"Takes you inside Judy Rex's 3rd/4th grade differentiated classroom in Scottsdale, Arizona where she uses a flexible approach to teaching and learning based on students' varied needs and interests; frames a standards-based curriculum around important concepts and important ideas; fosters a strong sense of community with an emphasis on every student's value and growth as a learner; works with students who are active, involved learners and who make decisions and share responsibility for learning; engages in continuous assessment of learning and encourages students to assess their own work each day"--Container.