50 Essential Lessons grew out of Jim Burke's extensive experience, reflection, and research. The following bibliography lists the research and writings that have influenced, and at time inspired, Jim's views on teaching and are extensively referenced in 50 Essential Lessons.
Achieve. 2004. Ready or Not: Creating a High School Diploma that Counts. Washington, D.C: American Diploma Project.
ACT/Education Trust. 2005. On Course for Success: A Close Look at Selected High School Courses that Prepare All Students for College. Washington, D.C.: ACT/Education Trust.
Angelis, Janet. 2003. "Conversation in the Middle School Classroom: Developing Reading, Writing, and Other Language Abilities." Middle School Journal January 2003v34 n3: 57-61.
Applebee, Arthur. 1996. Curriculum as Conversation: Transforming Traditions of Teaching and Learning. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
———. 1999. "Building a Foundation for Effective Teaching and Learning of English: A Personal Perspective on Thirty Years of Research." Research in the Teaching of English May 1999 v33 n4: 352-66.
Applebee, Arthur, and Langer, Judith. 2006. "Partnership for Literacy: Abstract. The Partnership for Literacy: A Study of Professional Development, Instructional Change and Student Growth" Paper. Accessed on October 10, 2006, at http://cela.albany.edu/publication/IRAResearch.pdf.
Applebee, Arthur, Langer, Judith, Nystrand, Martin, and Gamoran, Adam. 2003. "Discussion-Based Approaches to Developing Understanding: Classroom Instruction and Student Performance in Middle and High School English." American Education Research Journal 40 3: 685-730.
Beuhl, Doug. 2001. Classroom Strategies for Interactive Learning. Second Ed. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
Beyer, Landon E. 2001. "The Value of Critical Perspectives in Teacher Education." Journal of Teacher Education Mar-Apr 2001, v52 n2: 151-63.
Biancarosa, Gina, and Snow, Catherine E. 2004. Reading Next—A Vision for Action and Research in Middle and High School Literacy: A Report from Carnegie Corporation of New York. Washington, CD: Alliance for Excellence in Education.
Bloom, Benjamin. 1956. Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: The Classification of Educational Goals: Handbook I, Cognitive Domain. New York; Toronto: Longmans; Green.
Burke, Jim. 2000. Reading Reminders: Tools, Tips, and Techniques. Heinemann: Portsmouth.
———. 2001. Illuminating Texts. Portsmouth: Heinemann.
———. 2002. Tools for Thought: Graphic Organizers for Your Classroom. Heinemann: Portsmouth.
———. 2003. The Reader's Handbook: A Student Guide for Reading and Learning. Wilmington, MA: Great Source.
———. 2003. The English Teacher's Companion: A Complete Guide to Classroom, Curriculum, and the Profession, Second Edition. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
———. 2004. School Smarts: The Four Cs of Academic Success. Portsmouth: Heinemann, 2004.
———. 2005. ACCESSing School: Teaching Struggling Readers to Achieve Academic and Personal Success. Heinemann: Portsmouth.
Camus, Albert. 1991. The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays. New York: Vintage.
Center on English Learning and Achievement. 2003. "Tracking and the Literacy Gap." English Update: A Newsletter from the Center on English Learning and Achievement Spring: 8.
Chamot, Anna Uhl and O'Malley, J. Michael. 1994. The Calla Handbook. Implementing the Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach. New York: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, World Language Division.
Clarke, John H. 1990. Patterns of Thinking: Integrating Learning Skills in Content Teaching. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Conley, Mark W., Kerner, Michael, and Reynolds, Julia Moorhead. 2005. "Not a Question of 'Should,' but a Question of 'How': Integrating Literacy, Knowledge, and Practice into Secondary Teacher Preparation through Tutoring in Urban Middle Schools." Action in Teacher Education, Summer 2005, v27, n2: 22-32.
Copeland, Matt. 2005. Socratic Circles: Fostering Critical and Creative Thinking In Middle And High School. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.
Costa, Arthur, and Ballick, Bena. 2000. Habits of Mind, ed. Arthur Costa and Bena Ballick. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Costa, Arthur, and Garmston, Robert. 2001. "Five Human Passions: The Origins of Effective Thinking." In Developing Minds: A Resource Book for Teaching Thinking, ed. Arthur Costa. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Daniels, Harvey. 2002. "Expository Text in Literature Circles." Voices from the Middle May 2002 v9 n4: 7-14.
Delpit, Lisa. 1996. "The Politics of Teaching Literate Discourse." In City Kids, City Teachers, edited by William Ayers and Patricia Ford. New York: New Press.
Echevarria, Jana, and Graves, Anne. 2003. Sheltered Content Instruction: Teaching English-Language Learners with Diverse Abilities. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Educational Testing Services. 2003. "Reading and Literacy in America." ETS Policy Notes v11 n2, Spring 2003.
Friedman, Thomas L. 2005. The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux.
