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Transformative Teaching: Changing Today's Classrooms Culturally, Academically, and Emotionally by Kathleen Kryza, MaryAnn Brittingham, and Alicia Duncan supports the many different kinds of learners in schools. As teachers with varied classroom experiences, the authors have brought together the most effective strategies for leading diverse students in developing the skills they'll need culturally, academically, and emotionally both inside and outside the classroom. The authors emphasize that it is crucial to teach all students by providing each unique student with skills for his or her hero's journey while teachers learn from learners and embark on their own journeys as teacher heroes. They explore six learning foundations--(1) a safe learning environment, (2) procedures and routines, (3) growth mindset, (4) student talk, (5) student self-assessment, and (6) mindfulness--and three ways of teaching to keep the emotional, cultural, and academic self in mind.