Resource Spotlight

Book by Book: An Annotated Guide to Young People’s Literature with Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution Themes is a valuable resource for librarians, teachers, guidance counselors, and parents to find books to complement the standard language arts curriculum for teaching important peacemaking and social and emotional learning concepts.  Written by a veteran peace educator, Book by Book leads adults to children’s literature that will help students explore themes related to conflict and its resolution, social justice, and appreciation for diversity.

About the author
Carol Spiegel received a minor in Community Violence Prevention and spent eight years as a Conflict Resolution Educator, teaching and helping to develop peacemaking and conflict resolution programs in seven St. Paul and Minneapolis schools.  She was also a Volunteer Mediator for Washington County Department of Court Services.

Carol wrote the “Contributing to Literature” section for each lesson in both volumes of ESR’s Connected and Respected by Jane Harrison and Ken Breeding.  She also contributed the additional books in ESR’s Links to Literature by Rosemary Lonberger and Jane Harrison.

Carol is currently in leadership in her religious community, the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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ESR is please to announce the publication of “Increasing College Access through School-Based Models of Postsecondary Preparation, Planning, and Support” by Carol Miller Lieber, with contributions by Jennifer Allen, Martha Mullane, Kathleen Mullin, and Denise Wolk.

This paper grows out of ESR’s commitment to contribute to core practices that reduce educational disparities and facilitate equal access to quality instruction, supports, and opportunities for all secondary students.

The authors explore the essential question of how we shift the paradigm of postsecondary access, especially in urban schools, from working intensively with some students to supporting and guiding the future aspirations of all the young people in their care. The paper posits four comprehensive school-based models for achieving postsecondary preparation, planning, and support for all students, and identifies key policy changes that would support these models.

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We’ve just published two new resources for secondary school educators. Getting Classroom Management RIGHT: Guided Discipline and Personalized Support in Secondary Schools helps teachers create consistent, fair, and effective discipline and support practices that encourage positive, respectful classroom climates.

Making Learning REAL: Reaching and Engaging All Learners in Secondary Classrooms helps teachers facilitate strong, productive relationships with their students.

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