Gardner, Howard. 1992. Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences. New York: Basic.
———. 1999. The Disciplined Mind: Beyond Facts and Standardized Tests, the K-12 Education That Every Child Deserves. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Gee, James Paul. 2004. What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Hillocks, George. 2005. Teaching Writing As Reflective Practice: Integrating Theories. New York: Teachers College Press.
Hirsch, E.D., Jr. 2006. The Knowledge Deficit. New York: Houghton Mifflin.
Hyerle, David. 1996. Visual Tools for Constructing Knowledge. Baltimore: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Intersegmental Committee of Academic Senates (ICAS). 2002. Academic Literacy: A Statement of Competencies Expected of Students Entering California's Public Colleges and Universities. Sacramento: ICAS.
Jago, Carol. 2001. "Something There Is That Doesn't Love a List." American Educator Winter 2001 v25 n4: 34-37.
Johnson, Stephen. 2005. Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter. New York: Riverhead.
Keene, Ellin Oliver, and Zimmerman, Susan. 1997. Mosaic of Thought: Teaching Comprehension in a Reader's Workshop. Portsmouth: Heinemann.
Lampert, Magdalene. 2001. Teaching Problems and the Problems of Teaching. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Langer, Judith. 1999. "Beating the Odds: Teaching Middle and High School Students To Read and Write Well." National Research Center on English Learning and Achievement. Albany, NY.
———. 2000. "Guidelines for Teaching Middle and High School Students To Read and Write Well: Six Features of Effective Instruction." National Research Center on English Learning and Achievement. Albany, NY.
———. 2001. "Succeeding against the Odds in English." English Journal September 2001 v91 n1: 37-42.
Langer, Judith, and Close, Elizabeth. 2001. "Improving Literary Understanding through Classroom Conversation." National Research Center on English Learning and Achievement. Albany, NY.
Levine, Mel. 2003. The Myth of Laziness: America's Top Learning Expert Shows How Kids-and Parents-Can Become More Productive. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Marzano, Robert J. 2001. Designing a New Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, ed. Thomas R. Guskey and Robert J. Marzano. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
———. 2004. Building Background Knowledge For Academic Achievement: Research On What Works In Schools. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Marzano, Robert J., Pickering, Debra J. and Pollack, Jane E. 2001. Classroom Instruction That Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Maxwell, Lesli A. 2006. "Greater Expectations. The San Jose District Did Away with a Two-Track High School System and Instead Demanded that All of Its Students Take a College-Prep Course of Study." Education Week April 2006, v25 n33: 37-39.
National Council for Teachers of English. 2006. NCTE Principles of Adolescent Literacy Reform: A Policy Research Brief. April. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.
National Research Council. 2000. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
Nystrand, Martin. 1996. Opening Dialogue: Understanding the Dynamics of Language and Learning in the English Classroom. New York: Teachers College Press.
———. 2006. "Research on the Role of Classroom Discourse as It Affects Reading Comprehension." Research in the Teaching of English 40 (4): 392-412.
O'Connell, Jack. 2004. "High Performance High School Initiative: Improving High Schools from the Inside Out." High School! A Newsletter for California Educational Leaders 3, no. 2.
Olson, Lynn. 2006. "Economic Trends Fuel Push to Retool Schooling. Leaders Want Tighter Links to Workplace, College Skills." Education Week March 2006 v25 n28: 1, 20, 22-24.Partnership for 21st Century Skills. 2006. "Results That Matter: 21st Century Skills and High School Reform." Tuscon, AZ.
Pauk, Walter, and Brown, James Isaac. 1997. Efficient Reading. New York: Houghton Mifflin College Division.
Pearlman, Bob. 2006. New Skills for a New Century. Edutopia June 2006: 15-16. Rose, Mike. 1989. Lives on the Boundary: A Moving Account of the Struggles and Achievements of America's Educational Underclass. New York: Penguin.Schoenbach, Ruth, Greenleaf, Cynthia, Cziko, Christine, and Hurwitz, Lori. 1999. Reading for Understanding: A Guide to Improving Middle and High School Classrooms. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Smith, Michael, and Wilhelm, Jeff. 2002. Reading Don't Fix No Chevys: Literacy in the Lives of Young Men. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Stigler, James W., and Hiebert, James. 1999. The Teaching Gap: Why Our Schools Are Failing and What We Can Learn from Japanese and Chinese Education. New York: Touchstone.
Tomlinson, Carol Ann. 1999. The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners. Alexandria, VA: Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Vygotsky, Lev. 1978. Thought and Language. Cambridge: MIT Press.
WestEd. 2005. "Making Room for Literacy in Secondary Schools: R & D Alert." v7 n1.Zemelman, Steven, Daniels, Harvey, and Hyde, Arthur. 2005. Best Practice, Third Edition: Today's Standards for Teaching and Learning in America's Schools. Portsmouth: Heinemann.
