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WHY WE TEACH. Sonia Nieto (Editor). New York: Teachers College Press, 2005. 238 pp. Paperback, $19.95. Reviewed by Aresa A. Allen EFFECTIVE PARTNERING FOR SCHOOL CHANGE: Improving Early Childhood Education in Urban Classrooms. Jie-Qi Chen and Patricia Horsch (with Karen DeMoss & Suzanne L. Wagner). New York: Teachers College Press, 2003. 173 pp. $22.95 (paper). Reviewed by Mary Ellen Bardsley INTO THE CLASSROOM: Developing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Thomas Hatch. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass for The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2006. 120 pp. Hardback, $29.00. Reviewed by Marlene Breitenbach, Principal POSSIBLE SCHOOLS: The Reggio Approach to Urban Education. Ann Lewin-Benham. New York: Teachers College Press, 2006. 163 pp. Softcover, $22.95. Reviewed by Mark Brown BREAKING THROUGH: Transforming Urban School Districts. John Simmons (Ed.). New York: Teachers College Press, 2006. 250 pp. Paperback, $36.95. Reviewed by Michael Haggood MOVING AND LEARNING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM: More Than 300 Activities and Games To Make Learning Fun (2nd ed.). Rae Pica. Canada: Thomson Delmar Learning, 2007. 286 pp. $20.95. Reviewed by Idella Hill IMPROVING LITERACY IN AMERICA: Guidelines From Research. Frederick J. Morrison, Heather J. Bachman, and Carol McDonald Connor. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2005. 227 pp. Hardback, $35.00. Reviewed by Marilyn L. Lutz, Ed.D. COINING FOR CAPITAL: Movies, Marketing, and the Transformation of Childhood. Jyotsna Kapur. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2005. 167 pp. $21.95. Reviewed by Felix Melendez WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT CHILDCARE. Alison Clarke-Stewart and Virginia D. Allhusen. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2005. 320 pp. $45.00. Reviewed by Kim Mitcham WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT CHILDCARE. Alison Clarke-Stewart and Virginia D. Allhusen. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2005. 320 pp. $45.00. Reviewed by Kim Mitcham PRACTICING COMPETENT CHILD CARE FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS. R. Adrienne Boyd. Clifton Park, NY: Thomson Delmar, 2006. 117 pp. $19.95. Reviewed by Kelly Rosales COLORMUTE. Mica Pollock. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2004. 268 pp. $29.95. Reviewed by Mark T. Taplette