that are essential to deeper...
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Our Children Can't Wait

Education policies have too often ignored how conditions outside of school can alter life chances for...
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Schools Reimagined

The pause in the traditional structure of schooling due to COVID-19 presents a unique opportunity for...
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Business Administration Scale for Family Child Care (BAS)

The Business Administration Scale for Family Child Care (BAS) is the first valid and reliable tool for...
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Escala de Evaluación de la Administración de Negocios (Spanish BAS)

This is the Spanish edition of the revised and updated Business Administration Scale for Family Child...
See more
Program Administration Scale (PAS)

Research has consistently found that effective administrative practices are crucial for ensuring beneficial...
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Just Schools

Just Schools examines the challenges and possibilities for building more equitable forms of collaboration...
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Child Care Justice

Join the authors of this book in starting a movement of hope and possibility for an antiracist child...
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A Search for Common Ground

At a time of bitter national polarization, there is a critical need for leaders who can help us better...
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Leading Anti-Bias Early Childhood Programs

With a focus on the leader’s role in initiating and sustaining anti-bias education in programs for...
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The Ethics of School Administration

This popular text features a rigorous yet practical approach to the difficult dilemmas that so often...
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Educating Emergent Bilinguals

Now available in a revised and expanded edition, this accessible guide introduces readers to the issues...
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Creating a Home in Schools

The authors of this book provide caring advice to Black, Indigenous, and Teachers of Color (BITOC) to...
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Why Are So Many Students of Color in Special Education?

Bringing to life the voices of children, families, and school personnel, this bestseller describes in...
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Humanizing Education for Immigrant and Refugee Youth

This important book offers strategies, models, and concrete ideas for better serving newcomer immigrant...
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Assessing Student Learning by Design

How can we help teachers use classroom assessments to gather appropriate evidence for all valued learning...
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Culturally and Socially Responsible Assessment

This book addresses a problem that affects the work of all educators: how traditional methods of assessment...
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Beyond Testing

2019 AESA Critics' Choice Award Winner!The authors of this timely book argue that a fundamentally complex...
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FirstSchool

FirstSchool is a groundbreaking framework for teaching minority and low-income children. This work discusses...
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Supervision in Early Childhood Education

Every early care and education program deserves a qualified and competent supervisor. This pioneering...
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The Power of Protocols

The use of protocols has quickly spread from conferences and workshops to everyday school and university...
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The Early Advantage 1—Early Childhood Systems That Lead by Example

Learn how exemplary countries are dealing with the challenges and joys of advancing the development of...
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Teaching Prek–8

Culturally Relevant Pedagogy

For the first time, this volume provides a definitive collection of Gloria Ladson-Billings’s groundbreaking...
See more
The Play's the Thing

Responding to current debates on the place of play in schools, the authors have extensively revised their...
See more
Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies

Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies raises fundamental questions about the purpose of schooling in changing...
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Culturally Responsive Teaching

Geneva Gay is renowned for her contributions to multicultural education, particularly as it relates to...
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Young Investigators

Young Investigators has been expanded to guide today’s teachers through the process of conducting meaningful...
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Becoming Young Thinkers

Continuing the exploration of project work in the author’s bestselling book, Young Investigators, Second...
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Lesson Planning with Purpose

When teachers and students are both engaged in the educational enterprise, every day has the potential...
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Good Questions

Now in its Fourth Edition—with more than 50 new questions and a new chapter on financial literacy—this...
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The Reading Turn-Around

This book demonstrates a five-part framework for teachers, reading specialists, and literacy coaches...
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Assessing Student Learning by Design

How can we help teachers use classroom assessments to gather appropriate evidence for all valued learning...
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Reaching and Teaching Students in Poverty

This influential book describes the knowledge and skills teachers and school administrators need to recognize...
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The Heart and Science of Teaching

The Heart and Science of Teaching shows readers why and how to connect essential social–emotional factors...
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Emotionally Responsive Practice

It is essential for all schools to integrate trauma-informed care into practice as children, parents,...
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To Teach

This graphic novel brings to life William Ayers’s bestselling memoir To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher,...
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about Becoming a Teacher

Education activist William Ayers invites new and prospective teachers to consider the deepest dimensions...
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Making Schools Work

If we teach in the way that human brains learn, both students and their teachers will thrive! This book...
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The Pedagogy of Confidence

Yvette Jackson shows educators how to focus on students’ strengths to inspire learning and high intellectual...
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Emotionally Responsive Teaching

Learn how to navigate the challenging terrain of connecting with a child who is deeply afraid, angry,...
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Teaching Words and How They Work

Research shows that vocabulary is the best support for students’ comprehension of narrative and information...
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Culturally Sustaining Language and Literacy Practices for Pre-K–3 Classrooms

Literacy educators are often unequipped to help young children contend with the world we inhabit, where...
See more
Inclusive Texts in Elementary Classrooms

Learn how to put children’s diverse and storied experiences at the center of the curriculum. Schools...
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Teaching and Learning in a Diverse World

How can we create truly multicultural classrooms? In this new edition of her popular text, renowned...
See more
"We’ve Been Doing It Your Way Long Enough"

Filled with day-to-day literacy practices, this book will help elementary school teachers understand...
See more

Math / STEM / STEAM

Teaching STEM in the Preschool Classroom

This book is designed to build educators’ confidence and competence so they can bring STEM to life...
See more
Investigating STEM With Infants and Toddlers (Birth–3)

The premiere book in the STEM for Our Youngest Learners Series introduces the Infant Toddler Inquiry...
See more
Investigating Light and Shadow With Young Children (Ages 3–8)

Children are intrigued by switches that power a light source and by items that reflect light and sparkle,...
See more
Investigating Ramps and Pathways With Young Children (Ages 3–8)

Children are intrigued by moving objects, even more so when they can engineer the movement. This volume...
See more
Fun and Fundamental Math for Young Children

Educators of young children who don’t yet know the work of Marian Small are in for a gift—a treasure...
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Good Questions

Now in its Fourth Edition—with more than 50 new questions and a new chapter on financial literacy—this...
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An Educator's Guide to STEAM

This practical book will help readers understand what STEAM is, how it differs from STEM, and how it...
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Precursor Math Concepts

This groundbreaking book looks at the development of mathematical thinking in infants and toddlers, with...
See more
Exploring Mathematics Through Play in the Early Childhood Classroom

This practical book provides pre- and inservice teachers with an understanding of how math can be learned...
See more
Young Investigators

Young Investigators has been expanded to guide today’s teachers through the process of conducting meaningful...
See more
Young Investigators

Now in its Third Edition, Young Investigators provides an introduction to the project approach with step-by-step...
See more
Becoming Young Thinkers

Continuing the exploration of project work in the author’s bestselling book, Young Investigators, Second...
See more
The Young Artist as Scientist

This is the first in-depth look at the important connections between the arts and science specifically...
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Big Science for Growing Minds

Strong evidence from recent brain research shows that the intentional teaching of science is crucial...
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Engineering in Elementary STEM Education

Bolstered by new standards and new initiatives to promote STEM education, engineering is making its way...
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STEM Learning with Young Children

This teacher’s guide provides the background information, STEM concepts, and strategies needed to successfully...
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Early Childhood Catalog

TC Press Book Display for NMAEYC 2023

New & Noteworthy Highlights

Infants & Toddlers

PreK-Kindergarten

Child Development / Social Emotional Learning

Family / Caregiver Engagement

ERS / Continuous Quality Improvement

Leadership & Policy

Teaching Prek–8

Math / STEM / STEAM