What really matters to your students? The issues in front of them at school and in life. When students enquire into those issues and know that their arguments will be read with a skeptical eye next week by the city council or published in the local newspaper, they're eager to research and find relevant information in nonfiction texts to bolster their claims. They become committed to write, revise, edit, and correct their grammar. They want to think broadly about what reasoning will be effective with their audience. Do you want that kind of engagement in your classroom? Whether you teach English, Social Studies, Science, or Math, From Inquiry to Action will show you how step. Its projects for civic engagement help kids become not only college and career ready but citizen ready. And not ready someday, but right now!

Choosing an issue -- Researching the issue -- Making a plan and preparing to act -- Taking action -- Empowering students in the classroom -- Bringing civic action to relationships in the school with restorative Justice -- Growing an after-school program -- Promoting change in schools.