Author Warren Combs provides teachers with strategies that help students to continuously improve their writing in his book Empowering Students to Write and Re-Write: Standards-Based Strategies for Middle and High School Teachers. Read below for a tip on how to give students meaningful feedback on their writing without using the words "very good."

This unique reference for school administrators offers guidelines for effective student engagement and will help you give effective feedback to your teachers. Read below for a tip from Help Teachers Engage Students: Action Tools for Administrators by Annette Brinkman, Gary Forlini, and Ellen Williams.

We recommend informal Drop-Ins early in the school year, perhaps during the first few weeks of the first semester. You might conduct Drop-Ins for all teachers, for one team at a time, or for teachers you already have identified needing support.

We asked Lynda Wade Sentz, author of the new Eye On Education title Write with Me: Partnering with Parents in Writing Instruction, the following question about parent involvement: What can teachers do to reach out to families of students? Read below for her response!

This guest post was written by Lynda Wade Sentz, author of Write with Me: Partnering with Parents in Writing Instruction. Sentz is an elementary school teacher in New York. Read below for her reflection as part of our Tales from a Teacher's Heart series.

Angela Maiers and Amy Sandvold, both new Eye On Education authors, have recently written The Passion-Driven Classroom: A Framework for Teaching and Learning. The book will help teachers discover ways to cultivate a thriving and passionate community of learners in their own classrooms! Read below to learn even more about the book, Angela, and Amy, as well as the need for passion-driven learners! (Click here to read Part One.)

Angela Maiers and Amy Sandvold, both new Eye On Education authors, have recently written The Passion-Driven Classroom: A Framework for Teaching and Learning. The book will help teachers discover ways to cultivate a thriving and passionate community of learners in their own classrooms! Read below to learn more about the book, Angela, and Amy, as well as the need for passion-driven learners!

Eye On Education recently published Annette Breaux's newest poetry book, 101 Poems for Teachers. The book is illustrated by L. Susan Brandt. Read below for a poem and strategy about being the most positive teacher at your school.

This coming Thanksgiving is a special opportunity for teachers to educate and celebrate at the same time! Give this important holiday new dimension for students by bringing it into the classroom with interesting lesson plans, party ideas, games, and more. With your help, kids can have the same enthusiasm for learning as they do for Thanksgiving dinner.

Do you have an interactive whiteboard in your classroom and you're not sure what to do with it? Amy Buttner's new book Getting the MOST Out of Your Interactive Whiteboard: A Practical Guide can help you learn how to use it . Read below for one way you can use the interactive whiteboard to ENHANCE your instruction and ENGAGE your students.

Three Eye On Education staff members, Dan Sickles (Vice President), Jon Rothman (Sales Representative), and Morgan Dubin (Marketing Assistant), attended the National Middle School Association's (NMSA) Annual Conference and Exhibit. Several Eye On Education authors held sessions at the conference, which took place from November 4-6 in Baltimore, Maryland. Keep reading for a behind-the-scenes look at NMSA with Eye On Education!

In our monthly E-News, we bring you the latest education news, resources, and classroom ideas from the Eye On Education Blog and other blogs we read. Click below for our favorite educational blog posts from the past month. If you would like to have E-News sent right to your inbox, click here to sign-up.

Lead Me, I Dare You! Managing Resistance to School Change by Sherrel Bergmann and Judith Allen Brough provides strategies to help you lead the reluctant followers in your school. Read below for three strategies focusing on inclusion and communication.

This coming Veterans Day, November 11th, is a chance for teachers to share an important aspect of American history with their students and help them appreciate those who have risked their lives to serve our country. Take advantage of this opportunity to educate children about this holiday and the country they live in!

Below are several possible resources and ideas from the web you could implement to honor Veterans Day in your classroom. Please click on the links for complete descriptions, instructions, and additional resources:

A Good Start: 147 Warm-Up Activities for Spanish Class (Un Buen Comienzo) by Rebekah Stathakis was published by Eye On Education in November 2010. The book features lively, interactive activities with a focus on writing, speaking, and langugage immersion. Read below from a tip from the book!

How do you educate, engage, and empower your students? Educators on Twitter are answering this question and organizing this conversation around the hashtag #passiondriven. Along with Eye On Education, Angela Maiers and Amy Sandvold, authors of the new title The Passion-Driven Classroom: A Framework for Teaching & Learning began this conversation online, encouraging teachers and school leaders to voice their opinions on the subject of passion. Click here to see the conversation unfold (and participate in the conversation) on Twitter.