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| About the Author | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Introduction | |
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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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| It's People, Not Programs | |
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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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| 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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| Hey, Who's Responsible Around Here? | |
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| How Do We Deal With the Demands of Others? | |
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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 Things That Help Praise Work | |
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| Too Much Nice | |
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| The Teacher Is 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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| Ability to Ignore | |
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| Hey, Pretzel Face! | |
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| Ignoring Minor Errors | |
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| Handling 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 My Best Students Think? | |
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| My 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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| 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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| Effective Teachers 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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| Make It Cool to Care | |
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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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| Clarifying Your Core | |
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| Fourteen Things That Matter Most | |
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| References | |