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About the Author | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction | |
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Introduction to the Second Edition | |
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Why Look at Great? | |
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Studying Effective Teachers | |
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It's People, Not Programs | |
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Programs Come and Go | |
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How Open Classrooms Got Started | |
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Assertive Discipline: The Problem or the Solution? | |
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It's Not What You Do, It's How You Do It | |
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The Poor Lecturer's Classroom | |
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The Power of Expectations | |
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Expectations | |
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Rules | |
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Stop the Thumping! | |
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Consequences | |
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Set Expectations at the Start of the Year | |
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We Are Still Undefeated | |
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If You Say Something, Mean It | |
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The Football Coach | |
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This Time, I Really Mean It | |
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Smile When You Say That | |
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When You Are Ready | |
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From Four to Three | |
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Class Rules the Day | |
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Prevention versus Revenge | |
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When a Student Misbehaves | |
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Sending Students to the Office | |
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"Nuthin' Happened" | |
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A Teacher's Bag of Tricks | |
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Respect Your Students, Their Parents-and Yourself | |
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Twenty-Four Students on the Side of the Teacher | |
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Restoring Trust | |
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High Expectations-for Whom? | |
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Are High Expectations Important? | |
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Who Is the Variable? | |
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Who Is the Variable in the Classroom? | |
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What If the Students Do Poorly? | |
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How Do We Deal with the Demands of Others? | |
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Focus on Students First | |
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Change for Students' Sake? | |
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How Broad Is Your Vision? | |
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Three Ways to React | |
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Focus on Colleagues Second | |
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The Hotel California | |
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Remember What Matters | |
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How Do You View Your Siam? | |
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Ten Days Out of Ten | |
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We Never Forget That One Time | |
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You Do Not Have to Like the Students | |
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The Power of Praise | |
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Five Strategies That Help Praise Work | |
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Too Much Nice | |
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Be the Filter | |
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How Is Your Day Going? | |
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The Angry Parent | |
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When the Teacher Sneezes | |
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One Goal, Every Day | |
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Where the Elite Meet? | |
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The World Outside School | |
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"This Is the Worst Group of Kids We've Ever Had" | |
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Perception Can Become Reality | |
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Don't Need to Repair-Always Do Repair | |
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Some Never Need to Repair-But Always Do | |
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Some Always Need to Repair-But Never Do | |
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I Am Sorry That Happened | |
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The Highway Patrol | |
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The Ability to Ignore | |
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Hey, Pretzel Face! | |
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Ignore Minor Errors | |
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Understand the High Achievers | |
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Random or Plandom? | |
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Why Does Jimmy Always Pick Billy? | |
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The All-school Assembly | |
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The Faculty Meeting | |
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Base Every Decision on the Best People | |
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Shoplifters Will Be Prosecuted! | |
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This Means You! | |
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What Will the Best Students Think? | |
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The Best Students Will Be "Fine" No Matter What | |
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The Teacher's Pet | |
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In Every Situation, Ask Who Is Most Comfortable and Who Is Least Comfortable | |
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Treat Everyone as If They Were Good | |
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Uncomfortable Feelings Make People Change-One Way or Another | |
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Pay for Performance | |
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Put Yourself in Their Position | |
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Teacher Pleasers | |
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Model the Behavior You Expect | |
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How Others See Us | |
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What Do You Choose to Be? | |
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What About These Darn Standardized Tests? | |
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Without Success, Tests Become the School | |
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Raise Those Test Scores! | |
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Keep Testing in Perspective | |
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So, You Want to Improve Your Reading Scores? | |
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Make It Cool to Care | |
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Having a "Cool" Classroom | |
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The Great Teacher | |
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Merry Christmas, Everyone! | |
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Who Are the Legends? | |
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Touch the Heart, Then Teach the Child | |
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Clarify Your Core | |
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Seventeen Things That Matter Most | |
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References | |