Foreword xiiiForeword xvAcknowledgments xviiAbout the Authors xxiiiPart 1 Dying to Teach 1Chapter 1 Dying to Teach 3Chapter 2 Schools Are Killing More than Creativity 11Chapter 3 Fear is the Off Switch 24Chapter 4 The Body Remembers 34Chapter 5 Having the Stress Conversation in Your School 50Part 2 Changing the Story of Education 65Chapter 6 To Change the Story 67Chapter 7 The Early Childhood Challenge: Pay Me Now or Pay Me Later 80Chapter 8 The Teacher Athlete 93Chapter 9 Are Schools the New Field Hospitals? 103Chapter 10 "Shots Fired" 116Chapter 11 Do Healthy Buildings Improve Learning? 131Chapter 12 The Heart-to-Head Connection: Managing Emotions to Support the Brain 142Chapter 13 Community Before Curriculum 153Part 3 Putting Into Practice 167Chapter 14 Waking the Dead: The Sleep Solution 169Chapter 15 The Magic of Movement and Mini-Breaks 182Chapter 16 Physical Education: The Gathering Storm 194Chapter 17 How Small Changes Make Big Impacts 209Chapter 18 Leading Change: From Compliance to Ownership 225Chapter 19 What Teachers Really Need to Help Students Thrive 238Appendix A: Contributors 252Appendix B: Sleep Hygiene Tips 263Works Cited and Further Reading 265Index 283
REX MILLER is the principal for MindShift, a leading futures consultancy, human performance, coaching, and organizational strategy company. Additionally, Rex is a three-time international award-winning leader and five-time Wiley author.BILL LATHAM is the CEO of MeTEOR Education, an organization that works with communities to create holistic, High-Impact Learning Experiences that fully engage today's students and teachers. He is a leader in the movement to solve the education crisis and reform an outdated and often soulless system.KEVIN BAIRD is chairman at the Global Center for College & Career Readiness and a co-author of the Pathway for College & Career Readiness Standards. For more than twenty years, he has served our nation's schools as an expert in the use of technology to achieve Accelerated Engaged Learning.MICHELLE KINDER is the former Executive Director of Momentous Institute, has worked in children's mental health for over 25 years and is a nationally recognized speaker, writer and expert on social emotional health. She works with leaders invested in social change and is the Director of Social Change Leadership Programs at Stagen Leadership Academy.