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Q&A Collections: Author Interviews

By Larry Ferlazzo — August 09, 2021 13 min read
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During the summer, I am sharing thematic posts bringing together responses on similar topics from the past 10 years. You can see all those collections from the first nine years here.

Here are the ones I’ve published so far:

The 11 Most Popular Classroom Q&A Posts of the Year

Race & Racism in 69ý

School Closures & the Coronavirus Crisis

Classroom-Management Advice

Best Ways to Begin the School Year

Best Ways to End the School Year

Student Motivation & Social-Emotional Learning

Implementing the Common Core

Challenging Normative Gender Culture in Education

Teaching Social Studies

Cooperative & Collaborative Learning

Using Tech With 69ý

Student Voices

Parent Engagement in 69ý

Teaching English-Language Learners

69ý Instruction

Writing Instruction

Education Policy Issues

Assessment

Differentiating Instruction

Math Instruction

Science Instruction

Advice for New Teachers

Today’s theme is author interviews. You can see the list of posts following this excerpt from one of them:

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*Author Interview: ‘69ý & Writing With English Learners’

Authors Valentina Gonzalez & Melinda Miller answer questions about their book 69ý & Writing with English Learners: A Framework for K-5.

* Eight Strategies for Engaging in Culturally Relevant Teaching

Mariana Souto-Manning answers questions about her book, No More Culturally Irrelevant Teaching, in the final post of a two-part series.

* Author Interview: ‘No More Culturally Irrelevant Teaching’

Mariana Souto-Manning discusses her book, which highlights designing spaces where BIPOC students feel, see, and experience belonging.

Vernita Mayfield agreed to answer a few questions about her book, Cultural Competence Now: 56 Exercises to Help Educators Understand and Challenge Bias, Racism, and Privilege.

For the 100th book-related post in this blog, Gholdy Muhammad agreed to answer a few questions about her new book, Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy.

Adeyemi Stembridge talks about his new book, Culturally Responsive Education in the Classroom: An Equity Framework for Pedagogy, including explaining the difference between “equity” and “equality.”

Sanée Bell agreed to answer a few questions about her new book, Be Excellent On Purpose: Intentional Strategies for Impactful Leadership.

Vicki S. Collet agreed to answer a few questions about her book, Collaborative Lesson Study: ReVisioning Teacher Professional Development.

Tracey A. Benson and Sarah E. Fiarman agreed to answer a few questions about their book, Unconscious Bias In 69ý: A Developmental Approach to Exploring Race and Racism.

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Rita Platt agreed to answer a few questions about her new book, Working Hard, Working Happy: Cultivating a Culture of Effort and Joy in the Classroom.

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Daisy Han and Lorena Germán agreed to answer a few questions about the new book they have edited, Speaking For Ourselves.

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Towanda Harris answers a few questions about her new book, The Right Tools: A Guide to Selecting, Evaluating, and Implementing Classroom Resources and Practices.

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Jamila Lyiscott answers some questions about her new book, Black Appetite. White Food: Issues of Race, Voice, and Justice Within and Beyond the Classroom.

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Sonja Cherry-Paul and Dana Johansen explain how teachers—and students—can get the most out of their book clubs, including helping students fall in love with reading.

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It’s important that students realize that writing, like reading and talking, will be a part of their continuing lives, say the authors of the new book, Preparing 69ý for Writing Beyond School.

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Stephen Fleenor agreed to answer a few questions about his new book, Teaching Science to English Learners, written with Tina Beene.

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Baruti K. Kafele agreed to answer questions about his book, The Aspiring Principal: 50 Critical Questions for New and Future School Leaders.

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Andrea Honigsfeld and Maria Dove agreed to answer a few questions about their book, Co-Teaching for English-Learners.

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Part Two of an interview with Cia Verschelden about her book, Bandwidth Recovery: Helping 69ý Reclaim Cognitive Resources Lost to Poverty, Racism and Social Marginalization.

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Cia Verschelden agreed to answer a few questions about her book, Bandwidth Recovery: Helping 69ý Reclaim Cognitive Resources Lost to Poverty, Racism and Social Marginalization.

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Katherine Bassett and Rebecca Mieliwocki agreed to answer a few questions about their (with Joseph Fatheree) new book, Adventures In Teacher Leadership: Pathways, Strategies and Inspiration For Every Teacher.

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Thomas R. Guskey and Susan M. Brookhart agreed to answer a few questions about their new book, What We Know About Grading: What Works, What Doesn’t, and What’s Next.

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Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, and Dominique Smith agreed to answer a few questions about their new book, All Learning Is Social and Emotional: Helping 69ý Develop Essential Skills for the Classroom and Beyond.

