Topics & Trends is a practitioner-oriented research summary with news you can use. It cuts to the heart of the hottest issues in education, breaking down each topic into what you need to know to make informed decisions and implement new strategies. In each issue you get: the issue, the research, practical implications and strategies, questions to consider, and references.

NEW ISSUE! V5-06: Instructional Leadership by Principals

VOLUME 5
V5-05: High School Reform Part Two: Promising Trends
V5-04: High School Reform Part One: The Need
V5-03: The Gender Gap and Single-Sex Education
V5-02: Foreign Language Study in Elementary School
V5-01: College Readiness

VOLUME 4
V4-15: The Summer Slide in Achievement
V4-14: Teacher Quality Part 2
V4-13: Teacher Quality Part 1
V4-12: Gifted and Talented Education
V4-11: The Middle School Debate Part 2
V4-10: The Middle School Debate Part 1
V4-09: What's the Best for ELL
V4-08: Helping Parents Understand Assessment
V4-07: Success at Grade 9
V4-06: Fine Arts and the Brain
V4-05: Effective Science Instruction
V4-04: Science Program Issues: Curriculum and Teacher Quality
V4-03: Science Achievement: The Big Picture
V4-02: Phonics
V4-01: Effective Parent-Teacher Conferences

VOLUME 3
V3-15: Effective Program Evaluation
V3-14: Parent and Community Involvement in Student Achievement
V3-13: Strategies to Meet No Child Left Behind Requirements
V3-12: High Stakes Assessment
V3-11: Effective Mathematics Instruction
V3-10: International Comparisons of Mathematics Instruction
V3-09: Mathematics Program Issues: Curriculum and Teacher Quality
V3-08: Mathematics Achievement: The Big Picture
V3-07: Curriculum Monitoring
V3-06: School Safety
V3-05: School-wide Discipline
V3-04: Technology and Learning
V3-03: Writing Across the Curriculum
V3-02: Vertical Teaming
V3-01: The Achievement Gap

VOLUME 2
V2-15: English Language Learners
V2-14: Curriculum Alignment
V2-13: Bullying Prevention
V2-12: Differentiated Instruction
V2-11: Mentoring New Teachers
V2-10: Retaining Quality Teachers
V2-09: Use of Data: Does It Make a Difference
V2-08: Developing Vocabulary
V2-07: Staff Development
V2-06: Teacher Efficacy
V2-05: Fine Arts and Academic Achievement
V2-04: Gender and Academic Achievement
V2-03: Math Anxiety
V2-02: Classroom Assessment and School Improvement
V2-01: Reading in the Content Areas

VOLUME 1
V1-08: Classroom Discipline
V1-07: The Brain and Memory
V1-06: The Brain and Attention
V1-05: Reading: Developing Readiness and Early Reading Skills
V1-04: Homework
V1-03: Time and Learning
V1-02: High Expectations and Effective Schools
V1-01: Monitoring Student Performance