Thinking maps as a transformational language for learning / David Hyerle -- Linking brain research to best practices / Chris Yeager -- Leveling the playing field for all students / Bonnie Singer -- Tools for integrating theories and differentiating practice / Alan Cooper -- Closing the gap by connecting culture, language, and cognition : from an interview with Yvette Jackson -- Maps for the road to reading comprehension : bridging reading text structures to writing prompts / Thomasina Depinto Piercy and David Hyerle -- Empowering students from thinking to writing / Jane Buckner -- Meeting the challenge of high stakes testing in middle school mathematics / Janie B. MacIntyre -- Thinking technology / Daniel Cherry -- A first language for thinking in a multilingual school / Stefanie R. Holzman -- Feeder patterns and feeding the flame at Blalack Middle School / Edward V. Chevalleir -- Embracing change : the evolution of thinking in a K-12 school / Gill Hubble -- The Mississippi story / Marjann Kalehoff Ball -- The Singapore experience : student-centered fluency / Ho Po Chun -- Inviting explicit thinking / Sarah Curtis -- Mentoring mathematics teaching and learning / Kathy Ernst -- Thinking maps : a language for leading and learning / Larry Alper.