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Rich Milner agreed to answer a few questions about his recent book, These Kids Are Out Of Control: Why We Must Reimagine ‘Classroom Management’ For Equity (co-authored with Heather B. Cunningham, Lori Delale-O’Connor, and Erika Gold Kestenberg).

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Sarah Cooper agreed to answer a few questions about her book, Creating Citizens: Teaching Civics and Current Events In The History Classroom.

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Michael Fullan, Joanne Quinn, and Joanne McEachen agreed to answer a few questions about their new book, Deep Learning: Engage The World, Change The World.

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Ilana Horn, author of Motivated: Designing Math Classrooms Where 69ý Want To Join In, agreed to answer a few questions about her book.

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Heather Wolpert-Gawron agreed to answer a few questions about her book, Just Ask Us: Kids Speak Out on Student Engagement.

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Mary Tedrow agreed to answer a few questions about her new book, Write, Think, Learn: Tapping The Power Of Daily Student Writing Across The Content Areas.

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Shane Safir agreed to answer a few questions about her new book, The Listening Leader: Creating The Conditions For Equitable School Transformation.

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Megan Adams, Sanjuana Rodriguez, and Kate Zimmer agreed to answer a few questions about their book, Culturally Relevant Teaching: Preparing Teachers To Include All Learners.

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Raquel Ríos agreed to answer a few questions about her new book, Teacher Agency For Equity: A Framework For Conscientious Engagement.

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Pernille Ripp agreed to answer a few questions about her new book, Passionate Readers: The Art Of Reaching And Engaging Every Child.

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PJ Caposey agreed to answer a few questions about his new book, Making Evaluation Meaningful: Transforming the Conversation to Transform 69ý.

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Django Paris and H. Samy Alim agreed to answer a few questions about their new book, Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies: Teaching and Learning for Justice in a Changing World.

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Ulrich Boser agreed to answer a few questions about his new book, Learn Better.

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Two co-authors of the new book, The Essentials For Standards-Driven Classrooms: A Practical Instructional Model For Every Student To Achieve Rigor, agreed to answer a few questions.

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Debbie Silver and Dedra Stafford agreed to answer a few questions about their new book, Teaching Kids to Thrive: Essential Skills For Success.

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Rusul Alrubail agreed to answer a few questions about her new book, Digital Writing For English-Language Learners.

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Marilee Sprenger, author of the book 101 Strategies To Make Academic Vocabulary Stick, agreed to answer a few questions.

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Timothy D. Walker, author of the new book, Teach Like Finland: 33 Simple Strategies For Joyful Classrooms, agreed to answer a few questions.

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Matthew Lynch, author of the new book, Understanding Key Education Issues: How We Got Here And Where We Go From Here, agreed to answer a few questions.

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Rick Stiggins, author of the new book, The Perfect Assessment System (ASCD), agreed to answer a few questions.

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Angela Valenzuela agreed to answer a few questions about the new book she has edited, Growing Critically Conscious Teachers: A Social Justice Curriculum for Educators of Latino/a Youth.

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David Sousa, author of the popular book How The Brain Learns (now in its fifth edition), agreed to answer a few questions about it.

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The authors of The ABCs of How We Learn: 26 Scientifically Proven Approaches, How They Work, and When to Use Them agreed to answer a few questions about their book.

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Bena Kallick and Allison Zmuda agreed to answer a few questions about their new book, 69ý at the Center: Personalized Learning with Habits of Mind.

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Twenty educators recently came together to publish their own book, #EduMatch: Snapshot in Education, and its editor, Sarah Thomas, agreed to both answer some questions about it and coordinate responses from some of her co-authors.

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Linda M. Gojak and Sara Delano Moore, two of the co-authors of Visible Learning For Mathematics: What Works Best to Optimize Student Learning, agreed to answer a few questions about the book.

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Jane Fleming, Susan Catapano, Candace M. Thompson, and Sandy Ruvalcaba Carrillo agreed to answer a few questions about their book, More Mirrors In The Classroom.

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Luz Santana, Dan Rothstein, and Agnes Bain agreed to answer a few questions about their new book, Partnering With Parents To Ask The Right Questions: A Powerful Strategy For Strengthening School-Family Partnerships.

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New York Times reporter Charles Duhigg, author of the new bestselling book The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, shares his responses to my questions on how to apply his research to our work in schools.

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Roy F. Baumeister, director of the social-psychology program at Florida State University and co-author of Willpower: Rediscovering The Greatest Human Strength, describes his research on self-control as a “limited energy resource” and its classroom implications.

Author Art Markman lists several ways teachers can help students develop better study habits.

The opinions expressed in Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo are strictly those of the author(s) and do not reflect the opinions or endorsement of Editorial Projects in Education, or any of its publications.

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