Stenhouse Books
Stenhouse’s trusted professional learning books are written by teachers, for teachers. They offer research-based, practical strategies in Literacy, Math, and Classroom Practice. These renowned resources enhance PreK-12 educators’ professional knowledge and build their students’ skills as readers, writers, and thinkers. Stenhouse believes in the power of professional books to help educators to learn from one another’s ideas and expertise, and our products model the collaborative and reflective relationships that foster deep learning and elevate teacher excellence.
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Spotlight on Study Guides
Did you know that many of our books have amazing free downloadable study guides to support your book group or course? Check for study guides under the Support Material tab of any book’s product page. Here are a few of our most-requested study guides:
Shifting the Balance Series
Learn how Shifting the Balance, K-2 and Shifting the Balance, 3-5 can help teachers bring the science of reading into their classrooms with simple and scientifically-sound shifts to their reading instruction.
Featured Stenhouse Authors
Peter Johnston
Peter Johnston grew up in New Zealand, taught elementary school, and came to the United States for his PhD. His fascination with, and admiration for, children’s learning and, no less, teachers’ teaching, led to his research, which explores relationships among classroom talk, children’s engagement, and literate, social, and emotional development. Recent books include Choice Words, Second Edition; Opening Minds: Using Language to Change Lives and Engaging Literate Minds: Developing Children's Social, Emotional, and Intellectual Lives, K-3 (with teacher collaborators)
Mike Tinoco
Mike Tinoco, author of Heart at the Center: An Educator's Guide to Sustaining Love, Hope, and Community Through Nonviolence Pedagogy, is an educator and nonviolence teacher from San José, California. He is a certified trainer in Nonviolent Communication and Kingian Nonviolence, and he is committed to helping create a world that demands justice, centers love, and holds room for everyone to be part of the Beloved Community.
Dr. Carla España
Dr. Carla España, author of Narrative Writing with Latinx Teens, is an Assistant Professor of Bilingual Education and Puerto Rican/Latinx and Latin American Studies in the Department of Puerto Rican and Latinx Studies at Brooklyn College, CUNY. She co-authored En Comunidad: Lessons for Centering the Voices and Experiences of Bilingual Latinx Students and The Translanguaging Collections: Affirming Bilingual and Multilingual Learners Handbook.
Sarah Zerwin
Sarah M. Zerwin, Ph.D., author of Step Aside: Strategies for Student-Driven Learning with Secondary Readers and Writers, is a high school English teacher at Fairview High School in Boulder, Colorado. With nearly three decades in the classroom, Sarah continues to adapt her teaching practice to the evolving needs of her students. A national presenter and consultant, Sarah is the author of Point-Less: An English Teacher’s Guide to More Meaningful Grading. See more at sarahmzerwin.com.