The Fundamental 5: The Formula for Quality Instruction

The Fundamental Five: The Formula for Quality Instruction, shares with teachers and school leaders the five practices that every teacher can, and should, use to dramatically improve instuctional rigor and relevance, and student performance.

E. Don Brown, a past president of the National Association of Secondary School Principals states, "In a time when both institutions and individuals in education are universally being challenged to ‘do more with less,’ we find two fresh new voices [Cain and Laird] ready to take the challenge by delving into the idea that it is the small changes in instructional practice that makes college-ready learning in every classroom a real possibility…The story and practice that Cain and Laird bring to a new generation of teachers and principals is as exciting as anything I have witnessed."