About
Sarah Tantillo is the author of The Literacy Cookbook: A Practical Guide to Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening Instruction (Jossey-Bass, 2012), Literacy and the Common Core: Recipes for Action (Jossey-Bass, 2014), Using Grammar to Improve Writing: Recipes for Action (BookBaby, 2018), and Hit the Drum: An Insider's Account of How the Charter School Idea Became a National Movement (BookBaby, 2019).
Featured Work
Hit the Drum: An Insider's Account of How the Charter School Idea Became a National Movement
HIT THE DRUM is a page-turning narrative that tells the stories of dozens of key individuals who jumped in--before there was a "movement" or a "sector"--to spread the idea and help to launch charter schools.
The first charter school law passed in MN in 1991. Today, 44 states plus DC have laws, and more than 7,000 charter schools serve 3.2 million students. HIT THE DRUM explains where the idea of chartering came from and why and how it spread so rapidly. It also looks at how charter school leaders have developed and nurtured other important innovations that have begun to take hold in the field.
Other Works
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Using Grammar to Improve Writing: Recipes for Action
2018
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Literacy and the Common Core: Recipes for Action
2014
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The Literacy Cookbook: A Practical Guide to Effective Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening Instruction
2012
