'What a wonderful and essential resource! In the age of differentiated instruction, this resource provides a wide array of authentic approaches that I can use in my classroom today! This book offers the reader real-life solutions to a challenge that teachers face every day: truly educating all students by giving them the tools they need to have a successful future'

--Kendra Sarabia, English Teacher

Cape Cod Regional Technical High School, Harwich, MA

'Grounded in research and theory, this book provides important foundational knowledge and outlines a comprehensive approach to the planning, management, delivery, and evaluation of instruction for diverse populations'

--Evelyn B. Barese, Assistant Professor of Education , Mount Saint Mary's College

This collection of evidence-based instructional strategies enables general and special education teachers, novice or experienced, to address the learning needs of all students in diverse, inclusive classrooms. The authors provide a practical, research-based teaching model that focuses on planning, managing, delivering, and evaluating instruction for middle and secondary students with or without disabilities. Readers will find:

- Descriptions of how to teach students with different learning styles and needs

- Specific instructions for using each tactic, with helpful comments from practicing teachers and literature resources

- A wealth of reproducible worksheets

- Help for choosing appropriate strategies for specific subject areas, grade ranges, or learning difficulties

- Information to help teachers comply with federal mandates such as NCLB and the reauthorization of IDEA 2004

63 Tactics for Teaching Diverse Learners, Grades 6-12 allows teachers to match specific needs with an easily accessible set of solutions and enable all learners to achieve success in the classroom.