New Releases by Chip Wood

"The natural resource trustees propose to compensate the public for the assessed injuries in and adjacent to the Malone Superfund site by the construction of approximately 70 acres of estuarine marsh habitat to address the 38.48 acre requirement, restoration of 25 acres of freshwater wetlands to address the 13.97 acre requirement, and enhancement of approximately 3 acres of terrestrial uplands to address the 2.73 acre requirement. All restoration actions will occur in Galveston County, Texas"--Summary from cover letter.

Bring positive behavior to your school through strong, consistent, and positive discipline. In Responsive School Discipline two experienced administrators offer practical strategies for building a safe, calm, and respectful school-strategies based on deep respect for children and for staff. Each chapter targets one key discipline issue and starts with a checklist of action steps. For comprehensive discipline reform, go through the chapters in order. For help with a particular challenge, go right to the chapter you need.

This comprehensive, user-friendly reference helps teachers and administrators use knowledge of child development to shape classrooms and schools where all children can succeed.

In this groundbreaking book on school reform, Chip Wood boldly confronts the epidemic of busyness in our nation's K-8 schools. He shows how changing the way we use time will transform our schools from the "fact factories" they have become into the democratic communities of learning which they can and should be, schools in which the pace of the day encourages investigation, contemplation, completion, and community.

"This manual has been created by Northeast Foundation for Children (NEFC) to accompany a workshop presentation on The Responsive Classroom"--T.p. verso.