Contents: School research goes galactic / Sheena Kelly -- Larps for learning : live action role play / Aaron Vanek -- Building games as literary text / Kip Glazer -- Gamifying culinary arts / Tisha Richmond -- Game on : how a non-gamer learned to gamify her classroom / Carrie Baughcum -- Scavenger hunts / Rachelle Dene Poth -- Amazing race challenge / Michele Haiken -- Classcraft / Travis Phelp…
Contents: Preface -- Introduction : golden prospects- and precedents -- The buffer : the "brutal facts" of K-12 education -- Curriculum : the foundation of effective education -- Literacy : the engine of equity -- Effective instruction : a remarkable convergence -- When evidence goes AWOL -- The (mis)education of educators -- Why professional development "almost always sucks" -- How we can get …