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"Zaretta Hammond has done it again. Rebuilding Students’ Learning Power is essential reading for anyone committed to justice in education. With clarity and urgency, Zaretta names hard truths with unflinching clarity and gives us a roadmap to radically transform education. This book is rooted in research, fueled by love, and full of tools educators can use right away. I’ll be sharing this book with every teacher and leader I work with."
"Zaretta Hammond's new book is a more-than-worthy successor to Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain. She lays out very practical steps any teacher can use to move from a "pedagogy of compliance" to a pedagogy that values the assets and possibilities of every student. In today's environment where equity and even learning is being attacked, we all need a guide like Rebuilding Students' Learning Power to provide the tools we need to fight for our students, their families, and our communities."
"The book is cogent, clear, and compelling with clarity about how we have relegated many learners to second rate educational experiences and what we must do to change. We have too long ignored our responsibility to be the teachers and leaders our children and youth need. With new language and guidance to change how adults should learn and teach, Hammond reframes what we know about learning and how that knowledge can and should translate to the classroom and the professional experiences that teachers and leaders should have.
"In Rebuilding Students’ Learning Power, Zaretta Hammond offers us both a mirror and a map. It pushes us to confront the ways a pedagogy of compliance and dependence has become part of the unexamined grammar of schools while offering us a clear, research-informed pathway toward the development of classrooms where students do not just complete unchallenging work—they grow into powerful thinkers and learners. Hammond’s thoughtful, engaging writing couldn’t be timelier.
Drawing on the science of learning and development, Hammond brings to life the kind of teaching that can develop the skills currently required in a fast-changing knowledge-based society. This is a must-read for educators and policymakers who are seeking a path to effective teaching for all.
"Hammond doesn't just diagnose the problem; she provides a practical and actionable roadmap for change. For individual teachers, instructional coaches, and school leaders, Rebuilding Students' Learning Power serves as a user manual and playbook. It's not about adopting "silver bullet strategies" but about a fundamental reorientation around the student as the primary actor in their learning journey. This book is a must-read for anyone serious about dismantling systemic educational inequities and truly empowering all students to reach their full cognitive potential."
"While there's a push to ignore the historical racial and class-based context of educational inequity in American school systems, Zaretta Hammond's powerful Rebuilding Students’ Learning Power: Teaching for Instructional Equity and Cognitive Justice invites us to confront the issue head on, while simultaneously providing constructs to engage in agentic behaviors as educators.
"I was snapping my fingers and clapping my hands reading Zaretta Hammond’s Rebuilding Students’ Learning Power. This book is everything. Hammond tackles inequity from classrooms to entire systems, calling out history, bias, and gatekeeping with research and evidence. Her discussion on mathematics and its ripple effect in STEM is powerful. Equity is not simply opening the door. It is ensuring every student feels safe, valued, and challenged to grow.
