A follow-up to the 1996 seminal report Breaking Ranks: Changing an American Institution, Breaking Ranks II engages principals, teacher leaders, and the entire school community in reforming the American high school into an academically rigorous, personalized learning environment that is improved through collaborative leadership.

This book by Task Force member David J. Connor addresses Portraits in Progress
Life at the Intersections of Learning Disability, Race, and Social Class.

by Mara Sapon-Shevin
ISBN 0205174892

With the increase of diverse students in all classrooms, pre-service and in-service teachers often find themselves overwhelmed with how to provide a quality learning community that is inclusive of all students. This book delivers hope, promise, and practical goals for teachers who wish to create a warm, respectful, and nurturing learning environment for their students, that will, in turn, inspire students to make a difference in their classroom community and the world beyond.

This website is dedicated to promoting the development of inclusive schools and communities. It describes Mara's work in the areas of teaching for social justice, inclusive education and using music and movement to promote equity and inclusion. Several of her books and publications are featured too.
Actually two different sites with similar look but different content.
www.marasapon-shevin.org
www.marasapon-shevin.com

by Paula Kluth, Douglas Biklen, Diana Straut and others
ISBN 0805841660

Teaching Students With Autism in the Inclusive Classroom
by Paula Kluth

isbn: 1-55766-614-8 Paperback

by Paula Kluth and Kelly Chandler-Olcot

isbn: 978-1-55766-855-4 paperback

Teachers are going to love this book! Passionate and practical, it moves beyond "sight words" and other functional literacy skills and provides the know-how for bringing quality, meaningful literacy instruction to students with autism. Authored by respected, dynamic scholars in autism and literacy, the book breaks new ground as it focuses specifically on ways in which educators can improve literacy outcomes for students with autism spectrum disorders in Grades K–12 classrooms.

Active and Collaborative Learning in Inclusive Classrooms
by Alice Udvari-Solner and Paula Kluth

isbn: 9781412941747 paperback
isbn: 9781412941730 hardcover
Pub Date: 12-14-2007

20 Ways to Use Fascinations, Areas of Expertise, and Strengths to Support Students with Autism

By Paula Kluth, Ph.D., & Patrick Schwarz, Ph.D.

When learners with autism have deep, consuming fascinations—trains, triangles, basketballs, whales—teachers often wonder what to do. This concise, highly practical guidebook gives educators across grade levels a powerful new way to think about students' "obsessions": as positive teaching tools that calm, motivate, and improve learning.

Edited by David J. Conner 

Produced through the efforts of The New York City Task Force on Quality Inclusive Schooling

This book is available as a downloadable pdf document.

A Parents Guide to Special Education for Children with Visual Impairments

Susan LaVenture, Editor
This handbook for parents, family members, and caregivers of children with visual impairments explains special education services that these children are likely to need and to which they are entitled and how to make sure that they receive them.
Edited by the president of the National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments and written by experienced

This user-friendly tool for retaining quality teachers — especially those in special education — contains a framework for action that can be used to create a plan at the school or district level, or to strengthen existing plans.