Hugging Porcupines: Month-by-Month Strategies to Support Our Most Challenging Students

Book banner image for Hugging Porcupines

Hugging Porcupines: Month-by-Month Strategies to Support Our Most Challenging Students

$36.95

$29.56 member price join now

For 100 or more copies of a single title call 1-800-933-2723 x5773 or dial direct 1-703-575-5773.

About

Insightful strategies for reaching and teaching our “porcupines”—those students who struggle in school and challenge us most.

Acknowledgments

Part I. Who Are Our Porcupines?

Chapter 1. Who Are Our Porcupines?

Chapter 2. Why Do Porcupines Struggle with Relationships?

Chapter 3. Why Do Porcupines Resist Learning?

Chapter 4. Why Do Porcupines Break Rules?

About the authors

Mike Anderson has been an educator for many years. A classroom teacher for 15 years, he has also coached swim teams, worked in preschools, and taught university graduate-level classes. In 2004, Anderson was awarded a national Milken Educator Award, and in 2005, he was a finalist for New Hampshire Teacher of the Year.

Now an independent education consultant, Anderson works with schools in rural, urban, and suburban settings throughout the United States and beyond. In 2020, he was awarded the Outstanding Educational Leader Award by NHASCD for his work as a consultant. Anderson is the author of many books about great teaching and learning, including Hugging Porcupines and the bestseller What We Say and How We Say It Matter.

Learn More