All Together Now

Suzie Boss is a writer and educational consultant who focuses on the power of teaching and learning to improve lives and transform communities. She is the author of 10 popular books for educators, most recently Project Based Teaching: How to Create Rigorous and Engaging Learning Experiences and Reinventing Project-Based Learning: Your Field Guide to Real-World Projects in the Digital Age, 3rd Ed. She collaborated with award-winning teacher Stephen Ritz to tell his inspiring story about classroom innovation in The Power of a Plant. A regular contributor to Edutopia, PBLWorks National Faculty emeritus, and frequent conference presenter, she consults with schools and nonprofit organizations around the world interested in shifting to a more student-centered, innovative approach to teaching and learning. Active on social media (@suzieboss), she maintains a website at suzieboss.com.

Part I: THE WHY 1.. Are we ready for disruption? 2. How will we engage the willing? Part II: THE HOW 3. How do forward-looking school leaders take charge of change? 4. How will we support teachers as they become 21st century educators? 5. How can we amplify student voice? 6. How will we engage families as partners in school change? 7. Who else will join us? Part III: THE WHAT-IF 8. Addressing Challenges and Building Momentum Part IV: THE FUTURE STORY 9. How will we share our story about the future of learning? 10. What are your next steps?

"A major strength is the nature of the journey through which the author takes the reader that builds passion and a can-do spirit along the path. This should be required reading for all who participate in the education profession and highly encouraged for anyone interested in the future of our world." -- Judith A. Rogers, Education Consultant "If you've stayed awake at night wondering how to create innovative education to meet the learning needs of today's students and their families, worry no more! The author presents a broad range of current instructional trends in a practical, engaging way with useful questions for further thought." -- Virginia E. Kelsen, Executive Director, Career Readiness "All Together Now provides rich examples of innovative practices taking place in innovative schools and districts. Educators looking to transform student learning will gain insight on how to implement these ideas in the classroom." -- Winston Sakurai, Upper School Principal "School innovation is a subject that should concern all of us - students, educators, parents, community members. Suzie Boss has created a wonderful guide for all of us to think deeply, reflect critically, and act decisively to make schools better for all of us who need them." -- Chris Lehmann, Founding Principal and Author of Building School 2.0 "You won't find a better guide to the numerous and wide-ranging school improvement strategies out there than in All Together Now!" -- Larry Ferlazzo, educator, author, and Education Week teacher advice columnist "This is a clear blueprint for real change in modern schools. A variety of frameworks including PBL, design thinking, making, student leadership, and parent empowerment are illustrated with examples from real schools and stellar advice from educators. Educators on the road to remaking their schools into better learning spaces should take this book with them on the journey." -- Sylvia Martinez, co-author of Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom "There have been many good books on the case for 21st century learning and schools, but only a rare handful on how to engage your stakeholders and community to bring that transformation to your own school or district. Fortunately, education writer and consultant Suzie Boss takes up that challenge and shares the stories of real-world school transformers and school transformations from around the world." -- Bob Pearlman, District Consultant "In All Together Now, Suzie Boss brings clarity and real-world examples for those seeking inspiration and solutions to build K-12 schools much needed for the twenty-first century. This book puts your finger on the pulse of the best examples of schools that help our students gain the skills to meet future challenges and opportunities." -- Cindy Johanson, Executive Director "Boss surveys the bewildering landscape of school initiatives and helps the reader identify key features they can adopt and adapt to improve their community's schools. She illuminates complex ideas with concrete examples from exemplary schools in the U.S. and abroad. This is a school transformation guide suitable for all stakeholders." -- David Ross, CEO "I love Suzie's new book because it tackles the challenge of how to rally educators, parents, community members, and students around new visions of learning and teaching. Like her previous books, this one is rooted in the concrete strategies and techniques that numerous schools are using to create deeper, more engaging-and, yes, more successful-learning environments for children. If you're a transformational educator or policymaker who is looking for models and exemplars, use this book to learn from some of the most interesting, visionary schools in the world and inspire your own change processes." -- Dr. Scott McLeod, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, Founding Director "All Together Now should be required reading for school, district and community leaders as well as aspiring leaders in graduate school programs. Suzie Boss uses her amazing story telling and journalistic talents to highlight the communities, districts, schools and programs that are pointing the way for the future of learning. Boss uses straightforward language to lay out the challenges and potential solutions for educator and community leaders to work together toward preparing students for success in the 21st Century workplace and society. All Together Now is rich with suggested resources for those who are inspired to act. Facts, stories and resources - this book is a one stop inspirational tool for education and community leaders." -- Bob Lenz, Executive Director