Today on the Heinemann Podcast, we’re excited to announce a new series of professional books. Joining me to talk about this special series is Heinemann author and editor Katie Wood Ray. Katie serves as the series editor of the forthcoming Classroom Essentials Series, and is also an author on one of the series titles. In the words of author Carl Anderson, “Good teachers aren’t born good teachers. Good teachers learn to be good teachers.”Books in the Classroom Essentials Series seek to distill the most essential, student-centered practices, and bring the transformative power of foundational ideas to today’s busy teachers, reimagined in new and engaging ways. In each book, readers will see how today’s most progressive practices are built on a solid foundation of research and professional literature.Our conversation begins with the origins of Classroom Essentials…